34 lines
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34 lines
1.5 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="nova_cli_keygen">
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<title>Add keypair</title>
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<para>Create at least one keypair for each project. If you have
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generated a keypair with an external tool, you can import it into
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OpenStack. The keypair can be used for multiple instances that
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belong to a project.</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Create a key.</para>
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<para>To create a <literal>mykey</literal> key that you can
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associate with instances, run the following command:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova keypair-add mykey > mykey.pem</userinput></screen>
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<para>Save the <filename>mykey.pem</filename> file to a secure
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location. It enables root access to any instances with which
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the <literal>mykey</literal> key is associated.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Alternatively, you can import a keypair.</para>
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<para>To import an existing public key,
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<literal>mykey.pub</literal>, and associate it with the
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<literal>mykey</literal> key, run the following
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command:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova keypair-add --pub-key mykey.pub mykey</userinput></screen>
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<para>You must have the matching private key to access instances
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that are associated with this key.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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