Archiving Key in KRA

Overview

The pki kra-key-archive command can be used to archive a binary data, a passphrase, or a pre-encrypted secret into KRA.

The command accepts a --transport <nickname> parameter that can be used to specify the nickname of the transport certificate already in the client’s NSS database. If not specified, the command will retrieve the transport certificate from KRA and store it in the client’s NSS database.

Archiving Binary Data

To archive a binary data:

$ pki -n caadmin kra-key-archive \
    --clientKeyID testkey \
    --input-data private.key
------------------------
Archival request details
------------------------
  Request ID: 0x1
  Key ID: 0x1
  Type: securityDataEnrollment
  Status: complete

Archiving Passphrase

To archive a passphrase:

$ pki -n caadmin kra-key-archive \
    --clientKeyID testkey \
    --passphrase secret
------------------------
Archival request details
------------------------
  Request ID: 0x1
  Key ID: 0x1
  Type: securityDataEnrollment
  Status: complete

Archiving Pre-encrypted Secret

To archive a pre-encrypted secret, store the input in a file (e.g. input.json):

{
    "Attributes": {
        "Attribute": [
            {
                "name": "clientKeyID",
                "value": "testkey"
            },
            {
                "name": "dataType",
                "value":"symmetricKey"
            },
            {
                "name": "wrappedPrivateData",
                "value": "..."
            },
            {
                "name": "keyAlgorithm",
                "value": "AES"
            },
            {
                "name": "realm",
                "value": "example"
            },
            {
                "name": "keySize",
                "value": "128"
            }
        ]
    },
    "ClassName": "com.netscape.certsrv.key.KeyArchivalRequest"
}

Then execute the following command:

$ pki -n caadmin kra-key-archive \
    --input input.json \
    --input-format json

See Also

• PKI KRA Key Archive Java API