certtool

Generate and manage X.509 certificates, keys, and PKI structures using GnuTLS. More information: https://gnutls.org/manual/gnutls.html#certtool-Invocation.

• Generate a private key and save it to a file:

certtool {{[-p|--generate-privkey]}} --outfile {{path/to/private.key}}

• Generate a self-signed certificate using a private key and a template file:

certtool {{[-s|--generate-self-signed]}} --load-privkey {{path/to/private.key}} --template {{path/to/info.template}} --outfile {{path/to/certificate.crt}}

• Generate a certificate signing request (CSR):

certtool {{[-q|--generate-request]}} --load-privkey {{path/to/private.key}} --template {{path/to/info.template}} --outfile {{path/to/request.csr}}

• Generate a certificate authority (CA) certificate:

certtool {{[-s|--generate-self-signed]}} --load-privkey {{path/to/ca.key}} --template {{path/to/ca.template}} --outfile {{path/to/ca.crt}}

• Verify a certificate against a CA certificate:

certtool --verify --infile {{path/to/certificate.crt}} --load-ca-certificate {{path/to/ca.crt}}