Key pairs for SSH access in AWS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a new EC2 key pair using AWS CLI.

AWS

aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name [1]

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AMyKeyPair

BInstanceId

CSecurityGroup

DSubnetId

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Common Mistakes

Using resource IDs instead of a key pair name

Omitting the --key-name option

The --key-name option specifies the name of the key pair to create. 'MyKeyPair' is a valid name.

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medium

Complete the code to specify the output format as JSON when creating a key pair.

AWS

aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name MyKeyPair --output [1]

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Atext

Bjson

Ctable

Dcsv

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Common Mistakes

Using 'text' or 'table' instead of 'json' for output format

The --output json option formats the command output as JSON, which is easy to parse and read.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to import an existing public key to AWS as a key pair.

AWS

aws ec2 import-key-pair --key-name MyImportedKey --public-key-material fileb://[1]

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Amykey.pem

Bmykey.txt

Cmykey.key

Dmykey.pub

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Common Mistakes

Using private key files instead of public key files

Omitting the fileb:// prefix

The --public-key-material option requires the public key file, usually with a .pub extension.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a key pair and save the private key to a file.

AWS

aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name [1] --query 'KeyMaterial' --output text > [2]

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AMyNewKey

BMyKeyPair

Cmynewkey.pem

Dmykeypair.pem

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Common Mistakes

Saving the private key to a file without .pem extension

Using mismatched names

The key pair is named 'MyNewKey' and the private key is saved to 'mynewkey.pem' file.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to launch an EC2 instance using a key pair and specify the instance type.

AWS

aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-12345678 --count 1 --instance-type [1] --key-name [2] --security-group-ids [3]

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At2.micro

BMyNewKey

Csg-0a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h

Dm5.large

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using invalid instance types

Omitting the key pair name

Using incorrect security group IDs

The instance type is 't2.micro', the key pair name is 'MyNewKey', and the security group ID is 'sg-0a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h'.