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tpm2_encodeobject(1)	     General Commands Manual	    tpm2_encodeobject(1)

NAME
     tpm2_encodeobject(1) - Encode an object into a combined PEM format.

SYNOPSIS
     tpm2_encodeobject [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
     tpm2_encodeobject(1)  -  Encode  both the private and public portions of an
     object into a combined PEM format used by tpm2-tss-engine.

     The tool reads private and public portions of an object and encodes it into
     a combined PEM format used by tpm2-tss-engine and other applications.

     NOTE: Both private and public portions of the tpm key must be specified.

OPTIONS
     * -C, --parent-context=OBJECT:

       The parent object.

     * -P, --auth=AUTH:

       The authorization value of the parent object specified by -C.

     * -u, --public=FILE:

       A file containing the public portion of the object.

     * -r, --private=FILE:

       A file containing the sensitive portion of the object.

     * -p, --key-auth:

       Indicates if an authorization value is needed for the object specified by
       -r and -u.

     * -o, --output=FILE:

       The output file path, recording the public portion of the object.

   References
Context Object Format
     The type of a context object, whether it is a handle or file name,  is  de-
     termined according to the following logic in-order:

     * If the argument is a file path, then the file is loaded as a restored TPM
       transient object.

     * If the argument is a prefix match on one of:

       * owner: the owner hierarchy

       * platform: the platform hierarchy

       * endorsement: the endorsement hierarchy

       * lockout: the lockout control persistent object

     * If  the argument argument can be loaded as a number it will be treat as a
       handle, e.g. 0x81010013 and used directly._OBJECT_.

Authorization Formatting
     Authorization for use of an object in TPM2.0 can come in 3 different forms:
     1.  Password 2.  HMAC 3.  Sessions

     NOTE: "Authorizations default to the EMPTY PASSWORD when not specified".

   Passwords
     Passwords are interpreted in the following forms below using prefix identi-
     fiers.

     Note: By default passwords are assumed to be in the string form  when  they
     do not have a prefix.

   String
     A	string	password, specified by prefix "str:" or it's absence (raw string
     without prefix) is not interpreted, and is directly used for authorization.

   Examples
	    foobar
	    str:foobar

   Hex-string
     A hex-string password, specified by prefix "hex:" is converted from a  hex-
     idecimal  form  into  a  byte array form, thus allowing passwords with non-
     printable and/or terminal un-friendly characters.

   Example
	    hex:1122334455667788

   File
     A file based password, specified be prefix "file:" should be the path of  a
     file  containing the password to be read by the tool or a "-" to use stdin.
     Storing passwords in files prevents information leakage,  passwords  passed
     as  options  can be read from the process list or common shell history fea-
     tures.

   Examples
	    # to use stdin and be prompted
	    file:-

	    # to use a file from a path
	    file:path/to/password/file

	    # to echo a password via stdin:
	    echo foobar | tpm2_tool -p file:-

	    # to use a bash here-string via stdin:

	    tpm2_tool -p file:- <<< foobar

   Sessions
     When using a policy session to authorize the use of an object,  prefix  the
     option  argument  with the session keyword.  Then indicate a path to a ses-
     sion file that was created with tpm2_startauthsession(1).	 Optionally,  if
     the  session  requires an auth value to be sent with the session handle (eg
     policy password), then append a + and a string as described  in  the  Pass-
     words section.

   Examples
     To use a session context file called session.ctx.

	    session:session.ctx

     To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the authvalue my-
     password.

	    session:session.ctx+mypassword

     To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the HEX authvalue
     0x11223344.

	    session:session.ctx+hex:11223344

   PCR Authorizations
     You  can  satisfy a PCR policy using the "pcr:" prefix and the PCR minilan-
     guage.  The PCR minilanguage is as follows: <pcr-spec>=<raw-pcr-file>

     The PCR spec is documented in in the section "PCR bank specifiers".

     The raw-pcr-file is an optional argument that contains the  output  of  the
     raw PCR contents as returned by tpm2_pcrread(1).

     PCR bank specifiers

   Examples
     To  satisfy  a  PCR policy of sha256 on banks 0, 1, 2 and 3 use a specifier
     of:

	    pcr:sha256:0,1,2,3

     specifying AUTH.

COMMON OPTIONS
     This collection of options are common to many programs and provide informa-
     tion that many users may expect.

     * -h, --help=[man|no-man]: Display the tools manpage.  By default,  it  at-
       tempts to invoke the manpager for the tool, however, on failure will out-
       put  a short tool summary.  This is the same behavior if the "man" option
       argument is specified, however if explicit "man" is requested,  the  tool
       will provide errors from man on stderr.	If the "no-man" option if speci-
       fied, or the manpager fails, the short options will be output to stdout.

       To  successfully use the manpages feature requires the manpages to be in-
       stalled or on MANPATH, See man(1) for more details.

     * -v, --version: Display version information for this tool, supported tctis
       and exit.

     * -V, --verbose: Increase the information that the tool prints to the  con-
       sole during its execution.  When using this option the file and line num-
       ber are printed.

