Porunov Java ACME Client (PJAC)

An ACME client application for step-by-step SSL certificate management.

PJAC is a CLI management agent designed for use with your own automation tools (ansible, puppet, chef, saltstack, etc.). Also suitable if you want to automate certificate management with your own scripts/programs/crond-jobs etc.).

ACME is a protocol that a Certificate Authority (CA) and an applicant can use to automate the process of verification and certificate issuance.

This application is based on acme4j, a Java ACME library implementation. If you need your own implementation you can use that library.

Supported functions

• Account creation
• Account deactivation
• E-mail address association
• Subscriber Agreement URL retrieval
• Make a certificate request (supports HTTP and DNS challenges)
• Domain authorization deactivation
• Challenge download
• Domains verification
• Certificate generation
• Certificate download
• Certificate revocation

All functions are executed separately, so you can integrate them seamlessly in your own particular environment.

Supported ACME protocol versions

PJAC version 2.x.y and earlier support acme protocol version 1.
PJAC version from 3.x.y supports acme protocol version 2.

System requirements

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8 or higher.

Installation

No installation needed. The application is packed into a single executable JAR file, just download or compile it and you're ready to go.

Usage

See the wiki for information on how to use the application.