Tools

Scripts to create and manage certificates

Abstract

Scripts to create and manage certificates

FairCom Certificate Manager is a suite of Python scripts for creating, managing, and renewing certificates. It can be used as an internal company-level or department-level certificate authority solution managed by a certificate authority administrator.

Table 1. Certificate management Python scripts

Action	Script Name	Description
Create a CA certificate	createcacert.py	Use the Python script createcacert.py to create a CA certificate and its private key in the FairCom Certificate Manager. Use them to create server certificates and client certificates for use on your company's internal network.
Create a client certificate	createclientcert.py	Use the Python script createclientcert.py to create a client certificate and its private key to use instead of a username and password when logging into a FairCom server.
Create a server certificate	createservercert.py	Use the Python script createservercert.py to create a server certificate and its private key to verify the authenticity of one server.
Display certificate information	certinfo.py	Use the Python script certinfo.py to display information in a certificate file in a PEM file.
Import a CA certificate	importcert.py	Use the Python script importcert.py to register a CA certificate with an operating system in the FairCom Certificate Manager. This allows a computer to trust the certificates you create with the CA certificate. Use administrator privileges to run this script locally on each computer. For Linux and MacOS, prepend the command with `sudo`.
Renew a CA certificate	renewcert.py	Use the Python script renewcert.py to renew all certificates that are about to expire in a folder in the FairCom Certificate Manager.