OPENSSL-STOREUTL(1SSL)

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💖 OPENSSL-STOREUTL — the STORE command 💖

okay bestie, you found it: openssl-storeutl, aka the STORE command from the OpenSSL 1SSL manual. it's giving "show me what's inside". let's go 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

openssl storeutl [-help] [-out file] [-noout] [-passin arg] [-text arg]
[-r] [-certs] [-keys] [-crls] [-skeys] [-subject arg] [-issuer arg]
[-serial arg] [-alias arg] [-fingerprint arg] [-digest] [-provider name]
[-provider-path path] [-provparam [name:]key=value] [-propquery propq]
uri

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This command is your little display window: it shows you the contents fetched from the URI you hand it — and yes, after decryption, as the case may be. so it's not just peeking, it's peeking at the unlocked version. iconic. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -help — prints out a usage message. classic. very demure, very mindful.
  • -out filename — names the output file to write to. no option? then it's standard output, standard behaviour, slay. 🦋 heads up: the output file can be the same as the input, which leads to replacing the file contents. and note that file I/O is not atomic — the output file gets truncated and then written. so like… be brave about it, but knowingly. 😭
  • -noout — prevents output of the PEM data. the quiet luxury option.
  • -passin arg — the key password source. for the scoop on how arg is formatted, see openssl-passphrase-options(1). 🔑
  • -text — prints out the objects in text form, similarly to the -text output from openssl-x509(1), openssl-pkey(1), etc. main character formatting fr fr. ✨
  • -r — fetch objects recursively when possible. go deeper. 🌀
  • -certs
  • -keys
  • -crls
  • -skeys

also: only select the certificates, keys, CRLs or symmetric keys from the given URI. however, if this URI would return a set of names (URIs), those are always returned — no filtering that part, sorry bestie, that's just the rule.

note that all options must be given before the uri argument. order matters, always has. 👑

and note: -keys selects exclusively private keys — there is no selector for public keys only. that's just how it is. 🙈

  • -subject arg — search for an object having the subject name arg.

the arg must be formatted as "/type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...". special characters may be escaped by "\" (backslash), whitespace is retained. empty values are permitted but are ignored for the search — meaning a search with an empty value will have the same effect as not specifying the type at all. giving a single "/" will lead to an empty sequence of RDNs (a NULL-DN). multi-valued RDNs can be formed by placing a "+" character instead of a "/" between the AttributeValueAssertions (AVAs) that specify the members of the set.

example:

"/DC=org/DC=OpenSSL/DC=users/UID=123456+CN=John Doe"
  • -issuer arg
  • -serial arg

search for an object having the given issuer name and serial number. these two options must be used together — they're a package deal, a duo, a duo that cannot be split. 💞 the issuer arg must be formatted as "/type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...", characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), and no spaces are skipped. the serial arg may be specified as a decimal value or a hex value if preceded by "0x". 🔢

  • -alias arg — search for an object having the given alias.
  • -fingerprint arg — search for an object having the given fingerprint. 🫆
  • -digest — the digest that was used to compute the fingerprint given with -fingerprint. they go together, obviously. ✨
  • -provider name
  • -provider-path path
  • -provparam [name:]key=value
  • -propquery propq

see "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7). that's the lore, go read it. 📚

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

🕰️ HISTORY 🕰️

  • This command was added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
  • The -engine option was removed in OpenSSL 4.0. gone, deleted, no longer invited to the party. 💀
  • The -skeys option was added in OpenSSL 4.0. new girl on the block. 🌟

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