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Sign a Digital Certificate using Self-Signed Root CA

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

This command signs a digital certificate signing request and generates a certificate using a Self-Signed Root CA certificate in either PEM or PKCS12 format. You can use the security certificate generate-csr command to generate a digital certificate signing request.

Parameters

-vserver <Vserver Name> - Name of Vserver

This specifies the name of the Vserver on which the signed certificate will exist.

-ca <text> - Certificate Authority to Sign

This specifies the name of the Certificate Authority that will sign the certificate.

-ca-serial <text> - Serial Number of CA Certificate

This specifies the serial number of the Certificate Authority that will sign the certificate.

[-expire-days <integer>] - Number of Days until Expiration

This specifies the number of days until the signed certificate expires. The default value is 365 days. Possible values are between 1 and 3652 .

[-format <certificate format>] - Certificate Format

This specifies the format of signed certificate. The default value is PEM. Possible values include PEM and PKCS12 .

[-destination {(ftp|http)://(hostname|IPv4 Address|'['IPv6 Address']')…​}] - Where to Send File

This specifies the destination to upload the signed certificate. This option can only be used when the format is PKCS12.

[-hash-function <hashing function>] - Hashing Function

This specifies the cryptographic hashing function for the self-signed certificate. The default value is SHA256. Possible values include SHA1 , SHA256 and MD5 .

Examples

This example signs a digital certificate for a Vserver named vs0 using a Certificate Authority certificate that has a ca of www.ca.com and a ca-serial of 4F4EB629 in PEM format using the SHA256 hashing function.

cluster1::> security certificate sign -vserver vs0 -ca  www.ca.com -ca-serial 4F4EB629 -expire-days 36 -format PEM -hash-function SHA256

Please enter Certificate Signing Request(CSR): Press <Enter> when done
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
MIIBGjCBxQIBADBgMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtleGFtcGxlLmNvbTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx
CTAHBgNVBAgTADEJMAcGA1UEBxMAMQkwBwYDVQQKEwAxCTAHBgNVBAsTADEPMA0G
CSqGSIb3DQEJARYAMFwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADSwAwSAJBAPXFanNoJApT1nzS
xOcxixqImRRGZCR7tVmTYyqPSuTvfhVtwDJbmXuj6U3a1woUsb13wfEvQnHVFNci
2ninsJ8CAwEAAaAAMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA0EA6EagLfso5+4g+ejiRKKTUPQO
UqOUEoKuvxhOvPC2w7b//fNSFsFHvXloqEOhYECn/NX9h8mbphCoM5YZ4OfnKw==
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
Signed Certificate: :
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIICwDCCAaigAwIBAgIET1oskDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBdMREwDwYDVQQDEwh2
czAuY2VydDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxCTAHBgNVBAgTADEJMAcGA1UEBxMAMQkwBwYD
VQQKEwAxCTAHBgNVBAsTADEPMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYAMB4XDTEyMDMwOTE2MTUx
M1oXDTEyMDQxNDE2MTUxM1owYDEUMBIGA1UEAxMLZXhhbXBsZS5jb20xCzAJBgNV
BAYTAlVTMQkwBwYDVQQIEwAxCTAHBgNVBAcTADEJMAcGA1UEChMAMQkwBwYDVQQL
EwAxDzANBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWADBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA0sAMEgCQQD1xWpz
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

This example signs and exports a digital certificate to destination ftp://10.98.1.1//u/sam/sign.pfx for a Vserver named vs0 using a Certificate Authority certificate that expires in 36 days and has a ca value of www.ca.com and a ca-serial value of 4F4EB629 in PKCS12 format by the MD5 hashing function.

cluster1::> security certificate sign -vserver vs0 -ca www.ca.com -ca-serial 4F4EB629
-expire-days 36 -format PKCS12 -destination ftp://10.98.1.1//u/sam/sign.pfx -hash-function MD5

Please enter Certificate Signing Request(CSR): Press <Enter> when done
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
MIIBGjCBxQIBADBgMRQwEgYDVQQDEwtleGFtcGxlLmNvbTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx
CTAHBgNVBAgTADEJMAcGA1UEBxMAMQkwBwYDVQQKEwAxCTAHBgNVBAsTADEPMA0G
CSqGSIb3DQEJARYAMFwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADSwAwSAJBAPXFanNoJApT1nzS
xOcxixqImRRGZCR7tVmTYyqPSuTvfhVtwDJbmXuj6U3a1woUsb13wfEvQnHVFNci
2ninsJ8CAwEAAaAAMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA0EA6EagLfso5+4g+ejiRKKTUPQO
UqOUEoKuvxhOvPC2w7b//fNSFsFHvXloqEOhYECn/NX9h8mbphCoM5YZ4OfnKw==
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
Signed Certificate: :
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIICwDCCAaigAwIBAgIET1ot8jANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBdMREwDwYDVQQDEwh2
czAuY2VydDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxCTAHBgNVBAgTADEJMAcGA1UEBxMAMQkwBwYD
VQQKEwAxCTAHBgNVBAsTADEPMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYAMB4XDTEyMDMwOTE2MjEw
NloXDTEyMDQxNDE2MjEwNlowYDEUMBIGA1UEAxMLZXhhbXBsZS5jb20xCzAJBgNV
BAYTAlVTMQkwBwYDVQQIEwAxCTAHBgNVBAcTADEJMAcGA1UEChMAMQkwBwYDVQQL
EwAxDzANBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWADBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA0sAMEgCQQD1xWpz
oarXHSyDzv3T5QIxBGRJ0ACtgdjJuqtuAdmnKvKfLS1o4C90
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Please enter Private Key: Press <Enter> when done
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIBOwIBAAJBAPXFanNoJApT1nzSxOcxixqImRRGZCR7tVmTYyqPSuTvfhVtwDJb
mXuj6U3a1woUsb13wfEvQnHVFNci2ninsJ8CAwEAAQJAWt2AO+bW3FKezEuIrQlu
KoMyRYK455wtMk8BrOyJfhYsB20B28eifjJvRWdTOBEav99M7cEzgPv+p5kaZTTM
gQIhAPsp+j1hrUXSRj979LIJJY0sNez397i7ViFXWQScx/ehAiEA+oDbOooWlVvu
xj4aitxVBu6ByVckYU8LbsfeRNsZwD8CIQCbZ1/ENvmlJ/P7N9Exj2NCtEYxd0Q5
cwBZ5NfZeMBpwQIhAPk0KWQSLadGfsKO077itF+h9FGFNHbtuNTrVq4vPW3nAiAA
peMBQgEv28y2r8D4dkYzxcXmjzJluUSZSZ9c/wS6fA==
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Please enter a password for pkcs12 file:
Please enter it again:

Enter User for Destination URI: sam
Enter Password: