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Add-AzVMSshPublicKey

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Module:
Az.Compute

Adds the public keys for SSH for a virtual machine, when only creating the VM.

Syntax

Add-AzVMSshPublicKey
   [-VM] <PSVirtualMachine>
   [[-KeyData] <String>]
   [[-Path] <String>]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Add-AzVMSshPublicKey cmdlet adds the public keys that you can use to connect to a Linux virtual machine over Secure Shell (SSH). This cannot be used after VM creation, if you try to use this after VM creation without Update-AzVM, there will be no error, if you use the command with Update-AzVM, the command will error.

Examples

Example 1: Add a public key to a virtual machine

$VirtualMachine = Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroup11" -Name "VirtualMachine07"
$VirtualMachine = Add-AzVMSshPublicKey -VM $VirtualMachine -KeyData "MIIDszCCApugAwIBAgIJALBV9YJCF/tAMA0GCSq12Ib3DQEB21QUAMEUxCzAJBgNV" -Path "/home/admin/.ssh/authorized_keys"

The first command gets the virtual machine named VirtualMachine07 by using the Get-AzVM cmdlet. The command stores the virtual machine in the $VirtualMachine variable. The second command adds the public key to the location on VirtualMachine07 that the Path parameter specifies.

Parameters

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure.

Type:IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-KeyData

Specifies a base 64 encoding of a public key. You can connect to a Linux virtual machine by using SSH or by using the key that this parameter specifies.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Path

Specifies the full path of a file, on the virtual machine, where this cmdlet stores the SSH public key. If the file already exists, this cmdlet appends the key to the file.

Type:String
Position:2
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VM

Specifies the virtual machine object that this cmdlet modifies. To obtain a virtual machine object, use the Get-AzVM cmdlet. You can use the New-AzVMConfig cmdlet to create a virtual machine object.

Type:PSVirtualMachine
Aliases:VMProfile
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

PSVirtualMachine

String

Outputs

PSVirtualMachine