From 11f434eddebc2e8373b5ebd4000e10db5019dce0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: postmannen <postmannen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:58:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add comments for using ssh key for nkey

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 README.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20eb80a..c76ac82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ As long as you can do something as an operator on in a shell on a system you can
       - [Nkey Authentication](#nkey-authentication)
       - [nats-server (the message broker)](#nats-server-the-message-broker)
         - [Nats-server config with nkey authentication example](#nats-server-config-with-nkey-authentication-example)
+        - [Nkey from ED25519 SSH key](#nkey-from-ed25519-ssh-key)
     - [Message fields explanation](#message-fields-explanation)
     - [How to send a Message](#how-to-send-a-message)
       - [Send to socket with netcat](#send-to-socket-with-netcat)
@@ -1197,6 +1198,10 @@ The official docs for nkeys can be found here <https://docs.nats.io/nats-server/
 
 More example configurations for the nats-server are located in the [doc](https://github.com/RaaLabs/steward/tree/main/doc) folder in this repository.
 
+##### Nkey from ED25519 SSH key
+
+Steward can also use an existing SSH ED25519 private key for authentication with the flag **-nkeyFromED25519SSHKeyFile="full-path-to-ssh-private-key"**. The SSH key will be converted to an Nkey if the option is used. The Seed and the User file will be stored in the **socketFolder** which by default is at **./tmp**
+
 ### Message fields explanation
 
 Check [Appendix-B](#appendix-b) for message fields and their explanation.