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step ca admin update

Name

step ca admin update -- update an admin

Usage

step ca admin update <subject> [--super] [--provisioner=<name>]
[--admin-cert=<file>] [--admin-key=<file>] [--admin-subject=<subject>]
[--admin-provisioner=<name>] [--admin-password-file=<file>]
[--ca-url=<uri>] [--root=<file>] [--context=<name>]

Description

step ca admin update updates an admin.

Positional arguments

id The name of the admin to update.

Options

--super Update the admin with super-admin privileges.

--provisioner=name The provisioner name by which to filter admins.

--admin-cert=chain Admin certificate (chain) in PEM format to store in the 'x5c' header of a JWT.

--admin-key=file Private key file, used to sign a JWT, corresponding to the admin certificate that will be stored in the 'x5c' header.

--admin-subject=subject, --admin-name=subject The admin subject to use for generating admin credentials.

--admin-provisioner=name, --admin-issuer=name The provisioner name to use for generating admin credentials.

--admin-password-file=file, --password-file=file The path to the file containing the password to decrypt the one-time token generating key.

--ca-url=URI URI of the targeted Step Certificate Authority.

--root=file The path to the PEM file used as the root certificate authority.

--context=name The context name to apply for the given command.

Examples

Add super-admin privileges to an admin:

$ step ca admin update max@smallstep.com --super

Specify admin by provisioner:

$ step ca admin update max@smallstep.com --super --provisioner devops-jwk

Remove super-admin privileges from an admin:

$ step ca admin update max@smallstep.com --super=false