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Credential setup for macOS

All DigiCert​​®​​ KeyLocker client tools, require your environment variables to be set.

Prerequisites

Credential setup methods for macOS

Select one of the following methods to configure your environment variables for SMCTL.

Which credentials does the client tools prioritize?

The client tools look for and use your credentials in this order:

  1. Check if session-based or persistent environment variables have been provided.

    If the API key and client authentication password isn't found, then:

  2. Check the properties file was set up.

    If the properties file isn't found, then:

  3. Check if credentials can be found in Keychain Access.

Note

If the credentials are available in multiple locations, then the priority is always given to the environment variables. Afterwards, the priority is given to the properties file, and then finally to the Keychain Access.

Refer to the log files to identify where the client tools picked up the credentials for each execution.