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# The rpkic tool
rpkic is a command line interface to rpkid and pubd. It implements largely the
-same functionality as the web interface. In most cases you will want to use
-the web interface for normal operation, but rpkic is available if you need it.
+same functionality as the [web interface][GUI]. In most cases you will want to
+use the web interface for normal operation, but rpkic is available if you need
+it.
rpkic can be run either in an interactive mode or by passing a single command
on the command line when starting the program; the former mode is intended to
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ and automated testing.
Some rpkic commands write out data files, usually in the current directory.
-rpkic uses the same system-wide rpki.conf file as the other CA tools as its
-default configuration file.
+rpkic uses the same system-wide [rpki.conf][Configuration] file as the other CA tools as
+its default configuration file.
rpkic includes a "help" command which provides inline help for its several
commands.
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ When running rpkic with a single command on the command line, use the "-i" (or
## rpkic in setup phase
-See the introduction to the user interfaces for an overview of how setup phase
-works. The general structure of the setup phase in rpkic is as described
+See the [introduction to the user interfaces][UI] for an overview of how setup
+phase works. The general structure of the setup phase in rpkic is as described
there, but here we provide the specific commands involved. The following
assumes that you have already installed the software and started the servers.
@@ -79,3 +80,7 @@ exactly the wrong time.
rpkic's "synchronize" command runs a synchronization cycle with rpkid (if
`run_rpkic` is set) and pubd (if `run_pubd` is set).
+
+[GUI]: 28.RPKI.CA.UI.GUI.md
+[Configuration]: 12.RPKI.CA.Configuration.md
+[UI]: 26.RPKI.CA.UI.md