keypair

keypair

The badly named keypair is really the public key of an OpenSSH key pair to be used for access to created servers. You can also create a private key for access to a created server by not passing any argument to the keypair create command.

Compute v2

keypair create

Create new public or private key for server ssh access

openstack keypair create
    [--public-key <file> | --private-key <file>]
    <name>
--public-key <file>

Filename for public key to add. If not used, creates a private key.

--private-key <file>

Filename for private key to save. If not used, print private key in console.

<name>

New public or private key name

keypair delete

Delete public or private key(s)

openstack keypair delete
    <key> [<key> ...]
<key>

Name of key(s) to delete (name only)

keypair list

List key fingerprints

openstack keypair list

keypair show

Display key details

openstack keypair show
    [--public-key]
    <key>
--public-key

Show only bare public key paired with the generated key

<key>

Public or private key to display (name only)

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