generate_nmc_cert

generate_nmc_cert generates TLS server certificates of the form expected by Namecoin.

Building

Prerequisites:

1. Ensure you have the Go tools installed.

Option A: Using Go build commands without Go modules (works on any platform with Bash; only Go 1.15-1.16.x; will not work on Go 1.17+):

1. Ensure you have the GOPATH environment variable set. (For those not familar with Go, setting it to the path to an empty directory will suffice. The directory will be filled with build files.)

2. Run export GO111MODULE=off to disable Go modules.

3. Run go get -d -t -u github.com/namecoin/generate_nmc_cert/.... The generate_nmc_cert source code will be retrieved automatically.

4. If running an old Go version, you may need to enter the generate_nmc_cert directory and git checkout an older tag, e.g. for Go 1.15.x you should checkout the v1.14 tag.

5. Run go generate github.com/namecoin/x509-compressed/.... The compressed public key patch will be applied.

6. Run go get -t -u github.com/namecoin/generate_nmc_cert/.... generate_nmc_cert will be built. The binaries will be at $GOPATH/bin/generate_nmc_cert.

Option B: Using Go build commands with Go modules (works on any platform with Bash; Go 1.15+:

1. Install x509-compressed according to its "with Go modules" instructions. Clone generate_nmc_cert to a sibling directory of x509-compressed.

2. If running an old Go version, you may need to enter the generate_nmc_cert directory and git checkout an older tag, e.g. for Go 1.15.x you should checkout the v1.14 tag.

3. Run the following in the generate_nmc_cert directory to set up Go modules:

   go mod init
   go mod tidy
   go mod edit -replace github.com/namecoin/x509-compressed=../x509-compressed
   go mod tidy
   

4. Run go install ./.... generate_nmc_cert will be built. The binaries will be at $GOPATH/bin/generate_nmc_cert.

Option C: Using Makefile (non-Windows platforms):

1. Run make. The source repository will be retrieved via go get automatically.

Licence

License matches the upstream Go standard library's BSD-style license; see LICENSE for details.