1=pod 2 3=head1 NAME 4 5CA.pl - friendlier interface for OpenSSL certificate programs 6 7=head1 SYNOPSIS 8 9B<CA.pl> 10B<-?> | 11B<-h> | 12B<-help> 13 14B<CA.pl> 15B<-newcert> | 16B<-newreq> | 17B<-newreq-nodes> | 18B<-xsign> | 19B<-sign> | 20B<-signCA> | 21B<-signcert> | 22B<-crl> | 23B<-newca> 24[B<-extra-I<cmd>> I<parameter>] 25 26B<CA.pl> B<-pkcs12> [I<certname>] 27 28B<CA.pl> B<-verify> I<certfile> ... 29 30B<CA.pl> B<-revoke> I<certfile> [I<reason>] 31 32=head1 DESCRIPTION 33 34The B<CA.pl> script is a perl script that supplies the relevant command line 35arguments to the L<openssl(1)> command for some common certificate operations. 36It is intended to simplify the process of certificate creation and management 37by the use of some simple options. 38 39The script is intended as a simple front end for the L<openssl(1)> program for 40use by a beginner. Its behaviour isn't always what is wanted. For more control 41over the behaviour of the certificate commands call the L<openssl(1)> command 42directly. 43 44Most of the filenames mentioned below can be modified by editing the 45B<CA.pl> script. 46 47Under some environments it may not be possible to run the B<CA.pl> script 48directly (for example Win32) and the default configuration file location may 49be wrong. In this case the command: 50 51 perl -S CA.pl 52 53can be used and the B<OPENSSL_CONF> environment variable can be set to point to 54the correct path of the configuration file. 55 56=head1 OPTIONS 57 58=over 4 59 60=item B<-?>, B<-h>, B<-help> 61 62Prints a usage message. 63 64=item B<-newcert> 65 66Creates a new self signed certificate. The private key is written to the file 67F<newkey.pem> and the request written to the file F<newreq.pem>. 68Invokes L<openssl-req(1)>. 69 70=item B<-newreq> 71 72Creates a new certificate request. The private key is written to the file 73F<newkey.pem> and the request written to the file F<newreq.pem>. 74Executes L<openssl-req(1)> under the hood. 75 76=item B<-newreq-nodes> 77 78Is like B<-newreq> except that the private key will not be encrypted. 79Uses L<openssl-req(1)>. 80 81=item B<-newca> 82 83Creates a new CA hierarchy for use with the B<ca> program (or the B<-signcert> 84and B<-xsign> options). The user is prompted to enter the filename of the CA 85certificates (which should also contain the private key) or by hitting ENTER 86details of the CA will be prompted for. The relevant files and directories 87are created in a directory called F<demoCA> in the current directory. 88Uses L<openssl-req(1)> and L<openssl-ca(1)>. 89 90If the F<demoCA> directory already exists then the B<-newca> command will not 91overwrite it and will do nothing. This can happen if a previous call using 92the B<-newca> option terminated abnormally. To get the correct behaviour 93delete the directory if it already exists. 94 95=item B<-pkcs12> 96 97Create a PKCS#12 file containing the user certificate, private key and CA 98certificate. It expects the user certificate and private key to be in the 99file F<newcert.pem> and the CA certificate to be in the file F<demoCA/cacert.pem>, 100it creates a file F<newcert.p12>. This command can thus be called after the 101B<-sign> option. The PKCS#12 file can be imported directly into a browser. 102If there is an additional argument on the command line it will be used as the 103"friendly name" for the certificate (which is typically displayed in the browser 104list box), otherwise the name "My Certificate" is used. 105Delegates work to L<openssl-pkcs12(1)>. 106 107=item B<-sign>, B<-signcert>, B<-xsign> 108 109Calls the L<openssl-ca(1)> command to sign a certificate request. It expects the 110request to be in the file F<newreq.pem>. The new certificate is written to the 111file F<newcert.pem> except in the case of the B<-xsign> option when it is 112written to standard output. 113 114=item B<-signCA> 115 116This option is the same as the B<-sign> option except it uses the 117configuration file section B<v3_ca> and so makes the signed request a 118valid CA certificate. This is useful when creating intermediate CA from 119a root CA. Extra params are passed to L<openssl-ca(1)>. 120 121=item B<-signcert> 122 123This option is the same as B<-sign> except it expects a self signed certificate 124to be present in the file F<newreq.pem>. 125Extra params are passed to L<openssl-x509(1)> and L<openssl-ca(1)>. 126 127=item B<-crl> 128 129Generate a CRL. Executes L<openssl-ca(1)>. 130 131=item B<-revoke> I<certfile> [I<reason>] 132 133Revoke the certificate contained in the specified B<certfile>. An optional 134reason may be specified, and must be one of: B<unspecified>, 135B<keyCompromise>, B<CACompromise>, B<affiliationChanged>, B<superseded>, 136B<cessationOfOperation>, B<certificateHold>, or B<removeFromCRL>. 137Leverages L<openssl-ca(1)>. 138 139=item B<-verify> 140 141Verifies certificates against the CA certificate for F<demoCA>. If no 142certificates are specified on the command line it tries to verify the file 143F<newcert.pem>. Invokes L<openssl-verify(1)>. 144 145=item B<-extra-I<cmd>> I<parameter> 146 147For each option B<extra-I<cmd>>, pass I<parameter> to the L<openssl(1)> 148sub-command with the same name as I<cmd>, if that sub-command is invoked. 149For example, if L<openssl-req(1)> is invoked, the I<parameter> given with 150B<-extra-req> will be passed to it. 151For multi-word parameters, either repeat the option or quote the I<parameters> 152so it looks like one word to your shell. 153See the individual command documentation for more information. 154 155=back 156 157=head1 EXAMPLES 158 159Create a CA hierarchy: 160 161 CA.pl -newca 162 163Complete certificate creation example: create a CA, create a request, sign 164the request and finally create a PKCS#12 file containing it. 165 166 CA.pl -newca 167 CA.pl -newreq 168 CA.pl -sign 169 CA.pl -pkcs12 "My Test Certificate" 170 171=head1 ENVIRONMENT 172 173The environment variable B<OPENSSL> may be used to specify the name of 174the OpenSSL program. It can be a full pathname, or a relative one. 175 176The environment variable B<OPENSSL_CONFIG> may be used to specify a 177configuration option and value to the B<req> and B<ca> commands invoked by 178this script. It's value should be the option and pathname, as in 179C<-config /path/to/conf-file>. 180 181=head1 SEE ALSO 182 183L<openssl(1)>, 184L<openssl-x509(1)>, 185L<openssl-ca(1)>, 186L<openssl-req(1)>, 187L<openssl-pkcs12(1)>, 188L<config(5)> 189 190=head1 COPYRIGHT 191 192Copyright 2000-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 193 194Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use 195this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy 196in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at 197L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. 198 199=cut 200
