POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/sshPublicKeys/{sshPublicKeyName}/generateKeyPair/?api-version=2023-09-01

Generates and returns a public/private key pair and populates the SSH public key resource with the public key. The length of the key will be 3072 bits. This operation can only be performed once per SSH public key resource.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
sshPublicKeyName String Yes

The name of the SSH public key.

subscriptionId String Yes

Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.

resourceGroupName String Yes

The name of the resource group.

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
encryptionType String No

The encryption type of the SSH keys to be generated. See SshEncryptionTypes for possible set of values. If not provided, will default to RSA

Possible values:

  • "RSA"
  • "Ed25519"

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