Key Management Utility command line interface syntax

This topic contains a description of the syntax that we can use with the gsk7cmd command.

The syntax of the Java command line interface follows:

Java [-Dikeycmd.properties=<properties_file>] com.ibm.gsk.ikeyman.ikeycmd <object> <action> [options]

...where:

• -Dikeycmd.properties specifies the name of an optional properties file to use for this Java invocation. A default properties file, ikeycmd.properties, exists as a sample file that we can modify and use with any Java application.

Object includes one of the following:

• -keydb: Actions taken on the key database (either a CMS key database file, a WebDB key ring file, or SSLight class)

• -cert: Actions taken on a certificate

• -certreq: Actions taken on a certificate request

• -help: Displays help for the IKEYCMD invocations

• -version: Displays version information for IKEYCMD

Action represents the specific action to take on the object, and options represents the options, both required and optional, specified for the object and action pair.

The object and action keywords are positional and we must specify them in the selected order. However, options are not positional and we can specify them in any order, as an option and operand pair.