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document the required variables for using Windows certificates (#29112)

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* document the required variables for using certificates when authenticating to Windows

* clarify that certificates are for local (non-domain) users
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Luke Short 2017-09-07 22:52:25 -04:00 committed by Jordan Borean
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@ -94,8 +94,12 @@ You can specify which authentication option you wish to use by setting it to the
Certificate
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Certificate authentication is similar to SSH where a certificate is assigned to a local user and instead of using a password to authenticate a certificate is used instead.
Certificate authentication is similar to SSH because it uses both a public and private key to access a local Windows user account. This removes the need for using a password.
This requires two variables that specify the path to both the PEM file containing the certificate (cert_pem) and the related private key file (cert_key_pem).
ansible_winrm_cert_pem:
ansible_winrm_cert_key_pem:
Kerberos
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