Create SSH key
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "my-production-key",
"public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys"
payload = {
"name": "my-production-key",
"public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'my-production-key',
public_key: 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com'
})
};
fetch('https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'my-production-key',
'public_key' => 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"my-production-key\",\n \"public_key\": \"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"my-production-key\",\n \"public_key\": \"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"my-production-key\",\n \"public_key\": \"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"created_at": "2025-08-05T09:15:00Z",
"id": 123,
"name": "my-production-key",
"public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}SSHKeys
Create SSH key
Creates an SSH public key for SFTP storage access. These keys are used for passwordless authentication to SFTP storages.
POST
/
storage
/
v4
/
ssh_keys
Create SSH key
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "my-production-key",
"public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys"
payload = {
"name": "my-production-key",
"public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'my-production-key',
public_key: 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com'
})
};
fetch('https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'my-production-key',
'public_key' => 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"my-production-key\",\n \"public_key\": \"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"my-production-key\",\n \"public_key\": \"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.gcore.com/storage/v4/ssh_keys")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"my-production-key\",\n \"public_key\": \"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"created_at": "2025-08-05T09:15:00Z",
"id": 123,
"name": "my-production-key",
"public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}Authorizations
API key for authentication. Make sure to include the word apikey, followed by a single space and then your token.
Example: apikey 1234$abcdef
Body
application/json
Response
SSHKeyV4
ISO 8601 timestamp when the SSH key was created
Example:
"2025-08-05T09:15:00Z"
Unique identifier for the SSH key
Example:
123
User-defined name for the SSH key
Example:
"my-production-key"
The SSH public key content
Example:
"ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@example.com"
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