name : upload-ssh-public-key.rst **To upload an SSH public key and associate it with a user** The following ``upload-ssh-public-key`` command uploads the public key found in the file ``sshkey.pub`` and attaches it to the user ``sofia``. :: aws iam upload-ssh-public-key \ --user-name sofia \ --ssh-public-key-body file://sshkey.pub Output:: { "SSHPublicKey": { "UserName": "sofia", "SSHPublicKeyId": "APKA1234567890EXAMPLE", "Fingerprint": "12:34:56:78:90:ab:cd:ef:12:34:56:78:90:ab:cd:ef", "SSHPublicKeyBody": "ssh-rsa <<long string generated by ssh-keygen command>>", "Status": "Active", "UploadDate": "2019-04-18T17:04:49+00:00" } } For more information about how to generate keys in a format suitable for this command, see `SSH and Linux, macOS, or Unix: Set up the public and private keys for Git and CodeCommit <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/setting-up-ssh-unixes.html#setting-up-ssh-unixes-keys>`__ or `SSH and Windows: Set up the public and private keys for Git and CodeCommit <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/setting-up-ssh-windows.html#setting-up-ssh-windows-keys-windows>`__ in the *AWS CodeCommit User Guide*.