ssh-rsa <long random="" string=""> <optional descriptive="" string="">

The format above.

Endre.

2012/5/21 Michael Lin question197936@answers.launchpad.net

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Dear all,

I have a big question...

Anyone can teach me how to import a keypair?

I don't know what kind of data need to insert into the column "public key" (by dashboard or python-novaclient)?

Thanks for your kindly help :D

Michael Lin 2012.05.21

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Michael,

You need to have a ssh public key (As explained by Endre above)

If you already have a ssh keypair then :

run " cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" on unix terminal You will see output as explained by Endre above. Copy the entire output (unless off course there is an error) into clipboard and paste in the Edit Box titled "Public Key" (Part of Import Keypair" pop-up dialog on Openstack Dashboard) Give some name to this keypair, and click submit

If you do not have a ssh keypair then : On linux machine you can run "ssh-keygen" command. If you are unfamiliar with this command then you can "man ssh-keygen" (Or look at http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/ssh-keygen/ (http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/ssh-key...) ) By default you can just execute "ssh-keygen" command and go with all defaults. (It is interactive command) At the end, two files id_rsa and id_rsa.pub will be created under ".ssh" folder in your home directory (Remember dot in the beginning)

On a potentially related note, when entering a keypair name in the Dashboard, it appears to not like "@" (e.g.: user@domain.com ). It kept giving me the same error, despite having the correct key contents in the "public key" field.

Maybe that's obvious to most, but threw me off for a few minutes. Hope that helps!