diff --git a/xos/configurations/common/Makefile.cloudlab b/xos/configurations/common/Makefile.cloudlab
index e28dd8f..5712765 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/common/Makefile.cloudlab
+++ b/xos/configurations/common/Makefile.cloudlab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-all: prereqs admin-openrc flat_name nodes_yaml public_key
+all: prereqs admin-openrc flat_name nodes_yaml public_key private_key
 
 prereqs:
 	make -f Makefile.prereqs
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@
 public_key: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
 	cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub .
 
+private_key: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+	cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa .
+
 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub:
 	cat /dev/zero | ssh-keygen -q -N ""
diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/Dockerfile.cord b/xos/configurations/cord/Dockerfile.cord
index 51706d7..dad9895 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord/Dockerfile.cord
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord/Dockerfile.cord
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 ADD xos/configurations/common/cloudlab-nodes.yaml /opt/xos/configurations/commmon/
 ADD xos/configurations/common/id_rsa.pub /root/setup/padmin_public_key
 ADD xos/configurations/common/id_rsa.pub /opt/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_public_key
+ADD xos/configurations/common/id_rsa /opt/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_private_key
+ADD xos/observers/vcpe/supervisor/vcpe-observer.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
+RUN sed -i 's/proxy_ssh=True/proxy_ssh=False/' /opt/xos/observers/vcpe/vcpe_observer_config
 
 CMD /usr/bin/make -C /opt/xos/configurations/cord -f Makefile.inside; /bin/bash