diff --git a/sandbox/terraform/libvirt/ubuntu/cloud_init.cfg b/sandbox/terraform/libvirt/ubuntu/cloud_init.cfg
index 99e82f8..a628a76 100644
--- a/sandbox/terraform/libvirt/ubuntu/cloud_init.cfg
+++ b/sandbox/terraform/libvirt/ubuntu/cloud_init.cfg
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 
 
 users:
+- name: root
+  ssh_authorized_keys:
+    - ssh-rsa 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 aravinth7820@gmail.com
 - name: atm
   gecos: Aravinth Manivannan
   groups: users, admin
diff --git a/sandbox/terraform/libvirt/ubuntu/templates/hosts.yml.tpl b/sandbox/terraform/libvirt/ubuntu/templates/hosts.yml.tpl
index bef7877..f17af23 100644
--- a/sandbox/terraform/libvirt/ubuntu/templates/hosts.yml.tpl
+++ b/sandbox/terraform/libvirt/ubuntu/templates/hosts.yml.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ live:
   hosts:
     ubuntu:
       ansible_host: ${ubuntu_ip}
-      ansible_user: atm
+      ansible_user: root
     debian:
       ansible_host: ${debian_ip}
-      ansible_user: atm
+      ansible_user: root