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PUPPET-CERT(8)							   Puppet manual						    PUPPET-CERT(8)

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 md5) 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 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' 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 md5). Valid values depends on your openssl and openssl ruby extension version, but
	      should contain at least md5, sha1, md2, sha256.

       --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

Puppet Labs, LLC						     June 2012							    PUPPET-CERT(8)

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PUPPET-MASTER(8)						   Puppet manual						  PUPPET-MASTER(8)

NAME

       puppet-master - The puppet master daemon

SYNOPSIS

       The central puppet server. Functions as a certificate authority by default.

USAGE

       puppet  master  [-D|--daemonize|--no-daemonize]	[-d|--debug]  [-h|--help] [-l|--logdest file|console|syslog] [-v|--verbose] [-V|--version]
       [--compile node-name]

DESCRIPTION

       This command starts an instance of puppet master, running as a daemon and using Ruby's built-in Webrick webserver. Puppet master  can  also
       be managed by other application servers; when this is the case, this executable is not used.

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 master with '--genconfig'.

       --daemonize
	      Send the process into the background. This is the default.

       --no-daemonize
	      Do not send the process into the background.

       --debug
	      Enable full debugging.

       --help Print this help message.

       --logdest
	      Where  to  send messages. Choose between syslog, the console, and a log file. Defaults to sending messages to syslog, or the console
	      if debugging or verbosity is enabled.

       --verbose
	      Enable verbosity.

       --version
	      Print the puppet version number and exit.

       --compile
	      Compile a catalogue and output it in JSON from the puppet master. Uses facts contained in the $vardir/yaml/ directory to compile the
	      catalog.

EXAMPLE

       puppet master

DIAGNOSTICS

       When running as a standalone daemon, puppet master accepts the following signals:

       SIGHUP Restart the puppet master server.

       SIGINT and SIGTERM
	      Shut down the puppet master server.

       SIGUSR2
	      Close file descriptors for log files and reopen them. Used with logrotate.

AUTHOR

       Luke Kanies

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Labs, LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License

Puppet Labs, LLC						     June 2012							  PUPPET-MASTER(8)
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