certmonger(8)
NAME
certmonger
SYNOPSIS
certmonger [-s|-S] [-L|-l] [-P SOCKET] [-b TIMEOUT|-B] [-n|-f] [-d LEVEL] [-p FILE] [-F] [-c cmd] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
The certmonger daemon monitors certificates for impending expiration, and can optionally refresh soon-to-be-expired certificates with the help of a CA. If told to, it can drive the entire enrollment process from key generation through enrollment and refresh. The daemon provides a control interface via the org.fedorahosted.certmonger service, with which client tools such as getcert(1) interact.
OPTIONS
-s Listen on the session bus rather than the system bus.
-S Listen on the system bus rather than the session bus. This is
the default.
-l Also listen on a private socket for connections from clients
running under the same UID.
-L Listen only on a private socket for connections from clients
running under the same UID, and skip connecting to a bus.
-P Specify a location for the private listening socket. If the
location beings with a '/' character, it will be prefixed with
'unix:path=', otherwise it will be prefixed with 'unix:'. If
this option is not specified, the listening socket, if one is
created, will be placed in the abstract namespace.
-b TIMEOUT
Behave as a bus-activated service: if there are no certificates
to be monitored or obtained, and no requests are received within
TIMEOUT seconds, exit. Not compatible with the -c option.
-B Don't behave as a bus-activated service. This is the default.
-n Don't fork, and log messages to stderr rather than syslog.
-f Do fork, and log messages to syslog rather than stderr. This is
the default.
-d LEVEL
Set debugging level. Higher values produce more debugging
output. Implies -n.
-p FILE
Store the daemon's process ID in the named file.
-F Force NSS to be initialized in FIPS mode. The default behavior
is to heed the setting stored in /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled.
-c cmd After the service has initialized, run the specified command,
then shut down the service after the command exits. If the -l
or -L option was also specified, the command will be run with
the CERTMONGER_PVT_ADDRESS environment variable set to the
listening socket's location. Not compatible with the -b option.
-v Print version information and exit.
FILES
The set of certificates being monitored or signed is tracked using files stored under /var/lib/certmonger/requests, or in a directory named by the CERTMONGER_REQUESTS_DIR environment variable. The set of known CAs is tracked using files stored under /var/lib/certmonger/cas, or in a directory named by the CERTMONGER_CAS_DIR environment variable. Temporary files will be stored in "/var/run/certmonger", or in the directory named by the CERTMONGER_TMPDIR environment variable if that value was not given at compile time.
BUGS
Please file tickets for any that you find at https://fedorahosted.org/certmonger/
SEE ALSO
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-request(1) getcert-resubmit(1) getcert-start- tracking(1) getcert-status(1) getcert-stop-tracking(1) certmonger- certmaster-submit(8) 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)
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