PKI --ISSUE(1) strongSwan PKI --ISSUE(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

pki --issue - Issue a certificate using a CA certificate and key

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`pki --issue` \[**--in** *file*] \[**--type** *type*] **--cakey file|--cakeyid hex** **--cacert file** \[**--dn** *subject-dn*] \[**--san** *subjectAltName*] \[**--lifetime** *days*] \[**--not-before** *datetime*] \[**--not-after** *datetime*] \[**--serial** *hex*] \[**--flag** *flag*] \[**--digest** *digest*] \[**--rsa-padding** *padding*] \[**--ca**] \[**--crl** *uri \[**--crlissuer** issuer]*] \[**--ocsp** *uri*] \[**--pathlen** *len*] \[**--addrblock** *block*] \[**--nc-permitted** *name*] \[**--nc-excluded** *name*] \[**--critical** *oid*] \[**--policy-mapping** *mapping*] \[**--policy-explicit** *len*] \[**--policy-inhibit** *len*] \[**--policy-any** *len*] \[**--cert-policy** *oid \[**--cps-uri** uri] \[**--user-notice** text]*] \[**--outform** *encoding*] \[**--debug** *level*]

`pki --issue` **--options file**

`pki --issue` **-h** | **--help**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This sub-command of [**pki**(1)](/man/os/strongswan/pki.1) is used to issue a certificate using a CA certificate and private key.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-h, --help**](#h,)

Print usage information with a summary of the available options.

[**-v, --debug level**](#v,)

Set debug level, default: 1.

**-+, --options file**

Read command line options from *file*.

[**-i, --in file**](#i,)

Public key or PKCS#10 certificate request file to issue. If not given the key/request is read from *STDIN*.

[**-t, --type type**](#t,)

Type of the input. One of *pub* (public key), *priv* (private key), *rsa* (RSA private key), *ecdsa* (ECDSA private key), *ed25519* (Ed25519 private key), *ed448* (Ed448 private key) or *pkcs10* (PKCS#10 certificate request), defaults to *pub*.

[**-k, --cakey file**](#k,)

CA private key file. Either this or **--cakeyid** is required.

[**-x, --cakeyid hex**](#x,)

Smartcard or TPM CA private key object handle in hex format with an optional 0x prefix. Either this or **--cakey** is required.

[**-c, --cacert file**](#c,)

CA certificate file. Required.

[**-d, --dn subject-dn**](#d,)

Subject distinguished name (DN) of the issued certificate.

[**-a, --san subjectAltName**](#a,)

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

[**-l, --lifetime days**](#l,)

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

[**-F, --not-before datetime**](#F,)

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

[**-T, --not-after datetime**](#T,)

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

[**-D, --dateform form**](#D,)

[strptime(3)](/man/os/strongswan/strptime.3) format for the **--not-before** and **--not-after** options, default: **%d.%m.%y %T**

[**-s, --serial hex**](#s,)

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

[**-e, --flag flag**](#e,)

Add extendedKeyUsage flag. One of *serverAuth*, *clientAuth*, *crlSign*, *ocspSigning* or *msSmartcardLogon*. Can be used multiple times. Without modifiers, this overrides flags from PKCS#10 certificate requests. Prefixing a flag with *+* adds it to the set of flags read from the request, prefixing it with *-* removes it from that set.

[**-g, --digest digest**](#g,)

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**](#R,)

Padding to use for RSA signatures. Either *pkcs1* or *pss*, defaults to *pkcs1*.

[**-f, --outform encoding**](#f,)

Encoding of the created certificate file. Either *der* (ASN.1 DER) or *pem* (Base64 PEM), defaults to *der*.

[**-b, --ca**](#b,)

Include CA basicConstraint extension in certificate.

[**-u, --crl uri**](#u,)

CRL distribution point URI to include in certificate. Can be used multiple times.

[**-I, --crlissuer issuer**](#I,)

Optional CRL issuer for the CRL at the preceding distribution point.

[**-o, --ocsp uri**](#o,)

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

[**-p, --pathlen len**](#p,)

Set path length constraint.

[**-B, --addrblock block**](#B,)

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**](#n,)

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**](#N,)

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**](#X,)

Add a critical extension with the given OID.

[**-M, --policy-mapping issuer-oid:subject-oid**](#M,)

Add policyMapping from issuer to subject OID.

[**-E, --policy-explicit len**](#E,)

Add requireExplicitPolicy constraint.

[**-H, --policy-inhibit len**](#H,)

Add inhibitPolicyMapping constraint.

[**-A, --policy-any len**](#A,)

Add inhibitAnyPolicy constraint.

## [Certificate Policy](#Certificate_Policy)

Multiple certificatePolicy extensions can be added. Each with the following information:

[**-P, --cert-policy oid**](#P,)

OID to include in certificatePolicy extension. Required.

[**-C, --cps-uri uri**](#C,)

Certification Practice statement URI for certificatePolicy.

[**-U, --user-notice text**](#U,)

User notice for certificatePolicy.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

To save repetitive typing, command line options can be stored in files. Lets assume *pki.opt* contains the following contents:

```


  --cacert ca_cert.der --cakey ca_key.der --digest sha256


  --flag serverAuth --lifetime 1460 --type pkcs10
```

Then the following command can be used to issue a certificate based on a given PKCS#10 certificate request and the options above:

```


  pki --issue --options pki.opt --in req.der > cert.der
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**pki**(1)](/man/os/strongswan/pki.1)

2019-05-06 6.0.6

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Document: pki---issue(1) from strongswan 6.0.6-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan