---
layout: "cloudstack"
page_title: "CloudStack: cloudstack_ssh_keypair"
sidebar_current: "docs-cloudstack-resource-ssh-keypair"
description: |-
  Creates or registers an SSH key pair.
---

# cloudstack\_ssh\_keypair

Creates or registers an SSH key pair.

## Example Usage

```
resource "cloudstack_ssh_keypair" "default" {
  name = "myKey"
  public_key = "${file("~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub")}"
  project = "myProject"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `name` - (Required) The name of the SSH key pair. This is a unique value
    within a CloudStack account. Changing this forces a new resource to be
    created.

* `public_key` - (Optional) The public key to register with CloudStack. If
    this is omitted, CloudStack will generate a new key pair. The key can
    be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()` interpolation
    function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_). Changing
    this forces a new resource to be created.

* `project` - (Optional) The name or ID of the project to register this
    key to. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

## Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

* `id` - The key pair ID.
* `fingerprint` - The fingerprint of the public key specified or created.
* `private_key` - The private key generated by CloudStack. Only available
    if CloudStack generated the key pair.