Package org.springframework.vault.core.certificate

Interface CertificateAuthority

All Known Implementing Classes:

PersistentCertificateAuthority, VaultCertificateAuthority

public interface CertificateAuthority

Interface representing a Certificate Authority to issue certificates.

Since:

4.1

Author:

Mark Paluch

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Certificate	getIssuerCertificate(String certificateName, String issuer)	Retrieve the issuer certificate for the given certificateName and issuer.
CertificateBundle	issueCertificate(String certificateName, String role, VaultCertificateRequest request)	Issue (or re-issue) a certificate for the given certificateName using the role name and VaultCertificateRequest.

Method Details

issueCertificate

CertificateBundle issueCertificate(String certificateName,
 String role,
 VaultCertificateRequest request)

Issue (or re-issue) a certificate for the given certificateName using the role name and VaultCertificateRequest.

Parameters:

certificateName - name of the certificate bundle to identify the certificate. Useful for caching purposes.

role - Vault role name to use for issuing the certificate.

request - the VaultCertificateRequest.

Returns:

the issued (or re-issued) CertificateBundle.

getIssuerCertificate

Certificate getIssuerCertificate(String certificateName,
 String issuer)

Retrieve the issuer certificate for the given certificateName and issuer.

Parameters:

certificateName - name of the certificate. Useful for caching purposes.

issuer - issuer name.

Returns:

the issuer Certificate.