AWS ec2 documentation change
Summary
Added PowerShell V5 examples for ImportKeyPair operation with public key conversion
Security assessment
The change documents key pair management processes, which is a security feature, but does not address specific vulnerabilities
Diff
diff --git a/ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_ImportKeyPair_section.md b/ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_ImportKeyPair_section.md index 0ff068b61..16a922838 100644 --- a//ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_ImportKeyPair_section.md +++ b//ec2/latest/devguide/example_ec2_ImportKeyPair_section.md @@ -80,0 +81,23 @@ PowerShell +**Tools for PowerShell V5** + + +**Example 1: This example imports a public key to EC2. The first line stores the contents of the public key file (*.pub) in the variable`$publickey`. Next, the example converts the UTF8 format of the public key file to a Base64-encoded string, and stores the converted string in the variable `$pkbase64`. In the last line, the converted public key is imported to EC2. The cmdlet returns the key fingerprint and name as results.** + + + $publickey=[Io.File]::ReadAllText("C:\Users\TestUser\.ssh\id_rsa.pub") + $pkbase64 = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($publickey)) + Import-EC2KeyPair -KeyName Example-user-key -PublicKey $pkbase64 + + +**Output:** + + + KeyFingerprint KeyName + -------------- ------- + do:d0:15:8f:79:97:12:be:00:fd:df:31:z3:b1:42:z1 Example-user-key + + * For API details, see [ImportKeyPair](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in _AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)_. + + + +