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az sshkey — Manage SSH public keys with virtual machines. Part of `azure-cli` (also known as `az`). More informa

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Problem

How to use the az sshkey command: Manage SSH public keys with virtual machines. Part of azure-cli (also known as az). More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/sshkey>.

Solution

az sshkey — Manage SSH public keys with virtual machines. Part of azure-cli (also known as az). More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/sshkey>.

Create a new SSH key:

az sshkey create --name {{name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{resource_group}}

Upload an existing SSH key:

az sshkey create --name {{name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{resource_group}} --public-key "{{@path/to/key.pub}}"

List all SSH public keys:

az sshkey list

Show information about an SSH public key:

az sshkey show --name {{name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{resource_group}}

Code Snippets

Create a new SSH key

az sshkey create --name {{name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{resource_group}}

Upload an existing SSH key

az sshkey create --name {{name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{resource_group}} --public-key "{{@path/to/key.pub}}"

List all SSH public keys

az sshkey list

Show information about an SSH public key

az sshkey show --name {{name}} {{[-g|--resource-group]}} {{resource_group}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/az sshkey

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