From 5055074db00f75285034c056b631d85f42cd9086 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anne Gentle Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:55:10 +0200 Subject: Adds information about private key generation for instance access - Also updated the help text in the command itself. Change-Id: Ib3d4f94ef415a3f12024d0d7c000d2de20de001b Partial-Bug: 1549410 --- doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst') 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 - Filename for public key to add + Filename for public key to add. If not used, creates a private key. .. describe:: - 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:: - 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:: - Public key to display (name only) + Public or private key to display (name only) -- cgit v1.2.1