Upgrading a Key Pair

Prerequisites

• A key pair has been created or imported.
• Users with the Tenant Administrator system role must perform the upgrade at least once. The number of key pairs to be upgraded is not limited.
• The service ticket for key upgrade has been handled.

Constraints

• Key pairs using the same names as existing account key pairs or other users' private key pairs cannot be upgraded.
• If a private key pair is upgraded to an account key pair, the account key pair quota is not occupied.
• Once a private key pair is upgraded to an account key pair, it cannot be changed back.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. Click . ChooseSecurity > Data Encryption Workshop.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, click Key Pair Service.
5. Click the Private Key Pairs tab and then click Upgrade Key Pair.
6. In the displayed dialog box, select the key pair to be upgraded, and click OK, as shown in Figure 1.
   Figure 1 Upgrading a key pair
   
   

   Upgraded key pairs are displayed in the account key pair list.