tencent cloud

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: cvm.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to create an OpenSSH RSA key pair, which you can use to log in to a Linux instance.

• You only need to specify a name, and the system will automatically create a key pair and return its ID and the public and private keys.
• The name of the key pair must be unique.
• You can save the private key to a file and use it as an authentication method for SSH.
• Tencent Cloud does not save users' private keys. Be sure to save it yourself.

A maximum of 10 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

3. Output Parameters

4. Example

Example1 Creating a Key Pair

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: cvm.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreateKeyPair
<Common request parameters>



{
    "ProjectId": 0,
    "KeyName": "Tencent"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "KeyPair": {
            "KeyId": "skey-mv9yzyjj",
            "KeyName": "Tencent",
            "ProjectId": 0,
            "PublicKey": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDP0Yw2T4itUKOJQIK69c1Asy1UO88cxEbujR5Jbr0e/Ey1v4ZKAUzDnsBnFlf4hKPA1YvMB8RBYj4GcLtM7PrKnBNNram8rgl73X/klOO8oqKv+J/XUA7KHH1Y6wcn1RTRTMdDHbGhW1q/UpfeylNTbf+wEIWhEfaL5FKQm4hqCw== skey_112168",
            "PrivateKey": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIICXgIBAAKBgQDP0Yw2T4itUKOJQIK69c1Asy1UO88cxEbujR5Jbr0e/Ey1v4ZK\nAUzDnsBnFlf4hKPA1YvMB8RBYj4GcLtM7PrKnBNNram8rgl73X/klOO8oqKv+J/X\nUA7KHH1Y6wcn1RTRTMdDHbGhW1q/UpfeylNTbf+wEIWhEfaL5FKQm4hqCwIDAQAB\nAoGBAJEvSu5SaCD02hs0F2C4Aln2E2/qjMoDEa7spcEVfUhdaNX8ZLvk5pUvnikm\nwfSb7a71QUIcFu66zKxBK4kVcirBRCR8nTAQbQ6AhXQYP+y6ihZ9Z/g6BBEeqCpV\nuGPmKnhdxdJ8Al2huEZKJFUQhKM8XdP7dqn6yFDm0L2sTK6RAkEA9IbhP4/2CVSC\n6d8j5nj3ejPx25R3wc4G+st1tZn1O/TRqUknbVEvsxZC63bRjHiw086QIWr61L8f\nqQBLZ58DMwJBANmRv3aHVxv5sMlV0F3hD5ZgWEDIIjxD7oiBzU1rqvF6OpTQc1cF\nrnwxAXDtYYJ75B8qQEL1ph/zIE5YW0hlfckCQQCyVTwpUyCopU3kqqxQBaDXKtMU\nxS6h1VQZzBDIpMPJOj8+Ku/qNe+HuJCNkVY6EDtF/bv340GTrt+0LVbQ95MpAkEA\nxcvwUdTXB9LnuxKuHTsoDaFHepW4MivcJvRC7njM7z4dFf+wbFP4/mUbF0xoUtVJ\nXl/uDjH/tpo1K6S+UEIcqQJAfLQywCQdZ/qOJn0PwxiOhwniikSnZuZPNSw8T+kg\n/oxijESOLAJBnt3S/g+D530Enjitvfc9mEB7mh0VmwWvPg==\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
        },
        "RequestId": "6ef60bec-0242-43af-bb20-270359fb54a7"
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

SDK

TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.

• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Python
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Java
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for PHP
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Go
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Node.js
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for .NET
• Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for C++

Command Line Interface

• Tencent Cloud CLI 3.0

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.