kxc-cryptsetup(1)

✨ kxc-cryptsetup — the manual, but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about kxc-cryptsetup, a page from section 1 of the manual (yes, section 1, that's the "user commands" girlies 💅).

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🌸 NAME 🌸

kxc-cryptsetup — it's the Cryptsetup helper to kxc. that's the whole vibe. a lil helper. a wingman. 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

kxc-cryptsetup NAME

that's it. one argument. one name. she's low maintenance, she's iconic. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so kxc(1) is a client for kxd(1), which is a key exchange daemon — like, the server that handles the key stuff for you. no cap.

and kxc-cryptsetup? she's a convenience wrapper 💅 for invoking kxc, except instead of making you type out a million options, she just goes and grabs them from the files chillin' in /etc/kxc/. the way that she just... handles it for you. obsessed. 😭💖

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

ngl, there's only one, and it's not even a flag:

• NAME — the one and only command-line argument, and it's a descriptive name. she uses this name to go find your configuration files. that's the whole job. main character energy fr fr. 👑

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🌈 FILES 🌈

okay so for a given NAME that you pass as the only command-line argument (yes, the argument, the singular one, the solo star ⭐), here are the files she needs, no substitutions:

• /etc/kxc/NAME.key.pem — the private key to use. 🔑 keep her secret, bestie.
• /etc/kxc/NAME.cert.pem — the certificate to use. and listen: it must match the given key. they're a matched set, they're a duo, don't try to split them up. 🫶
• /etc/kxc/NAME.server_cert.pem — the server certificate, which gets used to validate the server. vibe check for the server, essentially. ✅
• /etc/kxc/NAME.url — contains the URL to the key, usually in the form of "kxd://server/name". 🧚

not me realizing every single one of these is literally /etc/kxc/NAME. + something. she's consistent. we love a systematic queen. 💀✨

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🍓 CONTACT 🍓

wanna slide into the DMs? here's where:

• Main website: https://blitiri.com.ar/p/kxd 🌐
• Got questions, comments, or patches? send them to "albertito@blitiri.com.ar". they're literally asking. don't be shy. 💌

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these too, they're all part of the lore:

• kxc(1)
• kxd(1)
• crypttab(5)
• cryptsetup(8)

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💖 and that's the page!! written on 2019-08-10, from the kxc-cryptsetup(1) manual. go forth and be encrypted, bestie. slay. periodt. 🌸✨🦋