diff --git a/docker/example-compose-vlkb.yaml b/docker/example-compose-vlkb.yaml
index a2544195ed3272e8b2ebb1566b6a9d5df6fbba13..04cdd95976e5d0b62250162655206fae8d53eb8c 100644
--- a/docker/example-compose-vlkb.yaml
+++ b/docker/example-compose-vlkb.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ services:
       #image: git.ia2.inaf.it:5050/butora/vlkb-datasets/soda:latest
     image: git.ia2.inaf.it:5050/vialactea/vlkb-soda/ingestion:1.7.10-7-g70b03e9
     hostname: vlkb
-    ports:
-           - 8080:8080
+    #ports:
+         #  - 8080:8080
+         #  - 8080:22
     environment:
       #-OBSCORE_DB_URI=postgresql://vialactea:ia2vlkb@pasquale.ia2.inaf.it:5432/vialacteadevel
       - OBSCORE_DB_URI=postgresql://vialactea:ia2vlkb@vlkb-db:5432/vialactea
diff --git a/docker/ssh-vlkb-devel-ingestion.sh b/docker/ssh-vlkb-devel-ingestion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2a3800ebbf43c0f494b9c1d40de5a0921fb0394a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ssh-vlkb-devel-ingestion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+# for now pwd is setup manual after each fresh install/pull of the vlkb-ingestion image.
+# usually set to: xC*n!
+
+ssh devel@vlkb-devel.ia2.inaf.it -p 30100