| OPENSSL-FORMAT-OPTIONS(1) | OpenSSL | OPENSSL-FORMAT-OPTIONS(1) |
Since OpenSSL 3.0 keys, single certificates, and CRLs can be read from files in any of the DER, PEM or P12 formats. Specifying their input format is no more needed and the openssl commands will automatically try all the possible formats. However if the DER or PEM input format is specified it will be enforced.
In order to access a key via an engine the input format ENGINE may be used; alternatively the key identifier in the <uri> argument of the respective key option may be preceded by "org.openssl.engine:". See "Engine Options" in openssl(1) for an example usage of the latter.
The list of acceptable format arguments, and the default, is described in each command documentation.
Text before the BEGIN line is ignored.
----- BEGIN object-type -----
OT43gQKBgQC/2OHZoko6iRlNOAQ/tMVFNq7fL81GivoQ9F1U0Qr+DH3ZfaH8eIkX
xT0ToMPJUzWAn8pZv0snA0um6SIgvkCuxO84OkANCVbttzXImIsL7pFzfcwV/ERK
UM6j0ZuSMFOCr/lGPAoOQU0fskidGEHi1/kW+suSr28TqsyYZpwBDQ==
----- END object-type -----
Text after the END line is also ignored
The object-type must match the type of object that is expected. For example a "BEGIN X509 CERTIFICATE" will not match if the command is trying to read a private key. The types supported include:
ANY PRIVATE KEY
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE REQUEST
CMS
DH PARAMETERS
DSA PARAMETERS
DSA PUBLIC KEY
EC PARAMETERS
EC PRIVATE KEY
ECDSA PUBLIC KEY
ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY
PARAMETERS
PKCS #7 SIGNED DATA
PKCS7
PRIVATE KEY
PUBLIC KEY
RSA PRIVATE KEY
SSL SESSION PARAMETERS
TRUSTED CERTIFICATE
X509 CRL
X9.42 DH PARAMETERS
The following legacy object-type's are also supported for compatibility with earlier releases:
DSA PRIVATE KEY
NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST
RSA PUBLIC KEY
X509 CERTIFICATE
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
| 2023-05-07 | 3.0.12 |