Creates and installs a new certificate for this Tentacle.
New certificate options
Usage: tentacle new-certificate [<options>]
Where [<options>] is any of:
--instance=VALUE Name of the instance to use
--config=VALUE Configuration file to use
-b, --if-blank Generates a new certificate only if there is none
-e, --export-file=VALUE DEPRECATED: Exports a new certificate to the
specified file as unprotected base64 text, but
does not save it to the Tentacle configuration;
for use with the import-certificate command
--export-pfx=VALUE Exports the new certificate to the specified
file as a password protected pfx, but does not
save it to the Tentacle configuration; for use
with the import-certificate command
--pfx-password=VALUE The password to use for the exported pfx file
Or one of the common options:
--help Show detailed help for this command
Basic examples
This example creates and installs a new certificate for the default Tentacle instance:
tentacle new-certificate
This example creates, installs, and exports a new certificate for the instance MyNewInstance:
Windows:
tentacle new-certificate --instance="MyNewInstance" --export-pfx="c:\temp\MyNewInstance.pfx" --pfx-password="$uper$ecretP@ssw0rd"
Linux:
tentacle new-certificate --instance="MyNewInstance" --export-pfx="/tmp/MyNewInstance.pfx" --pfx-password="$uper$ecretP@ssw0rd"
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