Attribute

PrivateKeyPassphrase (pkpp)

Purpose

Specifies the password used to decrypt the encrypted private key. The private key is used to authenticate to Snowflake when key-pair authentication is enabled (AuthenticationMethod=KeyPair).

Valid Values

String

where:

String

is the password used to decrypt the encrypted private key.

Notes

  • This option can be used with both the PrivateKeyFile and PrivateKeyContent connection options, to decrypt either a private key or the content of a private key.

  • Both private key and private key password are confidential values. To prevent unauthorized access, these values must be securely maintained.

Default Value

No default value