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Update

Update an existing custom CA certificate on a target host with a new Object Store reference. The PEM file is redeployed and update-ca-certificates is run to rebuild the trust store. Fails if the certificate does not exist -- use create first:

$ osapi client node certificate update --target web-01 \
--name internal-ca --object internal-ca-v2

Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

NAME CHANGED
internal-ca true

If the content has not changed (same SHA), changed: false is returned:

$ osapi client node certificate update --target web-01 \
--name internal-ca --object internal-ca-v2

Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

NAME CHANGED
internal-ca false

Broadcast to all hosts at once:

$ osapi client node certificate update --target _all \
--name internal-ca --object internal-ca-v2

Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

HOSTNAME NAME CHANGED
web-01 internal-ca true
web-02 internal-ca true

JSON Output

Use --json to get the full API response:

$ osapi client node certificate update --target web-01 \
--name internal-ca --object internal-ca-v2 --json
{"results":[{"hostname":"web-01","name":"internal-ca","changed":true,"status":"ok"}],"job_id":"..."}

Flags

FlagDescriptionDefault
--nameCertificate name to updaterequired
--objectNew Object Store reference for the PEM filerequired
-T, --targetTarget: _any, _all, hostname, or label (group:web)_any
-j, --jsonOutput raw JSON response