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Unbind an SSH Key Pair

Function

Unbinds an SSH key pair from a specified VM and restores SSH password login.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/keypairs/disassociate

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

Can be obtained by calling the IAM API for obtaining the user token (the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

server

Yes

DisassociateEcsServerInfo object

Information about the VM that the key pair is to be bound to
Table 4 DisassociateEcsServerInfo

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

id

Yes

String

ID of the VM that the SSH key pair is to be bound to (in order to replace or reset the original key pair).

auth

No

Auth object

(Optional) Authentication type. This parameter is required for key pair replacement but not required for key pair reset.
Table 5 Auth

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

type

No

String

The value can be password or keypair.

key

No

String

  • If type is set to password, key indicates the password.

  • If type is set to keypair, key indicates the private key.

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

task_id

String

ID returned when a task is delivered

server_id

String

Specifies the ID of the bound VM.

status

String

Indicates the delivery status of a task. SUCCESS or FAILED.

error_code

String

Error code returned when a task fails to be delivered.

error_msg

String

Error information returned when a task fails to be delivered.

Status code: 400

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error Codes

error_msg

String

Description

Example Requests

  • {
  "server" : {
    "id" : "d76baba7-ef09-40a2-87ff-3eafec0696e7",
    "auth" : {
      "type" : "keypair",
      "key" : "-----BEGINRSAPRIVATEKEY-----\nM..."
    }
  }
}
  • {
  "server" : {
    "id" : "x76baba7-ef09-40a2-87ff-3eafec0696e7"
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 202

OK

{
  "task_id" : "aee8d2fe-5484-4753-9177-5a38dc15546c"
}

Status code: 400

Error response

{
  "error_code" : "KPS.XXX",
  "error_msg" : "XXX"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

202

OK

400

Error response

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: Key pair task management