tg (short for tlsgen, and also a french pun) makes issuing certificates easy. It only used the standard golang crypto lib (but for generating pkcs12, as go doesn't provide a way to write them. If you want the --p12 option to work, you need openssl installed.)
go get -u github.com/aporeto-inc/tg
To generate a self signed server certificate:
% tg cert --name mycert --org acme --common-name john --auth-server
INFO[0000] certificate key pair created cert=mycert-cert.pem key=mycert-key.pem
To generate a CA:
% tg cert --name myca --org acme --common-name root --is-ca --pass secret
INFO[0000] certificate key pair created cert=myca-cert.pem key=myca-key.pem
To issue a client certificate from a CA:
% tg cert --name myclient --org acme --common-name client \
--auth-client \
--signing-cert myca-cert.pem \
--signing-cert-key myca-key.pem \
--signing-cert-key-pass secret
INFO[0000] certificate key pair created cert=myclient-cert.pem key=myclient-key.pem
To verify a certificate:
% tg verify --cert myclient-cert.pem --signer myca-cert.pem
INFO[0000] certificate verified
To generate a CSR and a private key:
% tg csr --name myreq --org acme --common-name client
INFO[0000] Certificate request and private key created csr=myreq-csr.pem key=myreq-key.pem
To sign a CSR:
% tg sign --name newcert --csr myreq-csr.pem \
--auth-server \
--signing-cert myca-cert.pem \
--signing-cert-key myca-key.pem \
--signing-cert-key-pass secret
INFO[0000] Certificate issued cert=newcert-cert.pem
To encrypt a private key:
% tg encrypt --key myclient-key.pem --pass secret > myclient-key.pem.enc
To decrypt a private key:
% tg decrypt --key myclient-key.pem.enc --pass secret
Lot's of additional options:
tg -h
NOTE: all parameters can be given using env variables. Prefix the argument with
TLSGEN_
. for instanceTLSGEN_OUT
for setting output dir.