New-AzSshKey

Module:

Az.Compute Module

Create a SSH Public Key resource.

New-AzSshKey
 -ResourceGroupName <String>
 -Name <String>
 [-PublicKey <String>]
 [-SshKeyType <String>]
 [-Location <String>]
 [-Tag <Hashtable>]
 [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Create a SSH Public Key resource.

New-AzSshKey -ResourceGroupName "testRG" -Name "sshkey1" -PublicKey $publicKey

Creating a SSH Key resource with provided a public key.

New-AzSshKey -ResourceGroupName "testRG" -Name "sshkey1"

Creating a SSH Key resource without providing a public key. A key pair will be generated and saved in ~.ssh. The public key will also be saved in the SSH Key resource.

New-AzSshKey -ResourceGroupName "testRG" -Name "sshkey1" -Tag @{ Environment = "Production"; Owner = "TeamA" }

Creating a SSH Key resource with tags. A key pair will be generated and saved in ~.ssh. The tags will be applied to the SSH Key resource.

New-AzSshKey -ResourceGroupName "testRG" -Name "sshkey1" -Location "eastus"

Creating a SSH Key resource with a specific location. This allows the SSH Key to be created in a different region than the resource group.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.