Provided by: puppet-common_3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3_all 
NAME
puppet-certificate - Provide access to the CA for certificate management.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate action [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
This subcommand interacts with a local or remote Puppet certificate authority. Currently, its behavior is
not a full superset of puppet cert; specifically, it is unable to mimic puppet cert´s "clean" option, and
its "generate" action submits a CSR rather than creating a signed certificate.
OPTIONS
Note that any configuration parameter that´s valid in the configuration file is also a valid long
argument, although it may or may not be relevant to the present action. For example, server and run_mode
are valid configuration parameters, so you can specify --server <servername>, or --run_mode <runmode> as
an argument.
See the configuration file documentation at
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/configuration.html for the full list of acceptable
parameters. A commented list of all configuration options can also be generated by running puppet with
--genconfig.
--render-as FORMAT
The format in which to render output. The most common formats are json, s (string), yaml, and
console, but other options such as dot are sometimes available.
--verbose
Whether to log verbosely.
--debug
Whether to log debug information.
--ca-location LOCATION
Whether to act on the local certificate authority or one provided by a remote puppet master.
Allowed values are ´local´ and ´remote.´
This option is required.
--extra HASH
A terminus can take additional arguments to refine the operation, which are passed as an arbitrary
hash to the back-end. Anything passed as the extra value is just send direct to the back-end.
--terminus TERMINUS
Indirector faces expose indirected subsystems of Puppet. These subsystems are each able to
retrieve and alter a specific type of data (with the familiar actions of find, search, save, and
destroy) from an arbitrary number of pluggable backends. In Puppet parlance, these backends are
called terminuses.
Almost all indirected subsystems have a rest terminus that interacts with the puppet master´s
data. Most of them have additional terminuses for various local data models, which are in turn
used by the indirected subsystem on the puppet master whenever it receives a remote request.
The terminus for an action is often determined by context, but occasionally needs to be set
explicitly. See the "Notes" section of this face´s manpage for more details.
ACTIONS
destroy - Delete a certificate.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate destroy [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION host
DESCRIPTION
Deletes a certificate. This action currently only works on the local CA.
RETURNS
Nothing.
find - Retrieve a certificate.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate find [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION host
DESCRIPTION
Retrieve a certificate.
RETURNS
An x509 SSL certificate.
Note that this action has a side effect of caching a copy of the certificate in Puppet´s ssldir.
generate - Generate a new certificate signing request.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate generate [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION
[--dns-alt-names NAMES] host
DESCRIPTION
Generates and submits a certificate signing request (CSR) for the specified host. This CSR will
then have to be signed by a user with the proper authorization on the certificate authority.
Puppet agent usually handles CSR submission automatically. This action is primarily useful for
requesting certificates for individual users and external applications.
OPTIONS --dns-alt-names NAMES - The comma-separated list of alternative DNS names to use for the
local host. When the node generates a CSR for itself, these are added to the request as the
desired subjectAltName in the certificate: additional DNS labels that the certificate is also
valid answering as. This is generally required if you use a non-hostname certname, or if you want
to use puppet kick or puppet resource -H and the primary certname does not match the DNS name you
use to communicate with the host. This is unnecessary for agents, unless you intend to use them as
a server for puppet kick or remote puppet resource management. It is rarely necessary for servers;
it is usually helpful only if you need to have a pool of multiple load balanced masters, or for
the same master to respond on two physically separate networks under different names.
RETURNS
Nothing.
info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate info [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
Prints the default terminus class for this subcommand. Note that different run modes may have
different default termini; when in doubt, specify the run mode with the ´--run_mode´ option.
list - List all certificate signing requests.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate list [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
List all certificate signing requests.
RETURNS
An array of #inspect output from CSR objects. This output is currently messy, but does contain the
names of nodes requesting certificates. This action returns #inspect strings even when used from
the Ruby API.
save - Invalid for this subcommand.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate save [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION key
DESCRIPTION
Invalid for this subcommand.
search - Invalid for this subcommand.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate search [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION query
DESCRIPTION
Invalid for this subcommand.
sign - Sign a certificate signing request for HOST.
SYNOPSIS
puppet certificate sign [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] --ca-location LOCATION
[--[no-]allow-dns-alt-names] host
DESCRIPTION
Sign a certificate signing request for HOST.
OPTIONS --[no-]allow-dns-alt-names - Whether or not to accept DNS alt names in the certificate
request
RETURNS
A string that appears to be (but isn´t) an x509 certificate.
EXAMPLES
generate
Request a certificate for "somenode" from the site´s CA:
$ puppet certificate generate somenode.puppetlabs.lan --ca-location remote
sign
Sign somenode.puppetlabs.lan´s certificate:
$ puppet certificate sign somenode.puppetlabs.lan --ca-location remote
NOTES
This subcommand is an indirector face, which exposes find, search, save, and destroy actions for an
indirected subsystem of Puppet. Valid termini for this face include:
• ca
• disabled_ca
• file
• rest
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING
Puppet Labs, LLC January 2013 PUPPET-CERTIFICATE(8)