cli/docs/reference/commandline/trust_key_load.md

trust key load

Load a private key file for signing

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
--name	string	signer	Name for the loaded key

Description

docker trust key load adds private keys to the local Docker trust keystore.

To add a signer to a repository use docker trust signer add.

Examples

Load a single private key

For a private key alice.pem with permissions -rw-------

$ docker trust key load alice.pem

Loading key from "alice.pem"...
Enter passphrase for new signer key with ID f8097df:
Repeat passphrase for new signer key with ID f8097df:
Successfully imported key from alice.pem

To specify a name use the --name flag:

$ docker trust key load --name alice-key alice.pem

Loading key from "alice.pem"...
Enter passphrase for new alice-key key with ID f8097df:
Repeat passphrase for new alice-key key with ID f8097df:
Successfully imported key from alice.pem