nix3-key - Man Page

generate and convert Nix signing keys

Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Synopsis

nix key [option…] subcommand

where subcommand is one of the following:

nix key convert-secret-to-public - generate a public key for verifying store paths from a secret key read from standard input
nix key generate-secret - generate a secret key for signing store paths

Options

Logging-related options

--debug
Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.
--log-format format
Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.
--print-build-logs / -L
Print full build logs on standard error.
--quiet
Decrease the logging verbosity level.
--verbose / -v
Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options

--help
Show usage information.
--offline
Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
--option name value
Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
--refresh
Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
--version
Show version information.
Note
See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.