NAME

       puppet-certificate_request - Manage certificate requests.

SYNOPSIS

       puppet certificate_request action [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

DESCRIPTION

       This subcommand retrieves and submits certificate signing requests (CSRs).

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.

       --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 - Invalid for this subcommand.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet certificate_request destroy [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key

              DESCRIPTION

              Invalid for this subcommand.

       find - Retrieve a single CSR.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet certificate_request find [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] host

              DESCRIPTION

              Retrieve a single CSR.

              RETURNS

              A  single  certificate  request.  When  used  from  the   Ruby   API,   returns   a
              Puppet::SSL::CertificateRequest object.

       info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet certificate_request info [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

              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.

       save - API only: submit a certificate signing request.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet certificate_request save [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] x509_CSR

              DESCRIPTION

              API  only: create or overwrite an object. As the Faces framework does not currently
              accept data from STDIN, save actions cannot currently be invoked from  the  command
              line.

       search - Retrieve all outstanding CSRs.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet certificate_request search [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] dummy_text

              DESCRIPTION

              Retrieve all outstanding CSRs.

              RETURNS

              A  list  of  certificate requests. When used from the Ruby API, returns an array of
              Puppet::SSL::CertificateRequest objects.

              NOTES

              Although this action always returns all CSRs, it requires a dummy search key;  this
              is a known bug.

EXAMPLES

       find

       Retrieve a single CSR from the puppet master´s CA:

       $ puppet certificate_request find somenode.puppetlabs.lan --terminus rest

       search

       Retrieve all CSRs from the local CA (similar to ´puppet cert list´):

       $ puppet certificate_request search x --terminus ca

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