Export certificates

Use the export certificate command to backup the certificate that Octopus Server uses to authenticate itself with its Tentacles.

Export certificate options

Usage: octopus.server export-certificate [<options>]

Where [<options>] is any of:

      --instance=VALUE       Name of the instance to use
      --config=VALUE         Configuration file to use
      --export-pfx=VALUE     The filename to which to export the certificate
      --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 example

This example exports the certificate that the Octopus Server instance named OctopusServer uses to authenticate itself with its Tentacles:

octopus.server export-certificate --instance="OctopusServer" --export-pfx="C:\temp\OctopusServer-certificate.pfx" --pfx-password="Sup3r5ecretPa$$w0rd"

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Page updated on Sunday, January 1, 2023