KES Command Line Interface

Installation

The KES server and CLI is available as a single binary, container image or can be build from source.

Binary Releases

Download the binary for your OS and system architecture.

OSARCHBinary
linuxamd64linux-amd64
linuxarm64linux-arm64
darwinarm64darwin-arm64
windowsamd64windows-amd64

Download the binary using curl. Replace <OS> and <ARCH> with your operating system and CPU architecture. On Windows, download kes.exe from the link in the table instead.

curl -sSL --tlsv1.2 'https://dl.min.io/aistor/kes/release/<OS>-<ARCH>/kes' -o ./kes
chmod +x ./kes

Pull the latest release via:

docker pull quay.io/minio/aistor/kes

After obtaining the binary, run it from the terminal with any of the available commands.

Available commands

CommandDescription
Start
serverStart a KES server
Manage
identityManage KES identities
keyManage cryptographic keys
policyManage KES policies
Audit
logPrint error and audit log events
metricPrint server metrics
statusPrint server status
Administer
migrateMigrate KMS data
updateUpdate KES binary

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