puppetca --clean hostaname ERROR

[Ganesh Kumar]

Hi Guys,

I am trying to remove the singing authority for particular host, It's showing error
Did I learn something today? If not, I wasted it.

[root@telx2NIU68 signed]# ls
dvtelx2coastalalgoqa39.localdomain.pem  
[root@telx2NIU68 signed]# puppetca --clean telx2coastalalgoqa39
notice: Revoked certificate with serial # Inventory of signed certificates
# SERIAL NOT_BEFORE NOT_AFTER SUBJECT
0x0001 2012-04-25T18:44:40GMT 2017-04-25T18:44:40GMT /CN=Puppet CA: telx2niu68
0x0004 2012-07-02T10:51:39GMT 2017-07-02T10:51:39GMT /CN=telx2coastalalgoqa39.localdomain

err: Could not call revoke: Cannot convert into OpenSSL::BN
[root@telx2NIU68 signed]#

please guide me how to resolve this issue.

-Ganesh.

[Corey Hammerton]

Run this command first:

# puppetca --list --all

It'll output all certs on your puppet master, displayed via FQDNs. 

Then you simply copy the FQDN and run this:

# puppetca clean $fqdn