strongswan_pki---self - Man Page

This sub-command of pki(1) is used to create a self-signed certificate.

-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, ed25519, ed448 or bliss, defaults to priv.

-d,  --dn distinguished-name

Subject and issuer distinguished name (DN). Required.

-a,  --san subjectAltName

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

-l,  --lifetime days

Days the certificate is valid, default: 1095. Ignored if both an absolute start and end time are given.

-F,  --not-before datetime

Absolute time when the validity of the certificate begins. The datetime format is defined by the --dateform option.

-T,  --not-after datetime

Absolute time when the validity of the certificate ends. The datetime format is defined by the --dateform option.

-D,  --dateform form

strptime(3) format for the --not-before and --not-after options, default: %d.%m.%y %T

-s,  --serial hex

Serial number in hex. It is randomly allocated by default.

-e,  --flag flag

Add extendedKeyUsage flag. One of serverAuth, clientAuth, crlSign, or ocspSigning. Can be used multiple times.

-g,  --digest digest

Digest to use for signature creation. One of md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, or sha512.  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.

-b,  --ca

Include CA basicConstraint extension in certificate.

-o,  --ocsp uri

OCSP AuthorityInfoAccess URI to include in certificate. Can be used multiple times.

-p,  --pathlen len

Set path length constraint.

-B,  --addrblock block

RFC 3779 address block to include in certificate. block is either a CIDR subnet (such as 10.0.0.0/8) or an arbitrary address range (192.168.1.7-192.168.1.13). Can be repeated to include multiple blocks. Please note that the supplied blocks are included in the certificate as is, so for standards compliance, multiple blocks must be supplied in correct order and adjacent blocks must be combined. Refer to RFC 3779 for details.

-n,  --nc-permitted name

Add permitted NameConstraint extension to certificate. For DNS or email constraints, the identity type is not always detectable by the given name. Use the dns: or email: prefix to force a constraint type.

-N,  --nc-excluded name

Add excluded NameConstraint extension to certificate. For DNS or email constraints, the identity type is not always detectable by the given name. Use the dns: or email: prefix to force a constraint type.

-X,  --critical oid

Add a critical extension with the given OID.

-M,  --policy-mapping issuer-oid:subject-oid

Add policyMapping from issuer to subject OID.

-E,  --policy-explicit len

Add requireExplicitPolicy constraint.

-H,  --policy-inhibit len

Add inhibitPolicyMapping constraint.

-A,  --policy-any len

Add inhibitAnyPolicy constraint.

Generate a self-signed certificate using the given RSA key:

  pki --self --in key.der --dn "C=CH, O=strongSwan, CN=moon" \
      --san moon.strongswan.org > cert.der

pki(1)