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Figure 3-231. Generate Private Key Monitoring
The generation status contains the following items:

Current State – The status of the generation task:
- inactive
- processing
- cancelling
- complete
- failure
- cancelled

Detailed Message – The details regarding the operation, such as “ Generating private key
”

Size – The total number of bytes in the key (not displayed on the web UI)

Bytes Transferred
– The number of bytes already transferred
or processed (not displayed on
the web UI)

Percent Complete – The percentage complete for the operation
To view the status of the generation process in the CLI, ensure the CLI is in operational mode and then
follow the example below:
> show pki private-keys generate-status
pki private-keys generate-status state complete
pki private-keys generate-status detailed-
message “Successfully generated private key
generated_key_2048 with 2048 bits ”
pki private-keys generate-status size 256
pki private-keys generate-status bytes-transferred 256
pki private-keys generate-status percent-complete 100
Configuring - Import
The following example shows how to have the device import a private key by uploading a local file
through the web browser.
Navigate to the Private Keys section in Certificate Management / Basic Config.
Click on the Add button, and then click on the Begin Importing button once the key identity, the
optional key passphrase, and the file source are configured.