PowerShell Module

This module allows management of the certdog application from the command line, or can be integrated with your own scripts

Running from the Command Line

Open a PowerShell window as Administrator

Navigate to [certdog install]\bin e.g. c:\certdog\bin

Import the module:

Import-Module .\certdog-module.psm1

To view the available commands run:

Get-Command -Module certdog-module

login -username [username] -password [password]

Or just type login to be prompted

Examples

Show available Certificate Issuers

Get-Cas

Get-Cas | Format-Table

Show available CSR Generators

Get-CsrGenerators

Request a certificate from a CSR (provided as a file)

Request-CertP10 -caName "Microsoft TLS" -csrFilename C:\Downloads\server22.certdog.local.csr

Where caName is the issuer name as configured within Certdog. This is the name that will be displayed when the cas command is run (above)

Request a certificate from a CSR (provided as data within a variable)

# Read the CSR data
$csrData = Get-Content C:\Downloads\server22.certdog.local.csr
# Send to Certdog
Request-CertP10 -caName "Microsoft TLS" -csr $csrData

Request a certificate with Certdog creating the CSR

$cert = Request-Cert -dn "CN=PowerShell Test,C=GB" -caName "Microsoft TLS" -csrGeneratorName "RSA 2048 Generator" -p12Password "password"

Then save as a PFX

Set-Content -Path C:\Downloads\powershell.pfx -Value $cert.p12Data

Search for certificates

Search based on expiry dates:

$certs = search -validToFrom "2026-05-02T11:00" -validToTo "2026-05-02T13:00"

Search based on issued dates:

$certs = search -validFromFrom "2026-05-02T11:00" -validFromTo "2026-05-10T13:00"

Search for all certificates that have “test” including in their DN:

$certs = search -subjectDn "test"

Search for all certificates issued by CN=Certdog Test Issuing CA, O=Krestfield

$certs = search -issuerDn "CN=Certdog Test Issuing CA, O=Krestfield"

Find all active certificates:

$certs = search -status "active"

Find all active certificates, issued in the last 30 days:

$now = Get-Date
$nowStr = $now.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm")
$30daysAgoStr = $now.AddDays(-30).ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm")
$certs = search -validFromFrom $30daysAgoStr -validFromTo $nowStr -status "active"