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request security certificate (signed)

Syntax

request security certificate enroll filename filename subject subject alternative-subject alternative-subject certification-authority certification-authority encoding (binary | pem) key-file key-file domain-name domain-name

Release Information

Command introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.

Description

(Encryption interface on M Series and T Series routers and EX Series switches only) Obtain a signed certificate from a certificate authority (CA). The signed certificate validates the CA and the owner of the certificate. The results are saved in a specified file to the /var/etc/ikecert directory.

Options

filename filename

File that stores the certificate.

subject subject

Distinguished name (dn), which consists of a set of components—for example, an organization (o), an organization unit (ou), a country (c), and a locality (l).

alternative-subject alternative-subject

Tunnel source address.

certification-authority certification-authority

Name of the certificate authority profile in the configuration.

encoding (binary | pem)

File format used for the certificate. The format can be a binary file or privacy-enhanced mail (PEM), an ASCII base64-encoded format. The default format is binary.

key-file key-file

File containing a local private key.

domain-name domain-name

Fully qualified domain name.

Required Privilege Level

maintenance

List of Sample Output

request security certificate (signed)

Output Fields

When you enter this command, you are provided feedback on the status of your request.

Sample Output

request security certificate (signed)

user@host> request security certificate enroll filename host.crt subject c=uk,o=london alternative-subject 10.50.1.4 certification-authority verisign key-file host-1.prv domain-name host.juniper.net
CA name: juniper.net CA file: ca_verisign 
local pub/private key pair: host.prv 
subject: c=uk,o=london domain name: host.juniper.net 
alternative subject: 10.50.1.4 
Encoding: binary 
Certificate enrollment has started. To view the status of your enrollment, check the key management process (kmd) log file at /var/log/kmd. <-------------- 

Published: 2013-01-30

Supported Platforms

Published: 2013-01-30