README.md

Easy CA CLI

A fast, simple and easy-to-use certificate generator.

Overview

1. multiple key algorithms

   • RSA
     • key size: 1024、2048
   • ECDSA
     • ecdsa curve: P224、P256、P384、P521
   • ED25591

2. multiple generation strategies

   • support generate certificate authority、middle certificate authority and general tls certificate
   • support generate certificate chain and private key in pkcs8 format
   • support specified output path

3. customizing certificate information

   • subject
     • C、O、OU、CN、SERIALNUMBER、L、ST、POSTALCODE
   • subject alternative name
     • dns names
     • ip addresses
   • validity time

Usage

Provider gen ca and gen tls commands for certificate generation, run help for more information about a command and its flags.

easy-ca-cli help

Examples

1、Generate a certificate authority with specified subject info、valid time and output path with ecdsa algorithm.

easy-ca-cli gen ca --ecdsa --ecdsa-curve P512 \
 --subject "/C=CN/O=Easy CA/OU=IT Dept./CN=Easy CA Root" \
 --start-date "2022-01-01 15:00:00" --days 3650 \
 --out-key ca_key.pem --out-cert ca_cert.pem

2、Generate a middle certificate authority using the certificate authority generated above

easy-ca-cli gen ca --ecdsa --ecdsa-curve P384 \
 --subject "/C=CN/O=Easy CA/OU=IT Dept./CN=Easy CA Authority R1" \
 --start-date "2022-01-01 15:05:00" --days 1800 \
 --issuer-key ca_key.pem --issuer-cert ca_cert.pem \
 --out-key mca_key.pem --out-cert mca_cert.chain.pem

3、Generate a TLS certificate using the certificate authority generated above

easy-ca-cli gen tls --rsa --rsa-keysize 2048 \
  --subject "/C=CN/O=Easy CA/OU=IT Dept./CN=easy-ca.com" \
  --host "easy-ca.com,www.easy-ca.com,cli.easy-ca.com" \
  --start-date "2022-01-01 15:10:00" --days 365 \
  --issuer-key mca_key.pem --issuer-cert mca_cert.chain.pem \
  --out-key easyca_key.pem --out-cert easyca_cert.chain.pem

Dependencies

• easy-ca
• cobar

LICENSE

Easy CA CLI is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE