Resource Type: x509_request

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/x509_request.rb

Providers:

openssl

Overview

An x509 certificate signing request

Properties

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent

Parameters

• authentication (defaults to: rsa)

  The authentication algorithm: ‘rsa’, ‘dsa’ or ec

  Supported values:

  • rsa
  • dsa
  • ec
• encrypted (defaults to: true)

  Whether to generate the key unencrypted. This is needed by some applications like OpenLDAP

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• force (defaults to: false)

  Whether to replace the certificate if the private key mismatches

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• password

  The optional password for the private key

• path

  The path of the certificate signing request

• private_key

  The path of the private key

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘x509_request` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• template

  The template to use