Create or import keypair¶

Overview¶

Generates or imports a keypair.

Classification¶

Create

API Operation Object¶

os-keypairs

Synchronous / Asynchronous¶

-

Request¶

HTTP Request Method¶

POST

HTTP Request Path¶

{api_endpoint}/v2/{tenant_id}/os-keypairs

HTTP Request Header¶

Format¶

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, compress(optional)
Accept: application/json
X-Auth-Token: <token_id>
Content-Type: application/json

HTTP Request Body¶

Format¶

{
    "keypair": {
        "name": "<name>",
        "public_key": "<public_key>"
    }
}

Request Parameter¶

Request Parameters¶
name	style	format	description	required/optional
tenant_id	URI	String	The ID for the tenant or account in a multi-tenancy cloud.	required
name	plain	String	The name to associate with the keypair.	required
public_key	plain	String	The public ssh key to import. If not provided, a key is generated.	optional

Response¶

HTTP Response Header¶

Format¶

HTTP/1.1 <response_code> <message>       (ex. 200 OK)

<response_code>: see “HTTP Responses” section
<message>: message based on the response code
- skip auto insert field such as “X-Compute-Request-Id” and “Content-Length”, “Date”

Response Code¶

Response Codes¶
response code	condition
200	normal end
400	computeFault
-	badRequest
401	unauthorized
403	forbidden
404	itemNotFound
405	badMethod
413	overLimit
500	computeFault
503	serviceUnavailable

HTTP Response Body¶

Format¶

{
    "keypair": {
        "fingerprint": "<fingerprint>",
        "name": "<name>",
        "public_key": "<public_key>",
        "user_id": "<user_id>"
    }
}

Response Parameter¶

Response Parameters¶
item	format	description
fingerprint	String	fingerprint
name	String	The name to associate with the keypair.
public_key	String	The public ssh key to import. If not provided, a key is generated.
user_id	String	owner of instance

Sample API Request and Response¶

Sample API Request¶

Request URI¶

https://example.com/v2/{tenant_id}/os-keypairs

Request Header¶

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, compress (optional)
Accept: application/json
X-Auth-Token: ajk3adjiown02

Request Body¶

{
    "keypair": {
        "name": "keypair-dab428fe-6186-4a14-b3de-92131f76cd39",
        "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova"
    }
}

Sample API Response¶

Response Header¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

<response_code>: see “HTTP Responses” section
<message>: message based on the response code
- skip auto insert field such as “X-Compute-Request-Id” and “Content-Length”, “Date”

Response Body¶

{
    "keypair": {
        "fingerprint": "1e:2c:9b:56:79:4b:45:77:f9:ca:7a:98:2c:b0:d5:3c",
        "name": "keypair-dab428fe-6186-4a14-b3de-92131f76cd39",
        "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova",
        "user_id": "fake"
    }
}

Execution Example¶

HTTP Request¶

POST /v2/c272d18d923d4e849f7c41df15f390c4/os-keypairs HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.35.0
Host: 192.168.56.250:8774
X-Auth-Token: fe7ae679900d422a95c0d27e9899559d
Content-type: application/json
Accept: application/json
Content-Length: 316

{"keypair": {"name":"keypair-dab428fe-6186-4a14-b3de-92131f76cd39", "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova"}}

HTTP Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 430
X-Compute-Request-Id: req-9925eafd-3d35-4789-ae40-442c4f94f0da
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:52:08 GMT

{"keypair": {"public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova", "user_id": "10a924eb03214764a678ab44faabee54", "name": "keypair-dab428fe-6186-4a14-b3de-92131f76cd39", "fingerprint": "1e:2c:9b:56:79:4b:45:77:f9:ca:7a:98:2c:b0:d5:3c"}}

Error Execution Example¶

HTTP Request¶

POST /v2/c272d18d923d4e849f7c41df15f390c4/os-keypairs HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.35.0
Host: 192.168.56.250:8774
X-Auth-Token: fe7ae679900d422a95c0d27e9899559d
Content-type: application/json
Accept: application/json
Content-Length: 315

{"keypair": {"name":"keypair-dab428fe-6186-4a14-b3de-92131f76cd39", "public_key": "sh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova"}}

HTTP Response¶

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Length: 99
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
X-Compute-Request-Id: req-b1fda8ee-57ef-4fdf-9b91-6dcb389e127c
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:55:31 GMT

{"badRequest": {"message": "Keypair data is invalid: failed to generate fingerprint", "code": 400}}

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