# KeyPairInfo


Describes a key pair.

## Contents


 ** createTime **   
If you used Amazon EC2 to create the key pair, this is the date and time when the key was created, in [ISO 8601 date-time format](https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html), in the UTC time zone.  
If you imported an existing key pair to Amazon EC2, this is the date and time the key was imported, in [ISO 8601 date-time format](https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html), in the UTC time zone.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** keyFingerprint **   
If you used [CreateKeyPair](API_CreateKeyPair.md) to create the key pair:  
+ For RSA key pairs, the key fingerprint is the SHA-1 digest of the DER encoded private key.
+ For ED25519 key pairs, the key fingerprint is the base64-encoded SHA-256 digest, which is the default for OpenSSH, starting with [OpenSSH 6.8](http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-6.8).
If you used [ImportKeyPair](API_ImportKeyPair.md) to provide AWS the public key:  
+ For RSA key pairs, the key fingerprint is the MD5 public key fingerprint as specified in section 4 of RFC4716.
+ For ED25519 key pairs, the key fingerprint is the base64-encoded SHA-256 digest, which is the default for OpenSSH, starting with [OpenSSH 6.8](http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-6.8).
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** keyName **   
The name of the key pair.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** keyPairId **   
The ID of the key pair.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** keyType **   
The type of key pair.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `rsa | ed25519`   
Required: No

 ** publicKey **   
The public key material.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** TagSet.N **   
Any tags applied to the key pair.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Required: No

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/KeyPairInfo) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/KeyPairInfo) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/KeyPairInfo)