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:
#清除,用于清除证书
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:
#打印证书指纹
Print the DIGEST (defaults to md5) fingerprint of a host's
certificate.
* generate:
#生成客户端证书
Generate a certificate for a named client. A certificate/keypair will
be generated for each client named on the command line.
* list:
#查看认证客户端列表
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:
#打印主机证书的全文信息
Print the full-text version of a host's certificate.
* revoke:
#废除已认证的主机
Revoke the certificate of a client. The certificate can be specified either
by its serial number (given as 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:
#签署认证
Sign an outstanding certificate request.
* verify:
#验证本地指定的认证
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:
#执行所有操作,包括'sign','clean','list','fingerprint',
Operate on all items. Currently only makes sense with the 'sign',
'clean', 'list', and 'fingerprint' actions.
* --digest:
#设置证书指纹加密的方式,取决于 openssl 版本
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.