- NAME
-
- gcloud beta compute os-login ssh-keys add - add an SSH public key to an OS Login profile
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud beta compute os-login ssh-keys add(--key=KEY|--key-file=KEY_FILE) [--ttl=TTL] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
(BETA)gcloud beta compute os-login ssh-keys addaccepts either a string containing an SSH public key or a filename for an SSH public key and adds that key to the user's OS Login profile. - EXAMPLES
- To add the key in
/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pubto your OS Login profile, run:gcloud beta compute os-login ssh-keys add --key-file = /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pubTo add the same key, but with a one year expiration time, run:
gcloud beta compute os-login ssh-keys add --key-file = /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --ttl = 1yTo add a key not stored in a file, run:
gcloud beta compute os-login ssh-keys add --key = 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA…MTg+InRG47+/O4/uWEOy6gIQEFuser@example.com' - REQUIRED FLAGS
-
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
-
--key=KEY - The SSH public key to add to the OS Login Profile.
-
--key-file=KEY_FILE - The path to a file containing an SSH public key to add to the OS Login Profile.
-
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
-
-
--ttl=TTL - The amount of time before the SSH key expires. For example, specifying
will set the expiration time on the SSH key for 30 minutes from the current time. A value of 0 will result in no expiration time. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats.30m
-
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys addgcloud alpha compute os-login ssh-keys add
gcloud beta compute os-login ssh-keys add
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License , and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License . For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies . Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

