--create or -c

<certificate name>

Creates an SSL certificate in the specified certificate repository (administrator's or domain's repository) by using a private key file and a corresponding certificate file.

For information on the options required by the command, refer to the Note below the table.

To create the SSL certificate named Site Certificate in domain's certificate repository for domain example.com by using private key file /usr/local/keys/keyfile.key and certificate file usr/local/cert/certfile.cert:

# ./certificate --create "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -key-file /usr/local/keyfile.key -cert-file.cert

or

# ./certificate -c "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -key-file /usr/local/keyfile.key -cert-file.cert

--update or -u

<certificate name>

Updates an existing SSL certificate's parameters.

To change the name of SSL certificate named Site Certificate on domain example.com: to New Certificate

# ./certificate --update "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -new-name "New Certificate"

or

# ./certificate -u "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -new-name "New Certificate"

--remove or -r

<certificate name>

Deletes an SSL certificate from administrator's or domain's repository.

To delete the SSL certificate named Site Certificate from domain example.com:

# ./certificate --remove "Site Certificate" -domain example.com

or

# ./certificate -r "Site Certificate" -domain example.com

--assign-cert or -ac

<certificate name>

Assigns an SSL certificate in administrator's repository for use with a specific IP address.

Requires concomitant use of the -ip option.

To assign the SSL certificate named Site Certificate (from the administrator's repository) example.com for use with IP address 192.168.67.78:

# ./certificate --assign-cert "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -ip 192.168.67.78

or

# ./certificate -ac "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -ip 192.168.67.78

--list or -l

<login name>

Displays the list of SSL certificates stored in the specified certificate repository (administrator's or domain's repository).

To display the list of SSL certificates existing in the certificates repository on domain example.com:

# ./certificate --list -domain example.com

or

# ./certificate -l -domain example.com

--help or -h

Displays help on the use of the utility.

To view help on the use of the certificate utility:

# ./certificate –help

or

# ./certificate -h

-domain

<domain name>

Specifies a particular domain's certificate repository in Plesk as the location of a certificate.

To delete the SSL certificate named Site Certificate from domain's certificate repository on domain example.com:

# ./certificate -r "Site Certificate" -domain example.com

-admin

Specifies the administrator's certificate repository in Plesk as the location of a certificate.

To delete the SSL certificate named Site Certificate from

# ./certificate -r "Site Certificate" -admin

-default

Sets an SSL certificate as the default certificate. Is used to set administrator's default certificate only.

Used only concomitantly with the -admin option.

To set the SSL certificate named Site Certificate in the administrator's certificate repository in Plesk as the administrator's default certificate:

# ./certificate -u "Site Certificate" -admin -default

-new-name

<certificate name>

Changes the name of an existing SSL certificate.

To change the name of the SSL certificate named Site Certificate in the administrator's certificate repository in Plesk to Old Site Certificate:

# ./certificate -u "Site Certificate" -admin -new-name "Old Site Certificate"

-key-file

<path>

Specifies the path to a private key file on the Plesk server to be used for certificate creation (the Private key component).

Used with the --create command only.

Required by the --create command.

To create the SSL certificate named Site Certificate in domain's certificate repository for domain example.com by using private key file /usr/local/keys/keyfile.key, corresponding certificate file /usr/local/cert/certfile.cert, CA certificate file /usr/local/cert/cacert.cert, and to associate the corresponding certificate signing request file /usr/local/requests/csreq.csr:

# ./certificate -c "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -key-file /usr/local/keyfile.key -cert-file.cert -cacert-file /usr/local/cert/cacert.cert -csr-file usr/local/requests/csreq

-cert-file

<path>

Specifies the path to an SSL certificate file on the Plesk server to be used for certificate creation (the Certificate component).

Used with the --create command only.

Required by the --create command.

-cacert-file

<path>

Specifies the path to the CA certificate file on the Plesk server to be used for an SSL certificate creation in Plesk (the CA Certificate component).

Used with the --create command only.

-csr-file

<path>

Specifies the path to a certificate signing request file on the Plesk server and associates the certificate signing request with the certificate to be created in Plesk (the CSR component).

-ip

<IP address>

Specifies an IP address to which an SSL certificate is to be assigned.

Used with the --assign-cert command only.

Required by the --assign-cert command.

To assign the SSL certificate named Site Certificate on domain example.com for use with IP address 192.168.67.78:

# ./certificate --assign-cert "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -ip 192.168.67.78

or

# ./certificate -ac "Site Certificate" -domain example.com -ip 192.168.67.78