Can a Key Pair Be Shared by Multiple Users?

Key pairs cannot be shared across accounts, but can be shared by the IAM users under the same account in either of the following ways:

• Import a key pair. To let multiple IAM users use the same key pair, you can create a key pair (by using PuTTYgen or other tools) and import it as an IAM user resource. For details, see .
• Upgrade a private key pair to an account key pair. You can a key pair or imported to the console.