Private key deleted

how do i generate a new private_key in my
/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private directory

I know how to generate certs, but no private keys generate
puppet cert --generate <proxy-FQDN>

thanks

If your issue is on a Puppet client then you may like to try the following:

On Client stop the client if running as a daemon then ‘rm -rf
/var/lib/puppet/ssl’

On the Puppetmaster remove the Client’s certificate ‘puppet cert clean
fqdn_of_client’

Finally back on the Client ‘puppet agent --test’

Please test this on a dev/test system before trying it on a production
system.

Depending on how the Puppetmaster has been setup you may like to take a
look on it for your key there :wink:

Regards, Mike.

··· On Friday, August 23, 2013 10:49:20 AM UTC-4, limbooface wrote: > > how do i generate a new private_key in my > /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private directory > > I know how to generate certs, but no private keys generate > puppet cert --generate > > > thanks >