-?, -h, -help
Prints a usage message.
-newcert
Creates a new self signed certificate. The private key is written to the file newkey.pem and the
request written to the file newreq.pem. Invokes openssl-req(1).
-newreq
Creates a new certificate request. The private key is written to the file newkey.pem and the request
written to the file newreq.pem. Executes openssl-req(1) under the hood.
-newreq-nodes
Is like -newreq except that the private key will not be encrypted. Uses openssl-req(1).
-newca
Creates a new CA hierarchy for use with the ca program (or the -signcert and -xsign options). The
user is prompted to enter the filename of the CA certificates (which should also contain the private
key) or by hitting ENTER details of the CA will be prompted for. The relevant files and directories
are created in a directory called demoCA in the current directory. Uses openssl-req(1) and
openssl-ca(1).
If the demoCA directory already exists then the -newca command will not overwrite it and will do
nothing. This can happen if a previous call using the -newca option terminated abnormally. To get the
correct behaviour delete the directory if it already exists.
-pkcs12
Create a PKCS#12 file containing the user certificate, private key and CA certificate. It expects the
user certificate and private key to be in the file newcert.pem and the CA certificate to be in the
file demoCA/cacert.pem, it creates a file newcert.p12. This command can thus be called after the
-sign option. The PKCS#12 file can be imported directly into a browser. If there is an additional
argument on the command line it will be used as the "friendly name" for the certificate (which is
typically displayed in the browser list box), otherwise the name "My Certificate" is used. Delegates
work to openssl-pkcs12(1).
-sign, -signcert, -xsign
Calls the openssl-ca(1) command to sign a certificate request. It expects the request to be in the
file newreq.pem. The new certificate is written to the file newcert.pem except in the case of the
-xsign option when it is written to standard output.
-signCA
This option is the same as the -sign option except it uses the configuration file section v3_ca and
so makes the signed request a valid CA certificate. This is useful when creating intermediate CA from
a root CA. Extra params are passed to openssl-ca(1).
-signcert
This option is the same as -sign except it expects a self signed certificate to be present in the
file newreq.pem. Extra params are passed to openssl-x509(1) and openssl-ca(1).
-crl
Generate a CRL. Executes openssl-ca(1).
-revokecertfile [reason]
Revoke the certificate contained in the specified certfile. An optional reason may be specified, and
must be one of: unspecified, keyCompromise, CACompromise, affiliationChanged, superseded,
cessationOfOperation, certificateHold, or removeFromCRL. Leverages openssl-ca(1).
-verify
Verifies certificates against the CA certificate for demoCA. If no certificates are specified on the
command line it tries to verify the file newcert.pem. Invokes openssl-verify(1).
-extra-cmdparameter
For each option extra-cmd, pass parameter to the openssl(1) sub-command with the same name as cmd, if
that sub-command is invoked. For example, if openssl-req(1) is invoked, the parameter given with
-extra-req will be passed to it. For multi-word parameters, either repeat the option or quote the
parameters so it looks like one word to your shell. See the individual command documentation for
more information.
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