5.4. Update SSH Key

Description

Update the contents of an existing SSH key.

Method and URL Structure

Method Resource URL
PUT /broker/rest/user/keys/:name

Request Parameters

Name Description Required Default
type Type of key Yes
content The key portion of an rsa key (excluding ssh-rsa and comment) Yes

See Section A.1, “SSH Keys” for more information about the valid options applicable to these request parameters.
Request

{
  "type": "ssh-rsa",
  "content": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDBJHobjmzxy8cv9A1xw9X5TlnQd0bW/19FwOC0c6jPNu9ZbtWQcAE0xfODl7ZqVPPU2qAFOh4rbL3gL2UzTyA+NwERyDrH7tMXAoXPT2L6sqExl0xxuEvb/lXUfLquMq+BMOFxxqCEg8X7GavHN72FMUHwweNybE7C82So+OFSWqFoctiWMNdNsKW4lvBd/jkIudGdRdK+/PzV75TW1LcpfsBrFOJZbd5WzDJEPNdMqOH68YDExD82VtzeJm0HEavhMY9HtxIDEmjIhtfedzCGZLe+6OxReuatw6M+n1sFxT9liprZ6NIANvbnYZKGT50hYfnIi/hZOTCvqYNS97O3"
}

cURL Command Example

$ curl -X PUT https://openshift.redhat.com/broker/rest/user/keys/mysshkey --user user@example.com:password --data-urlencode type=ssh-rsa --data-urlencode content=AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDBJHobjmzxy8cv9A1xw9X5TlnQd0bW/19FwOC0c6jPNu9ZbtWQcAE0xfODl7ZqVPPU2qAFOh4rbL3gL2UzTyA+NwERyDrH7tMXAoXPT2L6sqExl0xxuEvb/lXUfLquMq+BMOFxxqCEg8X7GavHN72FMUHwweNybE7C82So+OFSWqFoctiWMNdNsKW4lvBd/jkIudGdRdK+/PzV75TW1LcpfsBrFOJZbd5WzDJEPNdMqOH68YDExD82VtzeJm0HEavhMY9HtxIDEmjIhtfedzCGZLe+6OxReuatw6M+n1sFxT9liprZ6NIANvbnYZKGT50hYfnIi/hZOTCvqYNS97O3

Note

It is recommended to URL encode the key contents because it might contain non alphanumeric characters.
JSON Response

The API returns the key resource. Unnecessary information and related resource links returned by the API have been removed for brevity. See Chapter 5, SSH Keys for more information on all SSH key parameters. 

{
  "api_version": 1.6,
  "data": {
    "content": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDBJHobjmzxy8cv9A1xw9X5TlnQd0bW/19FwOC0c6jPNu9ZbtWQcAE0xfODl7ZqVPPU2qAFOh4rbL3gL2UzTyA+NwERyDrH7tMXAoXPT2L6sqExl0xxuEvb/lXUfLquMq+BMOFxxqCEg8X7GavHN72FMUHwweNybE7C82So+OFSWqFoctiWMNdNsKW4lvBd/jkIudGdRdK+/PzV75TW1LcpfsBrFOJZbd5WzDJEPNdMqOH68YDExD82VtzeJm0HEavhMY9HtxIDEmjIhtfedzCGZLe+6OxReuatw6M+n1sFxT9liprZ6NIANvbnYZKGT50hYfnIi/hZOTCvqYNS97O3",
    "name": "mysshkey",
    "type": "ssh-rsa"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "exit_code": 0,
      "field": null,
      "severity": "info",
      "text": "Updates SSH key mysshkey for user@example.com"
    }
  ],
  "status": "ok",
  "supported_api_versions": [
      1.0,
      1.1,
      1.2,
      1.3,  
      1.4,
      1.5,
      1.6
  ],
  "type": "key",
  "version": "1.6"
}