Creating A Key Pair - Avaya Aura Deployment Manual

Initial setup for VMware and AWS deployments
Procedure
1. Start a command line interpreter on the computer with the installed AWS CLI.
Note:
The AWS CLI supports different Windows and Linux command line interpreters, such
as PowerShell or Bash.
2. From the command line interpreter, run the command aws configure, and do the
following:
a. For AWS Access Key ID, type the AWS access key ID.
b. For AWS Secret Access Key, type the AWS secret access key ID.
c. For Default region name, type the region name.
For example: us-west-2.
d. For Default output format, type text or json.

Creating a key pair

About this task
A key pair is a set of public and private keys. The public key is used to encrypt data, such as the
login password. The private key is used to decrypt the encrypted data. You provide this key pair
when you create a CloudFormation stack, and use it for SSH access to the Amazon Machine
Instances.
Procedure
1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management console.
2. In the left navigation pane, go to NETWORK & SECURITY, and click Key Pairs.
3. Click Create Key Pair.
4. In the Create Key Pair dialog box, in the Key pair name field, type a name for the key pair.
5. Click Create.
The system generates a *.pem file and prompts you to save the file on your computer. You
can also view the created key pair name in the Key pair name column.
6. Save the *.pem file.
Important:
When you create a key pair, save it. If you lose the key, you cannot retrieve it and you
will not be able to access the instance.
October 2018 Deploying the Avaya Aura
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