sslcmd menu

If you do not use the Generate Component Certificates wizard, you can perform most of the work with keys and certificates in the sslcmd menu.

You can access the menu by running the sslcmd utility from the command line. The following table provides an overview of the menu’s options:

sslcmd utility options

Option

Function

Description

1

Generate key

Generating public-private key pairs

2

Add CA

Installing a trusted root authority certificate

3

Generate CSR

Creating a certificate signing request

4

Add Cert

Installing the signed certificate

5

List keys

Generating public-private key pairs

6

Delete key

delete a public-private key pair and certificate (see Maintaining certificates)

7

List certs

list signed certificates*

8

List CA

list certificates found in the SSL key database*

9

View CA

view information about CA Certificates (see Maintaining certificates)

10

Delete CA

delete a trusted root authority certificate (see Maintaining certificates)

11

Add CRL

install a new certificate revocation list (CRL) (see Maintaining certificates)

12

Change KDB password

change the key database password (see Maintaining certificates)

13

Add labeled password

add a labeled password*

14

List labeled password

list labeled password*

15

Delete labeled password

delete a labeled password*

16

Import key pair

import a key pair*

17

Export key pair

export a key pair (see Maintaining certificates)

18

Change label of key pair

change the label of a key pair*

19

Exit

exit the sslcmd utility

* Not supported.

Parent Topic

Creating an SSL key database using the sslcmd utility