ncgencert

ncgencert 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/ncgencert/.... The ncgencert source code will be retrieved automatically.

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

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

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

1. git clone https://github.com/namecoin/ncgencert.

2. If running an old Go version, you may need to enter the ncgencert 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 ncgencert directory to set up Go modules:

   go mod init
   go mod tidy
   

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

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.