{"id":8077,"date":"2019-12-21T02:39:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T02:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=8077"},"modified":"2021-11-15T07:09:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T07:09:21","slug":"terraform-error-key-is-not-in-valid-openssh-public-key-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/terraform-error-key-is-not-in-valid-openssh-public-key-format\/","title":{"rendered":"Terraform Error: Key is not in valid OpenSSH public key format"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Code<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">==================================\n\nprovider <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"aws\"<\/span> {\n  region     = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"ap-south-1\"<\/span>\n  access_key = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\n  secret_key = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\n}\n\nresource <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"aws_key_pair\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"terraform-demo\"<\/span> {\n  key_name   = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"terraform-demo\"<\/span>\n  public_key = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"file(\/home\/ec2-user\/.ssh\/authorized_keys)\"<\/span>\n}\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Error<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Error<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> KeyPair: InvalidKey.Format: Key is not <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> valid OpenSSH public key format\n        status code: <span class=\"hljs-number\">400<\/span>, request id: fa4b1c85<span class=\"hljs-number\">-4372<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-467<\/span>a-a228<span class=\"hljs-number\">-83<\/span>a159a5d12b\n\n  on check.tf line <span class=\"hljs-number\">7<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> resource <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"aws_key_pair\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"terraform-demo\"<\/span>:\n   <span class=\"hljs-number\">7<\/span>: resource <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"aws_key_pair\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"terraform-demo\"<\/span> {<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Try<\/span> converting the key to an openssh format using the -f flag. \nssh-keygen -i -f \/home\/ec2-user\/.ssh\/authorized_keys &gt; mykey-openssh.pub <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># NOT WORKING<\/span>\nssh-keygen -f terraform_ec2_key <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># NOT WORKING<\/span>\nssh-keygen -i -f terraform_ec2_key.pub &gt; terraform_ec2_key1.pub <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># NOT WORKING<\/span>\n\nWORK IS IN PROGRESS<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_67483\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_61266\"  width=\"760\" height=\"427\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_67483\"  allow=\"fullscreen; 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