Creating API keys

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

1. See the description of the create API key command:

   yc iam api-key create --help
   

2. Select a service account, e.g., my-robot:

   yc iam service-account list
   

   Result:

   +----------------------+------------------+-------------------------------+
   |          ID          |       NAME       |          DESCRIPTION          |
   +----------------------+------------------+-------------------------------+
   | aje6o61dvog2******** | my-robot         |                               |
   | aje9sda1ufvq******** | account_name     | account_description           |
   +----------------------+------------------+-------------------------------+
   

3. Create an API key for the service account and save the response to the file:

   yc iam api-key create --service-account-name <service_account_name> > api_key.yaml
   

   Where:

   • --service-account-name: Service account name. This is a required parameter.
   • api_key.yaml: File to save the response to.

   As a result, you will get the api_key.yaml file with the API key value in the secret field:

   api_key:
     id: ajeke74kbp5b********
     service_account_id: ajepg0mjt06s********
     created_at: "2019-04-09T08:41:27Z"
   secret: AQVN1HHJReSrfo9jU3aopsXrJyfq_UHs********
   

To learn how to transmit a key in a request, read the guides for the services supporting this authorization method.

Terraform allows you to quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. Configuration files store the infrastructure description in the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Terraform and its providers are distributed under the Business Source License.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or the mirror.

If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

If you don't have Terraform, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

1. In the Terraform configuration file, describe the parameters of the resources you want to create:

   resource "yandex_iam_service_account_api_key" "sa-api-key" {
     service_account_id = "<service_account_ID>"
     description        = "<key_description>"
     pgp_key            = "<PGP_key>"
   }
   

   Where:

   • service_account_id: Service account ID. This is a required parameter.
   • description: Key description. This is an optional parameter.
   • pgp_key: Additional PGP key for encrypting a private key. Specify the public part of the key in Base64 encoding or in keybase:keybaseusername format. This is an optional parameter.

   For more information about the resources you can create with Terraform, see the provider documentation.

2. Create resources:

   1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

   2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      

   3. Run the command:

      terraform plan
      

      The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.

   4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      

   5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

   Terraform will create all the required resources. You can check the new resources and their configuration using the management console or this CLI command:

   yc iam key list --service-account-id <service_account_ID>
   

Create an API key using the create REST API method for the ApiKey resource:

export SERVICEACCOUNT_ID=<service_account_ID>
export IAM_TOKEN=<token>
curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
  -d "{ \"serviceAccountId\": \"$SERVICEACCOUNT_ID\" }" \
  https://iam.api.cloud.yandex.net/iam/v1/apiKeys

Where:

• SERVICEACCOUNT_ID: Service account ID. This is a required parameter.
• IAM_TOKEN: IAM token. This is a required parameter.

You can also create an API key using the ApiKeyService/Create gRPC API call.

resource "yandex_iam_service_account_api_key" "sa-api-key" {
  service_account_id = "<service_account_ID>"
  description        = "this API-key is for my-robot"
}

Where:

• service_account_id: Service account ID. This is a required parameter.
• description: Key description. This is an optional parameter.

export SERVICEACCOUNT_ID=<service_account_ID>
export IAM_TOKEN=<IAM_token>
curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
  -d "{
      \"serviceAccountId\": \"$SERVICEACCOUNT_ID\",
      \"description\": \"this API-key is for my-robot\"
  }" \
  https://iam.api.cloud.yandex.net/iam/v1/apiKeys

Where:

• SERVICEACCOUNT_ID: Service account ID. This is a required parameter.
• IAM_TOKEN: IAM token. This is a required parameter.