getcert request [options]
Tells certmonger to use an existing key pair (or to
generate one if one is not already found in the specified location), to
generate a signing request using the key pair, and to submit them for
signing to a CA.
- -d DIR,
--dbdir=DIR
- Use an NSS database in the specified directory for storing this
certificate and key.
- -n NAME,
--nickname=NAME
- Use the key with this nickname to generate the signing request. If no such
key is found, generate one. Give the enrolled certificate this nickname,
too. Only valid with -d.
- -t TOKEN,
--token=TOKEN
- If the NSS database has more than one token available, use the token with
this name for storing and accessing the certificate and key. This argument
only rarely needs to be specified. Only valid with -d.
- -f FILE,
--certfile=FILE
- Store the issued certificate in this file. For safety's sake, do not use
the same file specified with the -k option.
- -k FILE,
--keyfile=FILE
- Use the key stored in this file to generate the signing request. If no
such file is found, generate a new key pair and store them in the file.
Only valid with -f.
- -p FILE,
--pinfile=FILE
- Encrypt private key files or databases using the PIN stored in the named
file as the passphrase.
- -P PIN,
--pin=PIN
- Encrypt private key files or databases using the specified PIN as the
passphrase. Because command-line arguments to running processes are
trivially discoverable, use of this option is not recommended except for
testing.
- -G TYPE,
--key-type=TYPE
- In case a new key pair needs to be generated, this option specifies the
type of the keys to be generated. If not specified, a reasonable default
(currently RSA) will be used.
- -g BITS,
--key-size=BITS
- In case a new key pair needs to be generated, this option specifies the
size of the key. If not specified, a reasonable default (currently 2048
bits) will be used. See certmonger.conf(5) for configuration of the
default.
- -r, --renew
- Attempt to obtain a new certificate from the CA when the expiration date
of a certificate nears. This is the default setting.
- -R,
--no-renew
- Don't attempt to obtain a new certificate from the CA when the expiration
date of a certificate nears. If this option is specified, an expired
certificate will simply stay expired.
- -I NAME,
--id=NAME
- Assign the specified nickname to this task. If this option is not
specified, a name will be assigned automatically.
- -c NAME,
--ca=NAME
- Enroll with the specified CA rather than a possible default. The name of
the CA should correspond to one listed by getcert list-cas.
- -T NAME,
--profile=NAME
- Request a certificate using the named profile, template, or certtype, from
the specified CA.
- --ms-template-spec
SPEC
- Include a V2 Certificate Template extension in the signing request. This
datum includes an Object Identifier, a major version number (positive
integer) and an optional minor version number. The format is:
<oid>:<majorVersion>[:<minorVersion>].
- -X NAME,
--issuer=NAME
- Request a certificate using the named issuer from the specified CA.
If none of -N, -U, -K, -E, and
-D are specified, a default group of settings will be used to request
an SSL server certificate for the current host, with the host
Kerberos service as an additional name.
The options -K, -E, -D and -A may be
provided multiple times to set multiple subjectAltName of the same type.
- -N NAME, ,
--subject-name=NAME
- Set the subject name to include in the signing request. The default used
is CN=hostname, where hostname is the local hostname.
- -u keyUsage,
--key-usage=keyUsage
- Add an extensionRequest for the specified keyUsage to the signing request.
The keyUsage value is expected to be one of these names:
digitalSignature
nonRepudiation
keyEncipherment
dataEncipherment
keyAgreement
keyCertSign
cRLSign
encipherOnly
decipherOnly
- -U EKU,
--extended-key-usage=EKU
- Add an extensionRequest for the specified extendedKeyUsage to the signing
request. The EKU value is expected to be an object identifier (OID), but
some specific names are also recognized. These are some names and their
associated OID values:
id-kp-serverAuth 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1
id-kp-clientAuth 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2
id-kp-codeSigning 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3
id-kp-emailProtection 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.4
id-kp-timeStamping 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.8
id-kp-OCSPSigning 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.9
id-pkinit-KPClientAuth 1.3.6.1.5.2.3.4
id-pkinit-KPKdc 1.3.6.1.5.2.3.5
id-ms-kp-sc-logon 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2.2
- -K NAME,
--principal=NAME
- Add an extensionRequest for a subjectAltName, with the specified Kerberos
principal name as its value, to the signing request.
- -E EMAIL,
--email=EMAIL
- Add an extensionRequest for a subjectAltName, with the specified email
address as its value, to the signing request.
- -D DNSNAME,
--dns=DNSNAME
- Add an extensionRequest for a subjectAltName, with the specified DNS name
as its value, to the signing request.
- -A ADDRESS,
--ip-address=ADDRESS
- Add an extensionRequest for a subjectAltName, with the specified IP
address as its value, to the signing request.
- -l FILE,
--challenge-password-file=FILE
- Add an optional ChallengePassword value, read from the file, to the
signing request. A ChallengePassword is often required when the CA is
accessed using SCEP.
- -L PIN,
--challenge-password=PIN
- Add the argument value to the signing request as a ChallengePassword
attribute. A ChallengePassword is often required when the CA is accessed
using SCEP.
- -B COMMAND,
--before-command=COMMAND
- When ever the certificate or the CA's certificates are saved to the
specified locations, run the specified command as the client user before
saving the certificates.
- -C COMMAND,
--after-command=COMMAND
- When ever the certificate or the CA's certificates are saved to the
specified locations, run the specified command as the client user after
saving the certificates.
- -a DIR,
--ca-dbdir=DIR
- When ever the certificate is saved to the specified location, if root
certificates for the CA are available, save them to the specified NSS
database.
- -F FILE,
--ca-file=FILE
- When ever the certificate is saved to the specified location, if root
certificates for the CA are available, and when the local copies of the
CA's root certificates are updated, save them to the specified file.
- --for-ca
- Request a CA certificate.
- --not-for-ca
- Request a non-CA certificate (the default).
- --ca-path-length=LENGTH
- Path length for CA certificate. Only valid with --for-ca.
- -w, --wait
- Wait for the certificate to be issued and saved, or for the attempt to
obtain one to fail.
- --wait-timeout=TIMEOUT
- Maximum time to wait for the certificate to be issued.
- -v, --verbose
- Be verbose about errors. Normally, the details of an error received from
the daemon will be suppressed if the client can make a diagnostic
suggestion.
- -o OWNER,
--key-owner=OWNER
- After generation set the owner on the private key file or database to
OWNER.
- -m MODE,
--key-perms=MODE
- After generation set the file permissions on the private key file or
database to MODE.
- -O OWNER,
--cert-owner=OWNER
- After generation set the owner on the certificate file or database to
OWNER.
- -M MODE,
--cert-perms=MODE
- After generation set the file permissions on the certificate file or
database to MODE.
-s, --session Connect to certmonger on the session
bus rather than the system bus.
- -S, --system
- Connect to certmonger on the system bus rather than the session bus. This
is the default.
Locations specified for key and certificate storage need to be
accessible to the certmonger daemon process. When run as a system
daemon on a system which uses a mandatory access control mechanism such as
SELinux, the system policy must ensure that the daemon is allowed to access
the locations where certificates and keys that it will manage will be stored
(these locations are typically labeled as cert_t or an equivalent).
More SELinux-specific information can be found in the selinux.txt
documentation file for this package.
Please file tickets for any that you find at
https://fedorahosted.org/certmonger/