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pelican key create

Generate a public-private key-pair for Pelican server

Synopsis

Generate a public-private key-pair for a Pelican server. The private key is an ECDSA key with P256 curve. The corresponding public key is a JSON Web Key Set (JWKS), which can be used for JWT signature verification.

pelican key create [flags]

Options

  -h, --help                 help for create
      --private-key string   The file path where the generated private key will be saved. If a key already exists at the provided path, it will not be overwritten but will be used to derive a public key (default "./private-key.pem")
      --public-key string    The file path where the generated public key (derived from the generated private key) will be saved. (default "./issuer-pub.jwks")

Options inherited from parent commands

      --config string       config file (default is $HOME/.config/pelican/pelican.yaml)
  -d, --debug               Enable debug log messages
  -f, --federation string   Pelican federation to utilize
      --json                output results in JSON format
  -L, --log string          Specified log output file
      --version             Print the version and exit

SEE ALSO

pelican keypelican namespace