Creating key pairs within the EC2 console

To create a new key pair from the EC2 dashboard, follow these steps:

1. From the EC2 console, select Key Pairs from the left menu in the NETWORK & SECURITY category:

2. Select Create Key Pair.
3. Add a name for your new key pair:

Your key pair will now appear in the list of active key pairs and can be used as a key pair when you create new EC2 instances.

With this, you have learned how to create a key pair. But what if you ever need to delete it? The next subsection will deal with this.