vastai create ssh-key

Create a new ssh-key

Usage

vastai create ssh-key [ssh_public_key] [-y]

Arguments

ssh_key · string · required

add your existing ssh public key to your account (from the .pub file). If no public key is provided, a new key pair will be generated.

Options

-y · boolean

automatically answer yes to prompts (alias: --yes)

Description

You may use this command to add an existing public key, or create a new ssh key pair and add that public key, to your Vast account.

If you provide an ssh_public_key.pub argument, that public key will be added to your Vast account. All ssh public keys should be in OpenSSH format.

Example: $vastai create ssh-key ‘ssh_public_key.pub’

If you don’t provide an ssh_public_key.pub argument, a new Ed25519 key pair will be generated.

Example: $vastai create ssh-key

The generated keys are saved as ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 (private) and ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub (public). Any existing id_ed25519 keys are backed up as .backup_<timestamp>. The public key will be added to your Vast account.

All ssh public keys are stored in your Vast account and can be used to connect to instances they’ve been added to.

Examples

vastai create ssh-key <SSH_KEY>

Global Options

The following options are available for all commands:

Option	Description
--url URL	Server REST API URL
--retry N	Retry limit
--raw	Output machine-readable JSON
--explain	Verbose explanation of API calls
--api-key KEY	API key (defaults to ~/.config/vastai/vast_api_key)