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| author | Anne Gentle <agentle@cisco.com> | 2016-10-24 10:55:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Steve Martinelli <s.martinelli@gmail.com> | 2016-10-25 08:51:20 +0200 |
| commit | 5055074db00f75285034c056b631d85f42cd9086 (patch) | |
| tree | c4f4eee09274ed082ada3184e9f7c620f85ee734 /doc/source/command-objects | |
| parent | be9306f1d4ad8aedbbe2470163ff3dd9566e7a00 (diff) | |
| download | python-openstackclient-5055074db00f75285034c056b631d85f42cd9086.tar.gz | |
Adds information about private key generation for instance access
- Also updated the help text in the command itself.
Change-Id: Ib3d4f94ef415a3f12024d0d7c000d2de20de001b
Partial-Bug: 1549410
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/source/command-objects')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst | 22 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst b/doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst index af50a651..c9bf085b 100644 --- a/doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst +++ b/doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst @@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ keypair ======= The badly named keypair is really the public key of an OpenSSH key pair to be -used for access to created servers. +used for access to created servers. You can also create a private key for +access to a created server by not passing any argument to the keypair create +command. Compute v2 keypair create -------------- -Create new public key +Create new public or private key for server ssh access .. program:: keypair create .. code:: bash @@ -21,16 +23,16 @@ Create new public key .. option:: --public-key <file> - Filename for public key to add + Filename for public key to add. If not used, creates a private key. .. describe:: <name> - New public key name + New public or private key name keypair delete -------------- -Delete public key(s) +Delete public or private key(s) .. program:: keypair delete .. code:: bash @@ -40,12 +42,12 @@ Delete public key(s) .. describe:: <key> - Public key(s) to delete (name only) + Name of key(s) to delete (name only) keypair list ------------ -List public key fingerprints +List key fingerprints .. program:: keypair list .. code:: bash @@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ List public key fingerprints keypair show ------------ -Display public key details +Display key details .. program:: keypair show .. code:: bash @@ -66,8 +68,8 @@ Display public key details .. option:: --public-key - Show only bare public key (name only) + Show only bare public key paired with the generated key .. describe:: <key> - Public key to display (name only) + Public or private key to display (name only) |