---
title: "importLoginKey"
slug: "cli-vserver-server-loginkey-importloginkey"
tags: ["VPC", "Server"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:08:33Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:08:33Z
canonical: "cli.ncloud-docs.com/cli-vserver-server-loginkey-importloginkey"
---

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# importLoginKey

Available in VPC

Create an authentication key (login key) using a public key that the user created with ssh-keygen.

## Syntax

The `importLoginKey` syntax is as follows:

```
./ncloud vserver importLoginKey \
    --publicKey <public-key> \
    [--keyName <key-name>] \
    [--regionCode <KR|SGN|JPN>] \
    [--output <json|xml>]
```

## Options

This section describes the options available when running `importLoginKey`.

### Required options

The following options are required for `importLoginKey`.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--publicKey` | String | Required | Public key - Publick key created with `ssh-keygen -t rsa -C &quot;key-name&quot; -f ~/.ssh/key-name`. - `-b 2048 -m PEM` option is needed depending on the ssh-keygen version. |

### Optional options

These are the optional options for `importLoginKey`. Options that are not specified will use their default values.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--keyName` | String | Optional | Authentication key name - Automatically generated if not entered. - Enter 3-30 characters using a combination of lowercase English letters, numbers, and special character `-`. - The string must start with a lowercase English letter and end with a lowercase English letter or a number. |

### Common options

For information about the options common to all `vserver` subcommands, see [Server (VPC) options](/docs/en/cli-vserver#%EC%98%B5%EC%85%98).

## Examples

If the request to import the authentication key is successful, the name and creation date of the registered authentication key are returned.

### Command

The command example is as follows:

```
./ncloud vserver importLoginKey \
    --publicKey "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz...test-import-key-01" \
    --keyName test-import-key-01 \
    --regionCode KR \
    --output json
```

### Output

The output example is as follows:

```
{
  "importLoginKeyResponse": {
    "loginKeyList": [
      {
        "fingerprint": "",
        "keyName": "test-import-key-01",
        "createDate": "2026-05-14T08:24:14+0900"
      }
    ],
    "requestId": "b2c3d4e5-f678-9012-bcde-f23456789012",
    "returnCode": "0",
    "returnMessage": "success"
  }
}
```