strongswan_pki---req - Man Page

This sub-command of pki(1) is used to create a PKCS#10 certificate request.

-h,  --help

Print usage information with a summary of the available options.

-v,  --debug level

Set debug level, default: 1.

-+,  --options file

Read command line options from file.

-i,  --in file

Private key input file. If not given the key is read from STDIN.

-x,  --keyid hex

Smartcard or TPM private key object handle in hex format with an optional 0x prefix.

-t,  --type type

Type of the input key. Either priv, rsa, ecdsa or bliss, defaults to priv.

-d,  --dn distinguished-name

Subject distinguished name (DN). Required if the --dn option is not set.

-a,  --san subjectAltName

subjectAltName extension to include in request. Can be used multiple times.

-P,  --profile profile

Certificate profile name to be included in the certificate request. Can be any UTF8 string. Supported e.g. by openxpki (with profiles pc-client, tls-server, etc.) or pki --issue (with profiles server, client, dual, or ocsp) that are translated into corresponding Extended Key Usage (EKU) flags in the generated X.509 certificate.

-e,  --flag flag

Add extendedKeyUsage flag. One of serverAuth, clientAuth, ocspSigning or msSmartcardLogon. Can be used multiple times. Adds an X.509v3 EKU extension containing these flags to the certificate request.

-p,  --password password

The challengePassword to include in the certificate request.

-o,  --oldreq file

Old certificate request to be used as a template. Required if the --dn option is not set. The public key in the old certificate request is replaced and a fresh signature is generated using the new private key. Optionally a new challengePassword may be set using the --password option.

-g,  --digest digest

Digest to use for signature creation. One of sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, sha3_224, sha3_256, sha3_384, or sha3_512. The default is determined based on the type and size of the signature key.

-R,  --rsa-padding padding

Padding to use for RSA signatures. Either pkcs1 or pss, defaults to pkcs1.

-f,  --outform encoding

Encoding of the created certificate file. Either der (ASN.1 DER) or pem (Base64 PEM), defaults to der.

Generate a certificate request for an RSA key, with a subjectAltName extension and a TLS-server profile:

  pki --req --in key.der --dn "C=CH, O=strongSwan, CN=moon" \
      --san moon@strongswan.org --profile server > req.der

Generate a certificate request for a renewed key based on an existing template

  pki --req --in myNewKey.der --oldreq myReq.der > myNewReq.der

Generate a certificate request for an ECDSA key and a different digest:

  pki --req --in key.der --type ecdsa --digest sha256 \
      --dn "C=CH, O=strongSwan, CN=carol"  > req.der

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