Starting iKeyman

You can perform most of your certificate management tasks from the iKeyman GUI.

About this task

To start iKeyman:

Perform the relevant action for your operating system, as shown:

Operating system	Action
UNIX	From the command line, enter the following command: `$NCHOME/bin/nc_ikeyman`
Windows	Perform either of the following actions: From the command line, enter the following command: `%NCHOME%\bin\nc_ikeyman.bat` Tip: Use this as your preferred option for starting iKeyman to ensure that the default key database location is always set to %NCHOME%\ini\security\keys\ within the iKeyman GUI. From Windows Explorer, navigate to the location %NCHOME%\bin and double-click the file nc_ikeyman.vbs.

Operating system

Action

UNIX

From the command line, enter the following command:

$NCHOME/bin/nc_ikeyman

Windows

Perform either of the following actions:

From the command line, enter the following command:
%NCHOME%\bin\nc_ikeyman.bat

Tip: Use this as your preferred option for starting iKeyman to ensure that the default key database location is always set to %NCHOME%\ini\security\keys\ within the iKeyman GUI.
From Windows Explorer, navigate to the location %NCHOME%\bin and double-click the file nc_ikeyman.vbs.

The IBM Key Management window opens.