Product certificate

Bryan Kearney bkearney at redhat.com
Tue Aug 30 12:44:35 UTC 2011


On 08/30/2011 08:34 AM, Lukas Zapletal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> there is one mention of "product certificate" on the CP wiki:
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/candlepin/search?q="product+certificate"
>
> Actually its on the API page
> (https://fedorahosted.org/candlepin/wiki/API):
>
> """
> GET /products/{product_uuid}/certificate : Get a product certificate
> """
>
> What is a product certificate and what is used for?
>
> Thanks
>
The product certificate is a signed piece of data which says "This 
product is on this machine". The entitlement certificate represents the 
subscription which covers one or more products. When all products are 
covered by subscriptions, then the machine is green/compliant/covered.

-- bk



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