Certificates for other hosts: jarl cert get

jarld obtains and renews a certificate for another host; the host asks
for it with one command, waits, downloads it when it is newer than its
copy and runs a hook with the paths in JARL_CERT_* variables.

- Certificates have an owner user; another user can't take the name.
  An existing one is obtained again only when a name is added or
  removed. A new certificates grant (names=) says which names a user
  may have; it is never part of "*". Users may own
  certificates.max_per_user certificates (10) or their own cert_limit.
- POST /certificates/{name}/request; owners may list, show, export and
  delete theirs; keys only over HTTPS, the socket or loopback; every
  download is recorded and shown as "Pulled by".
- CLI: jarl cert get (saved settings, all saved when no name), cert
  saved, cert forget, cert schedule (daily systemd timer, Linux, root).
- Migration 14. Tests: server, auth, and e2e against Pebble.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
 
 ### Added
 
+- Certificates for other hosts: `jarl cert get NAME -d DOMAIN --dir DIR
+  --hook CMD` on a mail server or proxy has jarld obtain the certificate
+  (and renew it), waits, downloads it when it is newer than the host's
+  copy, and runs the hook with the file paths in `JARL_CERT_*`
+  variables. Its settings are saved, so `jarl cert get` alone refreshes
+  them all; `jarl cert schedule` writes a daily systemd timer for that;
+  `jarl cert saved` lists them with their expiry; `jarl cert forget`
+  stops one. A certificate belongs to the user that asked for it (other
+  users can't take the name), is obtained again only when a name is
+  added or removed, and the Certificates page shows its owner and who
+  downloaded it, flagging hosts that haven't fetched a renewal. A new
+  `certificates` grant (`certificates:write names=*.adbraun.lol`) says
+  which names a user may have; it is never part of `*`. Users may own
+  `certificates.max_per_user` certificates (10), or their own
+  `--cert-limit`. API: `POST /certificates/{name}/request`.
 - Certificates can be exported for use outside Jarl: **Export…** on the
   Certificates page (download, or copy to the clipboard),
   `jarl cert export NAME [--dir DIR | --part PART]`
@@ -27,6 +42,10 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
 
 ### Changed
 
+- A certificate's private key is only exported over HTTPS, the local
+  socket, or to the server itself (plain HTTP from another host is
+  refused with `https_required`).
+
 - The Certificates page's "Used for" column says DoT and DoH for named,
   with the addresses in the tooltip, instead of listing every address. A
   certificate with no use says "not used by Jarl" rather than "nothing
@@ -97,6 +116,12 @@ All notable changes to Jarl are documented here. The format follows
   the zone now keep the dot, and the name server is only sent when it was
   changed.
 
+### Upgrading
+
+- The database gains a migration (certificate owners, per-user
+  certificate limits, certificate downloads). Going back to an older
+  version afterwards means restoring a backup made before the upgrade.
+
 ## [0.6.0] - 2026-10-13
 
 ### Added

cmd/jarl/admin_cmds.go

@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ func printUser(w io.Writer, u api.User) {
 	if u.Comment != "" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Comment:\t%s\n", u.Comment)
 	}
+	if u.CertLimit != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Certificates:\tat most %d (jarl cert get)\n", *u.CertLimit)
+	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Last login:\t%s\n", fmtTime(u.LastLoginAt))
 }
 
@@ -444,6 +447,7 @@ func userCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	var admin, noPassword, disabled bool
 	var role, comment, rename string
+	var certLimit int
 	var grants []string
 	userBody := func(cmd *cobra.Command) (api.UserInput, error) {
 		var in api.UserInput
@@ -466,6 +470,9 @@ func userCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		if f.Changed("rename") {
 			in.Username = &rename
 		}
+		if f.Changed("cert-limit") {
+			in.CertLimit = &certLimit
+		}
 		return in, nil
 	}
 	addUserFlags := func(c *cobra.Command) {
@@ -473,6 +480,7 @@ func userCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		c.Flags().StringVar(&role, "role", "", "replace the grants with a role: readonly, dns-editor, operator or acme")
 		c.Flags().StringArrayVar(&grants, "grant", nil, `grant (repeatable), e.g. "records:write zones=example.com"`)
 		c.Flags().StringVar(&comment, "comment", "", "comment")
+		c.Flags().IntVar(&certLimit, "cert-limit", -1, "how many certificates the user may own through jarl cert get (-1: certificates.max_per_user in jarl.yaml)")
 	}
 	create := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "create NAME",

