PUPPET-KEY(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-KEY(8)NAMEpuppet-key - Create, save, and remove certificate keys.
SYNOPSIS
puppet key action [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]
DESCRIPTION
This subcommand manages certificate private keys. Keys are created
automatically by puppet agent and when certificate requests are gener‐
ated with ´puppet certificate generate´; it should not be necessary to
use this subcommand directly.
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.
--extra HASH
A terminus can take additional arguments to refine the opera‐
tion, 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 Pup‐
pet 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 addi‐
tional terminuses for various local data models, which are in
turn used by the indirected subsystem on the puppet master when‐
ever 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 an object.
SYNOPSIS
puppet key destroy [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key
DESCRIPTION
Delete an object.
find - Retrieve an object by name.
SYNOPSIS
puppet key find [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] [key]
DESCRIPTION
Retrieve an object by name.
info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
SYNOPSIS
puppet key 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: create or overwrite an object.
SYNOPSIS
puppet key save [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key
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 - Search for an object or retrieve multiple objects.
SYNOPSIS
puppet key search [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] query
DESCRIPTION
Search for an object or retrieve multiple objects.
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
· memory
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING
Puppet Labs, LLC May 2015 PUPPET-KEY(8)
