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Keys are used to decrypt and encrypt data.
PCI Vault keys are passphrase protected private keys as used in asymmetric cryptography. The private key is stored on PCI Vault's database, but the passphrase used to unlock the key is available to you only.
It is very important to keep your passphrase safe as any data encrypted with a certain passphrase can only be decrypted with that same passphrase.
You only need one key to encrypt all your data, but we recommend that you have multiple keys to help with logically organising your data.
The user field is the identifier for your key and the passphrase is used to lock the private key.
Please note that PCI Vault has a zero-knowledge architecture, meaning that your passphrase is not stored by PCI Vault. Keep your passphrase safe and do not share it with anyone, not even PCI Vault staff.
The identifier for the key you want to create.
The passphrase used to lock the key. If you don't specify a passphrase, one will be generated. Keep this passphrase safe!
List all the keys you have created. This list only contains the user field of each key.
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Delete a key. Please note that all data stored under a certain key will become inaccessible forever if the key is deleted, unless the "safe" flag is set to true.
The identifier for the key you want to delete.
Specify t or true to only delete a key if there is no data associated to it. This flag is true by default.
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