     * -Q, --quiet: Silence normal tool output to stdout.

     * -Z,  --enable-errata: Enable the application of errata fixups.  Useful if
       an errata fixup needs to be applied to commands sent to the TPM.   Defin-
       ing  the  environment TPM2TOOLS_ENABLE_ERRATA is equivalent.  information
       many users may expect.

TCTI Configuration
     The TCTI or "Transmission Interface" is the  communication  mechanism  with
     the TPM.  TCTIs can be changed for communication with TPMs across different
     mediums.

     To control the TCTI, the tools respect:

     1. The command line option -T or --tcti

     2. The environment variable: TPM2TOOLS_TCTI.

     Note: The command line option always overrides the environment variable.

     The current known TCTIs are:

     * tabrmd	   -	  The	   resource	 manager,      called	  tabrmd
       (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-abrmd).	Note  that  tabrmd   and
       abrmd as a tcti name are synonymous.

     * mssim - Typically used for communicating to the TPM software simulator.

     * device - Used when talking directly to a TPM device file.

     * none  - Do not initalize a connection with the TPM.  Some tools allow for
       off-tpm options and thus support not using a TCTI.   Tools  that  do  not
       support	it  will  error when attempted to be used without a TCTI connec-
       tion.  Does not support ANY options and MUST BE presented  as  the  exact
       text of "none".

     The arguments to either the command line option or the environment variable
     are in the form:

     <tcti-name>:<tcti-option-config>

     Specifying  an empty string for either the <tcti-name> or <tcti-option-con-
     fig> results in the default being used for that portion respectively.

   TCTI Defaults
     When a TCTI is not specified,  the  default  TCTI	is  searched  for  using
     dlopen(3)	semantics.   The  tools will search for tabrmd, device and mssim
     TCTIs IN THAT ORDER and USE THE FIRST ONE FOUND.  You can query  what  TCTI
     will  be  chosen as the default by using the -v option to print the version
     information.  The "default-tcti" key-value pair will indicate which of  the
     aforementioned TCTIs is the default.

   Custom TCTIs
     Any  TCTI	that  implements  the dynamic TCTI interface can be loaded.  The
     tools internally use dlopen(3), and the raw tcti-name value is used for the
     lookup.  Thus, this could be a path to the shared	library,  or  a  library
     name as understood by dlopen(3) semantics.

TCTI OPTIONS
     This  collection  of  options  are used to configure the various known TCTI
     modules available:

     * device: For the device TCTI, the TPM character device file for use by the
       device TCTI can be specified.  The default is /dev/tpm0.

       Example: -T device:/dev/tpm0 or export TPM2TOOLS_TCTI="device:/dev/tpm0"

     * mssim: For the mssim TCTI, the domain name or IP address and port  number
       used  by  the  simulator can be specified.  The default are 127.0.0.1 and
       2321.

       Example:      -T      mssim:host=localhost,port=2321	 or	  export
       TPM2TOOLS_TCTI="mssim:host=localhost,port=2321"

     * abrmd: For the abrmd TCTI, the configuration string format is a series of
       simple  key value pairs separated by a `,' character.  Each key and value
       string are separated by a `=' character.

       * TCTI abrmd supports two keys:

	 1. `bus_name' : The name of the tabrmd service on the bus (a string).

	 2. `bus_type' : The type of the dbus instance	(a  string)  limited  to
	    `session' and `system'.

       Specify	the  tabrmd  tcti name and a config string of bus_name=com.exam-
       ple.FooBar:

	      \--tcti=tabrmd:bus_name=com.example.FooBar

       Specify the default (abrmd) tcti and a config string of bus_type=session:

	      \--tcti:bus_type=session

       NOTE: abrmd and tabrmd are synonymous.  the various known TCTI modules.

EXAMPLES
   Setup
     To load an object you first must create an object under a	primary  object.
     So the first step is to create the primary object.

	    tpm2_createprimary -c primary.ctx

     Step 2 is to create an object under the primary object.

	    tpm2_create -C primary.ctx -u key.pub -r key.priv -f pem -o pub.pem

     This creates the private and public portions of the TPM object.  With these
     object  portions,	it  is now possible to load that object into the TPM for
     subsequent use.

   Encoding an Object into a combined PEM format
     The final step, is encoding the public and private portions of  the  object
     into a PEM format.

	    tpm2_encodeobject -C primary.ctx -u key.pub -r key.priv -o priv.pem

     The  generated  priv.pem  can  be used together with pub.pem created in the
     step 2 of Setup section.

Returns
     Tools can return any of the following codes:

     * 0 - Success.

     * 1 - General non-specific error.

     * 2 - Options handling error.

     * 3 - Authentication error.

     * 4 - TCTI related error.

     * 5 - Non supported scheme.  Applicable to tpm2_testparams.

BUGS
     Github Issues (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools/issues)

HELP
     See    the    Mailing     List	(https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mail-
     man/listinfo/tpm2)

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