DescribeKeyPairs

Description

Returns information about key pairs available to you. If you specify key pairs, information about those key pairs is returned. Otherwise, information for all registered key pairs is returned.

Request Parameters

Name Description Required

Name	Description	Required
`KeyName.n`	Key pair to describe. Type: String Default: Describes all key pairs available to the account.	No

KeyName.n

Key pair to describe.

Type: String

Default: Describes all key pairs available to the account.

No

Response Elements

Name	Description
`DescribeKeyPairsResponseType`	`DescribeKeyPairsResponseType` element. Type: DescribeKeyPairsResponseType Ancestor: None Children: `requestId`, `keySet`
`requestId`	The ID of the request. Type: xsd:string Ancestor: `DescribeKeyPairsResponseType` Children: None
`keySet`	Information for a key pair. Type: DescribeKeyPairsResponseInfoType Ancestor: `DescribeKeyPairsResponseType` Children: `item`
`item`	Information for a key pair. Type: DescribeKeyPairsResponseItemType Ancestor: `keySet` Children: `keyName`, `keyFingerprint`
`keyName`	The key pair name provided in the original request. Type: xsd:string Ancestor: `item` Children: None
`keyFingerprint`	A SHA-1 digest of the DER encoded private key. Type: xsd:string Ancestor: `item` Children: None

Examples

Example Request

This example describes the state of the gsg-keypair key.

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeKeyPairs&KeyName.1=gsg-keypair&AuthParams

Example Response

<DescribeKeyPairsResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-11-30/">
  <keySet>
    <item>
      <keyName>gsg-keypair</keyName>
      <keyFingerprint>1f:51:ae:28:bf:89:e9:d8:1f:25:5d:37:2d:7d:b8:ca:9f:f5:f1:6f</keyFingerprint>
    </item>
  </keySet>
</DescribeKeyPairsResponse>