SSL Builder

A command line script that creates Certificate Authorities, Keys, and Certificates. This is base off of Jamie Nguyen's OpenSSL Certificate Authority guide.

Installation

Clone this repo. Then run npm install to install dependencies.

$ npm install

Options

Short name	Long name	Description	Required
-r	--root-dir <path>	The path to start from.	true
-s	--build-server	Build a new SSL stack for the server	false
-c	--build-client	Build a new SSL stack for the client	false
-i	--include-intermediate	Create an intermediate CA	false
-k	--key-path <path>	Set an existing key path	false
-e	--new-cert <type>	Create a new cert signed by an existing key	false

Examples

Create new server side CA, Key and Cert files in the /tmp directory.

$ node main.js -sr /tmp

Create new server and client side CA, Intermediate CA, Key and Cert files in the /tmp directory.

$ node main.js -csir /tmp