How to import a key
Reviewed on 27 June 2023 • Published on 27 June 2023
Security & Identity (IAM):
You may need certain IAM permissions to carry out some actions described on this page. This means:
- you are the Owner of the Scaleway Organization in which the actions will be carried out, or
- you are an IAM user of the Organization, with a policy granting you the necessary permission sets
Requirements:
- You have an account and are logged into the Scaleway console
- Click IPFS Naming in the Labs section of the Scaleway console side menu. The IPFS Naming section displays.
- Click Create a Key to create a key, which corresponds to the keys you will create to manage your records.
- Choose a region for the keys.
- Enter a description for the keys.
- Click Import Key under Choose a key type.
- Enter a value for the key.
Important:
The key must be in
base64
format. - Click Download key and choose the file containing your private key.
Note:
You can use
ipfs key export $NAME_KEY
to generate the file. - Enter a value for the keys.
- Click Create a Name.
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