euca-create-keypair

Creates a new keypair and then prints the private half of the keypair. Eucalyptus does not store this information. We recommend that you create a keypair file with read permissions restricted to the appropriate user, and write the output to this file.

Syntax

euca-create-keypair keypair_name

Options

Options	Description	Required
`keypair_name`	Unique name for a keypair to be created.	Yes

Common Options

Option	Description
`--region region`	Region to direct requests to. Only valid for EC2 endpoints.
`-U,--url url`	URL of the cloud to connect to. Expects an EC2 endpoint /services/Eucalyptus.
`-a,--access-key access_key_id`	User's access key ID
`-s,--secret-key secret_key`	User's secret key
`--config configuration_path`	Read credentials and cloud settings from the specified config file. Default: `$HOME/.eucarc or /etc/euca2ools/eucarc`.
`--debug`	Prints what the command sends to the server and what it receives from the server. Use when you're trying to debug Euca2ools.
`--debugger`	Enable interactive debugger on error
`-h,--help`	Display the manual page for the command.
`--version`	Display the version of this tool

Output

Output type identifier ("KEYPAIR")
Key pair name
Private key fingerprint
Private key

Example

euca-create-keypair mykey
KEYPAIR mykey   52:5f:e7:03:67:ad:b5:f3:65:4b:94:77:90:61:5f:1e:44:96:74:62
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEowIBAAKCAQEAt5bLg1PhtF+kM5toDDl/MrxV5Ukm3ELWbI794MaCrFTiNTDf
URvZrWaKG2uldiHzJRhLusaUSopqdnCIW4hM5GJL1HRUZKy5cv3cNrlcf+NAuDEY
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bcGAVTx2QW0x+mjgfj8yqjtQdDZF4Pd0/UnlWxzBFKQRZOGuZfDITb+HmjoEvni0
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G9xp8vetS78kFGMgbltbmH7onznMM7/76x0a1Y04YQgCBGV9QsP1ViB0hCClPjHu
rt0p+OLncFC1gUInZVc3yEEl0yYd9qDnaFCExyy5Bntc9Km+whQZ
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----