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f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor<p><span class="application">pkcs11-keygen</span> — generate keys on a PKCS#11 device</p>
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">pkcs11-keygen</code> {-a <em class="replaceable"><code>algorithm</code></em>} [<code class="option">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>keysize</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-e</code>] [<code class="option">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>id</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>module</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-P</code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>PIN</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-q</code>] [<code class="option">-S</code>] [<code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>slot</code></em></code>] {label}</p></div>
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic <span class="command"><strong>pkcs11-keygen</strong></span> causes a PKCS#11 device to generate
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic a new key pair with the given <code class="option">label</code> (which must be
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic unique) and with <code class="option">keysize</code> bits of prime.
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic<dt><span class="term">-a <em class="replaceable"><code>algorithm</code></em></span></dt>
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic Specify the key algorithm class: Supported classes are RSA,
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic DSA, DH, and ECC. In addition to these strings, the
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic <code class="option">algorithm</code> can be specified as a DNSSEC
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic signing algorithm that will be used with this key; for
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic example, NSEC3RSASHA1 maps to RSA, and ECDSAP256SHA256 maps
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic to ECC. The default class is "RSA".
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic<dt><span class="term">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>keysize</code></em></span></dt>
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic Create the key pair with <code class="option">keysize</code> bits of
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic prime. For ECC keys, the only valid values are 256 and 384,
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic and the default is 256.
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic For RSA keys only, use a large exponent.
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic<dt><span class="term">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>id</code></em></span></dt>
27a7b74f8c50bd6074b0c71fae9927a71fde5b3fjim Create key objects with id. The id is either
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic an unsigned short 2 byte or an unsigned long 4 byte number.
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic<dt><span class="term">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>module</code></em></span></dt>
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic Specify the PKCS#11 provider module. This must be the full
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic path to a shared library object implementing the PKCS#11 API
70f5253b24dd333c67fb6502d557a8b48ad3ba87igalic for the device.
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor Set the new private key to be non-sensitive and extractable.
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor The allows the private key data to be read from the PKCS#11
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor device. The default is for private keys to be sensitive and
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor non-extractable.
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor<dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>PIN</code></em></span></dt>
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor Specify the PIN for the device. If no PIN is provided on
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor the command line, <span class="command"><strong>pkcs11-keygen</strong></span> will
45a544a8bb3fa1f95e5edac9fb3e723e2bb7001drbowen prompt for it.
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor Quiet mode: suppress unnecessary output.
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor For Diffie-Hellman (DH) keys only, use a special prime of
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor 768, 1024 or 1536 bit size and base (aka generator) 2.
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor If not specified, bit size will default to 1024.
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor<dt><span class="term">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>slot</code></em></span></dt>
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor Open the session with the given PKCS#11 slot. The default is
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-destroy</span>(8)</span>,
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-list</span>(8)</span>,
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-tokens</span>(8)</span>,
f072359f493a5209335799da85ac16d6a273303bgryzor <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">dnssec-keyfromlabel</span>(8)</span>
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