README.md

Certificate Cookbook

Description

This cookbook automates the management of X.509 certificates, private keys, and CA root bundles. It provides a powerful and flexible certificate_manage resource to fetch data from Chef Data Bags (encrypted or unencrypted) or direct plaintext input.

Requirements

• Chef Infra Client: >= 15.3 (Required for unified_mode)

Resources

certificate_manage

The primary resource for managing certificate files on disk.

certificate_manage 'my_site' do
  data_bag 'my_certs'
  data_bag_type 'encrypted'
  owner 'www-data'
  group 'www-data'
end

See the resource documentation for full details and examples!

Usage

This cookbook is designed to be used as a dependency in your own cookbooks. Add depends 'certificate' to your metadata.rb and use the certificate_manage resource.

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.

Backers

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