step path

Name

step path -- print the configured step path and exit

Usage

step path [--base] [--profile]

Description

step path command prints the configured step path and exits.

When using contexts to manage 'step-ca' environments, this command will return the current authority path. If no current context is configured this command the default step path of $HOME/.step, which can be overridden with the STEPPATH environment variable.

Options

--base Return the base of the step path

--profile Return the base path of the currently configured default profile

Examples

Get the path with no current context configured:

$ step path /Users/max/.step

Get the path with no current context and environment variable STEPPATH overriding the default:

$ export STEPPATH=/tmp/step $ step path /tmp/step

Get the path with a current context (configured at $STEPPATH/current-context.json):

$ cat $(step path --base)/current-context.json {"context": "machine.step-internal.net"} $ step path /Users/max/.step/authorities/machine.step-internal.net

Get the base path:

$ step path --base /Users/max/.step

Get the base path with environment variable STEPPATH overriding the default:

$ export STEPPATH=/tmp/step $ step path --base /tmp/step

Get the path of the current profile:

$ cat $(step path --base)/current-context.json {"context": "ca.acme.net"} $ cat $(step path --base)/contexts.json { "ca.beta.net": { "profile": "beta-corp", "authority": "machine.beta.net" }, "ca.acme.net": { "profile": "example-corp", "authority": "machine.acme.net" } } $ step path --profile /Users/max/.step/profiles/beta-corp
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