Man Page: puppet ca
Included in Puppet Enterprise 2015.2. A newer version is available; see the version menu above for details.
NAME
puppet-ca
- Local Puppet Certificate Authority management.
SYNOPSIS
puppet ca action
DESCRIPTION
This provides local management of the Puppet Certificate Authority.
You can use this subcommand to sign outstanding certificate requests, list and manage local certificates, and inspect the state of the CA.
OPTIONS
Note that any setting 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
settings, 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
, andconsole
, but other options such asdot
are sometimes available. - --verbose
- Whether to log verbosely.
- --debug
- Whether to log debug information.
ACTIONS
destroy
- Destroy named certificate or pending certificate request.SYNOPSIS
puppet ca destroy
DESCRIPTION
Destroy named certificate or pending certificate request.
fingerprint
- Print the DIGEST (defaults to the signing algorithm) fingerprint of a host's certificate.SYNOPSIS
puppet ca fingerprint [--digest ALGORITHM]
DESCRIPTION
Print the DIGEST (defaults to the signing algorithm) fingerprint of a host's certificate.
OPTIONS
--digest ALGORITHM - The hash algorithm to use when displaying the fingerprintgenerate
- Generate a certificate for a named client.SYNOPSIS
puppet ca generate [--dns-alt-names NAMES]
DESCRIPTION
Generate a certificate for a named client.
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 usepuppet kick
orpuppet 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 remotepuppet 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.
list
- List certificates and/or certificate requests.SYNOPSIS
puppet ca list [--[no-]all] [--[no-]pending] [--[no-]signed] [--digest ALGORITHM] [--subject PATTERN]
DESCRIPTION
This will list the current certificates and certificate signing requests in the Puppet CA. You will also get the fingerprint, and any certificate verification failure reported.
OPTIONS
--[no-]all - Include all certificates and requests.--digest ALGORITHM - The hash algorithm to use when displaying the fingerprint
--[no-]pending - Include pending certificate signing requests.
--[no-]signed - Include signed certificates.
--subject PATTERN - Only include certificates or requests where subject matches PATTERN.
PATTERN is interpreted as a regular expression, allowing complex filtering of the content.
print
- Print the full-text version of a host's certificate.SYNOPSIS
puppet ca print
DESCRIPTION
Print the full-text version of a host's certificate.
revoke
- Add certificate to certificate revocation list.SYNOPSIS
puppet ca revoke
DESCRIPTION
Add certificate to certificate revocation list.
sign
- Sign an outstanding certificate request.SYNOPSIS
puppet ca sign [--[no-]allow-dns-alt-names]
DESCRIPTION
Sign an outstanding certificate request.
OPTIONS
--[no-]allow-dns-alt-names - Whether or not to accept DNS alt names in the certificate requestverify
- Verify the named certificate against the local CA certificate.SYNOPSIS
puppet ca verify
DESCRIPTION
Verify the named certificate against the local CA certificate.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING