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/usr/bin/swtpm

Libtpms-based TPM emulator with socket, character device, and Linux CUSE interface

From swtpm 0.10.2-r5 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running swtpm --help (exit 0). permalink

TPM emulator with choice of interface.

Usage: /usr/bin/swtpm socket|chardev [options]
       /usr/bin/swtpm -v|--version

Use the --help option to see the help screen for each interface type.
Use the --version options to see version information.
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
--vtpm-proxyCreate a Linux vTPM proxy device instance and read TPM commands from its backend device.man
--tpm2Choose TPM 2 functionality;man
--pid file=<pidfile>|fd=<filedescriptorThis options allows a user to set the name of file where the process ID (pid) of the TPM will be written into.man
--seccomp action=none|log|killThis option allows a user to select the action to take by the seccomp profile when a syscall is executed that is not allowed.man
--print-capabilities (sincePrint capabilities that were added to swtpm after version 0.1.man
--print-states (sinceThis option allows to print out the TPM 1.2 or TPM 2 state blobs that are currently stored in a storage backend.man
--print-profiles (sinceDisplay the profiles supported by libtpms.man
--print-info (sinceDisplay information about the TPM from libtpms TPMLIB_GetInfo call and exit.man

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