Updated on 2026-06-09 GMT+08:00

Unbind an SSH Key Pair

Function

This API is used to unbind an SSH key pair from a specified VM and restore the SSH password login.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    kps:SSHKeyPair:unbind

    Write

    SSHKeyPair *

    -

    • kps:domainKeypairs:unbind
    • ecs:serverKeypairs:unbind
    • ecs:cloudServers:createServers
    • ecs:cloudServers:deleteServers
    • ecs:cloudServers:showServer
    • ecs:cloudServers:attach
    • ecs:cloudServers:listServerBlockDevices
    • ecs:cloudServers:showServerBlockDevice
    • ecs:cloudServers:detachVolume
    • ecs:cloudServers:listServerInterfaces
    • ecs:cloudServers:listServersDetails
    • ecs:cloudServerFlavors:get
    • ecs:cloudServerQuotas:get
    • evs:types:get
    • evs:volumes:use
    • ims:images:get
    • vpc:subnets:list

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/keypairs/disassociate

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value returned by the IAM API is used, which contains 32 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

Obtain the value by calling the IAM API for obtaining the user token.

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

server

Yes

DisassociateEcsServerInfo object

Definition

Information about the VM to which the key pair is to be bound

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 4 DisassociateEcsServerInfo

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

id

Yes

String

Definition

ID of the VM to which the SSH key pair is to be bound (replaced or reset)

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

auth

No

Auth object

Definition

VM authentication information

Constraints

Optional. This parameter is required for key pair replacement but not required for key pair reset.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 5 Auth

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

type

No

String

Definition

VM authentication type

Constraints

  • password: Password authentication is used for the VM.

  • keypair: Key pair authentication is used for the VM.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

key

No

String

Definition

VM authentication key

Constraints

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

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

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

task_id

String

Definition

Task ID returned when a task is delivered

Range

N/A

server_id

String

Definition

ID of the bound VM

Range

N/A

status

String

Definition

Task delivery status

Range

  • SUCCESS: Task delivered.

  • FAILED: Task delivery failed.

error_code

String

Definition

Error code returned when a task fails to be delivered

Range

N/A

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message returned when a task fails to be delivered

Range

N/A

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 Codes

Status Code

Description

202

OK

Error Codes

See Error Codes.