PUPPET-KEY(8)                    Puppet manual                   PUPPET-KEY(8)



NAME
       puppet-key - Create, save, and remove certificate keys.

SYNOPSIS
       puppet key action [--terminus TERMINUS]

DESCRIPTION
       This subcommand manages certificate private keys. Keys are created
       automatically by puppet agent and when certificate requests are
       generated with 'puppet certificate generate'; it should not be
       necessary to use this subcommand directly.

OPTIONS
       Note that any configuration parameter 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 is a valid
       configuration parameter, so you can specify --server <servername> 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 with
       --genconfig.

       --mode MODE
              The run mode to use for the current action. Valid modes are
              user, agent, and master.

       --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.

       --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
              Puppet 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
              additional terminuses for various local data models, which are
              in turn used by the indirected subsystem on the puppet master
              whenever 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] key

              DESCRIPTION

              Delete an object.

       find - Retrieve an object by name.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet key find [--terminus TERMINUS] key

              DESCRIPTION

              Retrieve an object by name.

       info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet key info [--terminus TERMINUS]

              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 '--mode' option.

       save - API only: create or overwrite an object.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet key save [--terminus TERMINUS]

              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] 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:

       o   ca

       o   file



COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING



Puppet Labs, LLC                   June 2011                     PUPPET-KEY(8)
