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tcld generate-certificates command reference

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The tcld generate-certificates command commands for generating certificate authority and end-entity TLS certificates.

Alias: gen

certificate-authority-certificate

The tcld generate-certificates certificate-authority-certificate command generate a certificate authority certificate.

Alias: ca

--organization

The name of the organization

Alias: org

--validity-period

The duration for which the certificate is valid for. example: 30d10h (30 days and 10 hrs)

Alias: d

--ca-certificate-file

The path where the generated x509 certificate will be stored

Alias: ca-cert

--ca-key-file

The path where the certificate's private key will be stored

Alias: ca-key

--rsa-algorithm

Generates a 4096-bit RSA keypair instead of an ECDSA P-384 keypair (the recommended default) for the certificate (optional)

Alias: rsa

end-entity-certificate

The tcld generate-certificates end-entity-certificate command generate an end-entity certificate.

Alias: leaf

--organization

The name of the organization

Alias: org

--organization-unit

The name of the organizational unit (optional)

--common-name

The common name (optional)

--validity-period

The duration for which the end entity certificate is valid for. example: 30d10h (30 days and 10 hrs). By default the generated certificate expires 24 hours before the certificate authority expires (optional)

Alias: d

--ca-certificate-file

The path of the x509 certificate for the certificate authority

Alias: ca-cert

--ca-key-file

The path of the private key for the certificate authority

Alias: ca-key

--certificate-file

The path where the generated x509 certificate will be stored

Alias: cert

--key-file

The path where the certificate's private key will be stored

Alias: key