»Consul TLS

Command: consul tls

The tls command is used to help with setting up a CA and certificates for Consul TLS.

»Basic Examples

Create a CA:

$ consul tls ca create
==> Saved consul-agent-ca.pem
==> Saved consul-agent-ca-key.pem

$ consul tls ca create==> Saved consul-agent-ca.pem==> Saved consul-agent-ca-key.pem

Create a client certificate:

$ consul tls cert create -client
==> Using consul-agent-ca.pem and consul-agent-ca-key.pem
==> Saved dc1-client-consul-0.pem
==> Saved dc1-client-consul-0-key.pem

$ consul tls cert create -client==> Using consul-agent-ca.pem and consul-agent-ca-key.pem==> Saved dc1-client-consul-0.pem==> Saved dc1-client-consul-0-key.pem

For more examples, ask for subcommand help or view the subcommand documentation by clicking on one of the links in the sidebar.

»Usage

Usage: consul tls <subcommand> <subcommand> [options]

For the exact documentation for your Consul version, run consul tls -h to view the complete list of subcommands.

Usage: consul tls <subcommand> <subcommand> [options]

  # ...

Subcommands:
  ca      Helpers for CAs
  cert    Helpers for certificates

Usage: consul tls <subcommand> <subcommand> [options]
  # ...
Subcommands:  ca      Helpers for CAs  cert    Helpers for certificates

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