.TH "PKI \-\-SCEPCA" 1 "2022-08-22" "5.9.14" "strongSwan"
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.SH "NAME"
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pki \-\-scepca \- Get CA [and RA] certificate[s] from a SCEP server
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.SY pki\ \-\-scepca
.BI\-\-\-url\~ url
.OP \-\-caout file
.OP \-\-raout file
.OP \-\-outform encoding
.OP \-\-force
.OP \-\-debug level
.YS
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.SY pki\ \-\-scepca
.BI \-\-options\~ file
.YS
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.SY "pki \-\-scepca"
.B \-h
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.B \-\-help
.YS
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This sub-command of
.BR pki (1)
gets CA and RA certificates via http from a SCEP server using the \fIGetCACert\fR
command of the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (RFC 8894).
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
.B "\-h, \-\-help"
Print usage information with a summary of the available options.
.TP
.BI "\-v, \-\-debug " level
Set debug level, default: 1.
.TP
.BI "\-+, \-\-options " file
Read command line options from \fIfile\fR.
.TP
.BI "\-u, \-\-url " url
URL of the SCEP server.
.TP
.BI "\-c, \-\-caout " file
If present, path where the fetched root CA certificate file is stored to.
If several CA certificates are downloaded, then the value of
.B \-\-caout
is used as a template to derive unique filenames (*-1, *-2, etc.) for the
intermediate or sub CA certificates.
If a file suffix is missing, then depending on the value of
.B \-\-outform
either .\fIder\fR (the default) or .\fIpem\fR is automatically appended.
If the
.B \-\-caout
option is missing and
.B \-\-outform
is set to \fIpem\fR then a PEM-encoded CA certificate bundle is written to
\fIstdout\fR.
.TP
.BI "\-r, \-\-raout " file
If present, path where the fetched RA certificate file is stored to.
If multiple RA certificates are available, then the value of
.B \-\-raout
is used as a template to derive unique filenames (*-2, etc.). If the
.B \-\-raout
option is missing, then the value of
.B \-\-caout
is used as a template to derive unique filenames (*-ra, *-ra-2, etc.) for the RA
certificates. If a file suffix is missing, then depending on the value of
.B \-\-outform
either .\fIder\fR (the default) or .\fIpem\fR is automatically appended.
.TP
.BI "\-f, \-\-outform " encoding
Encoding of the created certificate file. Either \fIder\fR (ASN.1 DER) or
\fIpem\fR (Base64 PEM), defaults to \fIder\fR.
.TP
.B "\-F, \-\-force"
Force overwrite of existing files.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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A SCEP server sends a root CA and an intermediate CA certificate as well as an
RA certificate:
.PP
.EX
pki \-\-scepca \-\-url http://pki.strongswan.org:8080/scep \-\-caout myca.crt \-\-raout myra.crt

Root CA cert "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=strongSwan Root CA"
  serial: 65:31:00:ca:79:da:16:6b:aa:ac:89:e2:a8:f9:49:c3:10:ab:64:54
  SHA256: 96:70:50:51:cd:b9:e7:94:6b:04:f6:15:45:80:fc:90:85:01:71:2a:f6:4f:d1:1b:2d:a1:7e:eb:bf:dd:be:86
  SHA1  : 8e:f3:78:b0:34:a6:c1:6a:7b:c6:f5:91:eb:e5:46:9b:0d:0a:a7:ba (jvN4sDSmwWp7xvWR6+VGmw0Kp7o)
Root CA cert is untrusted, valid until Aug 12 15:51:34 2032, 'myca.crt'
Sub CA cert "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=strongSwan Issuing CA"
  serial: 74:f9:7e:72:7d:b8:fd:f2:c6:e5:1b:fa:37:f9:cb:87:bf:9c:ea:e2
  SHA256: a3:5b:4b:12:d5:8f:68:7b:05:11:08:27:f5:42:62:b8:b5:01:1b:19:37:9c:28:78:5d:37:08:69:6a:8c:07:bf
  SHA1  : 8c:e6:67:67:c2:23:89:7b:d0:bc:b1:50:d2:1c:bc:8d:8d:69:15:11 (jOZnZ8IjiXvQvLFQ0hy8jY1pFRE)
  using certificate "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=strongSwan Issuing CA"
  using trusted ca certificate "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=strongSwan Root CA"
  reached self-signed root ca with a path length of 0
Sub CA cert is trusted, valid until Aug 12 15:51:34 2027, 'myca-1.crt'
RA cert "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=SCEP RA"
  serial: 74:f9:7e:72:7d:b8:fd:f2:c6:e5:1b:fa:37:f9:cb:87:bf:9c:ea:e3
  SHA256: 57:22:f3:13:69:2f:24:82:12:59:8e:05:63:0b:f5:a8:fb:4e:78:87:8d:68:d1:4c:c1:c4:b5:85:db:bb:64:df
  SHA1  : bc:d1:46:76:55:7f:8c:d1:c5:22:31:b9:d7:b1:49:b5:95:a4:f3:ea (vNFGdlV/jNHFIjG517FJtZWk8+o)
  using certificate "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=SCEP RA"
  using untrusted intermediate certificate "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=strongSwan Issuing CA"
  using trusted ca certificate "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=strongSwan Root CA"
  reached self-signed root ca with a path length of 1
RA cert is trusted, valid until Aug 10 15:51:34 2023, 'myra.crt'
.EE
.PP
The trusthworthiness of the root CA certificate has to be established manually by
verifying the SHA256 or SHA1 fingerprint of the DER-encoded certificate that is
e.g. listed on the official PKI website or by some other means.
.P
The stored certificate files in DER format can be overwritten by PEM-encoded
versions with:
.PP
.EX
pki \-\-scepca \-\-url http://pki.strongswan.org:8080/scep \-\-caout myca.crt \-\-raout myra.crt \\
             \-\-outform pem \-\-force
.EE
.PP
If the
.B \-\-raout
option is omitted and the
.B \-\-caout
template doesn't have a file suffix, then with
.B \-\-outform
\fIpem\fR the following filenames are derived:
.PP
.EX
pki \-\-scepca \-\-url http://pki.strongswan.org:8080/scep \-\-caout scep/myca \-\-outform pem

Root CA cert "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=strongSwan Root CA"
  ...
Root CA cert is untrusted, valid until Aug 12 15:51:34 2032, written to 'scep/myca.pem'
Sub CA cert "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=strongSwan Issuing CA"
  ...
Sub CA cert is trusted, valid until Aug 12 15:51:34 2027, 'scep/myca-1.pem'
RA cert "C=CH, O=strongSwan Project, CN=SCEP RA"
  ...
RA cert is trusted, valid until Aug 10 15:51:34 2023, 'scep/myca-ra.pem'
.EE
.PP
A CA certificate bundle in PEM format is written to \fIstdout\fR:
.PP
.EX
pki \-\-scepca \-\-url http://pki.strongswan.org:8080/scep --raout myra.crt \-\-outform pem > cacerts.pem
.EE
.PP
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR pki (1)