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Certmonger puppet module

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Version information

  • 0.1.0 (latest)
released May 30th 2016
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.x, 2017.1.x, 2016.5.x, 2016.4.x
  • Puppet >=2.7.20 <5.0.0
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Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'jaosorior-certmonger', '0.1.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add jaosorior-certmonger
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install jaosorior-certmonger --version 0.1.0

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jaosorior/certmonger — version 0.1.0 May 30th 2016

Certmonger puppet module

This puppet modules enable some resources and providers that you can use to request certificates using certmonger.

Request a certificate from IPA using the certmonger provider

This will create a certificate request with the given hostname (which will be used in the subject as the CN) and the given principal. It will use the key specified by 'keyfile'. And if it succeeds it will track the certificate where 'certfile' specifies the resource to do so.

  certmonger_certificate { 'my-cert':
    ensure    => 'present',
    ca        => 'IPA'
    certfile  => '/path/to/certs/my-cert.pem',
    keyfile   => '/path/to/certs/my-key.pem',
    hostname  => 'hostname.example.com'
    principal => 'HTTP/hostname.example.com',
  }

If the certificate already exists it will simply take the values and add it to the resource catalog. However, you can tell the provider to resubmit the certificate if it already exists. This is done by setting the 'force_resubmit' flag. Currently the aforementioned flag is needed if the parameters for the request have changed and you wish to resubmit it.

If, for some reason, the CA rejects your request, you can still see the certificate resource, and the status will reflect the rejection. So, when viewing the resource, you'll see the following:

  certmonger_certificate { 'my-cert':
    ensure      => 'present',
    ca          => 'local'
    certbackend => 'FILE',
    certfile    => '/path/to/certs/my-cert.pem',
    keybackend  => 'FILE',
    keyfile     => '/path/to/certs/my-key.pem',
    status      => 'CA_REJECTED',
  }

The default behavior is to throw an error if the CA rejects the request. But errors can be ignored with the 'ignore_ca_errors' parameter.

One can also automatically stop tracking the certificate request if it's rejected by the CA. This is done by setting the 'cleanup_on_error' flag.

Contributing

  • Fork it
  • Create a topic branch
  • Make your changes
  • Submit a PR

Acknowledgements

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