Creating a New Key Database

A key database is a file that the Personal Communications client uses to store one or more key pairs and certificates—this is required to enable secure connections between the Personal Communications client and the Telnet server. Before configuring TLS communication, you need to have the PCommClientKeyDb.kdb key database file in the Personal Communications application data directory. By default, this file is installed on your machine with Personal Communications and it has a default password of pcomm. It is recommended that you change this initial password the very first time you use Personal Communications. See Changing the Database Password for instructions on how to change the key database password.

To create a key database using the IKEYCMD command-line interface, type the following command:

ikeycmd -keydb -create -db

PCommClientKeyDb.kdb -pw <password> -type cms -expire <days> -stash

where:

<password>: Password is required for each key database operation. The initial password for PCommClientKeyDb.kdb is pcomm.
-type: The PCommClientKeyDb.kdb used by the Personal Communications client is a CMS database type.
-expire: Number of days before password expires.
-stash: Stashes password for key database.
When the -stash option is specified during the key database creation, the password is stashed in the PCommClientKeyDb.sth file.

The PCommClientKeyDb.kdb key database file holds all the security information needed by the Personal Communications client. Any additions or changes are made to the existing PCommClientKeyDb.kdb key database file.