VCert Python

VCert Python is a Python library and SDK designed to simplify key generation and enrollment of machine identities (also known as SSL/TLS certificates and keys) that comply with enterprise security policy by using the Venafi Platform or Venafi Cloud.

It is a Python copy of original Go library https://github.com/Venafi/vcert

For now VCert is supporting only Python 3, we will support Python from 2.6 in future releases.

Installation

Get the library using pip:
pip3 install vcert

You also can install latest version from github:
pip3 install https://github .com/arykalin/vcert-python/archive/master.zip

Usage example

For code samples of programmatic use, please review the files in /examples.

Prerequisites for using with Trust Protection Platform

1. A user account that has been granted WebSDK Access
2. A folder (zone) where the user has been granted the following permissions: View, Read, Write, Create, Revoke (for the revoke action), and Private Key Read (for the pickup action when CSR is service generated)
3. Policy applied to the folder which specifies:
   1. CA Template that Trust Protection Platform will use to enroll certificate requests submitted by VCert
   2. Subject DN values for Organizational Unit (OU), Organization (O), City (L), State (ST) and Country (C)
   3. Management Type not locked or locked to 'Enrollment'
   4. Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Generation not locked or locked to 'Service Generated CSR'
   5. Generate Key/CSR on Application not locked or locked to 'No'
   6. (Recommended) Disable Automatic Renewal set to 'Yes'
   7. (Recommended) Key Bit Strength set to 2048 or higher
   8. (Recommended) Domain Whitelisting policy appropriately assigned