User Guide
- I Cloud Admin User Guide
- II Project User Guide
- 7 Using Container as a Service (Magnum)
- 8 Creating a Private Network
- 9 Creating a Key Pair
- 10 Creating and Uploading a Glance Image
- 11 Creating a Load Balancer with the Dashboard
- 12 Using Load Balancing as a Service (LBaaS)
- 13 Using Load Balancing as a Service with Orchestration Service
- 14 Using Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
- 15 Using VPN as a Service (VPNaaS)
9 Creating a Key Pair
Key pairs are used to provide SSH access to Nova compute instances. These steps will show you how to create them with either the Horizon dashboard UI or the command-line tools.
For more details about access and security for Nova, see Configure access and security for instances.
9.1 Creating a Key Pair using Horizon #
Log in to your Horizon dashboard.
Under the Project menu, navigate to Access and Security.
Navigate to the Key Pairs tab and select the Create Key Pair button.
Enter in a unique name for your key pair and then select the Create Key Pair button.
Your key pair will be created and the public key portion of the key (
.pem) will be automatically downloaded to your local computer. You will then have the option to select this key pair when creating new Nova compute instances.
9.2 Creating a Key Pair using the Command Line #
You can utilize either the OpenStack unified command-line tool or the NovaClient command-line tool to create a keypair. These steps assume you have the tool installed and that you have credentials to request an authentication token.
For full details on these command-line clients and installation instructions, see OpenStack Command-Line Interface Reference
Using the OpenStack CLI
The format of the command-line call for this is:
openstack keypair create --public-key <file> <name>
where:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| --public-key <file> |
This is an optional field. If used, this will be the path to your public key which will be used when creating the key pair. |
| <name> |
This will be the unique name for your key pair. |
Using the Nova CLI
The format of the command-line call for this is:
nova keypair-add --public-key <file> <name>
where:
Note
You can use nova help keypair-add to get the syntax
for this command.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| --public-key <file> |
This is an optional field. If used, this will be the path to your public key which will be used when creating the key pair. |
| <name> |
This will be the unique name for your key pair. |