Section 1 · User commands

pvsecret-create-association.1

Package: s390utils

PVSECRET-CREATE-ASSOCIATION

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO

NAME

pvsecret-create-association − Create an association secret

SYNOPSIS

pvsecret create association [OPTIONS] <NAME>

DESCRIPTION

Use an association secret to connect a trusted I/O device to a guest. The pvapconfig tool provides more information about association secrets.

OPTIONS

<NAME>

String that identifies the new secret. The actual secret is set with −−input−secret. The name is saved in ‘NAME.yaml‘ with white−spaces mapped to ‘_‘.

−−stdout

Print the hashed name to stdout. The hashed name is not written to ‘NAME.yaml‘

−−input−secret <SECRET-FILE>

Path from which to read the plaintext secret. Uses a random secret if not specified.

−−output−secret <SECRET-FILE>

Save the generated secret as plaintext in SECRET−FILE. The generated secret can be used to generate add−secret requests for a different guest with the same secret using −−input−secret. Destroy the secret when it is not used anymore.

−h, −−help

Print help (see a summary with −h).