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Key Broker Service

Installation Answer File Options

Configuration Options

Command-Line Options

The Key Broker Service supports several command-line commands that can be executed only as the Root user: 

Usage:
        kbs <command> [arguments]

Available Commands:
        help|-h|--help                                  Show this help message
        version|-v|--version                         Show the version of current kbs build
        setup <task>                                     Run setup task
        start                                                      Start kbs
        status                                                   Show the status of kbs
        stop                                                      Stop kbs
        uninstall [--purge]                              Uninstall kbs
                --purge                                         all configuration and data files will be removed if this flag is set

Usage of kbs setup:
        kbs setup <task> [--help] [--force] [-f <answer-file>]
                --help                      show help message for setup task
                --force                     existing configuration will be overwritten if this flag is set
                -f|--file <answer-file>     the answer file with required arguments

Available Tasks for setup:
        all                                 Runs all setup tasks
        download-ca-cert                    Download CMS root CA certificate
        download-cert-tls                   Download CA certificate from CMS for tls
        create-default-key-transfer-policy  Create default key transfer policy for KBS
        update-service-config               Sets or Updates the Service configuration

Directory Layout

The Verification Service installs by default with the following folders:

/opt/kbs/bin : Contains KBS binaries

/etc/kbs/ : Contains KBS configuration files

/var/log/kbs/ : Contains KBS logs