ipa-getcert command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

ipa-getcert: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ipa-getcert: command not found

Solutions to ipa-getcert: command not found

How To Fix ipa-getcert: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ipa-getcert is provided by certmonger package.

certmonger is:

Certmonger is a D-Bus -based service which attempts to simplify interaction with certifying authorities (CAs) on networks which use public-key infrastructure (PKI).

If it knows the location of a certificate, certmonger can track the expiration date and notify you when the certificate is about to expire.

If it has access to the corresponding private key and information about the CA which issued the certificate, certmonger can even attempt to automatically obtain a new certificate.

Supports certificate and key storage in PEM or NSSDB formats.

Can self-sign certificates, or can submit them to either certmaster or development versions of IPA.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install certmonger

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install certmonger.

sudo apt -y install certmonger

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install certmonger

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ipa-getcert command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.