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request security pki generate-certificate-request

Syntax

request security pki generate-certificate-request certificate-id certificate-id-name domain-name domain-name subject subject-distinguished-name<email email-address><filename (path | terminal)><ip-address ip-address>

Release Information

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 7.5.

Description

Manually generate a local digital certificate request in the Public-Key Cryptography Standards #10 (PKCS-10) format.

Options

certificate-id certificate-id-name

Name of the local digital certificate and the public/private key pair.

domain-name domain-name

Fully qualified domain name (FQDN). The FQDN provides the identity of the certificate owner for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) negotiations and provides an alternative to the subject name.

subject subject-distinguished-name

Distinguished name format that contains the common name, department, company name, state, and country:

  • CN—Common name
  • OU—Organizational unit name
  • O—Organization name
  • ST—State
  • C—Country
email email-address

(Optional) E-mail address of the certificate holder.

filename (path | terminal)

(Optional) Location where the local digital certificate request should be placed or the login terminal.

ip-address ip-address

(Optional) IP address of the router.

Required Privilege Level

maintenance

List of Sample Output

request security pki generate-certificate-request

Output Fields

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

Sample Output

request security pki generate-certificate-request

user@host> request security pki generate-certificate-request certificate-id local-entrust2 domain-name router2.juniper.net filename entrust-req2 subject cn=router2.juniper.net
Generated certificate request
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
Fingerprint:
0d:90:b8:d2:56:74:fc:84:59:62:b9:78:71:9c:e4:9c:54:ba:16:97 (sha1)
1b:08:d4:f7:90:f1:c4:39:08:c9:de:76:00:86:62:b8 (md5)

Published: 2013-03-14