SOFTHSM2-KEYCONV(1)

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💖 SOFTHSM2-KEYCONV 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about softhsm2-keyconv — a little section 1 (General Commands Manual) icon that does exactly one glow-up: it takes your crusty old BIND key and makes it PKCS#8 gorgeous. no cap. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

softhsm2-keyconv — converting from BIND to PKCS#8 key file format 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

softhsm2-keyconv --in path --out path [--pin PIN]

literally that's it. two required paths, one optional PIN, and you're done. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so softhsm2-keyconv can convert BIND .private-key files into the PKCS#8 file format. that's its whole thing, and it does it well. 🎀

why do you care? because this is how you get that PKCS#8 file into libsofthsm using the command softhsm2-util. that's the pipeline, bestie, and this is step one.

and if your file is some other format entirely? don't panic. openssl probably can help you convert it into the PKCS#8 file format too. it's giving "there's a tool for that." 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --help, -h — Shows the help screen. tiny lil cry for guidance, we've all been there 🫶
  • --in path — The path to the input file. this is the file you're converting, your before picture 💜
  • --out path — The path to the output file. this is where the PKCS#8 glow-up lands ✨
  • --pin PIN — The PIN will be used to encrypt the PKCS#8 file. If not given then the PKCS#8 file will be unencrypted. so like… decide if you want a lock on it or not, no judgement either way 💅
  • --version, -v — Show the version info. main character check-in 👑

✨ EXAMPLES ✨

the following command can be used to convert a BIND .private-key file to a PKCS#8 file:

softhsm2-keyconv --in Kexample.com.+007+05474.private \
       --out rsa.pem

see? backslash for the line break, in goes the .private, out comes the rsa.pem. ate that. 🔥

✨ AUTHORS ✨

Written by Rickard Bellgrim, Francis Dupont, René Post, and Roland van Rijswijk. absolute legends, every single one of them 👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

softhsm2-migrate(1), softhsm2-util(1), softhsm2.conf(5), openssl(1), named(1), dnssec-keygen(1), dnssec-signzone(1)

go read those too, iykyk 📚

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this was SoftHSM, dated 20 March 2014 — yeah, it's an older icon but it still slays. now go convert something. periodt. 💅✨

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