libmachine/cert/cert.go
func (xcg *X509CertGenerator) GenerateCACertificate(certFile, keyFile, org string, bits int) error {
	template, err := xcg.newCertificate(org)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	template.IsCA = true
	template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageCertSign
	template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageKeyEncipherment
	template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageKeyAgreement

	priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, bits)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, template, template, &priv.PublicKey, priv)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	certOut, err := os.Create(certFile)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	pem.Encode(certOut, &pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: derBytes})
	certOut.Close()

	keyOut, err := os.OpenFile(keyFile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0600)
	if err != nil {
		return err

	}

	pem.Encode(keyOut, &pem.Block{Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(priv)})
	keyOut.Close()

	return nil
}
func (xcg *X509CertGenerator) GenerateCACertificate(certFile, keyFile, org string, bits int) error {
	template, err := xcg.newCertificate(org)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	template.IsCA = true
	template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageCertSign
	template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageKeyEncipherment
	template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageKeyAgreement

	priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, bits)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, template, template, &priv.PublicKey, priv)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	certOut, err := os.Create(certFile)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	pem.Encode(certOut, &pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: derBytes})
	certOut.Close()

	keyOut, err := os.OpenFile(keyFile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0600)
	if err != nil {
		return err

	}

	pem.Encode(keyOut, &pem.Block{Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(priv)})
	keyOut.Close()

	return nil
}
// GenerateCACertificate generates a new certificate authority from the specified org
// and bit size and stores the resulting certificate and key file
// in the arguments.