api-key
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Description
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A PEM-format RSA credential for securing requests to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure REST API. Also known as an *API signing key*. Specifically, this is the public key from the key pair. The private key remains with the user calling the API. For information about generating a key pair in the required PEM format, see `Required Keys and OCIDs <https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm>`__.

**Important:** This is **not** the SSH key for accessing compute instances.

Each user can have a maximum of three API signing keys.

For more information about user credentials, see `User Credentials <https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/Content/Identity/usercred/usercredentials.htm>`__.

Available Commands
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* :doc:`delete </cmdref/iam/user/api-key/delete>`
* :doc:`list </cmdref/iam/user/api-key/list>`
* :doc:`upload </cmdref/iam/user/api-key/upload>`

.. toctree::
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    /cmdref/iam/user/api-key/delete
    /cmdref/iam/user/api-key/list
    /cmdref/iam/user/api-key/upload