Name

ec2-add-keypair

Synopsis

ec2-add-keypair keyname

Creates a new RSA 2048-bit encryption key pair. The name you specify in creating the key will be used for referencing the key using other commands or the EC2 web services API. The command stores the public key with Amazon and displays the private key to stdout. You should then securely store the private for use in accessing instances you launch using this key pair.

Example

$ ec2-add-keypair georgekey KEYPAIR georgekey 2e:82:bb:91:ca:51:22:e1:1a:84:c8:19:db:7c:8b:ad:f9:5e:27:3e -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIEowIBAAKCAQEAkot9/09tIy5FJSh0X5vLGCu3so5Q4qG7cU/MBm45c4EVFtMDpU1VpAQi1vn9 r7hr5kLr+ido1d1eBmCkRkHuyhfviJmH1FTOWm6JBhfOsOgDU0pInyQOP0nRFLx4eyJfYsiK/mUm hiYC9Q6VnePjMUiHSahOL95C8ndAFBlUAuMDDrXMhLypOGRuWkJo+xtlVdisKjlOT0l33q3VSeT6 NBmZwymWOguGWgKWMpzpDLhV9jhDhZgaZmGUKP0wPQqdV6psA9PuStN1LJkhWVYuQTqH9UUolvJn ZXx5yE2CSpPW+8zMb4/xUuweBQ6grw8O3IxhKWbFCpGGhkpk5BB+MQIDAQABAoIBAQCIs6U6mA4X 5l7MFdvRIFSpXIbFAutDLlnbjvOlAAeJzt0saHWbKvP7x3v0jElxNRk6OC1HMqIh9plyW46Cl5i4 XvGsvIOvt9izFS+vRmAiOJx5gu8RvSGpOiPXMyU0wFC4ppi6TQNN2oGhthQtsFrMK3tAY8dj8fMD mehll2b+NPZRWPp9frm3QtwLIOMeWm1ntknCVSjBqj21XRg3UPbE8r8ISlSGryqJBA0KjnOj+cMN 2SBx8iC+BHxD9xSUvXs4hVjUpQofzd+8BAZbsXswj+/ybuq1GlNwzpUKKEfH1rN3TZztywN5Z9Hb EbkOtgRYi/2htSpbuDq5b/cTaxIRAoGBAOLRgfZhEwnGQvveMOhRLLko1D8kGVHP6KCwlYiNow07 G8FkP6U3wcUrsCTtvOFB/79FeWVT+o7v25D34cYFtGbfnp3Zh9bdTBi18PbIHQHvD4tIAIF+4PcO XMRsJCrzhChOLY1G/laMi5EKFcx6RU8Pjup92YbEbi/fkybcrmS9AoGBAKVmGI5PV00A10LQkTov CnLuyfAPL9s8w6eOy+9WMRd8+27tI6H8yGuEdsF9X9bOJQsnTM3+A+RC8ylVXWPgiflbcpbPsZ8a ...

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