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  1. I recommend reading my PKCS#11 Terminology blog before trying this. In this blog, there is a simple program that gets the information about the HSM slots using the standard PKCS#11 library functions. In the above program statements, it loads the cryptoki library DLL provided by the HSM/token vendors.
  2. There could be issues with PKCS#11 which requires debugging. To show debug info about Library, Slots, Token, and Mechanism, add showInfo=true in the SunPKCS11 provider configuration file, which you specified statically or dynamically as described in SunPKCS11 Configuration.

Name

pkcs11-tool - utility for managing and using PKCS #11 security tokens

Slots are the logical partitions in the cryptographic device. In case of HSMs, there could be hundreds or more slots are available while in the case of smart cards, there could be only one slot available. Token is a device where application stores the cryptographic objects and also perform cryptographic operations.

Synopsis

pkcs11-tool [OPTIONS]

Description

The pkcs11-tool utility is used to manage the data objects on smart cards and similar PKCS #11 security tokens. Users can list and read PINs, keysand certificates stored on the token. User PIN authentication is performed for those operations that require it.

Options

--login, -l

Authenticate to the token before performing other operations. This option is not needed if a PIN is provided on the command line.
--pinpin, -ppin
Use the given

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pin for token operations. WARNING: Be careful using this option as other users may be able to read the command line from the system orif it is embedded in a script.

This option will also set the --login option.

--so-pinpin
Use the given pin as the Security Officer PIN for some token operations (token initialization, user PIN initialization, etc). The same warning as--pin also applies here.
--init-token
Initializes a token: set the token label as well as a Security Officer PIN (the label must be specified using --label).
--init-pin
Initializes the user PIN. This option differs from --change-pin in that it sets the user PIN for the first time. Once set, the user PIN can be changed using--change-pin.
--change-pin, -c
With
Change the user PIN on the token
--test, -t
Performs some tests on the token. This option is most useful when used with either --login or --pin.
--show-info, -I
Displays general token information.
--list-slots, -L
Displays a list of available slots on the token.
--list-mechanisms, -M
Displays a list of mechanisms supported by the token.
--list-objects, -O
Displays a list of objects.
--sign, s
Sign some data.
--hash, -h
Hash some data.
--mechanismmechanism, -mmechanism
Use the specified mechanism for token operations. See -M for a list of mechanisms supported by your token.
--keypairgen, -k
Generate a new key pair (public and private pair.)
--write-objectid, -wpath

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Write a key or certificate object to the token. path points to the DER-encoded certificate or key file.
--typetype, -ytype
Specify the type of object to operate on. Examples are cert, privkey and pubkey.
--idid, -did

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Specify the id of the object to operate on.
--labelname, -aname
Specify the name of the object to operate on (or the token label when --init-token is used).
--slotid

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Specify the id of the slot to use.
--slot-descriptiondescription
Specify the description of the slot to use.
--slot-indexindex
Specify the index of the slot to use.
--token-labellabel
Specify the label of token. Will be used the first slot, that has the inserted token with this label.

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--set-idid, -eid
Set the CKA_ID of the object.
--attr-frompath
Extract information from path (DER-encoded certificate file) and create the corresponding attributes when writing an object to the token. Example:the certificate subject name is used to create the CKA_SUBJECT attribute.
--input-filepath, -ipath
Specify the path to a file for input.
--output-filepath, -opath
Specify the path to a file for output.
--modulemod
Specify a PKCS#11 module (or library) to load.
--moz-certpath, -zpath
Tests a Mozilla-like keypair generation and certificate request. Specify the path to the certificate file.
--verbose, -v
Causes pkcs11-tool to be more verbose.

NB! This does not affect OpenSC debugging level! To set OpenSC PKCS#11 module into debug mode, set the OPENSC_DEBUG environment variable to a non-zeronumber.