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kops:tldr:1ba13
kops: Create a new ssh public key.
$ kops create secret sshpublickey ${key_name} -i ${~--ssh-id_rsa-pub}
try on your machine
The command "kops create secret sshpublickey ${key_name} -i ${~--ssh-id_rsa-pub}" is used to create a secret containing an SSH public key for use with Kubernetes Operations (kops).
Let's break down the command:
- "kops" refers to the command-line tool kops, which is used to install and manage Kubernetes clusters on cloud infrastructure.
- "create secret sshpublickey" is the specific command within kops for creating a secret containing an SSH public key.
- "${key_name}" is a placeholder for the name you want to give to the secret. You should replace it with an actual name, like "my-ssh-key".
- "-i" is an option specifying the input source for the public key.
- "${~--ssh-id_rsa-pub}" is a placeholder for the source of the SSH public key file. It seems like there might be a typo in the command - "~" should be a tilde (~), representing the home directory. So, it's trying to reference the file "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub", which is the default location for the SSH public key file. This will need to be corrected to work properly.
To use this command, you need to replace "${key_name}" and fix the "~--ssh-id_rsa-pub" part with the correct SSH public key file path. For instance, if your SSH public key file is located at "/home/user/.ssh/my_key.pub", the corrected command would be:
"kops create secret sshpublickey my-ssh-key -i /home/user/.ssh/my_key.pub"
This will create a secret named "my-ssh-key" in kops, containing the provided SSH public key.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.