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OpenXPKI::Crypto::Backend::OpenSSL::Command::create_pkey(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation OpenXPKI::Crypto::Backend::OpenSSL::Command::create_pkey(3)

OpenXPKI::Crypto::Backend::OpenSSL::Command::create_pkey

This is a wrapper for the openssl genpkey command, most of the parameters are passed as is to openssl. See the openssl manpage of genpkey for options.

If you want to use the engine then you must set ENGINE_USAGE ::= ALWAYS||RANDOM||PRIV_KEY_GEN

  • PASSWD

    The password to encrypt the private key with, this is the only mandatory parameter

  • KEY_ALG

    The key algorithm, default is RSA.

  • ENC_ALG

    Algorithm to encrypt the private key, default is aes256.

  • PKEYOPT

    A hashref of key/value pairs to be passed to pkeyopt. If value is an array, multiple options are created using the same key. If order of options is relevant wrap each key/value pair into an arrayref.

  • PARAMFILE

    Filename, passed to openssl paramfile.

returns false

Returns true if the request is created for the engine's key. Otherwise returns false.

Returns the newly created PEM encoded PKCS#8 private key.
2022-05-14 perl v5.32.1

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