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kwil-admin node gen-auth-key

kwil-admin node gen-auth-key​

Generate a new key pair for use with an authenticated admin RPC service.

Synopsis​

Generate a new key pair for use with an authenticated admin RPC service.

The key pair is generated and stored in the node's configuration directory, in the files auth.key and auth.cert. The key pair is used to authenticate the admin tool to the node.

kwil-admin node gen-auth-key [flags]

Examples​

# Generate a new TLS key pair to talk to the node
kwil-admin node gen-auth-key
cat ~/.kwil-admin/auth.cert >> ~/.kwild/clients.pem # or copy to remote kwild machine
# kwil-admin uses auth.{key,cert}, while kwild uses clients.pem

Options​

  -h, --help             help for gen-auth-key
      --tlscert string   output path for the new client certificate (default "auth.cert")
      --tlskey string    output path for the new client key file (default "auth.key")

Options inherited from parent commands​

      --output string   the format for command output - either 'text' or 'json' (default "text")
  -S, --silence         Silence logs

SEE ALSO​

  • kwil-admin node - The node command is used to get information about a running Kwil node.