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aws ec2 create-key-pair

Creates an ED25519 or 2048-bit RSA key pair with the specified name and in the specified format. AWS CLI reference

1 example 5 options Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

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To create a key pair

The following create-key-pair example creates a key pair named MyKeyPair.

aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name MyKeyPairIdentify

--key-nameA unique name for the key pair.

The output is an ASCII version of the private key and key fingerprint. You need to save the key to a file.

Its output

{
    "KeyFingerprint": "1f:51:ae:28:bf:89:e9:d8:1f:25:5d:37:2d:7d:b8:ca:9f:f5:f1:6f",
    "KeyMaterial": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nEXAMPLEKEYMATERIAL\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----",
    "KeyName": "MyKeyPair",
    "KeyPairId": "key-0b94643da6EXAMPLE"
}

For more information, see Creating, displaying, and deleting Amazon EC2 key pairs in the AWS CLI in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.

Options

5 in the AWS CLI reference

--dry-runChecks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response.

--key-formatThe format of the key pair.

--key-nameA unique name for the key pair.

--key-typeThe type of key pair.

--tag-specificationsThe tags to apply to the new key pair.