Chapter 1.
Create and Remove Instance Tools
The Certificate System includes two tools to create and remove subsystem instances,
and
pkicreate
pkiremove
NOTE
The
pkicreate
through installing the packages or running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
command. This tool creates new instances after the default subsystems have
been installed.
Likewise, the
subsystem; it removes a single instance.
1. pkicreate
The
tool creates instances of Certificate System subsystems and does a minimal
pkicreate
configuration of the new instance, such as setting the configuration directory and port numbers.
Further configuration is done through the HTML configuration page, as with configuring the
default instances.
The following sections explain the syntax and usage of the
1.1. Syntax
This tool has the following syntax:
pkicreate -pki_instance_root=/directory/path -subsystem_type=type
-pki_instance_name=instance_ID [-secure_port=SSLport]
[-unsecure_port=port] -tomcat_server_port=port
-user=user_name -group=group_name [-verbose] [-help]
NOTE
The
pkicreate
DONT_RUN_PKICREATE
anything. When the
default subsystem instance (before running the
allows the default instance to be installed in a user-defined location instead of the
default location.
.
tool does not install the Certificate System system; this is done
utility does not uninstall the Certificate System
pkiremove
tool also accepts an environment variable,
; if this is set, the
DONT_RUN_PKICREATE
tool.
pkicreate
utility is prevented from doing
pkicreate
variable is set before installing the
rhpki-install
up2date
script), this
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