Provided by: pki-tools_11.0.0-1_amd64
NAME
PKICertImport - Used to safely validate and import certificates into the NSS database.
SYNOPSIS
PKICertImport -d NSS-database -i certificate -n nickname -t trust -u usage [-h token] [-f password-file] [-a] Validate and import a certificate into the specified NSS database. Verifies signature, trust chain, trust, and usage flags. If a certificate is not valid, it will not be added to the NSS database or specified token.
DESCRIPTION
The certificate import utility validates signature, trust chain, trust, and usage flags before importing a certificate into the specified NSS database. This ensures that no certificate is used before its authenticity has been verified. Unlike certutil, only one invocation is necessary to both validate and import certificates. See certutil for more information about the parameters to PKICertImport.
OPTIONS
PKICertImport parameters: --ascii, -a The certificate is encoded in ASCII (PEM) format instead of binary format. Optional. --certificate, -i certificate Path to the certificate to import. Required. --chain, -c Import an entire PKCS12 chain; requires --pkcs12. Optional. --chain-trust trust Trust flags to assign intermediate certificates; requires --chain. --chain-usage usage Usage to validate intermediate certificates against; requires --chain. --database, -d NSS-database The directory containing the NSS database. This is usually the client's personal directory. Required. --password, -f password-file The path to a file containing the password to the NSS database. Optional. --hsm, -h token Name of the token. If not specified, the default token is the internal database slot. Optional. --leaf-only, -l Import only the leaf certificate from a PKCS12 chain; requiers --pkcs12. Optional. --nickname, -n nickname Nickname for the certificate in the NSS database. Required. --pkcs12, -p The input certificate is a .p12/PKCS12 file. Optional. --pkcs12-password, -w password-file Password file for the PKCS12 chain; requires --pkcs12. --trust, -t trust Trust flags for the certificate. See certutil for more information about the available trust flags. Required. --usage, -u usage Usage to validate the certificate against. See certutil for more information about available usage flags. Required.
UNSAFE OPTIONS
--unsafe-keep-keys Keep the keys in the NSS DB in the event of a verification failure. --unsafe-trust-then-verify Specify trust when importing the certificate instead of after verifying certificates. This enables importing a new root certificate instead of requiring the chain to have an existing, trusted root.
ENVIRONMENT
VERBOSE When specified, see all internal commands being executed as part of this command.
EXAMPLES
To import a server certificate: PKICertImport -d . -n "example.com" -i example-com.crt -t ,, -u V To import a CA certificate (root or intermediate): PKICertImport -d . -n "MyCA Cert" -i ca-cert.crt -t CT,C,C -u L To import a leaf client certificate from a PKCS12 chain: PKICertImport -d . -n "Nick Named" -i nick-named.p12 -t ,, -u C --pkcs12 --leaf To import the entire chain of a client certificate: PKICertImport -d . -n "Nick Named" -i nick-named.p12 -t ,, -u C --pkcs12 --chain --chain-trust CT,C,C --chain-usage L
AUTHORS
Alexander Scheel lt;ascheel@redhat.comgt;.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. This is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2). A copy of this license is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt.