Translations:Cloud Quick Start/7/en

1. On the OpenStack left menu, select Compute->Key Pairs.
2. Click on the Import Public Key button; the Import Public Key window is displayed.
3. Name your key pair.
4. Paste your public key (only RSA type SSH keys are currently supported).
   Ensure your pasted public key contains no newline or space characters.
5. Click on the Import Public Key button.

Creating a new key pair

Creating a new key pair (Click for larger image)

1. On the OpenStack left menu, select Compute->Key Pairs.
2. Click on the +Create Key Pair button; the Create Key Pair window is displayed.
3. Give your key pair a name so you can recognize the file when it saves to your computer. You can only use letters, numbers, spaces and dashes; no other special characters are permitted.
4. Click on the +Create Key Pair button. The key pair file will download to your default download folder on your pc. It will have a .pem file extension on it.
5. Make sure to save the file to your desktop or to an easy access folder on your hard drive.