request security certificate (unsigned)

Syntax

Release Information

Command introduced before JUNOS Release 7.4.

Description

(Encryption interface on M Series and T Series routers only) Obtain a certificate from a certificate authority (CA). The results are saved in a specified file to the /var/etc/ikecert directory.

Options

filename filename — File that stores the public key certificate.

ca-file ca-file — Name of the certificate authority profile in the configuration.

ca-name ca-name — Name of the certificate authority.

encoding (binary | pem) — File format used for the certificate. The format can be a binary file or privacy-enhanced mail (PEM), an ASCII base64-encoded format. The default value is binary.

url url — Certificate authority URL.

Required Privilege Level

maintenance

List of Sample Output

Output Fields

When you enter this command, you are provided feedback on the status of your request.

Sample Output

http://<verisign ca-name xyzcompany url>/cgi-bin/pkiclient.exe CA name: juniper.net CA file: verisign Encoding: binary 
Certificate enrollment has started. To view the status of your enrollment, check the key management process (kmd) log file at /var/log/kmd. <--------------