Overview
The OpenStack CLI lets you generate a new key pair or import an existing public key for use with DreamCompute. This procedure assumes you've already installed the OpenStack CLI on your computer:
How do I create a key pair and add it to DreamCompute?
To generate a key pair, run the following command.
[user@localhost]$ openstack keypair create KEY_NAME > MY_KEY.pem
This command generates a key pair using your specified names and writes them to a .pem file. The Key Pair is then registered within your DreamCompute dashboard. You can view the list on the Compute > Key Pairs page. You can also view is my running the following command:
[user@localhost]$ openstack keypair list
How do I import a previously existing key pair?
If you have already generated a Key Pair on your Linux or Mac computer, the public key is most likely named id_rsa.pub and located in the directory: ~/.ssh/. Run the following command to generate the new Key Pair in your DreamCompute dashboard.
The backslash character \ is used when entering a long command. When you enter the \, the terminal command continues to the next line until you finish entering it.
You could also remove the \ character and put every parameter into a single line.
[user@localhost]$ openstack keypair create --public-key \ ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub MY_KEY_NAME +-------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | Field | Value | +-------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | fingerprint | f2:fc:4f:ca:1c:b7:ba:43:1f:b8:e5:fc:63:84:79:13 | | name | My_KEY_NAME | | user_id | 29815315c4ce4d48a27e767a63eb8320 | +-------------+-------------------------------------------------+
The Key Pair is then registered within your DreamCompute dashboard. You can view the list on the Compute > Key Pairs page. It names the new Key Pair the name that you specify for MY_KEY_NAME. To ensure that the key pair has been successfully imported, run the following command to list key pairs:
[user@localhost]$ openstack keypair list
