Amazon EC2

Amazon EC2 Key Pairs API

Operations for managing SSH key pairs used for instance access

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Operations 3

GET /?Action=CreateKeyPair Amazon EC2 Create a Key Pair #

GET /?Action=DescribeKeyPairs Amazon EC2 Describe Key Pairs #

GET /?Action=DeleteKeyPair Amazon EC2 Delete a Key Pair #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon EC2 AMIs Key Pairs API
  description: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. This API enables you to launch and manage virtual server instances, configure networking and security, and manage storage volumes with complete control over your computing resources.
  version: '2016-11-15'
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
servers:
- url: https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon EC2 Regional Endpoint
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: AWS Region
security:
- sigv4Auth: []
tags:
- name: Key Pairs
  description: Operations for managing SSH key pairs used for instance access
paths:
  /?Action=CreateKeyPair:
    get:
      operationId: createKeyPair
      summary: Amazon EC2 Create a Key Pair
      description: Creates an ED25519 or 2048-bit RSA key pair with the specified name. Amazon EC2 stores the public key and displays the private key for you to save to a file.
      tags:
      - Key Pairs
      parameters:
      - name: KeyName
        in: query
        required: true
        description: A unique name for the key pair
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-resource-name
      - name: KeyType
        in: query
        description: The type of key pair (rsa or ed25519)
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - rsa
          - ed25519
        example: rsa
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully created key pair
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /?Action=DescribeKeyPairs:
    get:
      operationId: describeKeyPairs
      summary: Amazon EC2 Describe Key Pairs
      description: Describes the specified key pairs or all of your key pairs.
      tags:
      - Key Pairs
      parameters:
      - name: KeyName
        in: query
        description: The key pair names to describe
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        example:
        - example-resource-name
      - name: KeyPairId
        in: query
        description: The IDs of the key pairs
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        example:
        - example-id-1234
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully described key pairs
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /?Action=DeleteKeyPair:
    get:
      operationId: deleteKeyPair
      summary: Amazon EC2 Delete a Key Pair
      description: Deletes the specified key pair by removing the public key from Amazon EC2.
      tags:
      - Key Pairs
      parameters:
      - name: KeyName
        in: query
        description: The name of the key pair to delete
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-resource-name
      - name: KeyPairId
        in: query
        description: The ID of the key pair to delete
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example-id-1234
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully deleted key pair
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4Auth:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon EC2 API Reference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/

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