NAME

generateKey

Calls the local API method generate_key, input parameters are "drop in" compatible to the Tools::GenerateKey activity.

Input Parameters

Input parameters are positional arguments

key algorithm

Key algorithm, passed as is to the generate_key API method

key parameters

Hash holding additional key parameters, supported keys are curve_name and key_length.

key transport parameters

Hash holding the parameters for the transport encryption of the key. Setting a password is mandatory, algorithm defaults to aes256.

Return Value

The return value is a hash with following paramters.

pkey

The PEM encoded private key, including header/footer lines

pubkey

The base64 encoded public key (no line breaks or headers)

key_id

The key identifier, sha1 hash (uppercase hex) of pubkey, same format as subject_key_id of PKCS10 and x509 classes.