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softhsm2-keyconv - converting from BIND to PKCS#8 key file format

softhsm2-keyconv --in path --out path [--pin PIN]

softhsm2-keyconv can convert BIND .private-key files to the PKCS#8 file format. This is so that you can import the PKCS#8 file into libsofthsm using the command softhsm2-util. If you have another file format, then openssl probably can help you to convert it into the PKCS#8 file format.

--help, -h Shows the help screen.

The path to the input file.
The path to the output file.
The PIN will be used to encrypt the PKCS#8 file. If not given then the PKCS#8 file will be unencrypted.
Show the version info.

The following command can be used to convert a BIND .private-key file to a PKCS#8 file:

softhsm2-keyconv --in Kexample.com.+007+05474.private \
--out rsa.pem

Written by Rickard Bellgrim, Francis Dupont, René Post, and Roland van Rijswijk.

softhsm2-migrate(1), softhsm2-util(1), softhsm2.conf(5), openssl(1), named(1), dnssec-keygen(1), dnssec-signzone(1)

20 March 2014 SoftHSM