ec2-delete-keypair
From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-04-04
ec2-delete-keypair
Description
Deletes the specified key pair, by removing the public key from Amazon EC2. You must own the key pair.
Syntax
ec2-delete-keypair
key_pair
Options
| Name | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
|
Name of the key pair to delete. Type: String Default: None Example: primary_keypair |
Yes |
Output
The command returns a table that contains the following information:
-
KEYPAIR identifier
-
Name of the deleted key pair
-
Private key fingerprint
Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.
Examples
Example Request
This example deletes the gsg-keypair key pair.
PROMPT>ec2-delete-keypair gsg-keypairKEYPAIR gsg-keypair