diff --git a/app/forms/ssh-key-edit.tsx b/app/forms/ssh-key-edit.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..609ec225c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/forms/ssh-key-edit.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * Copyright Oxide Computer Company
+ */
+import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form'
+import { useNavigate, type LoaderFunctionArgs } from 'react-router-dom'
+
+import { apiQueryClient, usePrefetchedApiQuery } from '@oxide/api'
+import { Key16Icon } from '@oxide/design-system/icons/react'
+
+import { DescriptionField } from '~/components/form/fields/DescriptionField'
+import { NameField } from '~/components/form/fields/NameField'
+import { TextField } from '~/components/form/fields/TextField'
+import { SideModalForm } from '~/components/form/SideModalForm'
+import { getSshKeySelector, useSshKeySelector } from '~/hooks/use-params'
+import { CopyToClipboard } from '~/ui/lib/CopyToClipboard'
+import { DateTime } from '~/ui/lib/DateTime'
+import { PropertiesTable } from '~/ui/lib/PropertiesTable'
+import { ResourceLabel } from '~/ui/lib/SideModal'
+import { Truncate } from '~/ui/lib/Truncate'
+import { pb } from '~/util/path-builder'
+
+EditSSHKeySideModalForm.loader = async ({ params }: LoaderFunctionArgs) => {
+  const { sshKey } = getSshKeySelector(params)
+  await apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('currentUserSshKeyView', { path: { sshKey } })
+  return null
+}
+
+export function EditSSHKeySideModalForm() {
+  const navigate = useNavigate()
+  const { sshKey } = useSshKeySelector()
+
+  const { data } = usePrefetchedApiQuery('currentUserSshKeyView', {
+    path: { sshKey },
+  })
+
+  const form = useForm({ defaultValues: data })
+
+  return (
+    <SideModalForm
+      form={form}
+      formType="edit"
+      resourceName="SSH key"
+      title="View SSH key"
+      onDismiss={() => navigate(pb.sshKeys())}
+      subtitle={
+        <ResourceLabel>
+          <Key16Icon /> {data.name}
+        </ResourceLabel>
+      }
+      // TODO: pass actual error when this form is hooked up
+      loading={false}
+      submitError={null}
+    >
+      <PropertiesTable>
+        <PropertiesTable.Row label="ID">
+          <Truncate text={data.id} maxLength={32} hasCopyButton />
+        </PropertiesTable.Row>
+        <PropertiesTable.Row label="Created">
+          <DateTime date={data.timeCreated} />
+        </PropertiesTable.Row>
+        <PropertiesTable.Row label="Updated">
+          <DateTime date={data.timeModified} />
+        </PropertiesTable.Row>
+      </PropertiesTable>
+      <NameField name="name" control={form.control} disabled />
+      <DescriptionField name="description" control={form.control} disabled />
+      <div className="relative">
+        <CopyToClipboard className="!absolute right-0 top-0" text={data.publicKey} />
+        <TextField
+          as="textarea"
+          name="publicKey"
+          label="Public key"
+          required
+          rows={8}
+          control={form.control}
+          disabled
+        />
+      </div>
+    </SideModalForm>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/app/hooks/use-params.ts b/app/hooks/use-params.ts
index 348e48d3b..7bee58f44 100644
--- a/app/hooks/use-params.ts
+++ b/app/hooks/use-params.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export const getVpcRouterRouteSelector = requireParams('project', 'vpc', 'router
 export const getVpcSubnetSelector = requireParams('project', 'vpc', 'subnet')
 export const getSiloSelector = requireParams('silo')
 export const getSiloImageSelector = requireParams('image')
+export const getSshKeySelector = requireParams('sshKey')
 export const getIdpSelector = requireParams('silo', 'provider')
 export const getProjectImageSelector = requireParams('project', 'image')
 export const getProjectSnapshotSelector = requireParams('project', 'snapshot')
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ function useSelectedParams<T>(getSelector: (params: AllParams) => T) {
 export const useFloatingIpSelector = () => useSelectedParams(getFloatingIpSelector)
 export const useProjectSelector = () => useSelectedParams(getProjectSelector)
 export const useProjectImageSelector = () => useSelectedParams(getProjectImageSelector)
+export const useSshKeySelector = () => useSelectedParams(getSshKeySelector)
 export const useProjectSnapshotSelector = () =>
   useSelectedParams(getProjectSnapshotSelector)
 export const useInstanceSelector = () => useSelectedParams(getInstanceSelector)
diff --git a/app/pages/settings/SSHKeysPage.tsx b/app/pages/settings/SSHKeysPage.tsx
index 9e2bd58d5..f52b5499c 100644
--- a/app/pages/settings/SSHKeysPage.tsx
+++ b/app/pages/settings/SSHKeysPage.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Copyright Oxide Computer Company
  */
 import { createColumnHelper } from '@tanstack/react-table'
-import { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react'
 import { Link, Outlet, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 
 import {
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import { DocsPopover } from '~/components/DocsPopover'
 import { HL } from '~/components/HL'
 import { confirmDelete } from '~/stores/confirm-delete'
 import { addToast } from '~/stores/toast'
-import { useColsWithActions, type MenuAction } from '~/table/columns/action-col'
+import { makeLinkCell } from '~/table/cells/LinkCell'
+import { getActionsCol, type MenuAction } from '~/table/columns/action-col'
 import { Columns } from '~/table/columns/common'
 import { useQueryTable } from '~/table/QueryTable'
 import { buttonStyle } from '~/ui/lib/Button'
@@ -39,11 +40,6 @@ export async function loader() {
 }
 
