PRIVATE_KEY_FILE - Universal Certificate configuration option

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Dec 31, 2017
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Description

The PRIVATE_KEY_FILE option specifies either:

  • File from which the RSA private key is read (certificate creation/verification only, use the PRIVATE_KEY_INFILE option to re-use private keys for request creation).
  • File to which the RSA private key is written when generating a certificate request.

The key is encoded in a password encrypted PKCS #8 syntax.

Usage

Method

Syntax

IBM i

HP NonStop

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

-e ddname or file

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Command Line, Long Form

-private_key_file ddname or file

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Environment Variable

UCRPRIVATEKEYFILE=ddname or file

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Values

ddname or file is the name of the file.

The format of the file is specified by the PRIVATE_KEY_FORMAT option.