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aman-sys/aman/tools/KeyPairCreator.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import argparse
import os
from typing import Tuple
import zmq.auth
# @brief Creates a new keypair for ZMQ encryption
# @param[in] directory The location where to store the keys
# @return The public and private key tuple
def KeyPairCreator(directory: str, server: bool) -> Tuple[str, str]:
if not server:
print('Creating a new pair for a client...')
target = 'client'
else:
print('Creating a new pair for the server...')
target = 'server'
public, private = zmq.auth.create_certificates(directory, target)
return (public, private)
def str2bool(value):
if isinstance(value, bool):
return value
elif value.lower() in ('yes', 'true', 't', 'y', '1'):
return True
elif value.lower() in ('no', 'false', 'f', 'n', '0'):
return False
else:
raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError('Boolean value expected')
if __name__ == '__main__':
# create the commandline parser
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Create a new key-value pair')
parser.add_argument('directory', help='Directory where to store the key pair')
parser.add_argument('--server', default=False, action='store_true', help="Creates server key pair")
args = parser.parse_args()
# create the directory if it does not exist
if not os.path.exists(args.directory):
os.makedirs(args.directory)
# create the keys
KeyPairCreator(args.directory, args.server)