Name
grid-cert-request — Create a new certificate request
Synopsis
grid-cert-request
Example Usage:
Creating a user certificate:
grid-cert-request
Creating a host or gatekeeper certificate:
grid-cert-request -host [my.host.fqdn]
Creating a LDAP server certificate:
grid-cert-request -service ldap -host [my.host.fqdn]
Options:
Table 9. Command line options
| -version | Display version. |
| -?, -h, -help | Displays help. |
| -usage | Displays usage. |
| -cn <name>, -commonname <name> | Common name of the user. |
| -service <service> | Creates a certificate for a service. Requires the -host option and implies that the generated key will not be password protected (ie implies -nopw). |
| -host <FQDN> | Creates a certificate for a host named <FQDN>. |
| -dir <dir_name> | Changes the directory the private key and certificate request will be placed in. By default user certificates are placed in $HOME/.globus, host certificates are placed in /etc/grid-security and service certificates are placed in /etc/grid-security/<service>. |
| -prefix <prefix> | Causes the generated files to be named <prefix>cert.pem, <prefix>key.pem and <prefix>cert_request.pem. |
| -nopw,-nodes,-nopassphrase | Creates a certificate without a password. |
| -verbose | Don't clear the screen. |
| -int[eractive] | Prompts the user for each component of the DN. |
| -force | Overwrites preexisting certificates. |
| -ca | Will ask which CA is to be used (interactive). |
| -ca <hash> | Will use the CA with hash value <hash>. |