NAME


certtool - Manipulate certificates and keys.

SYNOPSIS


certtool [options]

DESCRIPTION


Generate X.509 certificates, certificate requests, and private keys.

OPTIONS


Program control options

--copyright Shows the program’s license
-d, --debug LEVEL Specify the debug level. Default is 1.
-h, --help Shows this help text
-v, --version Shows the program’s version

Getting information on X.509 certificates

-i, --certificate-info Print information on a certificate.
-k, --key-info Print information on a private key.
-l, --crl-info Print information on a CRL.
--p12-info Print information on a PKCS #12 structure.

Getting information on Openpgp certificates

--pgp--certificate-info Print information on an OpenPGP certificate.
--pgp--key-info Print information on an OpenPGP private key.
--pgp--ring-info Print information on a keyring.

Generating/verifying X.509 certificates/keys

-c, --generate-certificate Generate a signed certificate.
-e, --verify-chain Verify a PEM encoded certificate chain. The last certificate in the chain must be a self signed one.
--generate-dh-params Generate PKCS #3 encoded Diffie Hellman parameters.
--load-ca-certificate FILE Certificate authority’s certificate file to use.
--load-ca-privkey FILE Certificate authority’s private key file to use.
--load-certificate FILE Certificate file to use.
--load-privkey FILE Private key file to use.
--load-request FILE Certificate request file to use.
-p, --generate-privkey Generate a private key.
-q, --generate-request Generate a PKCS #10 certificate request.
-s, --generate-self-signed Generate a self-signed certificate.
-u, --update-certificate Update a signed certificate.

Controlling output

-8, --pkcs8 Use PKCS #8 format for private keys.
--dsa Generate a DSA key.
--bits BITS Specify the number of bits for key generation.
--export-ciphers Use weak encryption algorithms.
--inraw Use RAW/DER format for input certificates and private keys.
--infile FILE Input file.
--outraw Use RAW/DER format for output certificates and private keys.
--outfile FILE Output file.
--password PASSWORD Password to use.
--to-p12 Generate a PKCS #12 structure.
--template Use a template file to read input. See the doc/certtool.cfg in the distribution, for an example.
--fix-key Some previous versions of certtool generated wrongly the optional parameters in a private key. This may affect programs that used them. To fix an old private key use --key-info in combination with this parameter.
--v1 When generating a certificate use the X.509 version 1 format. This does not add any extensions (such as indication for a CA) but some programs do need these.

EXAMPLES


To create a private key, run:

$ certtool --generate-privkey --outfile key.pem

To create a certificate request (needed when the certificate is issued by another party), run:

$ certtool --generate-request --load-privkey key.pem \ --outfile request.pem

To generate a certificate using the previous request, use the command:

$ certtool --generate-certificate --load-request request.pem \ --outfile cert.pem --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \ --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem

To generate a certificate using the private key only, use the command:

$ certtool --generate-certificate --load-privkey key.pem \ --outfile cert.pem --load-ca-certificate ca-cert.pem \ --load-ca-privkey ca-key.pem

To view the certificate information, use:

$ certtool --certificate-info --infile cert.pem

To generate a PKCS #12 structure using the previous key and certificate, use the command:

$ certtool --load-certificate cert.pem --load-privkey key.pem \ --to-p12 --outder --outfile key.p12

AUTHOR


Nikos Mavroyanopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> and others; see /usr/share/doc/gnutls-bin/AUTHORS for a complete list.

This manual page was written by Ivo Timmermans <ivo@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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