README.md

Certification Authority

This repository contains a script for setting up simple X.509 certification authority using OpenSSL. It's really not that advanced, but it supports multiple CA levels as well as HSM.

If you want something with a graphical user interface, you might want to consider XCA.

Files

Scripts

• ca.sh

Configuration files

• openssl.conf
• ca.conf

Examples

• root-example (Root CA)
• subca-example (Issuing CA)
• hsm-example (Root CA with HSM)

Usage

ca.sh bootstrap
ca.sh issue CSR (generic|subca|host|client|xmpp) [hostname]
ca.sh revoke CERT
ca.sh crl

Examples

Bootstrap CA

ca.sh bootstrap

Generate Test CSR

openssl genrsa 2048 > test.key
openssl req -new -sha256 -key test.key -out test.csr

Sign CSR

ca.sh issue test.csr generic

Revoke Certificate

ca.sh revoke test.crt

Update CRL

ca.sh crl