<p>Ping An Cloud supports users to import keys, and the imported key is the public key while the private one is kept by the user. The public key must be in the correct Base64 encoding format. This article describes how to import keys.</p> <p><strong>Procedures</strong></p> <p>1．Log in to the <a href="#https://yun.pingan.com/console/ecs/overview" target="_blank">ECS Console</a>.</p> <p>2．In the left navigation pane, click <strong>Keys</strong> to enter the <strong>Keys</strong> page.</p> <p>3．Select the target region, and in the upper-right corner click <strong>Create</strong>.</p> <p>4．On the <strong>Create Key</strong> page that opens, create keys as described in the following table.</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:0px"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color:#ededed; vertical-align:top"> <p><strong>Configuration item</strong></p> </td> <td style="background-color:#ededed; vertical-align:top"> <p><strong>Description</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Description</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Enter description information, and it can contain a maximum of 128 characters consisting of Chinese, English letters, spaces, digits, at signs (@), underlines (_), and dashes (-).</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Create Way</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Select IMPORT.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Public Key</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Import the correct Base64 encoding format. For example,</p> <p>ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEA6eUa8v6sVVBF</p> <p>jeSjB7LoVY3tzyh4B4kbwZTKEEIMNkf+uthku4bEEe2tmXP3uh</p> <p>roGumlVFGOTEeyvJKWwP8zRJm2joHX9UuJw8X+71eaYwb8E</p> <p>I9oU7tWR1B3N6/cT/E6FoP9JRf3+zqmcvvCHLlGUO5SfhGxmV</p> <p>RkG4FGfzkrIm1hzUGNdgewBQq4AMOIazBrrdJnZAwDb6oAO</p> <p>NSLh/YAb94aphDpLs79eFMWlCm5xK06BZnAHv8M3yI2Ez2//</p> <p>cRCTAqnayPvYZHeOt9Pi/AF6nPkafz5nRE6Ltm5WnOi+BluZU6</p> <p>key3Ck1jsFE6sqPbD2BUXrXnNu+YzozSQ5ytJMw==</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>5．Click <strong>Confirm</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Result</strong></p> <p>After the key are successfully imported, you can view the key in the list on the <strong>Keys</strong> page.</p>