6.0.3

Option Description
--store <NameOfStore>
Name of the certicate store.
--text
Displays a human-readable version of the certicate.
vecs-cli entry getcert
Retrieve a certicate from VECS. You can send the certicate to an output le or display it as human-
readable text.
Option Description
--store <NameOfStore>
Name of the certicate store.
--alias <Alias>
Alias of the certicate.
--output <output_file_path>
File to write the certicate to.
--text
Displays a human-readable version of the certicate.
vecs-cli entry getkey
Retrieve a key that is stored in VECS. You can send the certicate to an output le or display it as human-
readable text.
Option Description
--store <NameOfStore>
Name of the certicate store.
--alias <Alias>
Alias for the key.
--output <output_file_path>
Output le to write the key to.
--text
Displays a human-readable version of the key.
vecs-cli entry delete
Delete an entry in a certicate store. If you delete an entry in VECS, you permanently remove it from VECS.
The only exception is the current root certicate. VECS polls vmdir for a root certicate.
Option Description
--store <NameOfStore>
Name of the certicate store.
--alias <Alias>
Alias for the entry you want to delete.
vecs-cli force-refresh
Forces a refresh of vecs-cli. When that happens, vecs-cli is updated to use the most recent information in
vmdir. By default, VECS polls vmdir for new root certicate les every 5 minutes. Use this command for an
immediate update of VECS from vmdir.
dir-cli Command Reference
The dir-cli utility allows you to create and update solution users, create other user accounts, and manage
certicates and passwords in vmdir. Use this utility together with vecs-cli and certool to manage your
certicate infrastructure.
dir-cli service create
Creates a solution user. Primarily used by third-party solutions.
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