---
name: "ca2ldif.py"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pyca"
version: "20031119-0.1~deb9u1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ca2ldif.py"
---

# ca2ldif.py(1)

parse and insert in certs to LDAP

## NAME

ca2ldif.py - parse and insert in certs to LDAP

## SYNOPSIS

- **ca2ldif.py**

  \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

Write CA certificates and CRLs to a LDIF file. This is intended for initially setting up the CA entries not for daily CRL update. The entries are of objectclass certificationAuthority and contain the attributes cACertificate;binary, authorityRevocationList;binary and certificateRevocationList;binary. This might require extending schemas on LDAPv2 servers. Have a look at your LDAP servers configuration documentation.

## USAGE

- **-h or --help**

  	Print help message.

## SEE ALSO

**[pyca(1)](/pyca/1.md),**[certs2ldap.py(1)](/certs2ldap.py/1.md),**ca-cycle-pub(8),**ca-cycle-priv(8)

The programs are documented fully by the HTML documents in **/usr/share/doc/pyca/htdocs/**

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001 - 2003 Michael Ströder \<michael@stroeder.com\>

This software including all modules is Open Source and given away under: GPL (GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE) Version 2.

The author refuses to give any warranty of any kind.

## AUTHOR

Michael Ströder \<michael@stroeder.com\>

This manual page was written by Lars Bahner \<bahner@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.