AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . lightsail ]

get-instance-access-details

Description

Returns temporary SSH keys you can use to connect to a specific virtual private server, or instance .

The get instance access details operation supports tag-based access control via resource tags applied to the resource identified by instance name . For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  get-instance-access-details
--instance-name <value>
[--protocol <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]

Options

--instance-name (string)

The name of the instance to access.

--protocol (string)

The protocol to use to connect to your instance. Defaults to ssh .

Possible values:

  • ssh

  • rdp

--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.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json

  • text

  • table

  • yaml

  • yaml-stream

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on

  • off

  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

  • base64

  • raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input 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 host key information for an instance

The following get-instance-access-details example displays host key information for instance WordPress_Multisite-1.

aws lightsail get-instance-access-details \
    --instance-name WordPress_Multisite-1

Output:

{
    "accessDetails": {
        "certKey": "ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com 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",
        "ipAddress": "192.0.2.0",
        "privateKey": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\nwEXAMPLExMlcysRgcWB9RNgf3AuOpFd2i6XT/riNsvvkpmJ+VooU8g==\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
        "protocol": "ssh",
        "instanceName": "WordPress_Multisite-1",
        "username": "bitnami",
        "hostKeys": [
            {
                "algorithm": "ssh-rsa",
                "publicKey": "AEXAMPLEaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCoeR9ieZTjQ3pXCHczuAYZFjlF7t+uBkXuqeGMRex78pCvmS+DiEXAMPLEuJ1Q8dcKhrQL4HpXbD9dosVCTaJnJwb4MQqsuSVFdHFzy3guP+BKclWqtxJEXAMPLEsBGqZZlrIv6a9bTA0TCplZ8AD+hSRTaSXXqg6FT+Qf16IktH0XlMs7xIEXAMPLEmNtjCpzZiGXDHzytoMvUgwa8uHPp44Og36EUu4VqQxoUHPJKoXvcQizyk3K8ym0hP0TpDZhD8cqwRfd6EHp4Q1br/Ot6y9HwvykEXAMPLEAfbKjbR42+u6+OSlkr4d339q2U1sTDytJhhs8HUel1wTfGRfp",
                "witnessedAt": 1570744377.699,
                "fingerprintSHA1": "SHA1:GEXAMPLEMoYgUg0ucadqU9Bt3Lk",
                "fingerprintSHA256": "SHA256:IEXAMPLEcB5vgxnAUoJawbdZ+MwELhIp6FUxuwq/LIU"
            },
            {
                "algorithm": "ssh-ed25519",
                "publicKey": "AEXAMPLEaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIC1gwGPDfGaONxEXAMPLEJX3UNap781QxHQmn8nzlrUv",
                "witnessedAt": 1570744377.697,
                "fingerprintSHA1": "SHA1:VEXAMPLE5ReqSmTgv03sSUw9toU",
                "fingerprintSHA256": "SHA256:0EXAMPLEdE6tI95k3TJpG+qhJbAoknB0yz9nAEaDt3A"
            },
            {
                "algorithm": "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
                "publicKey": "AEXAMPLEZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABEXAMPLE9B4mZy8YSsZW7cixCDq5yHSAAxjJkDo54C+EnKlDCsYtUkxxEXAMPLE6VOWL2z63RTKa2AUPgd8irjxWI=",
                "witnessedAt": 1570744377.707,
                "fingerprintSHA1": "SHA1:UEXAMPLEOYCfXsCf2G6tDg+7YG0",
                "fingerprintSHA256": "SHA256:wEXAMPLEQ9a/iEXAMPLEhRufm6U9vFU4cpkMPHnBsNA"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Output

accessDetails -> (structure)

An array of key-value pairs containing information about a get instance access request.

certKey -> (string)

For SSH access, the public key to use when accessing your instance For OpenSSH clients (e.g., command line SSH), you should save this value to tempkey-cert.pub .

expiresAt -> (timestamp)

For SSH access, the date on which the temporary keys expire.

ipAddress -> (string)

The public IP address of the Amazon Lightsail instance.

password -> (string)

For RDP access, the password for your Amazon Lightsail instance. Password will be an empty string if the password for your new instance is not ready yet. When you create an instance, it can take up to 15 minutes for the instance to be ready.

