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Create Key Pair

lightsail_create_key_pair

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Creates a custom SSH key pair that you can use with an Amazon Lightsail instance¶

Description¶

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

Use the download_default_key_pair action to create a Lightsail default key pair in an Amazon Web Services Region where a default key pair does not currently exist.

The ⁠create key pair⁠ operation supports tag-based access control via request tags. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Usage¶

lightsail_create_key_pair(keyPairName, tags)

Arguments¶

keyPairName

[required] The name for your new key pair.

tags

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

Use the tag_resource action to tag a resource after it's created.

Value¶

A list with the following syntax:

list(
  keyPair = list(
    name = "string",
    arn = "string",
    supportCode = "string",
    createdAt = as.POSIXct(
      "2015-01-01"
    ),
    location = list(
      availabilityZone = "string",
      regionName = "us-east-1"|"us-east-2"|"us-west-1"|"us-west-2"|"eu-west-1"|"eu-west-2"|"eu-west-3"|"eu-central-1"|"ca-central-1"|"ap-south-1"|"ap-southeast-1"|"ap-southeast-2"|"ap-northeast-1"|"ap-northeast-2"|"eu-north-1"
    ),
    resourceType = "ContainerService"|"Instance"|"StaticIp"|"KeyPair"|"InstanceSnapshot"|"Domain"|"PeeredVpc"|"LoadBalancer"|"LoadBalancerTlsCertificate"|"Disk"|"DiskSnapshot"|"RelationalDatabase"|"RelationalDatabaseSnapshot"|"ExportSnapshotRecord"|"CloudFormationStackRecord"|"Alarm"|"ContactMethod"|"Distribution"|"Certificate"|"Bucket",
    tags = list(
      list(
        key = "string",
        value = "string"
      )
    ),
    fingerprint = "string"
  ),
  publicKeyBase64 = "string",
  privateKeyBase64 = "string",
  operation = list(
    id = "string",
    resourceName = "string",
    resourceType = "ContainerService"|"Instance"|"StaticIp"|"KeyPair"|"InstanceSnapshot"|"Domain"|"PeeredVpc"|"LoadBalancer"|"LoadBalancerTlsCertificate"|"Disk"|"DiskSnapshot"|"RelationalDatabase"|"RelationalDatabaseSnapshot"|"ExportSnapshotRecord"|"CloudFormationStackRecord"|"Alarm"|"ContactMethod"|"Distribution"|"Certificate"|"Bucket",
    createdAt = as.POSIXct(
      "2015-01-01"
    ),
    location = list(
      availabilityZone = "string",
      regionName = "us-east-1"|"us-east-2"|"us-west-1"|"us-west-2"|"eu-west-1"|"eu-west-2"|"eu-west-3"|"eu-central-1"|"ca-central-1"|"ap-south-1"|"ap-southeast-1"|"ap-southeast-2"|"ap-northeast-1"|"ap-northeast-2"|"eu-north-1"
    ),
    isTerminal = TRUE|FALSE,
    operationDetails = "string",
    operationType = "DeleteKnownHostKeys"|"DeleteInstance"|"CreateInstance"|"StopInstance"|"StartInstance"|"RebootInstance"|"OpenInstancePublicPorts"|"PutInstancePublicPorts"|"CloseInstancePublicPorts"|"AllocateStaticIp"|"ReleaseStaticIp"|"AttachStaticIp"|"DetachStaticIp"|"UpdateDomainEntry"|"DeleteDomainEntry"|"CreateDomain"|"DeleteDomain"|"CreateInstanceSnapshot"|"DeleteInstanceSnapshot"|"CreateInstancesFromSnapshot"|"CreateLoadBalancer"|"DeleteLoadBalancer"|"AttachInstancesToLoadBalancer"|"DetachInstancesFromLoadBalancer"|"UpdateLoadBalancerAttribute"|"CreateLoadBalancerTlsCertificate"|"DeleteLoadBalancerTlsCertificate"|"AttachLoadBalancerTlsCertificate"|"CreateDisk"|"DeleteDisk"|"AttachDisk"|"DetachDisk"|"CreateDiskSnapshot"|"DeleteDiskSnapshot"|"CreateDiskFromSnapshot"|"CreateRelationalDatabase"|"UpdateRelationalDatabase"|"DeleteRelationalDatabase"|"CreateRelationalDatabaseFromSnapshot"|"CreateRelationalDatabaseSnapshot"|"DeleteRelationalDatabaseSnapshot"|"UpdateRelationalDatabaseParameters"|"StartRelationalDatabase"|"RebootRelationalDatabase"|"StopRelationalDatabase"|"EnableAddOn"|"DisableAddOn"|"PutAlarm"|"GetAlarms"|"DeleteAlarm"|"TestAlarm"|"CreateContactMethod"|"GetContactMethods"|"SendContactMethodVerification"|"DeleteContactMethod"|"CreateDistribution"|"UpdateDistribution"|"DeleteDistribution"|"ResetDistributionCache"|"AttachCertificateToDistribution"|"DetachCertificateFromDistribution"|"UpdateDistributionBundle"|"SetIpAddressType"|"CreateCertificate"|"DeleteCertificate"|"CreateContainerService"|"UpdateContainerService"|"DeleteContainerService"|"CreateContainerServiceDeployment"|"CreateContainerServiceRegistryLogin"|"RegisterContainerImage"|"DeleteContainerImage"|"CreateBucket"|"DeleteBucket"|"CreateBucketAccessKey"|"DeleteBucketAccessKey"|"UpdateBucketBundle"|"UpdateBucket"|"SetResourceAccessForBucket"|"UpdateInstanceMetadataOptions"|"StartGUISession"|"StopGUISession"|"SetupInstanceHttps",
    status = "NotStarted"|"Started"|"Failed"|"Completed"|"Succeeded",
    statusChangedAt = as.POSIXct(
      "2015-01-01"
    ),
    errorCode = "string",
    errorDetails = "string"
  )
)

Request syntax¶

svc$create_key_pair(
  keyPairName = "string",
  tags = list(
    list(
      key = "string",
      value = "string"
    )
  )
)