This page allows you to generate a new SSH public/private keypair, or
bring one that has been created manually under the control of Cloudmin. You
must enter a description for the key, and then select one of the options
for the Source for new key :
- Generated by system manager
- Cloudmin will create a new key on your system, using the ssh-keygen command. Unless you have a really old SSH version installed, this will be a version 2 key.
- In existing file
- The key in the file on the server entered into the adjacent text field will be used. You only need to enter the private key - Cloudmin will compute the public key from it automatically. This key cannot be protected by a passphrase though.
- In uploaded file
- Like the previous option, but the private key can be in a file uploaded from the system on which your browser runs.
- Pasted into textbox below
- Like the last two options, but you must copy and paste the private key data into the text box.
- Generate new EC2 key
- This option only appears if you have at least one EC2 account registered with Cloudmin. When selected, EC2 will generate a new key associated with your account, and pass the private key data back to Cloudmin. To create EC2 instances, you must have at least one SSH key from EC2 registered.
- Import existing EC2 key
- If you have already manually created an SSH key with EC2 (perhaps using the ec2-add-keypair command), it can be registered for use by Cloudmin by selecting the key name from this menu and pasting the private key text into the box below.