P11-KIT(8)                      System Commands                     P11-KIT(8)

NAME
       p11-kit - Tool for operating on configured PKCS#11 modules

SYNOPSIS
       p11-kit list-modules

       p11-kit list-tokens ...

       p11-kit list-objects ...

       p11-kit import-object ...

       p11-kit export-object ...

       p11-kit delete-object ...

       p11-kit generate-keypair ...

       p11-kit list-profiles ...

       p11-kit add-profile ...

       p11-kit delete-profile ...

       p11-kit list-mechanisms ...

       p11-kit print-config

       p11-kit extract ...

       p11-kit server ...

DESCRIPTION
       p11-kit is a command line tool that can be used to perform operations
       on PKCS#11 modules configured on the system.

       See the various sub commands below. The following global options can be
       used:

       -v, --verbose
           Run in verbose mode with debug output.

       -q, --quiet
           Run in quiet mode without warning or failure messages.

LIST MODULES
       List system configured PKCS#11 modules.

           $ p11-kit list-modules

       The modules, information about them and the tokens present in the
       PKCS#11 modules will be displayed.

LIST TOKENS
       List all tokens available in system configured PKCS#11 modules.

           $ p11-kit list-tokens [--only-uris] pkcs11:token

       This retrieves all tokens and displays some of their common attributes.
       If --only-uris is given, only the matching token URIs are printed.

LIST OBJECTS
       List objects matching given PKCS#11 URI.

           $ p11-kit list-objects [--login] pkcs11:object_on_token

       This retrieves all objects that match given PKCS#11 URI and displays
       some of their common attributes. Storage objects also have their
       PKCS#11 URI displayed.

IMPORT OBJECT
       Import object into PKCS#11 token.

           $ p11-kit import-object --file=file.pem [--label=label] [--login] pkcs11:token

       Takes either an X.509 certificate or a public key in the form of a PEM
       file and imports it into the first token matched by given PKCS#11 URI.

       --file=<file.pem>
           File containing either an X.509 certificate or a public key in PEM
           format. This option is required.

       --label=<label>
           Assigns label to the imported object.

EXPORT OBJECT
       Export object matching PKCS#11 URI.

           $ p11-kit export-object [--login] pkcs11:object_on_token

       Displays PEM formatted contents of the first object matched by given
       PKCS#11 URI. The matched object has to either be an X.509 certificate
       or a public key.

DELETE OBJECT
       Delete object matching PKCS#11 URI.

           $ p11-kit delete-object [--login] pkcs11:object_on_token

       Destroys the first object matched by given PKCS#11 URI.

GENERATE KEY-PAIR
       Generate key-pair on a PKCS#11 token.

           $ p11-kit generate-keypair --type=algorithm {--bits=n|--curve=name} [--label=label] [--login] pkcs11:token

       Generate private-public key-pair of given type on the first token
       matched by given PKCS#11 URI. This command should be used together with
       --type option and one of --bits or --curve options.

       --type=<algorithm>
           Specify the type of keys to generate. Supported values are rsa,
           ecdsa and ed25519. This option is required.

       --bits=<n>
           Specify the number of bits for the key-pair generation. Cannot be
           used together with --curve option.

       --curve=<name>
           Specify an elliptic curve for the key-pair generation. Supported
           values are secp256r1, secp384r1, secp521r1, ed25519 and ed448.
           Cannot be used together with --bits option.

       --label=<label>
           Assigns label to the generated key-pair objects.

LIST PROFILES
       List PKCS#11 profiles supported by the token.

           $ p11-kit list-profiles [--login] pkcs11:token

       Displays profile IDs of the first token matched by given PKCS#11 URI in
       human-readable form.

ADD PROFILE
       Add PKCS#11 profile to a token.

           $ p11-kit add-profile --profile=profile [--login] pkcs11:token

       Creates new profile object with given profile ID on the first token
       matched by given PKCS#11 URI. This command fails if the profile ID
       already exists on the token.

       --profile=<profile>
           Profile ID to add. Value can either be numerical or textual. This
           option is required.

DELETE PROFILE
       Delete PKCS#11 profile from a token.

           $ p11-kit delete-profile --profile=profile [--login] pkcs11:token

       Destroys all profile objects with given profile ID from the first token
       matched by given PKCS#11 URI.

       --profile=<profile>
           Profile ID to delete. Value can either be numerical or textual.
           This option is required.

LIST MECHANISMS
       List PKCS#11 mechanisms supported by the token.

           $ p11-kit list-mechanisms pkcs11:token

       This lists all available mechanimsms for a PKCS#11 token

PRINT CONFIG
       Print merged configuration.

           $ p11-kit print-config

       P11-kit provides 3 levels of configuration: system wide, per-module,
       and per-user. At run-time all 3 levels are merged into a single
       configuration. This command displays the merged configuration.

EXTRACT
       Extract certificates from configured PKCS#11 modules.

       This operation has been moved to a separate command trust extract. See
       trust(1) for more information

SERVER
       Run a server process that exposes PKCS#11 module remotely.

           $ p11-kit server pkcs11:token1 pkcs11:token2 ...
           $ p11-kit server --provider /path/to/pkcs11-module.so pkcs11:token1 pkcs11:token2 ...

       This launches a server that exposes the given PKCS#11 tokens on a local
       socket. The tokens must belong to the same module. To access the
       socket, use p11-kit-client.so module. The server address and PID are
       printed as a shell-script snippet which sets the appropriate
       environment variable: P11_KIT_SERVER_ADDRESS and P11_KIT_SERVER_PID.

EXTRACT TRUST
       Extract standard trust information files.

       This operation has been moved to a separate command trust
       extract-compat. See trust(1) for more information

REMOTE
       Run a PKCS#11 module remotely.

           $ p11-kit remote /path/to/pkcs11-module.so
           $ p11-kit remote pkcs11:token1 pkcs11:token2 ...

       This is not meant to be run directly from a terminal. But rather in a
       remote option in a pkcs11.conf(5) file.

       This exposes the given PKCS#11 module or tokens over standard input and
       output. Those two forms, whether to expose a module or tokens, are
       mutually exclusive and if the second form is used, the tokens must
       belong to the same module.

BUGS
       Please send bug reports to either the distribution bug tracker or the
       upstream bug tracker at https://github.com/p11-glue/p11-kit/issues/.

SEE ALSO
       pkcs11.conf(5)

       Further details available in the p11-kit online documentation at
       https://p11-glue.github.io/p11-glue/p11-kit/manual/.

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