I'm having difficulty figuring out a way (if possible) to create a new AWS keypair with the Python Boto library and then download that keypair.
To create a key pairOpen the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/ . In the navigation pane, under Network & Security, choose Key Pairs. On the Key Pairs page, choose Create Key Pair. For Key pair name, type a name that is easy for you to remember, and then choose Create.
To add or replace a key pairCreate a new key pair using the Amazon EC2 console or a third-party tool. Retrieve the public key from your new key pair. For more information, see Retrieve the public key material. Connect to your instance using your existing private key.
The Key object returned by the create_keypair method in boto has a "save" method. So, basically you can do something like this:
>>> import boto
>>> ec2 = boto.connect_ec2()
>>> key = ec2.create_key_pair('mynewkey')
>>> key.save('/path/to/keypair/dir')
If you want a more detailed example, check out https://github.com/garnaat/paws/blob/master/ec2_launch_instance.py.
Does that help? If not, provide some specifics about the problems you are encountering.
Same for Boto3:
ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
keypair_name = 'my_key'
new_keypair = ec2.create_key_pair(KeyName=keypair_name)
with open('./my_key.pem', 'w') as file:
file.write(new_keypair.key_material)
print(new_keypair.key_fingerprint)
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