nvme-tls-key1
Manage nvme tls psks (deprecated)
Usage
nvme [<global-options>]
tls-key
[{--keyring=<name> | -k
<name>}]
[{--keytype=<type> | -t
<type>}]
[{--keyfile=<file> | -f
<file>}]
[{--import | -i}]
[{--export | -e}]
[{--revoke=<description> | -r
<description>}]
Overview
Deprecated command kept for scripts written against nvme-cli versions older than 3.0. Exactly one of --import, --export, or --revoke must be given; based on which mode is selected, this alias translates the command into the equivalent new keys plugin subcommand and forwards to it:
• --import translates to nvme-keys-import(1), forwarding --keyring and --keyfile.
• --export translates to nvme-keys-export(1), forwarding --keyring and --keyfile.
• --revoke=<description> translates to nvme-keys-revoke(1), forwarding --keyring and --keytype, with <description> passed as --identity.
Only the options relevant to the selected mode are meaningful; e.g. --keytype has no effect with --import or --export since the new import/export subcommands no longer take a key type. This command does not derive or insert a TLS PSK from a configured PSK — use nvme-keys-gen-tls-psk(1) or nvme-keys-insert-tls-psk(1) for that.
New scripts should call nvme keys import, nvme keys export, or nvme keys revoke directly instead. This alias prints a deprecation warning on stderr and may be removed in a future release.
Options
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-k <name>, --keyring=<name> -
Name of the keyring to import into, export from, or revoke from. Default is .nvme.
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-t <type>, --keytype=<type> -
Type of the key to revoke. Only used with --revoke. Default is psk.
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-f <file>, --keyfile=<file> -
File to read the keys from (--import) or write the keys to (--export) instead of stdin/stdout.
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-i, --import -
Import keys in bulk; see nvme-keys-import(1).
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-e, --export -
Export all keys from the keyring; see nvme-keys-export(1).
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-r <description>, --revoke=<description> -
Revoke the key stored under <description> from the keyring; see nvme-keys-revoke(1).
Options
The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:
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--dry-run -
Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.
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--no-ioctl-probing -
Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.
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--no-retries -
Disable retry logic on transient errors.
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-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> -
Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.
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--output-format-version=<version> -
Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. Other versions are rejected.
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--quiet -
Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level.
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--set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] -
Set libnvme library options for this invocation. Supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir.
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--timeout=<ms> -
Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff).
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-v, --verbose -
Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.
These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.
Examples
No Examples
Nvme
Part of the nvme-user suite
Releases
2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.
--dry-run since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--no-ioctl-probing since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--no-retries since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--output-format since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--output-format-version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--quiet since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--set-options since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--timeout since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-o since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.