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aws	AWS: aws_key_pair	docs-aws-resource-key-pair	Provides a Key Pair resource. Currently this supports importing an existing key pair but not creating a new key pair.

aws_key_pair

Provides an EC2 key pair resource. A key pair is used to control login access to EC2 instances.

Currently this resource only supports importing an existing key pair, not creating a new key pair.

When importing an existing key pair the public key material may be in any format supported by AWS. Supported formats (per the AWS documentation) are:

OpenSSH public key format (the format in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys)
Base64 encoded DER format
SSH public key file format as specified in RFC4716

Example Usage

resource "aws_key_pair" "deployer" {
  key_name = "deployer-key" 
  public_key = "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQD3F6tyPEFEzV0LX3X8BsXdMsQz1x2cEikKDEY0aIj41qgxMCP/iteneqXSIFZBp5vizPvaoIR3Um9xK7PGoW8giupGn+EPuxIA4cDM4vzOqOkiMPhz5XK0whEjkVzTo4+S0puvDZuwIsdiW9mxhJc7tgBNL0cYlWSYVkz4G/fslNfRPW5mYAM49f4fhtxPb5ok4Q2Lg9dPKVHO/Bgeu5woMc7RY0p1ej6D4CKFE6lymSDJpW0YHX/wqE9+cfEauh7xZcG0q9t2ta6F6fmX0agvpFyZo8aFbXeUBr7osSCJNgvavWbM/06niWrOvYX2xwWdhXmXSrbX8ZbabVohBK41 email@example.com"
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

public_key - (Required) The public key material.
key_name - (Optional) The name for the key pair.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

key_name - The key pair name.
fingerprint - The MD5 public key fingerprint as specified in section 4 of RFC 4716.

Import

Key Pairs can be imported using the key_name, e.g.

$ terraform import aws_key_pair.deployer deployer-key

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