Working with Amazon EC2 Key Pairs

Prerequisites

Before you begin, we recommend you read Getting started using the AWS SDK for C++.

Download the example code and build the solution as described in Get started on code examples.

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Create a Key Pair

To create a key pair, call the EC2Client’s CreateKeyPair function with a CreateKeyPairRequest that contains the key’s name.

Includes

#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/ec2/EC2Client.h>
#include <aws/ec2/model/CreateKeyPairRequest.h>
#include <aws/ec2/model/CreateKeyPairResponse.h>
#include <iostream>

Code

    Aws::EC2::EC2Client ec2Client(clientConfiguration);
    Aws::EC2::Model::CreateKeyPairRequest request;
    request.SetKeyName(keyPairName);

    Aws::EC2::Model::CreateKeyPairOutcome outcome = ec2Client.CreateKeyPair(request);
    if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to create key pair:" <<
                  outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "Successfully created key pair named " <<
                  keyPairName << std::endl;
    }

See the complete example.

Describe Key Pairs

To list your key pairs or to get information about them, call the EC2Client’s DescribeKeyPairs function with a DescribeKeyPairsRequest.

You will receive a DescribeKeyPairsResponse that you can use to access the list of key pairs by calling its GetKeyPairs function, which returns a list of KeyPairInfo objects.

Includes

#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/ec2/EC2Client.h>
#include <aws/ec2/model/DescribeKeyPairsRequest.h>
#include <aws/ec2/model/DescribeKeyPairsResponse.h>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>

Code

    Aws::EC2::EC2Client ec2Client(clientConfiguration);
    Aws::EC2::Model::DescribeKeyPairsRequest request;

    auto outcome = ec2Client.DescribeKeyPairs(request);
    if (outcome.IsSuccess()) {
        std::cout << std::left <<
                  std::setw(32) << "Name" <<
                  std::setw(64) << "Fingerprint" << std::endl;

        const std::vector<Aws::EC2::Model::KeyPairInfo> &key_pairs =
                outcome.GetResult().GetKeyPairs();
        for (const auto &key_pair: key_pairs) {
            std::cout << std::left <<
                      std::setw(32) << key_pair.GetKeyName() <<
                      std::setw(64) << key_pair.GetKeyFingerprint() << std::endl;
        }
    }
    else {
        std::cerr << "Failed to describe key pairs:" <<
                  outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
    }

See the complete example.

Delete a Key Pair

To delete a key pair, call the EC2Client’s DeleteKeyPair function, passing it a DeleteKeyPairRequest that contains the name of the key pair to delete.

Includes

#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/ec2/EC2Client.h>
#include <aws/ec2/model/DeleteKeyPairRequest.h>
#include <iostream>

Code

    Aws::EC2::EC2Client ec2Client(clientConfiguration);
    Aws::EC2::Model::DeleteKeyPairRequest request;

    request.SetKeyName(keyPairName);
    const Aws::EC2::Model::DeleteKeyPairOutcome outcome = ec2Client.DeleteKeyPair(
            request);

    if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to delete key pair " << keyPairName <<
                  ":" << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "Successfully deleted key pair named " << keyPairName <<
                  std::endl;
    }

See the complete example.

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