The getcert.pl Script

getcert.pl is a script designed to fetch certificates from a specified remote host. Once fetched, these certificates can be copied and pasted into the dashboard form, or included in the values.yaml during installation.

Usage

./getcert.pl [options] {HOSTNAME|HOSTNAME:PORT}

Where:

Option	Description	Version
--api Aliases: -a	Use this option to fetch the Manager API certificate on the default port 8090
--base64 Aliases: -b	Output the certificate encoded in base64.	8.0.2
--help Aliases: -h	Use this option to display the help message
--port Aliases: -p	Use this option to specify the port - requires either --api or --tcp argument.
--tcp Aliases: -t	Use this option to fetch the TCP certificate on the default port 11999

Examples

Fetch the API certificate from a host:

shell> ./getcert.pl --api db1.continuent.com

Fetching API certificate from db1.continuent.com:8090 ...

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDBDCCAeygAwIBAgIBAzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADA8MTowOAYDVQQDDDFNeVNR
... rest of certificate content ...
LwZn40KuWnk=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Please copy this API certificate (including BEGIN and END markers) into the UI form

Fetch the TCP certificate from a host on a specific port:

shell> ./getcert.pl --tcp --port 11999 {HOSTNAME}

Redirecting Output to a File

The output of the script can be redirected to a file using the > operator. For example:

shell> ./getcert.pl --api {HOSTNAME} > cert.txt

This will save the certificate content into cert.txt without any additional verbose output.

Fetch base64 encoded API certificate from a host for a kubernetes values.yaml file:

shell> ./getcert.pl --api db1.continuent.com --base64

Fetching API certificate from db1.continuent.com:8090 ...

LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tCk1JSURKekNDQWcrZ0F3SUJBZ0l
FS0VUclZUQU5CZ2txaGtpRzl3MEJBUXNGQURCRU1Rc3dDUVlEVlFRR0V3SlYKVX
... rest of base64 certificate content ...

Please copy this API certificate encoded in base64 into the values.yaml configuration file