Working with Key Pairs
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Step 1:
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Navigate to the Key Pairs menu under Compute.
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Click on the Plus sign create button below the breadcrumb navigation to open the creation wizard.
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Name this Key Pair.
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From the radio button set, select whether to generate a Key Pair, or to upload an existing SSH-2 RSA public key.
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Clicking next with generate 'Key Pair' selected opens a menu to download a .pem of this key.
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Click the 'Save' button in the center of the menu to save this .pem key.
Step 2:
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Open PuTTYgen from your computer, and then click on import key under the conversions drop down menu.
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Select the downloaded *.pem key.
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Click on save public key and save private key to save your keypair (keep your private key safe!).
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This key pair may be used to connect to (private key) and configure (public key) cloud images.
