» Consul TLS Cert Create

Command: consul tls cert create

The tls cert create command is used to create certificates for your Consul TLS setup.

» Examples

Create a certificate for servers:

$ consul tls cert create -server
==> WARNING: Server Certificates grants authority to become a
    server and access all state in the cluster including root keys
    and all ACL tokens. Do not distribute them to production hosts
    that are not server nodes. Store them as securely as CA keys.
==> Using consul-ca.pem and consul-ca-key.pem
==> Saved consul-server-dc1-0.pem
==> Saved consul-server-dc1-0-key.pem

Create a certificate for clients:

$ consul tls cert create -client
==> Using consul-ca.pem and consul-ca-key.pem
==> Saved consul-client-0.pem
==> Saved consul-client-0-key.pem

Create a certificate for cli:

$ consul tls cert create -cli
==> Using consul-ca.pem and consul-ca-key.pem
==> Saved consul-cli-0.pem
==> Saved consul-cli-0-key.pem

» Usage

Usage: consul tls cert create [filename-prefix] [options]

» TLS Cert Create Options