Command: nomad tls cert create

The tls cert create command is used to create certificates to be used for TLS encryption for your Nomad cluster. You can then copy these to your servers and clients. This command will not automatically update the configuration of the agents.

Usage

Usage: nomad tls cert create [options]

Command Options

-additional-dnsname=<string>: Provide an additional dnsname for Subject Alternative Names. localhost is always included. This flag may be provided multiple times.
-additional-ipaddress=<string>: Provide an additional ipaddress for Subject Alternative Names. 127.0.0.1 is always included. This flag may be provided multiple times.
-ca=<string>: Provide path to the ca. Defaults to #DOMAIN#-agent-ca.pem.
-cli: Generate cli certificate.
-client: Generate client certificate.
-days=<int>: Provide number of days the certificate is valid for from now on. Defaults to 1 year.
-cluster-region=<string>: DEPRECATED please use -region.
-domain=<string>: Provide the domain. Matters only for -server certificates.
-key=<string>: Provide path to the key. Defaults to #DOMAIN#-agent-ca-key.pem.
-region=<string>: Provide the region. Defaults to "global".
-server: Generate server certificate.

Examples

Create a certificate for servers:

$ nomad 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 CA file nomad-agent-ca.pem and CA key nomad-agent-ca-key.pem
==> Server Certificate saved to global-server-nomad.pem
==> Server Certificate key saved to global-server-nomad-key.pem

Create a certificate for clients:

$ nomad tls cert create -client
==> Using CA file nomad-agent-ca.pem and CA key nomad-agent-ca-key.pem
==> Client Certificate saved to global-client-nomad.pem
==> Client Certificate key saved to global-client-nomad-key.pem

Create a certificate for the CLI:

$ nomad tls cert create -cli
==> Using CA file nomad-agent-ca.pem and CA key nomad-agent-ca-key.pem
==> Cli Certificate saved to global-cli-nomad.pem
==> Cli Certificate key saved to global-cli-nomad-key.pem