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aws lightsail create-key-pair

Creates a custom SSH key pair that you can use with an Amazon Lightsail instance. AWS CLI reference

1 example 2 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 that you can use to authenticate and connect to an instance.

aws lightsail create-key-pair --key-pair-name MyPersonalKeyPairIdentify

--key-pair-nameThe name for your new key pair.

The output provides the private key base64 value that you can use to authenticate to instances that use the created key pair. Note: Copy and paste the private key base64 value to a safe location because you cannot retrieve it later.

Its output

{
    "keyPair": {
        "name": "MyPersonalKeyPair",
        "arn": "arn:aws:lightsail:us-west-2:123456789012:KeyPair/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111",
        "supportCode": "123456789111/MyPersonalKeyPair",
        "createdAt": 1569866556.567,
        "location": {
            "availabilityZone": "all",
            "regionName": "us-west-2"
        },
        "resourceType": "KeyPair"
    },
    "publicKeyBase64": "ssh-rsa ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCV0xUEwx96amPERH7K1bVT1tTFl9OmNk6o7m5YVHk9xlOdMbDRbFvhtXvw4jzJXXz5pBMxWOaGMz5K8QyTVOznoqp13Z8SBooH29hgmBNXiII1XPzEwqbj8mfo1+YVM5s5VuxWwm+BHUgedGUXno6uF7agqxZNO1kPLJBIVTW26SSYBJ0tE+y804UyVsjrbUqCaMXDhmfXpWulMPwuXhwcKh7e8hwoTfkiX0E6Ql+KqF/MiA3w6DCjEqvvdIO7SiEZJFsuGNfYDDN3w60Rel5MUhmn3OJdn4y/A7NWb3IxL4pPfVE4rgFRKU8n1jp9kwRnlVMVBOWuGXk6n+H6M2f1 ",
    "privateKeyBase64": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----EXAMPLETCCAfICCQD6m7oRw0uXOjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMC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\nNYiytVbZPQUQ5Yaxu2jXnimvw3rrszlaEXAMPLE=\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----",
    "operation": {
        "id": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE22222",
        "resourceName": "MyPersonalKeyPair",
        "resourceType": "KeyPair",
        "createdAt": 1569866556.567,
        "location": {
            "availabilityZone": "all",
            "regionName": "us-west-2"
        },
        "isTerminal": true,
        "operationType": "CreateKeyPair",
        "status": "Succeeded",
        "statusChangedAt": 1569866556.704
    }
}

For more information, see Control secure instance connectivity with Lightsail SSH keys in the Amazon Lightsail User Guide.

Options

2 in the AWS CLI reference

--key-pair-nameThe name for your new key pair.

--tagsThe tag keys and optional values to add to the resource during create.