---
title: snrd keys add
description: Derive a new private key and encrypt to disk.
---

# snrd keys add

Derive a new private key and encrypt to disk.

## Usage

```shell
snrd keys add <name> [flags]
```

## Flags

<ParamField path="account" type="integer">
  Account number for HD derivation (less than equal 2147483647)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="coin-type" type="integer" default="60">
  coin type number for HD derivation
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="dry-run" type="string">
  action, but don't add key to local keystore
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="hd-path" type="string">
  Manual HD Path derivation (overrides BIP44 config)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="help" type="string">
  for add
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="index" type="integer">
  Address index number for HD derivation (less than equal 2147483647)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="interactive" type="string">
  prompt user for BIP39 passphrase and mnemonic
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="key-type" type="string" default="eth_secp256k1">
  Key signing algorithm to generate keys for
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="ledger" type="string">
  a local reference to a private key on a Ledger device
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="multisig" type="string">
  List of key names stored in keyring to construct a public legacy multisig key
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="multisig-threshold" type="integer" default="1">
  K out of N required signatures. For use in conjunction with --multisig
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="no-backup" type="string">
  print out seed phrase (if others are watching the terminal)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="nosort" type="string">
  passed to --multisig are taken in the order they're supplied
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="pubkey" type="string">
  Parse a public key in JSON format and saves key info to &lt;name&gt; file.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="pubkey-base64" type="string">
  Parse a public key in base64 format and saves key info.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="recover" type="string">
  seed phrase to recover existing key instead of creating
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="source" type="string">
  Import mnemonic from a file (only usable when recover or interactive is passed)
</ParamField>

## Global Flags

<ParamField path="broadcast-mode" type="string" default="sync">
  Transaction broadcasting mode (sync|async)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="chain-id" type="string">
  Specify Chain ID for sending Tx
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="fees" type="string">
  Fees to pay along with transaction; eg: 10aatom
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="from" type="string">
  Name or address of private key with which to sign
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="gas-adjustment" type="float" default="1">
  adjustment factor to be multiplied against the estimate returned by the tx simulation; if the gas limit is set manually this flag is ignored
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="gas-prices" type="string">
  Gas prices to determine the transaction fee (e.g. 10aatom)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="home" type="string" default="/Users/prad/.sonr">
  The application home directory
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="keyring-backend" type="string" default="os">
  Select keyring's backend (os|file|test)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="keyring-dir" type="string">
  The client Keyring directory; if omitted, the default 'home' directory will be used
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="log_format" type="string" default="plain">
  The logging format (json|plain)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="log_level" type="string" default="info">
  The logging level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|panic|disabled or '*:&lt;level&gt;,&lt;key&gt;:&lt;level&gt;')
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="log_no_color" type="string">
  colored logs
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="node" type="string" default="tcp://localhost:26657">
  &lt;host&gt;:&lt;port&gt; to tendermint rpc interface for this chain
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="output" type="string" default="text">
  Output format (text|json)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="trace" type="string">
  out full stack trace on errors
</ParamField>

## Examples

### Add new key

```shell
snrd keys add alice
```

## See Also

- [snrd keys](./snrd_keys.mdx) - Parent command