examples: add signing new cert using existing ca pem files

Signed-off-by: Joshua Potts <[email protected]>

Author: iamjpotts

rcgen/Cargo.toml

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ required-features = ["pem"]
 name = "sign-leaf-with-ca"
 required-features = ["pem", "x509-parser"]
 
+[[example]]
+name = "sign-leaf-with-pem-files"
+required-features = ["pem", "x509-parser"]
+
 [[example]]
 name = "simple"
 required-features = ["crypto", "pem"]

rcgen/examples/sign-leaf-with-pem-files.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+//! Generate a new certificate, and sign it with an existing root or
+//! intermediate certificate.
+//!
+//! Requires four positional command line arguments:
+//! * File path to PEM containing signer's key pair
+//! * File path to PEM containing signer's certificate
+//! * File path for generated PEM containing output key pair
+//! * File path for generated PEM containing output certificate
+
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use rcgen::{CertificateParams, DnType, ExtendedKeyUsagePurpose, Issuer, KeyPair, KeyUsagePurpose};
+use time::{Duration, OffsetDateTime};
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+	let mut args = std::env::args().skip(1);
+
+	let signer_keys_file = PathBuf::from(
+		args.next()
+			.ok_or("provide signer's pem keys file as 1st argument")?,
+	);
+
+	let signer_cert_file = PathBuf::from(
+		args.next()
+			.ok_or("provide signer's pem certificate file as 2nd argument")?,
+	);
+
+	let output_keys_file =
+		PathBuf::from(args.next().ok_or("output pem keys file as 3rd argument")?);
+
+	let output_cert_file = PathBuf::from(args.next().ok_or("output pem cert file as 4th fourth")?);
+
+	// Read existing certificate authority
+	let keys_pem = fs::read_to_string(&signer_keys_file)?;
+	let cert_pem = fs::read_to_string(&signer_cert_file)?;
+
+	let key_pair = KeyPair::from_pem(&keys_pem)?;
+	let signer = Issuer::from_ca_cert_pem(&cert_pem, key_pair)?;
+
+	// Create a new signed server certificate
+	const DOMAIN: &str = "example.domain";
+
+	let sans = vec![DOMAIN.into()];
+
+	let mut params = CertificateParams::new(sans)?;
+
+	params.distinguished_name.push(DnType::CommonName, DOMAIN);
+	params.use_authority_key_identifier_extension = true;
+	params.key_usages.push(KeyUsagePurpose::DigitalSignature);
+	params
+		.extended_key_usages
+		.push(ExtendedKeyUsagePurpose::ServerAuth);
+
+	const DAY: Duration = Duration::days(1);
+
+	let yesterday = OffsetDateTime::now_utc()
+		.checked_sub(DAY)
+		.ok_or("invalid yesterday")?;
+
+	let tomorrow = OffsetDateTime::now_utc()
+		.checked_add(DAY)
+		.ok_or("invalid tomorrow")?;
+
+	params.not_before = yesterday;
+	params.not_after = tomorrow;
+
+	let output_keys = KeyPair::generate()?;
+	let output_cert = params.signed_by(&output_keys, &signer)?;
+
+	// Write new certificate
+	fs::write(&output_keys_file, output_keys.serialize_pem())?;
+	fs::write(&output_cert_file, output_cert.pem())?;
+
+	println!("Wrote signed leaf certificate:");
+	println!("  keys: {}", output_keys_file.display());
+	println!("  cert: {}", output_cert_file.display());
+	println!();
+
+	Ok(())
+}