How to verify the private key I have matches AWS keypair?

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My AWS instance says it is configured to use the only keypair I have on my account and it has a fingerprint in the format of:



3c:64:a7:85:53:3f:81:1c:24:5a:d2:6a:5b:76:47:da:f3:14:63:88



I have a key.pem file on my computer. How do I verify that this pem file matches up with the above key-pair fingerprint provided by AWS?



I have attempted the following:
ssh-keygen -lf key.pem



That outputs something in this format:
2048 SHA256:TpL6i8y1uCd26IUVVc5UHFluP7GLKD/T3O1+K4Pc0qg no comment (RSA)



The encoding scheme is different, I am not able to tell if they are equivalent.



I am trying to debug why I am unable to ssh into my instance with this key, this is the first step I am trying.






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My AWS instance says it is configured to use the only keypair I have on my account and it has a fingerprint in the format of:



3c:64:a7:85:53:3f:81:1c:24:5a:d2:6a:5b:76:47:da:f3:14:63:88



I have a key.pem file on my computer. How do I verify that this pem file matches up with the above key-pair fingerprint provided by AWS?



I have attempted the following:
ssh-keygen -lf key.pem



That outputs something in this format:
2048 SHA256:TpL6i8y1uCd26IUVVc5UHFluP7GLKD/T3O1+K4Pc0qg no comment (RSA)



The encoding scheme is different, I am not able to tell if they are equivalent.



I am trying to debug why I am unable to ssh into my instance with this key, this is the first step I am trying.






amazon-web-services ssh-keygen







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  • Try logging into an instance with the certificate
    – Tim
    1 hour ago










  • Hey Tim, like I mentioned, I am unable to ssh into the instance. Unless you mean something different?
    – Display Name
    1 hour ago












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2
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2
down vote

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My AWS instance says it is configured to use the only keypair I have on my account and it has a fingerprint in the format of:



3c:64:a7:85:53:3f:81:1c:24:5a:d2:6a:5b:76:47:da:f3:14:63:88



I have a key.pem file on my computer. How do I verify that this pem file matches up with the above key-pair fingerprint provided by AWS?



I have attempted the following:
ssh-keygen -lf key.pem



That outputs something in this format:
2048 SHA256:TpL6i8y1uCd26IUVVc5UHFluP7GLKD/T3O1+K4Pc0qg no comment (RSA)



The encoding scheme is different, I am not able to tell if they are equivalent.



I am trying to debug why I am unable to ssh into my instance with this key, this is the first step I am trying.






amazon-web-services ssh-keygen







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My AWS instance says it is configured to use the only keypair I have on my account and it has a fingerprint in the format of:



3c:64:a7:85:53:3f:81:1c:24:5a:d2:6a:5b:76:47:da:f3:14:63:88



I have a key.pem file on my computer. How do I verify that this pem file matches up with the above key-pair fingerprint provided by AWS?



I have attempted the following:
ssh-keygen -lf key.pem



That outputs something in this format:
2048 SHA256:TpL6i8y1uCd26IUVVc5UHFluP7GLKD/T3O1+K4Pc0qg no comment (RSA)



The encoding scheme is different, I am not able to tell if they are equivalent.



I am trying to debug why I am unable to ssh into my instance with this key, this is the first step I am trying.






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  • Try logging into an instance with the certificate
    – Tim
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  • Hey Tim, like I mentioned, I am unable to ssh into the instance. Unless you mean something different?
    – Display Name
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  • Try logging into an instance with the certificate
    – Tim
    1 hour ago










  • Hey Tim, like I mentioned, I am unable to ssh into the instance. Unless you mean something different?
    – Display Name
    1 hour ago















Try logging into an instance with the certificate
– Tim
1 hour ago




Try logging into an instance with the certificate
– Tim
1 hour ago












Hey Tim, like I mentioned, I am unable to ssh into the instance. Unless you mean something different?
– Display Name
1 hour ago




Hey Tim, like I mentioned, I am unable to ssh into the instance. Unless you mean something different?
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There are two methods, depending on how you created your SSH key as described in Verifying Your Key Pair's Fingerprint in AWS docs.



Here is my SSH key fingerprint in the console:



EC2 Key Pairs Screenshot



And here is how to get the same fingerprint from the command line:



~ $ openssl rsa -in ~/.ssh/aws-sandpit.pem -pubout -outform DER | openssl md5 -c
writing RSA key
(stdin)= ae:ae:56:84:f9:72:c4:d1:0a:b8:e9:3b:ab:d4:a7:00


If that doesn't match try this:



~ $ openssl pkcs8 -in path_to_private_key -inform PEM -outform DER -topk8 -nocrypt | openssl sha1 -c


Hope that helps :)






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    There are two methods, depending on how you created your SSH key as described in Verifying Your Key Pair's Fingerprint in AWS docs.



    Here is my SSH key fingerprint in the console:



    EC2 Key Pairs Screenshot



    And here is how to get the same fingerprint from the command line:



    ~ $ openssl rsa -in ~/.ssh/aws-sandpit.pem -pubout -outform DER | openssl md5 -c
    writing RSA key
    (stdin)= ae:ae:56:84:f9:72:c4:d1:0a:b8:e9:3b:ab:d4:a7:00


    If that doesn't match try this:



    ~ $ openssl pkcs8 -in path_to_private_key -inform PEM -outform DER -topk8 -nocrypt | openssl sha1 -c


    Hope that helps :)






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      There are two methods, depending on how you created your SSH key as described in Verifying Your Key Pair's Fingerprint in AWS docs.



      Here is my SSH key fingerprint in the console:



      EC2 Key Pairs Screenshot



      And here is how to get the same fingerprint from the command line:



      ~ $ openssl rsa -in ~/.ssh/aws-sandpit.pem -pubout -outform DER | openssl md5 -c
      writing RSA key
      (stdin)= ae:ae:56:84:f9:72:c4:d1:0a:b8:e9:3b:ab:d4:a7:00


      If that doesn't match try this:



      ~ $ openssl pkcs8 -in path_to_private_key -inform PEM -outform DER -topk8 -nocrypt | openssl sha1 -c


      Hope that helps :)






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        There are two methods, depending on how you created your SSH key as described in Verifying Your Key Pair's Fingerprint in AWS docs.



        Here is my SSH key fingerprint in the console:



        EC2 Key Pairs Screenshot



        And here is how to get the same fingerprint from the command line:



        ~ $ openssl rsa -in ~/.ssh/aws-sandpit.pem -pubout -outform DER | openssl md5 -c
        writing RSA key
        (stdin)= ae:ae:56:84:f9:72:c4:d1:0a:b8:e9:3b:ab:d4:a7:00


        If that doesn't match try this:



        ~ $ openssl pkcs8 -in path_to_private_key -inform PEM -outform DER -topk8 -nocrypt | openssl sha1 -c


        Hope that helps :)






        share|improve this answer












        There are two methods, depending on how you created your SSH key as described in Verifying Your Key Pair's Fingerprint in AWS docs.



        Here is my SSH key fingerprint in the console:



        EC2 Key Pairs Screenshot



        And here is how to get the same fingerprint from the command line:



        ~ $ openssl rsa -in ~/.ssh/aws-sandpit.pem -pubout -outform DER | openssl md5 -c
        writing RSA key
        (stdin)= ae:ae:56:84:f9:72:c4:d1:0a:b8:e9:3b:ab:d4:a7:00


        If that doesn't match try this:



        ~ $ openssl pkcs8 -in path_to_private_key -inform PEM -outform DER -topk8 -nocrypt | openssl sha1 -c


        Hope that helps :)







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