Create New Key Pairs

You can import the locally used key public key to the platform and use it, or have the system generate a key pair. The key can be created and optionally used when the instance is created or bound to an already created instance for use.

Prerequisites and restrictions

• The maximum number of single-territory keys is 20. If you need to create more, please submit a work order to increase the quota.

Operation Steps

1. Access SSH Key Pair Console or access the [JD Cloud Console] 2. Click Elastic Compute-Virtual Machine-SSH Key Pair on the top of the navigation bar to enter the key pair list page.

2. Select the locale where you want to use the key and click Create .

3. Fill in the key name in the popup window and make sure that the name is unique under the current locale.

4. Select the key creation method:
   

   • Create a new key pair: The system will automatically create a key pair for you and save the public key, and the private key will be downloaded to the local area for your own safekeeping, please note that there is only one chance to download the private key and it will not be kept by JD Cloud, so please save it properly.
   • Using an existing public key: Upload your local public key file to JD Cloud. When creating in this way, please make sure you have a local private key paired with your public key.

5. After it is created, the public key fingerprint information is available in the details of key pair.