VB.NET

Renew a DigiCert Certificate from an EST-enabled profile

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Demonstrates how to renew a certificate from an EST-enabled profile in DigiCert​​®​​ Trust Lifecycle Manager. (The certificate must be within the renewal window configured in the certificate profile. The CSR must have same Subject DN values as the original certificate.) VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' The example below duplicates the following OpenSSL commands:
' 
' # Name of certificate as argument 1
' 
' # Make new key
' openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -noout -out ${1}.key.pem
' 
' # Make csr
' openssl req -new -sha256 -key ${1}.key.pem -out ${1}.p10.csr -subj "/CN=${1}"
' 
' # Request new cert
' curl -v --cacert data/ca.pem --cert data/${1}.pem --key data/${1}.key.pem 
'     --data-binary @${1}.p10.csr -o ${1}.p7.b64 -H "Content-Type: application/pkcs10" https://clientauth.demo.one.digicert.com/.well-known/est/IOT/simplereenroll
' 
' # Convert to PEM
' openssl base64 -d -in ${1}.p7.b64 | openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -outform PEM -print_certs -out ${1}.pem

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

' Create a Fortuna PRNG and seed it with system entropy.
' This will be our source of random data for generating the ECC private key.
Dim fortuna As New Chilkat.Prng
Dim entropy As String = fortuna.GetEntropy(32,"base64")
success = fortuna.AddEntropy(entropy,"base64")

Dim ec As New Chilkat.Ecc

' Generate a random EC private key on the prime256v1 curve.
Dim privKey As New Chilkat.PrivateKey
success = ec.GenKey("prime256v1",fortuna,privKey)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ec.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Create the CSR object and set properties.
Dim csr As New Chilkat.Csr

' Specify your CN
csr.CommonName = "mysubdomain.mydomain.com"

' Create the CSR using the private key.
Dim bdCsr As New Chilkat.BinData
success = csr.GenCsrBd(privKey,bdCsr)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(csr.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Save the private key and CSR to files.
privKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile("password","c:/temp/qa_output/ec_privkey.pem")

bdCsr.WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/csr.pem")

' ----------------------------------------------------------------------
' Now do the CURL request to POST the CSR and get the new certificate.

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

Dim tlsClientCert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = tlsClientCert.LoadFromFile("data/myTlsClientCert.pem")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(tlsClientCert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim bdTlsClientCertPrivKey As New Chilkat.BinData
success = bdTlsClientCertPrivKey.LoadFile("data/myTlsClientCert.key.pem")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load data/myTlsClientCert.key.pem")
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim tlsClientCertPrivKey As New Chilkat.PrivateKey
success = tlsClientCertPrivKey.LoadAnyFormat(bdTlsClientCertPrivKey,"")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(tlsClientCertPrivKey.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


success = tlsClientCert.SetPrivateKey(tlsClientCertPrivKey)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(tlsClientCert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


http.SetSslClientCert(tlsClientCert)

http.RequireSslCertVerify = True

' The body of the HTTP request contains the binary CSR.
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
Dim url As String = "https://clientauth.demo.one.digicert.com/.well-known/est/IOT/simplereenroll"
success = http.HttpBd("POST",url,bdCsr,"application/pkcs10",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed")
    Exit Sub
End If


' The response is the Base64 DER of the new certificate.
Dim myNewCert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = myNewCert.LoadFromBase64(resp.BodyStr)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(myNewCert.LastErrorText)
    Debug.WriteLine("Cert data = " & resp.BodyStr)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


success = myNewCert.SaveToFile("c:/temp/qa_output/myNewCert.cer")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(myNewCert.LastErrorText)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Success.")