# cert-manager CLI (cmctl)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/cmctl-cli/  
**Provider:** Cert-Manager — https://apis.io/providers/cert-manager/  
**Documentation:** https://cert-manager.io/docs/reference/cmctl/

cert-manager CLI (cmctl) is one of 6 APIs that [Cert-Manager](https://apis.io/providers/cert-manager/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Certificate Management and CLI. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a GitHub repository, and a changelog.

cmctl is the command-line tool for managing cert-manager resources. It provides commands for checking certificate status, manually triggering renewals, approving or denying certificate requests, and converting cert-manager resources between API versions.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://cert-manager.io/docs/reference/cmctl/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/cert-manager/cmctl
- **ChangeLog** — https://github.com/cert-manager/cmctl/releases

## Other Cert-Manager APIs (5)

- [cert-manager Kubernetes API](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/cert-manager-api/)
- [trust-manager](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/trust-manager/)
- [cert-manager approver-policy](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/approver-policy/)
- [cert-manager csi-driver](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/csi-driver/)
- [cert-manager csi-driver-spiffe](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/csi-driver-spiffe/)

## Tags

Certificate Management, CLI

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