KMIP Client CLI

A command-line interface (CLI) tool for sending Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) requests to a KMIP server.

This tool allows you to send raw KMIP TTLV requests in hex format, or in a more human-readable XML format, which it will convert to TTLV before sending.

Features

• Connect to a KMIP server over TLS.
• Send KMIP requests from a file or standard input.
• Supports requests in hex-encoded TTLV format or XML format.
• Display responses in hex-encoded TTLV or pretty-printed XML.

Installation

go install github.com/vikrantchaudharyy/kmip-cli

Usage

kmip-cli -server <ip:port> -key <keyfile> -cert <certfile> [options]

Options

Flag	Description	Default
-server	KMIP server address and port (e.g., localhost:5696). (Required)
-key	Path to the client's private key file in PEM format. (Required)
-cert	Path to the client's certificate file in PEM format. (Required)
-cacert	Path to the CA certificate file in PEM format for server verification. (Optional)
-in	Input file for the KMIP request. If not specified, reads from standard input. (Optional)	stdin
-input-format	The format of the input request. Can be hex or xml. (Optional)	hex
-output-format	The format for printing the response. Can be hex or xml. (Optional)	hex
-help	Show the help message.

Examples

1. Send a hex-encoded TTLV request from stdin and get a hex response:

echo "42007801..." | kmip-cli -server localhost:5696 -key client.key -cert client.pem

2. Send an XML-formatted request from a file and get an XML response:

kmip-cli -server localhost:5696 \
               -key client.key \
               -cert client.pem \
               -in request.xml \
               -input-format xml \
               -output-format xml

For Developers

This tool uses the gemalto/kmip-go library.

You can use the ppkmip tool from that library to convert between hex and XML formats for creating request files.

go get github.com/gemalto/kmip-go/cmd/ppkmip