Chapter 23: PKI Commands
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CREATE PKI CERTIFICATE
Syntax
create pki certificate=
certificate-name
keypair=
key-id
serialnumber=
serial-number
[format=der|pem] [subject=
distinguished-name
]
Parameters
certificate
A character string, 1 to 8 characters in length. Valid
characters are uppercase letters (A-Z), lowercase
letters (a-z), digits (0-9), the underscore character
(“_”), the hyphen character (“-”), any printable
characters, and any alphanumeric characters. If the
name contains spaces, it must be enclosed in double
quotes. Wildcards are not allowed.
keypair
A decimal number in the range of 0 to 65535. There
is no default. The key must exist. See
serialnumber
A decimal number in the range of 0 to 2147483647.
The default is 0.
format
Specifies the type of encoding the certificate will
use. Possible settings are:
der
Specifies binary format which
cannot be displayed. This is the
default.
pem
Specifies an ASCII-encoded format
that allows the certificate to be
displayed once it is generated.
subject
Specifies a distinguished name, as described in
on page 261. This
optional parameter is used to override the existing
switch DN setting.