step ca policy acme x509 allow cn

Name

step ca policy acme x509 allow cn -- add or remove common names

Usage

step ca policy acme x509 allow cn <name> [--remove]
[--provisioner=<name>] [--eab-key-id=<eab-key-id>] [--eab-key-reference=<eab-key-reference>]
[--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 policy acme x509 allow cn command manages common names in policies

Options

--provisioner=name The provisioner name

--eab-key-id=value An ACME EAB Key ID.

--eab-key-reference=value An ACME EAB Key Reference.

--remove removes the provided Common Names from the policy instead of adding them

--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

Allow "My CA Name" as Common Name in X.509 certificates on authority level

$ step ca policy authority x509 allow cn "My CA Name"

Allow www.example.com as Common Name in X.509 certificates on authority level. This can be used in case www.example.com is not allowed as a DNS SAN, but is allowed to be used in the Common Name.

$ step ca policy authority x509 allow cn www.example.com

Remove www.example.com from allowed Common Names in X.509 certificates on authority level.

$ step ca policy authority x509 allow cn www.example.com --remove

Deny "My Bad CA Name" as Common Name in X.509 certificates on authority level

$ step ca policy authority x509 deny cn "My Bad CA Name"