System information

Bulk Issuance Tool
The bulkissuance utility sends a KEYGEN or a CRMF enrollment request to the bulk issuance
interface of a CA to create certificates automatically. The bulkissuance utility does not
generate the certificate request itself. It submits the content in the input file to the CA server's
bulk issuance interface.
The bulk issuance interface is part of the agent interface of the CA. If the request is submitted
through the agent interface, the request is processed, and the certificate is created immediately.
1. Syntax
The bulkissuance command has the following syntax:
bulkissuance -n rsa_nickname [-p password | -w passwordFile]
[-d dbdir] [-v] [-V] -f inputFile hostname:[port]
Option Description
n Gives the agent certificate nickname.
p Gives the certificate database password. Not
used if the -w option is used.
w Optional. Gives the path to the password file.
Not used if the -p option is used.
d Optional. Gives the path to the security
databases.
v Optional. Sets the operation in verbose mode.
V Optional. Gives the version of the
bulkissuance tool.
f Gives the path and filename of the input file
containing an HTTP request to send to the
specified hostname.
hostname Gives the hostname of the server to which to
send the request.
port Optional. Gives the port number of the server.
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