PowerShell PKI Module Documentation

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Set-CRLDistributionPoint

Synopsis

Set new CRL distribution points (CDP) for Certification Authority.

Syntax

Set-CRLDistributionPoint [-InputObject] <CRLDistributionPoint[]> [-RestartCA] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Set new CRL distribution points (CDP) for Certification Authority. This command will write new CDP URIs to Certification Authority (CA) configuration.

Parameters

-InputObject <CRLDistributionPoint[]>

Specifies an existing CDP object to rewrite. This object can be retrieved by running either Add-CRLDistributionPoint or Remove-CRLDistributionPoint command.

Required?	True
Position?	0
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-RestartCA <SwitchParameter>

Restarts CA service on the specified CA server to immediately apply changes.

Required?	False
Position?	named
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, InformationAction, InformationVariable,
WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable and OutVariable.
For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

PKI.CertificateServices.CRLDistributionPoint

Outputs

PKI.CertificateServices.CRLDistributionPoint

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority RootCA | Get-CrlDistributionPoint | Add-CrlDistributionPoint -NewURI "6:http://crl.domain.com/%3%8%9.crl" | Set-CrlDistributionPoint -RestartCA

This example will add new CDP URI to certificate CDP for 'RootCA' CA server. Also this will add new URI in Freshest CRL in CRL CDP to locate corresponding Delta CRL. After command completion CA services will be restarted to immediately apply changes.

Example 2

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority | Get-CrlDistributionPoint | Add-CrlDistributionPoint -NewURI "65:\\ServerName\crlfile%9.crl", "65:C:\CertData\%3%8%9.crl" | Set-CrlDistributionPoint -RestartCA

This example will add new paths for Base and Delta CRL file publication for all CAs in the current forest. This will not add any new URIs in certificate CDP extension, but instructs CA to publish physical CRL files to specified locations. After command completion CA services will be restarted to immediately apply changes.

Example 3

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority -Name MyCA | Get-CrlDistributionPoint | Remove-CrlDistributionPoint -URI "*c:\windows*" | Set-CrlDistributionPoint -RestartCA

This example will remove all CDP URIs that contains "c:\windows" pattern. After command completion certificate services will be restarted to immediately apply changes.

Example 4

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority -Name MyCA | Get-CrlDistributionPoint | Remove-CrlDistributionPoint -URI "*ldap://*" | Set-CrlDistributionPoint -RestartCA

This example will remove all URIs that are used for CRL file publication and/or retrieval from Active Directory. After command completion certificate services will be restarted to immediately apply changes.

Minimum PowerShell version support

Windows PowerShell 3.0

Operating System Support

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2012 all editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2016 all editions
Windows Server 2019 all editions
Windows Server 2022 all editions