pki-pkcs12-key(1)

💅 pki-pkcs12-key — bestie's guide to PKCS #12 key wrangling 💅

okay so this is the pki-pkcs12-key(1) page, straight outta the PKI PKCS #12 Key Management Commands manual, and it's literally the command-line interface for managing individual keys inside a PKCS #12 file. little keys, big responsibility 🗝️✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pki-pkcs12-key — command-line interface for managing individual keys in PKCS #12 file.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pki [CLI-options] pkcs12-key
pki [CLI-options] pkcs12-key-find [command-options]
pki [CLI-options] pkcs12-key-del key-ID [command-options]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The pki pkcs12-key commands are literally your group chat with a PKCS #12 file — they provide command-line interfaces to manage keys in a PKCS #12 file. no cap 🫶

• pki [CLI-options] pkcs12-key-find [command-options] — this command is the one that lists keys in a PKCS #12 file. window shopping for keys, iconic.
• pki [CLI-options] pkcs12-key-del key-ID [command-options] — this command is the one that deletes a key from a PKCS #12 file. bye bestie 👋💀

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

The CLI options are described in pki(1). that's the whole section, she's short but she said what she said 💅

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🌈 OPERATIONS 🌈

To view available profile commands, type pki pkcs12-key. To view each command's usage, type pki pkcs12-key-<command> --help.

All pki pkcs12-key commands require a PKCS #12 file and its password, fr fr. here's the tea:

• The PKCS #12 file can be specified with the --pkcs12-file parameter.
• The password can be specified either directly with the --pkcs12-password parameter, or in a file with the --pkcs12-password-file parameter.

All pki pkcs12-key commands also require an NSS database and its password — yes, also, she's high maintenance and we love her for it 😭:

• The NSS database location can be specified with the -d parameter (default: ~/.dogtag/nssdb).
• The NSS database password can be specified with the -c or the -C parameter.

👑 Viewing keys in a PKCS #12 file

To list the keys in a PKCS #12 file:

$ pki <NSS database location> <NSS database password> pkcs12-key-find \
    <PKCS #12 file> <PKCS #12 password>

🍓 Deleting a key from a PKCS #12 file

To delete a key from a PKCS #12 file:

$ pki <NSS database location> <NSS database password> pkcs12-key-del <key ID> \
    <PKCS #12 file> <PKCS #12 password>

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• pki-pkcs12(1) — her sibling, go say hi 💜

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💖 AUTHORS 💖

Endi S. Dewata edewata@redhat.com. — absolute legend, we stan 🌟

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat, Inc. This is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2). A copy of this license is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this lil slice of the PKI manual is dated Oct 28, 2016, page pki-pkcs12-key(1), and that's a wrap — mwah 💋✨