Note

If you create an instance using any key pair other than the default (LightsailDefaultKeyPair ), password will always be an empty string.

If you change the Administrator password on the instance, Lightsail will continue to return the original password value. When accessing the instance using RDP, you need to manually enter the Administrator password after changing it from the default.

passwordData -> (structure)

For a Windows Server-based instance, an object with the data you can use to retrieve your password. This is only needed if password is empty and the instance is not new (and therefore the password is not ready yet). When you create an instance, it can take up to 15 minutes for the instance to be ready.

ciphertext -> (string)

The encrypted password. Ciphertext will be an empty string if access to your new instance is not ready yet. When you create an instance, it can take up to 15 minutes for the instance to be ready.

Note

If you use the default key pair (LightsailDefaultKeyPair ), the decrypted password will be available in the password field.

If you are using a custom key pair, you need to use your own means of decryption.

If you change the Administrator password on the instance, Lightsail will continue to return the original ciphertext value. When accessing the instance using RDP, you need to manually enter the Administrator password after changing it from the default.

keyPairName -> (string)

The name of the key pair that you used when creating your instance. If no key pair name was specified when creating the instance, Lightsail uses the default key pair (LightsailDefaultKeyPair ).

If you are using a custom key pair, you need to use your own means of decrypting your password using the ciphertext . Lightsail creates the ciphertext by encrypting your password with the public key part of this key pair.

privateKey -> (string)

For SSH access, the temporary private key. For OpenSSH clients (e.g., command line SSH), you should save this value to tempkey ).

protocol -> (string)

The protocol for these Amazon Lightsail instance access details.

instanceName -> (string)

The name of this Amazon Lightsail instance.

username -> (string)

The user name to use when logging in to the Amazon Lightsail instance.

hostKeys -> (list)

Describes the public SSH host keys or the RDP certificate.

(structure)

Describes the public SSH host keys or the RDP certificate.

algorithm -> (string)

The SSH host key algorithm or the RDP certificate format.

For SSH host keys, the algorithm may be ssh-rsa , ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 , ssh-ed25519 , etc. For RDP certificates, the algorithm is always x509-cert .

publicKey -> (string)

The public SSH host key or the RDP certificate.

witnessedAt -> (timestamp)

The time that the SSH host key or RDP certificate was recorded by Lightsail.

fingerprintSHA1 -> (string)

The SHA-1 fingerprint of the returned SSH host key or RDP certificate.

  • Example of an SHA-1 SSH fingerprint: SHA1:1CHH6FaAaXjtFOsR/t83vf91SR0

  • Example of an SHA-1 RDP fingerprint: af:34:51:fe:09:f0:e0:da:b8:4e:56:ca:60:c2:10:ff:38:06:db:45

fingerprintSHA256 -> (string)

The SHA-256 fingerprint of the returned SSH host key or RDP certificate.

  • Example of an SHA-256 SSH fingerprint: SHA256:KTsMnRBh1IhD17HpdfsbzeGA4jOijm5tyXsMjKVbB8o

  • Example of an SHA-256 RDP fingerprint: 03:9b:36:9f:4b:de:4e:61:70:fc:7c:c9:78:e7:d2:1a:1c:25:a8:0c:91:f6:7c:e4:d6:a0:85:c8:b4:53:99:68

notValidBefore -> (timestamp)

The returned RDP certificate is valid after this point in time.

This value is listed only for RDP certificates.

notValidAfter -> (timestamp)

The returned RDP certificate is not valid after this point in time.

This value is listed only for RDP certificates.

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