# Connect to the cluster as a user
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You can determine the status of the cluster with the following commands.

```
$ pcluster describe-cluster -n ad-cluster --region "region-id" --query "clusterStatus"
```

The output is as follows.

```
"CREATE_IN_PROGRESS" / "CREATE_COMPLETE"
```

When the status reaches `"CREATE_COMPLETE"`, log in with the created user name and password.

```
$ HEAD_NODE_IP=$(pcluster describe-cluster -n "ad-cluster" --region "region-id" --query headNode.publicIpAddress | xargs echo)
```

```
$ ssh user000@$HEAD_NODE_IP
```

You can log in without the password by providing the SSH key that was created for the new user at `/home/user000@HEAD_NODE_IP/.ssh/id_rsa`.

If the `ssh` command succeeded, you have successfully connected to the cluster as a user that's authenticated to use the Active Directory (AD).