docs/cryptoservice/certificate.go

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package cryptoservice
import (
"crypto/rand"
"crypto/x509"
"fmt"
"github.com/docker/notary/trustmanager"
"github.com/docker/notary/tuf/data"
)
// GenerateCertificate generates an X509 Certificate from a template, given a GUN
func GenerateCertificate(rootKey data.PrivateKey, gun string) (*x509.Certificate, error) {
signer := rootKey.CryptoSigner()
if signer == nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("key type not supported for Certificate generation: %s\n", rootKey.Algorithm())
}
template, err := trustmanager.NewCertificate(gun)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create the certificate template for: %s (%v)", gun, err)
}
derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, template, template, signer.Public(), signer)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create the certificate for: %s (%v)", gun, err)
}
// Encode the new certificate into PEM
cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(derBytes)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse the certificate for key: %s (%v)", gun, err)
}
return cert, nil
}