OCIFBSD-CERT(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual OCIFBSD-CERT(8)

ocifbsd-certocifbsd certificate management tool

ocifbsd-cert command [args ...]

The ocifbsd-cert tool manages X.509 certificates used by the ocifbsd(8) OCI runtime. It supports certificate authority (CA) creation, node enrollment, automatic rotation, ACME/Let's Encrypt integration, and external CA enrollment (SCEP, EST, ADCS, Vault PKI).

Certificate data is stored under /etc/ocifbsd/certs with backups under /var/lib/ocifbsd/certs/backups.

The commands are:

List all known certificates as JSON to standard output.
Rotate every certificate that is due for renewal.
Verify every certificate's expiry and emit syslog alerts for those approaching the warning or critical thresholds.
name
Create a timestamped backup of name's key and certificate.

/etc/ocifbsd/certs
Certificate storage directory.
/var/lib/ocifbsd/certs/backups
Certificate backup directory.
/etc/ocifbsd/certs/registry.json
On-disk registry of known certificates.
/etc/ocifbsd/certs/history.log
Append-only audit log of certificate actions.

ocifbsd(8)

The ocifbsd-cert command first appeared in FreeBSD 16.0.

The ocifbsd-cert utility was developed by Klara, Inc. under sponsorship from

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE June 5, 2026 OCIFBSD-CERT(8)