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zerotier-idtool — Create and manipulate ZeroTier identities. See also: `zerotier-cli`, `zerotier-one`. More informatio

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Problem

How to use the zerotier-idtool command: Create and manipulate ZeroTier identities. See also: zerotier-cli, zerotier-one. More information: <https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/blob/dev/doc/zerotier-idtool.1.md>.

Solution

zerotier-idtool — Create and manipulate ZeroTier identities. See also: zerotier-cli, zerotier-one. More information: <https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/blob/dev/doc/zerotier-idtool.1.md>.

Generate a new ZeroTier identity and output the secret part to stdout:

zerotier-idtool generate

Generate a new ZeroTier identity and save the secret and public parts to files:

zerotier-idtool generate {{path/to/identity.secret}} {{path/to/identity.public}}

Generate a new ZeroTier identity with a specific hexadecimal vanity prefix (can take a long time):

zerotier-idtool generate {{path/to/identity.secret}} {{path/to/identity.public}} {{vanity_prefix}}

Extract the public portion from a secret identity:

zerotier-idtool getpublic {{path/to/identity.secret}}

Sign a file using a secret identity:

zerotier-idtool sign {{path/to/identity.secret}} {{path/to/file}}

Verify a signed file using a public identity and a hexadecimal signature:

zerotier-idtool verify {{path/to/identity.public}} {{path/to/file}} {{signature_hex}}

Locally validate an identity's key and proof of work:

zerotier-idtool validate {{path/to/identity.public}}

Display help:

zerotier-idtool help

Code Snippets

Generate a new ZeroTier identity and output the secret part to `stdout`

zerotier-idtool generate

Generate a new ZeroTier identity and save the secret and public parts to files

zerotier-idtool generate {{path/to/identity.secret}} {{path/to/identity.public}}

Generate a new ZeroTier identity with a specific hexadecimal vanity prefix (can take a long time)

zerotier-idtool generate {{path/to/identity.secret}} {{path/to/identity.public}} {{vanity_prefix}}

Extract the public portion from a secret identity

zerotier-idtool getpublic {{path/to/identity.secret}}

Sign a file using a secret identity

zerotier-idtool sign {{path/to/identity.secret}} {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/zerotier-idtool

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