Specifies the format of the private key.

Possible Values

Data Type

string

Default Value

"PEM_FILE"

Remarks

This connection property determines the expected format of the value of the PrivateKey connection property. Set this property in accordance with the type of PEM private key you want to use to authenticate.

If you want to use a private key file, set this connection property to PEM_FILE and set PrivateKey to the absolute path to the private key file.

If you want to supply the private key as a string, set this connection property to PEM_BLOB and set PrivateKey to the private key content, encoded in Base64.