 const colHelper = createColumnHelper<SshKey>()
-const staticCols = [
-  colHelper.accessor('name', {}),
-  colHelper.accessor('description', Columns.description),
-  colHelper.accessor('timeModified', Columns.timeModified),
-]
 
 Component.displayName = 'SSHKeysPage'
 export function Component() {
@@ -60,6 +56,12 @@ export function Component() {
 
   const makeActions = useCallback(
     (sshKey: SshKey): MenuAction[] => [
+      {
+        label: 'Copy public key',
+        onActivate() {
+          window.navigator.clipboard.writeText(sshKey.publicKey)
+        },
+      },
       {
         label: 'Delete',
         onActivate: confirmDelete({
@@ -71,6 +73,16 @@ export function Component() {
     [deleteSshKey]
   )
 
+  const columns = useMemo(() => {
+    return [
+      colHelper.accessor('name', {
+        cell: makeLinkCell((sshKey) => pb.sshKeyEdit({ sshKey: sshKey })),
+      }),
+      colHelper.accessor('description', Columns.description),
+      getActionsCol(makeActions),
+    ]
+  }, [makeActions])
+
   const emptyState = (
     <EmptyMessage
       icon={<Key16Icon />}
@@ -80,7 +92,6 @@ export function Component() {
       onClick={() => navigate(pb.sshKeysNew())}
     />
   )
-  const columns = useColsWithActions(staticCols, makeActions)
   const { table } = useQueryTable({ query: sshKeyList(), columns, emptyState })
 
