enum KeyPairType

Language	Type name
.NET	Amazon.CDK.AWS.EC2.KeyPairType
Go	github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk/v2/awsec2#KeyPairType
Java	software.amazon.awscdk.services.ec2.KeyPairType
Python	aws_cdk.aws_ec2.KeyPairType
TypeScript (source)	aws-cdk-lib » aws_ec2 » KeyPairType

The type of the key pair.

Example

declare const vpc: ec2.Vpc;
declare const instanceType: ec2.InstanceType;

const keyPair = new ec2.KeyPair(this, 'KeyPair', {
  type: ec2.KeyPairType.ED25519,
  format: ec2.KeyPairFormat.PEM,
});
const instance = new ec2.Instance(this, 'Instance', {
  vpc,
  instanceType,
  machineImage: ec2.MachineImage.latestAmazonLinux2023(),
  // Use the custom key pair
  keyPair,
});

Members

Name	Description
RSA	An RSA key.
ED25519	An ED25519 key.

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RSA

An RSA key.

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ED25519

An ED25519 key.

Note that ED25519 keys are not supported for Windows instances.