The tarantella security command

Syntax

tarantella security certinfo | certrequest | certuse |
                    customca | decryptkey | fingerprint | peerca | start | stop

Controls Secure Global Desktop security services and manages X.509 certificates.

Option	Description
`certinfo`	Displays information about an X.509 certificate or Certificate Signing Request (CSR), and optionally checks whether a specified private key matches the public key contained in a particular certificate.
`certrequest`	Creates a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) (and a corresponding key pair) which you use to obtain an X.509 certificate for use with Secure Global Desktop security services.
`certuse`	Installs an X.509 certificate (or specifies the location of an installed certificate) for use with Secure Global Desktop security services.
`customca`	Installs a root certificate for a custom Certificate Authority for use with Secure Global Desktop security services.
`decryptkey`	Decrypts an encrypted private key so that you can use it with Secure Global Desktop.
`fingerprint`	Displays the fingerprint of the X.509 certificate installed on this host.
`peerca`	Shows, imports or exports the primary server's CA certificate used for secure intra-array communication.
`start`	Enables secure (SSL) connections. Users who require secure connections are given them.
`stop`	Disables secure (SSL) connections. Users configured for secure connections are given standard connections instead.

Note All commands allow the --help option: you can use tarantella security subcommand --help to get help on a specific command.

tarantella security certinfo \
  --csrfile /tmp/boston.csr

Displays information about the CSR in /tmp/boston.csr.

tarantella security decryptkey \
  --enckey /opt/keys/key1 \
  --deckey /opt/keys/key2 \
  --format DER

Decrypts the key /opt/keys/key1 (which is stored in DER format), placing the decrypted key in /opt/keys/key2.

Related topics
Securing client connections with Secure Global Desktop security services Security and Secure Global Desktop Improving security between client devices and Secure Global Desktop servers