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Import keys from another database

  1. Start the ikeyman user interface

  2. Click Key Database File from the main UI, then click Open.

  3. Enter your key database name in the Password prompt dialog box, or click key.kdb if we are using the default.

  4. Enter your correct password in the Password prompt dialog box, and click OK.

  5. Click Personal Certificates in the Key Database content frame, then click Export/Import on the label.

  6. In the Export/Import Key window click Import Key.

  7. Click the target database type.

  8. Enter the file name, or use the Browse option.

  9. Enter the current location.

  10. Click OK.

  11. Click OK in the Password prompt dialog box, to import the selected key to another key database.

 

Import keys to a PKCS12 file

  1. Enter ikeyman on a command line on the Linux or UNIX platforms, or start the Key Management utility in the IHS folder on the Windows operating system.

  2. Click Key Database File from the main UI, then click Open.

  3. Enter your key database name in the Open dialog box, or click key.kdb, if we use the default. Click OK.

  4. Enter your password in the Password prompt dialog box, and click OK.

  5. Click Personal Certificates in the Key Database content frame, then click Export/Import on the label.

  6. In the Export/Import Key window click Import Key.

  7. Click the PKCS12 database file type.

  8. Enter the file name, or use the Browse option.

  9. Enter the correct location.

  10. Click OK.

  11. Enter the correct password in the Password prompt dialog box, then click OK.

 

Export keys from another database

  1. Start the ikeyman user interface.

  2. Click key database file from the main user interface, then click Open.

  3. Enter your key database name in the Password Prompt dialog box, or click key.kdb if we are using the default.

  4. Enter your correct password in the Password Prompt dialog box, and click OK.

  5. Click Personal Certificates in the Key database content frame, then click Export/Import on the label.

  6. In the Export/Import Key window click Export Key.

  7. Click the target database type.

  8. Enter the file name, or use the Browse option.

  9. Enter the current location.

 

Export keys to a PKCS12 file

  1. Enter ikeyman on a command line on the Linux or UNIX platforms, or start the Key Management utility in the IHS folder on the Windows operating system.

  2. Click Key Database File from the main UI, then click Open.

  3. Enter your key database name in the Open dialog box, or click key.kdb if we use the default. Click OK.

  4. Enter your password in the Password Prompt dialog box, and click OK.

  5. Click Personal Certificates in the Key Database content frame, then click Export/Import on the label.

  6. In the Export/Import Key window click ExportKeyM.

  7. Click the PKCS12 database file type.

  8. Enter the file name, or use the Browse option.

  9. Enter the correct location.

  10. Click OK.

  11. Enter the correct password in the Password prompt dialog box, and enter the password again to confirm. Click OK to export the selected key to a PKCS12 file.

 

Related information

Managing keys with the ikeyman graphical interface (Distributed systems)