Certificate

The certificate endpoint returns the certificate for the specified name, which might be either a standard certname or ca.

Most of the certificate authority (CA) application programming interface (API) requires admin access. To obtain a certificate that has admin access, use the pp_cli_auth flag. For more information, see Puppet-specific registered IDs.

Find

Get a certificate.

GET /puppet-ca/v1/certificate/:nodename

Supported HTTP Methods

GET

Supported Response Formats

text/plain

The returned certificate is always in the .pem format.

Parameters

None

Responses

Certificate found

GET /puppet-ca/v1/certificate/elmo.mydomain.com

HTTP 200 OK
Content-Type: text/plain

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Certificate not found

GET /puppet-ca/v1/certificate/certificate_does_not_exist

HTTP 404 Not Found
Content-Type: text/plain

Not Found: Could not find certificate certificate_does_not_exist

No Certificate name given

GET /puppet-ca/v1/certificate

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: text/plain

No request key specified in /puppet-ca/v1/certificate

Primary Server is not a CA

GET /puppet-ca/v1/certificate/valid_certificate

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: text/plain

this server is not a CA