The product described by this documentation, GKE on AWS, is now in
maintenance mode and will be shut down on March 17, 2027.
Create an EC2 key pair
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You can associate a specific SSH key pair with control plane or node pool
instances during creation.
To generate an asymmetric private key and import its public key into AWS, run
the following commands:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -m PEM -b 4096 -C "COMMENT" \
-f SSH_PRIVATE_KEY -N "" 1>/dev/null
aws ec2 import-key-pair --key-name SSH_KEY_PAIR_NAME \
--public-key-material fileb://SSH_PRIVATE_KEY.pub
Replace the following:
SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: a file name to save the key inSSH_KEY_PAIR_NAME: a name you choose for the key pairCOMMENT: a text string describing the key
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Last updated 2026-07-29 UTC.
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