Generate Method
Generates a new SSH key.
Syntax
sshkeymanager.generate(keyAlgorithm, scheme, schemeParams, keyBits, [callback])
Callback
The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).
The callback for this method is defined as:
function(err){ }
'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.
'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:
err.code err.message
Remarks
Call this method to generate a new key or keypair with the desired KeyAlgorithmand KeyBits of length.
The generated key will be populated in the Key property.
The KeyAlgorithm parameter supports the following algorithm identifiers:
- RSA
- DSS
- ECDSA
- EDDSA
If using ECDSA, the following curves are supported (to be passed as the Scheme parameter):
- NISTP256
- NISTP384
- NISTP521
- NISTK163
- NISTP192
- NISTP224
- NISTK233
- NISTB233
- NISTK283
- NISTK409
- NISTB409
- NISTK571
The following curves can also be used with EDDSA:
- CURVE25519
- CURVE448