get-key-pair¶

Description¶

Returns information about a specific key pair.

Synopsis¶

  get-key-pair
--key-pair-name <value>
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--key-pair-name (string)

The name of the key pair for which you are requesting information.

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To get information about a key pair

The following get-key-pair example displays details about the specified key pair.

aws lightsail get-key-pair \
    --key-pair-name MyKey1

Output:

{
    "keyPair": {
        "name": "MyKey1",
        "arn": "arn:aws:lightsail:us-west-2:111122223333:KeyPair/19a4efdf-3054-43d6-91fd-eEXAMPLE21bf",
        "supportCode": "6EXAMPLE3362/MyKey1",
        "createdAt": 1571255026.975,
        "location": {
            "availabilityZone": "all",
            "regionName": "us-west-2"
        },
        "resourceType": "KeyPair",
        "tags": [],
        "fingerprint": "00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:gg:hh:ii:jj"
    }
}

Output¶

keyPair -> (structure)

An array of key-value pairs containing information about the key pair.

name -> (string)

The friendly name of the SSH key pair.

arn -> (string)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the key pair (e.g., arn:aws:lightsail:us-east-2:123456789101:KeyPair/05859e3d-331d-48ba-9034-12345EXAMPLE ).

supportCode -> (string)

The support code. Include this code in your email to support when you have questions about an instance or another resource in Lightsail. This code enables our support team to look up your Lightsail information more easily.

createdAt -> (timestamp)

The timestamp when the key pair was created (e.g., 1479816991.349 ).

location -> (structure)

The region name and Availability Zone where the key pair was created.

availabilityZone -> (string)

The Availability Zone. Follows the format us-east-2a (case-sensitive).

regionName -> (string)

The AWS Region name.

resourceType -> (string)

The resource type (usually KeyPair ).

tags -> (list)

The tag keys and optional values for the resource. For more information about tags in Lightsail, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide .

(structure)

Describes a tag key and optional value assigned to an Amazon Lightsail resource.

For more information about tags in Lightsail, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide .

key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys accept a maximum of 128 letters, numbers, spaces in UTF-8, or the following characters: + - = . _ : / @

value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values accept a maximum of 256 letters, numbers, spaces in UTF-8, or the following characters: + - = . _ : / @

fingerprint -> (string)

The RSA fingerprint of the key pair.

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