Chapter 35: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Commands

ADD PKI CERTIFICATE

Syntax

add pki certificate=”name” location=”filename.cer” [trusted=yesnoonofftruefalse] [type=caeeself]

Parameters

 

 

certificate

Specifies a name for the certificate. This is the name

 

for the certificate as it will appear in the certificate

 

database list. The name can up to 40 alphanumeric

 

characters. Spaces are allowed. If the name contains

 

spaces, it must be enclosed in double quotes. Each

 

certificate must be given a unique name.

location

Specifies the filename of the certificate, with the

 

“.cer” file extension, as it is stored in the switch’s file

 

system.

 

trusted

Specifies whether or not the certificate is from a

 

trusted CA. Possible settings are:

 

yes, on, true

Specifies that the certificate is from

 

 

a trusted CA. This is the default. The

 

 

options are equivalent.

 

no, off, false

Specifies that the certificate is not

 

 

from a trusted CA. The options are

 

 

equivalent.

type

Specifies the type of certificate being added.

 

Possible settings are:

 

ca

Tags the certificate as a CA

 

 

certificate.

 

ee

Tags the certificate as belonging to

 

 

another end entity (EE). This is the

 

 

default.

 

self

Tags the certificate as its own.

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