HSMauth Commands

ykman hsmauth [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]…

Manage the YubiHSM Auth application

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.

Commands

Command Description
access Manage Management Key for YubiHSM Auth.
credentials Manage YubiHSM Auth credentials.
info Display general status of the YubiHSM Auth application.
reset Reset all YubiHSM Auth data.

ykman hsmauth info [OPTIONS]

Display general status of the YubiHSM Auth application.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.

ykman hsmauth reset [OPTIONS]

Reset all YubiHSM Auth data.

This action wipes all data and restores factory setting for the YubiHSM Auth application on the YubiKey.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
-f, --force Confirm the action without prompting.

ykman hsmauth access [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]…

Manage the Management Key for YubiHSM Auth.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.

Commands

Command Description
change-management-key Change the Management key.

ykman hsmauth access change-management-key [OPTIONS]

Change the Management key.

Allows you to change the Management key. This is required to add and delete YubiHSM Auth credentials stored on the YubiKey.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
-m, --management-key
TEXT
Current management key.
Default: b’x00x00x00x00x00x00x00
x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x00x00’
-n, --new-management-key
TEXT
A new management key to set.
-g, --generate
Generate a random Management key. Cannot
be used with --new-management-key.

ykman hsmauth credentials [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]…

Manage YubiHSM Auth credentials.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.

Commands

Command Description
delete Delete a credential.
derive Import a symmetric credential derived from a password.
export Export the public key corresponding to an asymmetric credential.
generate Generate an asymmetric credential.
import Import an asymmetric credential.
list List all credentials.
symmetric Import a symmetric credential.

ykman hsmauth credentials delete [OPTIONS] LABEL

Delete a credential.

This deletes a YubiHSM Auth credential from the YubiKey.

Arguments

Argument Description
LABEL
A label to match a single credential, as shown in
credential list.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
-m, --management-key TEXT The Management key.
-f, --force Confirm the action without prompting.

ykman hsmauth credentials derive [OPTIONS] LABEL

Import a symmetric credential derived from a password.

This imports a symmetric YubiHSM Auth credential by deriving ENC and MAC keys from a password.

Arguments

Argument Description
LABEL A label for the YubiHSM Auth credential.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
-d, --derivation-password
TEXT
Derivation password for ENC and MAC keys.
-c, --credential-password
TEXT
Password to protect credential.
-m, --management-key TEXT The management key.
-t, --touch
Requires touch on YubiKey to access
credential.

ykman hsmauth credentials export [OPTIONS] LABEL PUBLIC-KEY

Export the public key corresponding to an asymmetric credential.

This exports the long-term public key corresponding to the asymmetric YubiHSM Auth credential stored on the YubiKey.

Arguments

Argument Description
LABEL A label for the YubiHSM Auth credential.
PUBLIC-KEY File to write the public key to. Use ‘-’ to use stdout.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
-F, --format [PEM|DER] Encoding format. Default: PEM

ykman hsmauth credentials generate [OPTIONS] LABEL

Generate an asymmetric credential.

This generates an asymmetric YubiHSM Auth credential (private key) on the YubiKey.

Arguments

Argument Description
LABEL A label for the YubiHSM Auth credential.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
-c, --credential-password TEXT Password to protect credential.
-m, --management-key TEXT The Management key.
-t, --touch Requires touch on YubiKey to access credential.

ykman hsmauth credentials import [OPTIONS] LABEL PRIVATE-KEY

Import an asymmetric credential.

This imports a private key as an asymmetric YubiHSM Auth credential to the YubiKey.

Arguments

Argument Description
LABEL A label for the YubiHSM Auth credential.
PRIVATE-KEY File containing the private key. Use ‘-’ to use stdin

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
-c, --credential-password TEXT Password to protect credential.
-m, --management-key TEXT The Management key.
-p, --password TEXT
Password used to decrypt the private
key.
-t, --touch
Requires touch on YubiKey to access
credential.

ykman hsmauth credentials list [OPTIONS]

List all credentials stored on the YubiKey.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.

ykman hsmauth credentials symmetric [OPTIONS] LABEL

Import a symmetric credential.

This imports an encryption and mac key as a symmetric YubiHSM Auth credential on the YubiKey.

Arguments

Argument Description
LABEL A label for the YubiHSM Auth credential.

Options

Option Description
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
-c, --credential-password TEXT Password to protect credential.
-E, --enc-key TEXT The ENC key.
-g, --generate
Generate a random encryption and MAC
key.
-m, --management-key TEXT The Management key.
-M, --mac-key TEXT The MAC key.
-t, --touch Requires touch on YubiKey to access credential.