Setting up Puppet certificates

To generate and sign a certificate, follow the next steps:

1. In the agent side run this command to generate an empty certificate:

   # puppet agent -t
   

2. In the server side, list the current certificates that need approval:

   # puppet cert list
   

   It should output a list with your node’s hostname.

3. Approve the certificate, replacing hostname.example.com with your agent's node name:

   # puppet cert sign hostname.example.com
   

4. Back on the Puppet agent node, run in the puppet agent again:

   # puppet agent -t