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Simple Application Server:ImportKeyPair

Last Updated:Nov 19, 2025

Imports an existing key pair.

Operation description

You can import an existing key pair to the console to log on to your Simple Application Server instances. The key pair must use a supported encryption method. For more information, see Q2: What encryption methods are supported for importing an existing key pair?.

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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

swas-open:ImportKeyPair

create

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

Yes

The ID of the region where the Simple Application Server instance is located. Call ListRegions to view a list of supported Alibaba Cloud regions.

cn-hangzhou

ClientToken

string

No

A client token used to ensure the idempotence of the request. Generate a unique value for this parameter from your client. ClientToken can contain only ASCII characters and must be no more than 64 characters long. For more information, see How to ensure idempotence.

123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000

KeyPairName

string

Yes

The name of the key pair. The name must be 2 to 64 characters in length. It must start with a letter or a Chinese character. It cannot start with http:// or https://. The name can contain digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

KeyPairName

PublicKeyBody

string

Yes

The content of the public key of the key pair.

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCbO5Govwhb0iHzoMYKkIQxjlHyHH8nxFsW6KF5saxgYhOwdeIpWngpi+/NDWQKvuOnXFFDh/o3eJJkh3rqP+RlMggt4HLQWOd9TS0f4/cgbAzud1caW9PnankCr****

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

20758A-585D-4A41-A9B2-28DA8F4F534F

KeyPairName

string

The name of the key pair. The name must be 2 to 64 characters in length. It must start with a letter or a Chinese character. It cannot start with http:// or https://. The name can contain digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

KeyPairName

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "20758A-585D-4A41-A9B2-28DA8F4F534F",
  "KeyPairName": "KeyPairName"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 KeyPairNameAlreadyExist The keyPair name already exist.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.