   return (
diff --git a/app/routes.tsx b/app/routes.tsx
index ccc13b854..19e8e671a 100644
--- a/app/routes.tsx
+++ b/app/routes.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { EditProjectSideModalForm } from './forms/project-edit'
 import { CreateSiloSideModalForm } from './forms/silo-create'
 import * as SnapshotCreate from './forms/snapshot-create'
 import * as SSHKeyCreate from './forms/ssh-key-create'
+import { EditSSHKeySideModalForm } from './forms/ssh-key-edit'
 import { CreateSubnetForm } from './forms/subnet-create'
 import { EditSubnetForm } from './forms/subnet-edit'
 import { CreateVpcSideModalForm } from './forms/vpc-create'
@@ -118,7 +119,14 @@ export const routes = createRoutesFromElements(
         <Route index element={<Navigate to="profile" replace />} />
         <Route path="profile" element={<ProfilePage />} handle={{ crumb: 'Profile' }} />
         <Route {...SSHKeysPage} handle={makeCrumb('SSH Keys', pb.sshKeys)}>
-          <Route path="ssh-keys" element={null} />
+          <Route path="ssh-keys" element={null}>
+            <Route
+              path=":sshKey/edit"
+              loader={EditSSHKeySideModalForm.loader}
+              element={<EditSSHKeySideModalForm />}
+              handle={titleCrumb('View SSH Key')}
+            />
+          </Route>
           <Route path="ssh-keys-new" {...SSHKeyCreate} handle={titleCrumb('New SSH key')} />
         </Route>
       </Route>
diff --git a/app/util/__snapshots__/path-builder.spec.ts.snap b/app/util/__snapshots__/path-builder.spec.ts.snap
index a4c74b445..debb608d8 100644
--- a/app/util/__snapshots__/path-builder.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/app/util/__snapshots__/path-builder.spec.ts.snap
@@ -551,6 +551,16 @@ exports[`breadcrumbs 2`] = `
       "path": "/projects/p/snapshots",
     },
   ],
+  "sshKeyEdit (/settings/ssh-keys/ss/edit)": [
+    {
+      "label": "Settings",
+      "path": "/settings/profile",
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "SSH Keys",
+      "path": "/settings/ssh-keys",
+    },
+  ],
   "sshKeys (/settings/ssh-keys)": [
     {
       "label": "Settings",
diff --git a/app/util/path-builder.spec.ts b/app/util/path-builder.spec.ts
index ff32e3e27..291447a1b 100644
--- a/app/util/path-builder.spec.ts
+++ b/app/util/path-builder.spec.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const params = {
   provider: 'pr',
   sledId: '5c56b522-c9b8-49e4-9f9a-8d52a89ec3e0',
   image: 'im',
+  sshKey: 'ss',
   snapshot: 'sn',
   pool: 'pl',
   rule: 'fr',
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ test('path builder', () => {
         "snapshotImagesNew": "/projects/p/snapshots/sn/images-new",
         "snapshots": "/projects/p/snapshots",
         "snapshotsNew": "/projects/p/snapshots-new",
+        "sshKeyEdit": "/settings/ssh-keys/ss/edit",
         "sshKeys": "/settings/ssh-keys",
         "sshKeysNew": "/settings/ssh-keys-new",
         "systemUtilization": "/system/utilization",
diff --git a/app/util/path-builder.ts b/app/util/path-builder.ts
index 55439bb06..f2ec29204 100644
--- a/app/util/path-builder.ts
+++ b/app/util/path-builder.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export const pb = {
   profile: () => '/settings/profile',
   sshKeys: () => '/settings/ssh-keys',
   sshKeysNew: () => '/settings/ssh-keys-new',
+  sshKeyEdit: (params: PP.SshKey) => `/settings/ssh-keys/${params.sshKey}/edit`,
 
   deviceSuccess: () => '/device/success',
 }
diff --git a/app/util/path-params.ts b/app/util/path-params.ts
index 2a153512a..88e27f58b 100644
--- a/app/util/path-params.ts
+++ b/app/util/path-params.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ export type FirewallRule = Required<Sel.FirewallRule>
 export type VpcRouter = Required<Sel.VpcRouter>
 export type VpcRouterRoute = Required<Sel.VpcRouterRoute>
 export type VpcSubnet = Required<Sel.VpcSubnet>
+export type SshKey = Required<Sel.SshKey>
diff --git a/mock-api/sshKeys.ts b/mock-api/sshKeys.ts
index f5c72fef4..7cbf5771a 100644
--- a/mock-api/sshKeys.ts
+++ b/mock-api/sshKeys.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export const sshKeys: Json<SshKey>[] = [
     description: 'For use on personal projects',
     time_created: new Date().toISOString(),
     time_modified: new Date().toISOString(),
-    public_key: 'aslsddlfkjsdlfkjsdlfkjsdlfkjsdflkjsdlfkjsdlfkjsd',
+    public_key:
+      'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDU3w4FaSj/tEZYaoBtzijAFZanW9MakaPhSERtdC75opT6F/bs4ZXE8sjWgqDM1azoZbUKa42b4RWPPtCgqGQkbyYDZTzdssrml3/T1Avcy5GKlfTjACRHSI6PhC6r6bM1jxPUUstH7fBbw+DTHywUpdkvz7SHxTEOyZuP2sn38V9vBakYVsLFOu7C1W0+Jm4TYCRJlcsuC5LHVMVc4WbWzBcAZZlAznWx0XajMxmkyCB5tsyhTpykabfHbih4F3bwHYKXO613JZ6DurGcPz6CPkAVS5BWG6GrdBCkd+YK8Lw8k1oAAZLYIKQZbMnPJSNxirJ8+vr+iyIwP1DjBMnJ hannah@m1-macbook-pro.local',
     silo_user_id: user1.id,
   },
   {
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ export const sshKeys: Json<SshKey>[] = [
     description: '',
     time_created: new Date().toISOString(),
     time_modified: new Date().toISOString(),
-    public_key: 'aslsddlfkjsdlfkjsdlfkjsdlfkjsdflkjsdlfkjsdlfkjsd',
+    public_key:
+      'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVav/u9wm2ALv4ks18twWQB0LHlJ1Q1y7HTi91SUuv4H95EEwqj6tVDSOtHQi08PG7xp6/8gaMVC9rs1jKl7o0cy32kuWp/rXtryn3d1bEaY9wOGwR6iokx0zjocHILhrjHpAmWnXP8oWvzx8TWOg3VPhBkZsyNdqzcdxYP2UsqccaNyz5kcuNhOYbGjIskNPAk1drsHnyKvqoEVix8UzVkLHC6vVbcVjQGTaeUif29xvUN3W5QMGb/E1L66RPN3ovaDyDylgA8az8q56vrn4jSY5Mx3ANQEvjxl//Hnq31dpoDFiEvHyB4bbq8bSpypa2TyvheobmLnsnIaXEMHFT hannah@mac-mini.local',
     silo_user_id: user1.id,
   },
 ]
diff --git a/test/e2e/ssh-keys.e2e.ts b/test/e2e/ssh-keys.e2e.ts
index fd6768bfb..0f45d7da6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/ssh-keys.e2e.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/ssh-keys.e2e.ts
@@ -5,51 +5,71 @@
  *
  * Copyright Oxide Computer Company
  */
-import { test } from '@playwright/test'
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
 
