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NAME
puppet-cert - Manage certificates and requests
SYNOPSIS
Standalone certificate authority. Capable of generating certificates, but mostly used for signing
certificate requests from puppet clients.
USAGE
puppet cert action [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-d|--debug] [-v|--verbose] [--digest digest] [host]
DESCRIPTION
Because the puppet master service defaults to not signing client certificate requests, this script is
available for signing outstanding requests. It can be used to list outstanding requests and then either
sign them individually or sign all of them.
ACTIONS
Every action except ´list´ and ´generate´ requires a hostname to act on, unless the ´--all´ option is
set.
clean Revoke a host´s certificate (if applicable) and remove all files related to that host from puppet
cert´s storage. This is useful when rebuilding hosts, since new certificate signing requests will
only be honored if puppet cert does not have a copy of a signed certificate for that host. If
´--all´ is specified then all host certificates, both signed and unsigned, will be removed.
fingerprint
Print the DIGEST (defaults to the signing algorithm) fingerprint of a host´s certificate.
generate
Generate a certificate for a named client. A certificate/keypair will be generated for each client
named on the command line.
list List outstanding certificate requests. If ´--all´ is specified, signed certificates are also
listed, prefixed by ´+´, and revoked or invalid certificates are prefixed by ´-´ (the verification
outcome is printed in parenthesis).
print Print the full-text version of a host´s certificate.
revoke Revoke the certificate of a client. The certificate can be specified either by its serial number
(given as a hexadecimal number prefixed by ´0x´) or by its hostname. The certificate is revoked by
adding it to the Certificate Revocation List given by the ´cacrl´ configuration option. Note that
the puppet master needs to be restarted after revoking certificates.
sign Sign an outstanding certificate request.
verify Verify the named certificate against the local CA certificate.
OPTIONS
Note that any configuration parameter that´s valid in the configuration file is also a valid long
argument. For example, ´ssldir´ is a valid configuration parameter, so you can specify ´--ssldir
directory´ 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 cert
with ´--genconfig´.
--all Operate on all items. Currently only makes sense with the ´sign´, ´clean´, ´list´, and
´fingerprint´ actions.
--digest
Set the digest for fingerprinting (defaults to the the digest used when signing the cert). Valid
values depends on your openssl and openssl ruby extension version.
--debug
Enable full debugging.
--help Print this help message
--verbose
Enable verbosity.
--version
Print the puppet version number and exit.
EXAMPLE
$ puppet cert list
culain.madstop.com
$ puppet cert sign culain.madstop.com
AUTHOR
Luke Kanies
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Labs, LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License