CERTIPY(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, meet certipy — she's the utility that creates and signs CAs and certificates 💖 literally your little certificate factory, no cap.

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

here's the whole vibe, straight up:

usage: certipy [-h] [--ca-name CA_NAME] [--overwrite] [--rm] [--cert-type {rsa}] [--bits BITS] [--valid VALID] [--alt-names ALT_NAMES] [--store-dir STORE_DIR] name

Certipy: create simple, self-signed certificate authorities and certs. that's it, that's the whole personality 🦋

💅 positional arguments 💅

• name — the name of the cert you wanna create. heads up bestie: if you don't pass a signing --ca-name, she lowkey defaults to making a CA cert instead. slay 👑

🌸 options 🌸

• -h, --help — shows this help message and then dips. exit stage left, iconic.
• --ca-name CA_NAME — the name of the CA that's gonna sign this cert. like, who's holding the pen 🖊️✨
• --overwrite — if that cert already exists? she bumps the serial and overwrites it. out with the old, in with the new 💅
• --rm — removes the cert specified by name. it's giving spring cleaning 🧹
• --cert-type {rsa} — the type of key to create. rsa is literally the only option listed, periodt.
• --bits BITS — the number of bits to use. more bits, more ✨security✨ vibes.
• --valid VALID — how many years the cert stays valid for. her expiration date, but make it official 📅
• --alt-names ALT_NAMES — alt names for the certificate, and yes they're comma delimited. multiple names, one cert, multitasking queen 🌈
• --store-dir STORE_DIR — the location for the store and the certs. where all her stuff lives 🏠💖

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

so the full documentation for certipy is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and certipy programs are properly installed at your site (iykyk), then this command:

info certipy

should give you access to the complete manual. go read it, she's thorough 📖✨

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that's the whole page babes — this was certipy 0.2.3, dated June 2026 🌸 no cap, now go make some certs 💖🔐✨