---
name: "euca-create-keypair"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "euca2ools"
version: "3.3.1-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/euca-create-keypair"
---

# euca-create-keypair(1)

Create a new SSH key pair for use with instances

## NAME

euca-create-keypair - Create a new SSH key pair for use with instances

## SYNOPSIS

euca-create-keypair \[-f FILE\] \[--show-empty-fields\] \[-U URL\]

- \[--region USER@REGION\] \[-I KEY\_ID\] \[-S KEY\]

  \[--security-token TOKEN\] \[--debug\] \[--debugger\] \[--version\] \[-h\] KEYPAIR

## DESCRIPTION

Create a new SSH key pair for use with instances

### positional arguments:

- KEYPAIR

  name of the new key pair (required)

### optional arguments:

- **-f** FILE, **--filename** FILE

  file name to save the private key to

- **--show-empty-fields**

  show empty values as "(nil)"

- **-U** URL, **--url** URL

  compute service endpoint URL

- **--region** USER@REGION

  region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

**-I** KEY\_ID, **--access-key-id** KEY\_ID

**-S** KEY, **--secret-key** KEY

**--security-token** TOKEN

- **--debug**

  show debugging output

- **--debugger**

  launch interactive debugger on error

- **--version**

  show the program's version and exit

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit