filescom-public-keys

A PublicKey is used to authenticate to Files.com via SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol). This method of authentication allows users to use their private key (which is never shared with Files.com) to authenticate themselves against the PublicKey stored on Files.com.

When a user configures their PublicKey, it allows them to bypass traditional password-based authentication, leveraging the security of key-based authentication instead.

Note that Files.com's SSH support is limited to file operations only. While users can securely transfer files and manage their data via SFTP, they do not have access to a full shell environment for executing arbitrary commands.

When generating new SSH keys, here are the available options: Files.com supports multiple SSH key algorithms: RSA (default 4096 bits, range 1024-4096 in 8-bit increments), DSA (1024 bits only), Ed25519 (256 bits), and ECDSA (256, 384, or 521 bits). When generating keys, the system uses these default lengths unless a specific length is specified.

Files.com also supports importing additional key types that cannot be generated: security key types (sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, sk-ssh-ed25519). RSA keys up to 8192 bits are also supported for import.

All subcommands also accept the flags documented in CONTEXT.md (--api-key, --format, --workspace-id, --debug, and the pagination flags --cursor / --per-page / --max-pages on list). Those are not repeated below.

Commands

files-cli public-keys list

List Public Keys.

Flag	Type	Description
--user-id	int64	User ID. Provide a value of 0 to operate the current session's user.
--sort-by	object	If set, sort records by the specified field in either asc or desc direction. Valid fields are workspace_id, user_id, title or created_at.
--filter	object	If set, return records where the specified field is equal to the supplied value. Valid fields are created_at and workspace_id. Valid field combinations are [ workspace_id, created_at ].
--filter-gt	object	If set, return records where the specified field is greater than the supplied value. Valid fields are created_at.
--filter-gteq	object	If set, return records where the specified field is greater than or equal the supplied value. Valid fields are created_at.
--filter-lt	object	If set, return records where the specified field is less than the supplied value. Valid fields are created_at.
--filter-lteq	object	If set, return records where the specified field is less than or equal the supplied value. Valid fields are created_at.

files-cli public-keys find

Show Public Key.

Flag	Type	Description
--id	int64	Public Key ID. Required.

files-cli public-keys create

Create Public Key.

Flag	Type	Description
--user-id	int64	User ID. Provide a value of 0 to operate the current session's user.
--title	string	Internal reference for key. Required.
--public-key	string	Actual contents of SSH key.
--generate-keypair	bool	If true, generate a new SSH key pair. Can not be used with public_key
--generate-private-key-password	string	Password for the private key. Used for the generation of the key. Will be ignored if generate_keypair is false.
--generate-algorithm	string	Type of key to generate. One of rsa, dsa, ecdsa, ed25519. Used for the generation of the key. Will be ignored if generate_keypair is false.
--generate-length	int64	Length of key to generate. If algorithm is ecdsa, this is the signature size. Used for the generation of the key. Will be ignored if generate_keypair is false.

files-cli public-keys update

Update Public Key.

Flag	Type	Description
--id	int64	Public Key ID. Required.
--title	string	Internal reference for key. Required.

files-cli public-keys delete

Delete Public Key.

Flag	Type	Description
--id	int64	Public Key ID. Required.