PUPPET-CA(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-CA(8)NAMEpuppet-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.puppet‐
labs.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.
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) fin‐
gerprint 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 dis‐
playing the fingerprint
generate - 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: addi‐
tional 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 communi‐
cate 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 net‐
works 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 request
verify - 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
Puppet Labs, LLC May 2015 PUPPET-CA(8)
