apptainer-key-newpair - Create a new key pair
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS EXAMPLE SEE ALSO HISTORYNAME
apptainer-key-newpair - Create a new key pair
SYNOPSIS
apptainer key newpair
DESCRIPTION
The ’key
newpair’ command allows you to create a new key or
public/private
keys to be stored in the default user local keyring location
(e.g.,
$HOME/.apptainer/keys).
OPTIONS
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-b, --bit-length=4096 |
specify key bit length | ||
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-C, --comment="" |
key comment | ||
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-E, --email="" |
key owner email | ||
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-h, --help[=false] |
help for newpair | ||
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-d, --keysdir="/home/buildozer/.apptainer/keys" |
set local keyring dir path, an alternative way is to set environment variable ’APPTAINER_KEYSDIR’ | ||
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-N, --name="" |
key owner name | ||
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-P, --password="" |
key password | ||
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-U, --push[=false] |
specify to push the public key to the remote keystore |
EXAMPLE
$ apptainer key
newpair
$ apptainer key newpair --password=psk --name=your-name
--comment="key comment" [email protected]
--push=false
SEE ALSO
apptainer-key(1)
HISTORY
15-May-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra