wolfCLU

This is the wolfSSL Command Line Utility (wolfCLU).

wolfSSL Installation

Configure and install wolfSSL with the following commands:

./autogen.sh # only needed if source pulled from GitHub
./configure --enable-wolfclu
make
make check
sudo make install

wolfCLU Installation

After wolfSSL is installed, install wolfCLU from the wolfCLU root directory:

./autogen.sh # only needed if source pulled from GitHub
./configure
make
make check
sudo make install

If wolfSSL was recently installed run sudo ldconfig to update the linker cache.

Now, you should be able to use wolfCLU:

wolfssl -h

If everything worked, you should see the wolfCLU help message.

Examples

Key Generation

The command below generates an RSA public/private key pair in PEM form.

wolfssl genkey rsa -size 2048 -out mykey -outform pem -output KEY

Resulting files mykey.priv and mykey.pub can be seen below.

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvCjQxgLC0QT3m2KCBRGF
9inN3xKzTd9Aht2i3on5th1gFTmh0X9M8MFoOnXrzAuTTq/rjR1OLJCBJkB029zo
XkbGMN/D0KCXRNl1SRTH+Z5lL6ZG88ckhMYoAk96FDZq83WCEL/UnAkL/U1IRSHm
CzmQdYSMkO4+7upvipEjwe3yP1DNw/Dx72fMRKagkbjAujETzVRn17kEe4uENBOX
/hFPjjVf+7ie+AgY6UAxWaDt46ICY0c/PisP+aSj5+yLDGHcGOrgRIt4lJ8NQXvm
QtyH6lfLomOobGJMbrAmy68fmCzRy8lfaxS05SnsUIHulotxZgZ0ZFhPB7q8EAsR
KQIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

Certification Generation

This command generates an X509 certificate using the private key created above.

wolfssl req -new -days 3650 -key mykey.priv -out test.cert -x509

The resulting file test.cert can be seen below.

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

DGST Sign and Verify

The commands below sign this README then verify it with the resulting signature.

wolfssl dgst -sha256 -sign mykey.priv -out readme.sig ./README.md
wolfssl dgst -sha256 -verify mykey.pub -signature readme.sig ./README.md

Contacts

Please contact support@wolfssl.com with any questions or comments.

License

Copyright (c) 2006-2021 wolfSSL Inc.