Importing a Key Pair

Scenarios

You need to import a key pair in either of the following scenarios:

• Create a key pair using PuTTYgen and import the public key to the ECS.

• Import the public key of an existing key pair to the ECS to let the system maintain your public key.
  

  If the public key of the existing key pair is stored by clicking Save public key on PuTTY Key Generator, the public key cannot be imported to the management console.

  If you want to use this existing key pair for remote login, see Why Does a Key Pair Created Using puttygen.exe Fail to Be Imported on the Management Console?

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click . Under Compute, click Elastic Cloud Server.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Key Pair.
4. On the Key Pair Service page, click Import Key Pair.
   Figure 1 Importing a key pair
   
5. In the displayed Import Key Pair dialog box, import the public and private key content.

   Click Select File to import the local public key file (for example, the .txt file saved in 3 in Creating a Key Pair Using PuTTY Key Generator).

   For details about how to configure parameters, see Importing a Key Pair.

   Figure 2 Configuring parameters
   
6. Click OK.

Helpful Links

• What Should I Do If a Key Pair Cannot Be Imported?
• Why Does a Key Pair Created Using puttygen.exe Fail to Be Imported on the Management Console?