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ENS:DescribeKeyPairs

Last Updated:Mar 27, 2026

Queries one or more 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

ens:DescribeKeyPairs

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

KeyPairName

string

No

The name of the key pair that you want to bind to the simple application server. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length. The name must start with a letter but cannot start with http:// or https://. The name can contain the following characters:

  • Numbers.

  • :

  • _

  • .

You can specify only one name. By default, all key pairs are queried.

TestKeyPairName

PageNumber

string

No

The page number of the returned page. Valid values: integers that are greater than 0. Default value: 1.

1

PageSize

string

No

The number of entries per page. Valid values: integers that are greater than 0. Default value: 10.

10

KeyPairId

string

No

The ID of the key pair.

ssh-50cynkq42sgj4ej1tn78t4***

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

KeyPairs

object

KeyPair

array<object>

Details about the key pairs.

object

CreationTime

string

The time when the key pair was created. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ssZ format. The time is displayed in UTC.

2020-04-26T15:38:27Z

KeyPairFingerPrint

string

The fingerprint of the key pair.

fdaf8ff7a756ef843814fc****

KeyPairName

string

The name of the SSH key pair.

TestKeyPairName

KeyPairId

string

The ID of the key pair.

ssh-50cynkq42sgj4ej1tn78t4***

PageNumber

integer

The page number.

1

PageSize

integer

The number of entries returned per page.

10

RequestId

string

The request ID.

37B52F33-6879-49D0-A39B-22966B01449E

TotalCount

integer

The total number of key pairs.

7

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "KeyPairs": {
    "KeyPair": [
      {
        "CreationTime": "2020-04-26T15:38:27Z",
        "KeyPairFingerPrint": "fdaf8ff7a756ef843814fc****",
        "KeyPairName": "TestKeyPairName",
        "KeyPairId": "ssh-50cynkq42sgj4ej1tn78t4***"
      }
    ]
  },
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "PageSize": 10,
  "RequestId": "37B52F33-6879-49D0-A39B-22966B01449E",
  "TotalCount": 7
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 MissingParameter The input parameter that is mandatory for processing this request is not supplied.
400 NoPermission Permission denied.
400 InvalidParameter.%s The specified field %s invalid. Please check it again.
400 InvalidParameter The errorMessage is %s. Please check it again.
400 ens.interface.error An error occurred while calling the API.
400 CallInterface Call Interface Happen Error. An error occurred when you call the operation.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.