certmonger-certmaster-submit (8) Linux Manual Page

certmaster-submit

Synopsis

certmaster-submit [-h serverHost] [-c cafile] [-C capath] [csrfile]

Description

certmaster-submit is the helper which certmonger uses to make requests to certmaster-based CAs. It is not normally run interactively, but it can be for troubleshooting purposes. The signing request which is to be submitted should either be in a file whose name is given as an argument, or fed into certmaster-submit via stdin. There is no standard authenticated method for obtaining the root certificate from certmaster CAs, so certmonger does not support retrieving trust information from them.

Options

-h serverHost

Submit the request to the certmaster instance running on the named host. The default is localhost:51235 if a file named /var/run/certmaster.pid is found on the local system, and is read from /etc/certmaster/minion.conf if that file is not found.

-c cafile

Submit the request over HTTPS instead of HTTP, and only trust the server if its certificate was issued by the CA whose certificate is in the named file.

-C capath

Submit the request over HTTPS instead of HTTP, and only trust the server if its certificate was issued by a CA whose certificate is in a file in the named directory.

Exit Status

0

if the certificate was issued. The certificate will be printed.

1

if the CA is still thinking. A cookie value will be printed.

2

if the CA rejected the request. An error message may be printed.

3

if the CA was unreachable. An error message may be printed.

4

if critical configuration information is missing. An error message may be printed.

Files

/var/run/certmaster.pid

the certmaster service’s PID file. Its presence is taken to indicate that this system is a CA, and that requests should be submitted to a certmaster server running on the local system.

/etc/certmaster/minion.conf

the certmaster minion configuration file. If there is no indication that the local system is a certmaster server, then this file is consulted to determine the location of the certmaster server.

Known Bugs

Checking for the existence of certmaster’s PID file is a terrible way to figure out whether we’re a minion or not.

Bugs

Please file tickets for any that you find at https://fedorahosted.org/certmonger/

See Also

certmonger(8) getcert(1) getcert-add-ca(1) getcert-add-scep-ca(1) getcert-list-cas(1) getcert-list(1) getcert-modify-ca(1) getcert-refresh-ca(1) getcert-remove-ca(1) getcert-resubmit(1) getcert-start-tracking(1) getcert-status(1) getcert-stop-tracking(1) certmonger-dogtag-ipa-renew-agent-submit(8) certmonger-dogtag-submit(8) certmonger-ipa-submit(8) certmonger-local-submit(8) certmonger-scep-submit(8) certmonger_selinux(8)