Use the Crypto CLI create-key command to create a key.

Syntax

cryptocli create-key [options]

Option

Description

-h or --help

Displays usage text.

-d or --description string

The optional key description. Strings must be enclosed in double quotes.

-c or --cipher string

The cipher to be used for this key. Strings must be enclosed in double quotes.

-n or --name string

The name of the key to be created. Strings must be enclosed in double quotes.

-k or --keyset-guid string

Optional. The GUID of the keyset to be used for creating this key. Strings must be enclosed in double quotes.