CredentialKey

Overview

The <Key> child element of the File CredentialResolver references a private key to load, either from a local file or, rarely, from a remote resource. This is a more verbose equivalent to using the key attribute.

Reference

Attributes

In addition the following key-specific settings are supported:

Name	Type	Default	Description

Name	Type	Default	Description
password	string		Optional password for decrypting the certificate
format	"PEM", "DER", or "PKCS12"		Optional indicator of key format (auto-detected in most cases)

Child Elements

In addition the following key-specific elements are supported:

Name	Cardinality		Description

Name	Cardinality		Description
<Name>	0 or more		Attaches an "alias" to the key to allow for selection of the key based on its name. Also adds the name to the `<ds:KeyInfo>` element included in XML messages to assist relying parties in identifying which key was used.