-import { clickRowAction, expectNotVisible, expectRowVisible, expectVisible } from './utils'
+import { clickRowAction, expectRowVisible } from './utils'
 
 test('SSH keys', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/settings/ssh-keys')
 
   // see table with the ssh key
-  await expectVisible(page, [
-    'role=heading[name*="SSH Keys"]',
-    'role=cell[name="m1-macbook-pro"]',
-    'role=cell[name="mac-mini"]',
-  ])
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'SSH Keys' })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'm1-macbook-pro' })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'mac-mini' })).toBeVisible()
+
+  // click name to open side modal
+  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'm1-macbook-pro' }).click()
+
+  // verify side modal content
+  const modal = page.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'View SSH key' })
+  await expect(modal).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(modal.getByRole('heading', { name: 'm1-macbook-pro' })).toBeVisible()
+
+  const propertiesTable = modal.locator('.properties-table')
+  await expect(propertiesTable.getByText('ID')).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(propertiesTable.getByText('Created')).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(propertiesTable.getByText('Updated')).toBeVisible()
+
+  // verify form fields are present and disabled
+  await expect(modal.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Name' })).toBeDisabled()
+  await expect(modal.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Description' })).toBeDisabled()
+  await expect(modal.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Public key' })).toBeDisabled()
+
+  // close modal
+  await modal.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' }).click()
+  await expect(modal).toBeHidden()
 
   // delete the two ssh keys
   await clickRowAction(page, 'm1-macbook-pro', 'Delete')
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Confirm' }).click()
 
-  await expectNotVisible(page, ['role=cell[name="m1-macbook-pro"]'])
+  await expect(page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'm1-macbook-pro' })).toBeHidden()
 
   await clickRowAction(page, 'mac-mini', 'Delete')
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Confirm' }).click()
 
   // should show empty state
-  await expectVisible(page, ['text="No SSH keys"'])
+  await expect(page.getByText('No SSH keys')).toBeVisible()
 
   // there are two of these, but it doesn't matter which one we click
-  await page.click('role=button[name="Add SSH key"]')
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add SSH key' }).click()
 
   // fill out form and submit
-  await page.fill('role=textbox[name="Name"]', 'my-key')
-  await page.fill('role=textbox[name="Description"]', 'definitely a key')
-  await page.fill('role=textbox[name="Public key"]', 'key contents')
+  await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Name' }).fill('my-key')
+  await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Description' }).fill('definitely a key')
+  await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Public key' }).fill('key contents')
   await page.getByRole('dialog').getByRole('button', { name: 'Add SSH key' }).click()
 
   // it's there in the table
-  await expectNotVisible(page, ['text="No SSH keys"'])
+  await expect(page.getByText('No SSH keys')).toBeHidden()
   const table = page.getByRole('table')
   await expectRowVisible(table, { name: 'my-key', description: 'definitely a key' })
 
   // now delete it
-  await page.click('role=button[name="Row actions"]')
-  await page.click('role=menuitem[name="Delete"]')
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Row actions' }).click()
+  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Delete' }).click()
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Confirm' }).click()
 
-  await expectNotVisible(page, ['role=cell[name="my-key"]'])
-  await expectVisible(page, ['text="No SSH keys"'])
+  await expect(page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'my-key' })).toBeHidden()
+  await expect(page.getByText('No SSH keys')).toBeVisible()
 })