## defradb client node-identity

Get the public information about the node's identity

### Synopsis

Get the public information about the node's identity.

Node uses the identity to be able to exchange encryption keys with other nodes.

A public identity contains:
- A compressed 33-byte secp256k1 public key in HEX format.
- A "did:key" generated from the public key.


```
defradb client node-identity [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for node-identity
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --audience string             Audience to set on minted auth tokens. Defaults to the host of --url
  -i, --identity string             Hex formatted private key used to authenticate with ACP
      --log-format string           Log format to use. Options are text or json (default "text")
      --log-level string            Log level to use. Options are debug, info, error, fatal (default "info")
      --log-output string           Log output path. Options are stderr or stdout. (default "stderr")
      --log-overrides string        Logger config overrides. Format <name>,<key>=<val>,...;<name>,...
      --log-source                  Include source location in logs
      --log-stacktrace              Include stacktrace in error and fatal logs
      --no-log-color                Disable colored log output
      --rootdir string              Directory for persistent data (default: $HOME/.defradb)
      --source-hub-address string   The SourceHub address authorized by the client to make SourceHub transactions on behalf of the actor
      --tx uint                     Transaction ID
      --url string                  URL of HTTP endpoint to listen on or connect to (default "127.0.0.1:9181")
```

### SEE ALSO

* [defradb client](defradb_client.md)	 - Interact with a DefraDB node