Related Documentation
- J Series
- show security pki local-certificate (View)
- LN Series
- show security pki local-certificate (View)
- SRX Series
- show security pki local-certificate (View)
- Additional Information
- Public Key Infrastructure Feature Guide for Security Devices
request security pki local-certificate enroll (Security)
Syntax
Release Information
Command introduced in Junos OS Release 7.5. Serial number (SN) option added to the subject string output field in Junos OS Release 12.1X45.
Description
Request that a certificate authority (CA) enroll and install a local digital certificate online by using the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP).
![]() | Note: SCEP supports RSA certificates only. |
Options
ca-profile ca-profile-name | — | CA profile name. |
certificate-id certificate-id-name | — | Name of the local digital certificate and the public/private key pair. |
challenge-password password | — | Password set by the administrator and normally obtained from the SCEP enrollment webpage of the CA. The password is 16 characters in length. |
domain-name domain-name | — | Fully qualified domain name (FQDN). The FQDN provides the identity of the certificate owner for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) negotiations and provides an alternative to the subject name. |
subject subject-distinguished-name | — | Distinguished name format that contains the common name, department, company name, state, and country:
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email email-address | — | (Optional) E-mail address of the certificate holder. |
ip-address ip-address | — | (Optional) IP address of the router. |
Required Privilege Level
maintenance
Related Documentation
- J Series
- show security pki local-certificate (View)
- LN Series
- show security pki local-certificate (View)
- SRX Series
- show security pki local-certificate (View)
- Additional Information
- Public Key Infrastructure Feature Guide for Security Devices
List of Sample Output
Output Fields
When you enter this command, you are provided feedback on the status of your request.
Sample Output
user@host> request security pki local-certificate
enroll certificate-id r3-entrust-scep ca-profile entrust domain-name
router3.example.net subject "CN=router3,OU=Engineering,O=example,C=US"
challenge-password 123Certificate enrollment has started. To view the status of your enrollment, check the public key infrastructure log (pkid) log file at /var/log/pkid. Please save the challenge-password for revoking this certificate in future. Note that this password is not stored on the router.


