diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index af364f9c9..a92755107 100644
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status
 #set -u # Treat unset variables as an error and exit
 set -o pipefail # Cause a pipeline to return the status of the last command that exited with a non-zero status
 
-VERSION="1.1.0"
+VERSION="1.2.0"
 DOCKER_VERSION="24.0"
 
 CDN="https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify"
@@ -65,6 +65,44 @@ sles | opensuse-leap | opensuse-tumbleweed)
     ;;
 esac
 
+# Detect OpenSSH server
+SSH_DETECTED=false
+if [ -x "$(command -v systemctl)" ]; then
+    if systemctl status sshd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "OpenSSH server is installed and running."
+        SSH_DETECTED=true
+    fi
+elif [ -x "$(command -v service)" ]; then
+    if service sshd status >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "OpenSSH server is installed and running."
+        SSH_DETECTED=true
+    fi
+fi
+if [ "$SSH_DETECTED" = "false" ]; then
+    echo "###############################################################################"
+    echo "WARNING: Could not detect if OpenSSH server is installed and running - this does not mean that it is not installed, just that we could not detect it."
+    echo -e "Please make sure it is set, otherwise Coolify cannot connect to the host system. \n"
+    echo "###############################################################################"
+fi
+
+# Detect SSH PermitRootLogin
+SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN=false
+SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN_CONFIG=$(grep "^PermitRootLogin" /etc/ssh/sshd_config | awk '{print $2}') || SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN_CONFIG="N/A (commented out or not found at all)"
+if [ "$SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN_CONFIG" = "prohibit-password" ] || [ "$SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN_CONFIG" = "yes" ] || [ "$SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN_CONFIG" = "without-password" ]; then
+    echo "PermitRootLogin is enabled."
+    SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN=true
+fi
+
+
+if [ "$SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN" != "true" ]; then
+    echo "###############################################################################"
+    echo "WARNING: PermitRootLogin is not enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config."
+    echo -e "It is set to $SSH_PERMIT_ROOT_LOGIN_CONFIG. Should be prohibit-password, yes or without-password.\n"
+    echo -e "Please make sure it is set, otherwise Coolify cannot connect to the host system. \n"
+    echo "(Currently we only support root user to login via SSH, this will be changed in the future.)"
+    echo "###############################################################################"
+fi
+
 if ! [ -x "$(command -v docker)" ]; then
     echo "Docker is not installed. Installing Docker."
     curl https://releases.rancher.com/install-docker/${DOCKER_VERSION}.sh | sh