aws iam upload-ssh-public-key

Uploads an SSH public key and associates it with the specified IAM user. AWS CLI reference

1 example 2 options Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

from aws-cli, each command read by CmdID

To upload an SSH public key and associate it with a user

The following upload-ssh-public-key example uploads the public key found in the file sshkey.pub and attaches it to the user sofia.

aws iam upload-ssh-public-key --user-name sofia --ssh-public-key-body file://sshkey.pubIdentify

--user-nameThe name of the IAM user to associate the SSH public key with.

--ssh-public-key-bodyThe SSH public key.

Contents of sshkey.pub:

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQEXAMPLE... sofia@example.com

Its output

{
    "SSHPublicKey": {
        "UserName": "sofia",
        "SSHPublicKeyId": "APKA1234567890EXAMPLE",
        "Fingerprint": "12:34:56:78:90:ab:cd:ef:12:34:56:78:90:ab:cd:ef",
        "SSHPublicKeyBody": "ssh-rsa <<long string generated by ssh-keygen command>>",
        "Status": "Active",
        "UploadDate": "2019-04-18T17:04:49+00:00"
    }
}

For more information about how to generate keys in a format suitable for this command, see SSH and Linux, macOS, or Unix: Set up the public and private keys for Git and CodeCommit or SSH and Windows: Set up the public and private keys for Git and CodeCommit in the AWS CodeCommit User Guide.

Options

2 in the AWS CLI reference

--ssh-public-key-bodyThe SSH public key.

--user-nameThe name of the IAM user to associate the SSH public key with.