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kwild admin gen-auth-key

kwild admin gen-auth-key​

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

Synopsis​

The gen-auth-keycommand generates 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 adminclient.key and adminclient.cert. The key pair is used to authenticate the admin tool to the node.

kwild admin gen-auth-key [flags]

Examples​

# Generate a new TLS key pair to talk to the node
kwild admin gen-auth-key
# kwild admin commands uses adminclient.{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 "adminclient.cert")
      --tlskey string    output path for the new client key file (default "adminclient.key")

Options inherited from parent commands​

      --authrpc-cert string   kwild's TLS server certificate, required for HTTPS server
      --output string         the format for command output - either 'text' or 'json' (default "text")
      --pass string           admin server password (alternative to mTLS with tlskey/tlscert)
  -r, --root string           root directory (default "/home/jon/.kwild")
  -s, --rpcserver string      admin RPC server address (either UNIX socket path or TCP address) (default "/tmp/kwild.socket")

SEE ALSO​

  • kwild admin - Administrative commands using the secure admin RPC service