gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys add
Archived: 2026-04-06 01:31:34 UTC
NAME
gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys add - add an SSH public key to an OS Login profile
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys add ( --key = KEY     | --key-file = KEY_FILE ) [ --ttl = TTL ]
[ GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG … ]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys add accepts either a string containing an SSH public key or a
filename for an SSH public key and adds that key to the user's OS Login profile.
EXAMPLES
To add the key in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to your OS Login profile, run:
See more code actions.
gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys add --key-file=/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
To add the same key, but with a one year expiration time, run:
See more code actions.
gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys add --key-file=/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --ttl=1y
To add a key not stored in a file, run:
gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys add --key='ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA…MTg+InRG47+/O4/uWEOy6gIQEF
 user@example.com'
REQUIRED FLAGS
Exactly one of these must be specified:
--key = KEY
The SSH public key to add to the OS Login Profile.
--key-file = KEY_FILE
The path to a file containing an SSH public key to add to the OS Login Profile.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--ttl = TTL
The amount of time before the SSH key expires. For example, specifying 30m will set the
expiration time on the SSH key for 30 minutes from the current time. A value of 0 will result in no
expiration time. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats.
https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/os-login/ssh-keys/add
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GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file , --account , --billing-project , --
configuration , --flags-file , --flatten , --format , --help , --impersonate-service-account ,
--log-http , --project , --quiet , --trace-token , --user-output-enabled , --verbosity .
Run $ gcloud help for details.
NOTES
These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute os-login ssh-keys add
gcloud beta compute os-login ssh-keys add
Source: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/os-login/ssh-keys/add
https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/os-login/ssh-keys/add
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