Use DescribeKeyPairs to query key pairs - Elastic Compute Service - Alibaba Cloud - Elastic Compute Service

Queries one or more SSH key pairs.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.
API: The API that you can call to perform the action.
Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.
Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.
- For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.
- For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.
Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.
Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ecs:DescribeKeyPairs

get

KeyPair

acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:keypair/{#keypairName}

KeyPair

acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:keypair/*

None

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
RegionId	string	Yes	The region ID of the key pairs. You can call DescribeRegions to query the most recent region list.	cn-hangzhou
KeyPairName	string	No	The name of the key pair. Fuzzy search with regular expressions is supported. You can use an asterisk () to match subexpressions. Examples: `SshKey`: queries key pair names that end with SshKey, including SshKey. `SshKey`: queries key pair names that start with SshKey, including SshKey. `SshKey*`: queries key pair names that contain SshKey, including SshKey. `SshKey`: exact match of SshKey.	SshKey
KeyPairFingerPrint	string	No	The fingerprint of the key pair. The public key fingerprint format is defined in RFC 4716 and uses the MD5 message digest algorithm. For more information, refer to RFC 4716.	ABC1234567
PageNumber	integer	No	The page number of the key pair list. Minimum value: 1. Default value: 1.	1
PageSize	integer	No	The number of entries per page for a paged query. Maximum value: 50. Default value: 10.	10
IncludePublicKey	boolean	No	Specifies whether to include PublicKey in the response. Default value: false.	false
ResourceGroupId	string	No	The ID of the resource group to which the key pairs belong. When you use this parameter to filter resources, the resource count cannot exceed 1000. Note Filtering by the default resource group is not supported.	rg-amnhr7u7c7hj****
Tag	array<object>	No	The tags.
	object	No
Key	string	No	The tag key of the key pair. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. If you use a single tag to filter resources, the resource count with the specified tag cannot exceed 1000. If you use multiple tags to filter resources, the resource count of resources that are attached with all specified tags cannot exceed 1000. If the resource count exceeds 1000, call the ListTagResources operation to query resources.	TestKey
Value	string	No	The tag value of the key pair. Valid values of N: 1 to 20.	TestValue

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object
PageSize	integer	The number of entries per page.	10
RequestId	string	The request ID.	473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E
PageNumber	integer	The current page number.	1
TotalCount	integer	The total number of key pairs.	1
KeyPairs	object
KeyPair	array<object>	The key pair information.
	array<object>
CreationTime	string	The time when the key pair was created. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard in UTC.	2023-09-04T08:33Z
KeyPairName	string	The name of the key pair.	testKeyPairName
KeyPairFingerPrint	string	The fingerprint of the key pair.	ABC1234567
ResourceGroupId	string	The resource group ID.	rg-amnhr7u7c7hj****
PublicKey	string	The public key content.	ssh-rsa****
Tags	object
Tag	array<object>	The tags of the key pair.
	object
TagValue	string	The tag value of the key pair.	TestValue
TagKey	string	The tag key of the key pair.	TestKey

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "PageSize": 10,
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E",
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "TotalCount": 1,
  "KeyPairs": {
    "KeyPair": [
      {
        "CreationTime": "2023-09-04T08:33Z",
        "KeyPairName": "testKeyPairName",
        "KeyPairFingerPrint": "ABC1234567",
        "ResourceGroupId": "rg-amnhr7u7c7hj****",
        "PublicKey": "ssh-rsa****",
        "Tags": {
          "Tag": [
            {
              "TagValue": "TestValue",
              "TagKey": "TestKey"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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