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.TH "PUPPET\-CERT" "8" "February 2011" "Puppet Labs, LLC" "Puppet manual"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBpuppet\-cert\fR \- Manage certificates and requests
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
Standalone certificate authority\. Capable of generating certificates, but mostly used for signing certificate requests from puppet clients\.
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.SH "USAGE"
puppet cert [\-h|\-\-help] [\-V|\-\-version] [\-d|\-\-debug] [\-v|\-\-verbose] [\-g|\-\-generate] [\-l|\-\-list] [\-s|\-\-sign] [\-r|\-\-revoke] [\-p|\-\-print] [\-c|\-\-clean] [\-\-verify] [\-\-digest \fIdigest\fR] [\-\-fingerprint] [host]
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.SH "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\.
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.SH "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 \fIdirectory\fR\' as an argument\.
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.P
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\'\.
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.TP
\-\-all
Operate on all items\. Currently only makes sense with \'\-\-sign\', \'\-\-clean\', or \'\-\-list\'\.
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.TP
\-\-digest
Set the digest for fingerprinting (defaults to md5)\. Valid values depends on your openssl and openssl ruby extension version, but should contain at least md5, sha1, md2, sha256\.
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\-\-clean
Remove all files related to a 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\. The certificate of the host is also revoked\. If \'\-\-all\' is specified then all host certificates, both signed and unsigned, will be removed\.
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\-\-debug
Enable full debugging\.
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\-\-generate
Generate a certificate for a named client\. A certificate/keypair will be generated for each client named on the command line\.
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\-\-help
Print this help message
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\-\-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)\.
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\-\-print
Print the full\-text version of a host\'s certificate\.
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\-\-fingerprint
Print the DIGEST (defaults to md5) fingerprint of a host\'s certificate\.
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\-\-revoke
Revoke the certificate of a client\. The certificate can be specified either by its serial number, given as a decimal number or 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\' config parameter\. Note that the puppetmasterd needs to be restarted after revoking certificates\.
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\-\-sign
Sign an outstanding certificate request\. Unless \'\-\-all\' is specified, hosts must be listed after all flags\.
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\-\-verbose
Enable verbosity\.
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\-\-version
Print the puppet version number and exit\.
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\-\-verify
Verify the named certificate against the local CA certificate\.
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.SH "EXAMPLE"
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.nf

$ puppet cert \-l
culain\.madstop\.com
$ puppet cert \-s culain\.madstop\.com
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.fi
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.SH "AUTHOR"
Luke Kanies
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.SH "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) 2005 Puppet Labs, LLC Licensed under the GNU Public License