cmd/jarl/certget.go

@@ -0,0 +1,718 @@
+package main
+
+// jarl cert get: certificates for other hosts (docs/certificates.md#certificates-for-other-hosts).
+// jarld obtains and renews the certificate; this host asks for it, waits,
+// downloads it when it is newer than its copy, and runs a hook. The
+// settings of each certificate are saved, so a daily timer (jarl cert
+// schedule) can run 'jarl cert get' for all of them.
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"encoding/pem"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"text/tabwriter"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"jarl/internal/client"
+)
+
+// savedCert is a certificate's settings, saved by jarl cert get.
+type savedCert struct {
+	Name    string     `json:"name"`
+	Domains []string   `json:"domains"`
+	KeyType string     `json:"key_type,omitempty"`
+	Dir     string     `json:"dir"`
+	Hook    string     `json:"hook,omitempty"`
+	Conn    connection `json:"connection"`
+	SavedAt time.Time  `json:"saved_at"`
+}
+
+// localMeta is what this host has of a certificate, kept next to its
+// files as jarl-cert.json.
+type localMeta struct {
+	Name     string    `json:"name"`
+	Domains  []string  `json:"domains"`
+	Serial   string    `json:"serial"`
+	NotAfter time.Time `json:"not_after"`
+	Fetched  time.Time `json:"fetched"`
+	// HookFailed is set when the hook failed for these files: the next
+	// run runs it again.
+	HookFailed string `json:"hook_failed,omitempty"`
+}
+
+const metaFile = "jarl-cert.json"
+
+// certConfigDir is where saved settings live: /etc/jarl/cert-get for
+// root, ~/.config/jarl/cert-get otherwise.
+func certConfigDir(flag string) string {
+	if flag != "" {
+		return flag
+	}
+	if os.Geteuid() == 0 {
+		return "/etc/jarl/cert-get"
+	}
+	if d, err := os.UserConfigDir(); err == nil {
+		return filepath.Join(d, "jarl", "cert-get")
+	}
+	return ".jarl-cert-get"
+}
+
+// defaultCertDir is where a certificate's files go without --dir.
+func defaultCertDir(name string) string {
+	if os.Geteuid() == 0 {
+		return filepath.Join("/etc/jarl/certs", name)
+	}
+	return name
+}
+
+func loadSaved(dir string) ([]savedCert, error) {
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var out []savedCert
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if e.IsDir() || !strings.HasSuffix(e.Name(), ".json") {
+			continue
+		}
+		b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, e.Name()))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		var sc savedCert
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &sc); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", filepath.Join(dir, e.Name()), err)
+		}
+		out = append(out, sc)
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// save writes a certificate's settings, readable only by this user: they
+// may hold the API token.
+func (sc savedCert) save(dir string) error {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o700); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b, _ := json.MarshalIndent(sc, "", "  ")
+	return writeAtomic(filepath.Join(dir, sc.Name+".json"), append(b, '\n'), 0o600)
+}
+
+func readMeta(dir string) (*localMeta, error) {
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, metaFile))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var m localMeta
+	return &m, json.Unmarshal(b, &m)
+}
+
+func (m *localMeta) write(dir string) error {
+	b, _ := json.MarshalIndent(m, "", "  ")
+	return writeAtomic(filepath.Join(dir, metaFile), append(b, '\n'), 0o644)
+}
+
+// writeAtomic replaces path with data, so a program never reads half a
+// file.
+func writeAtomic(path string, data []byte, mode os.FileMode) error {
+	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(path), "."+filepath.Base(path)+".*")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(tmp.Name())
+	if err := tmp.Chmod(mode); err != nil {
+		tmp.Close()
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := tmp.Write(data); err != nil {
+		tmp.Close()
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.Rename(tmp.Name(), path)
+}
+
+// requestAnswer is POST /certificates/{name}/request.
+type requestAnswer struct {
+	Certificate certInfo `json:"certificate"`
+	Created     bool     `json:"created"`
+	Changed     bool     `json:"changed"`
+	Warnings    []string `json:"warnings"`
+}
+
+// getResult is what one jarl cert get did.
+type getResult struct {
+	Name     string    `json:"name"`
+	Dir      string    `json:"dir"`
+	Serial   string    `json:"serial"`
+	NotAfter time.Time `json:"not_after"`
+	Updated  bool      `json:"updated"` // new files written
+	Hook     string    `json:"hook,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// fetchCert asks jarld for the certificate, waits while it is obtained,
+// downloads it when it is newer than this host's copy (or force) and runs
+// the hook.
+func fetchCert(c *client.Client, sc savedCert, force bool, wait time.Duration) (*getResult, error) {
+	var ans requestAnswer
+	err := c.Do(ctx(), "POST", certPath(sc.Name)+"/request", nil, map[string]any{"domains": sc.Domains, "key_type": sc.KeyType}, &ans)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, w := range ans.Warnings {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: %s\n", sc.Name, w)
+	}
+	ci := ans.Certificate
+	if ci.IssuingSince != nil {
+		tty := !flagQuiet && flagOutput == "table"
+		if tty {
+			what := "Obtaining"
+			if ans.Changed {
+				what = "Obtaining (its names changed)"
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s %s from the CA on jarld", what, sc.Name)
+		}
+		deadline := time.Now().Add(wait)
+		for ci.IssuingSince != nil && time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+			if tty {
+				fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, ".")
+			}
+			ci = certInfo{}
+			if err := c.Get(ctx(), certPath(sc.Name), nil, &ci); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+		if tty {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr)
+		}
+		if ci.IssuingSince != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: jarld is still obtaining it; run jarl cert get again later", sc.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	if ci.NotAfter == nil {
+		msg := firstNonEmpty(ci.LastError, ci.Status.Message, "jarld has no certificate for it yet")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", sc.Name, msg)
+	}
+	if ci.LastError != "" && ci.LastAttempt != nil && (ci.LastSuccess == nil || ci.LastAttempt.After(*ci.LastSuccess)) {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: jarld's last attempt failed (%s); this is the certificate it has\n", sc.Name, ci.LastError)
+	}
+	res := &getResult{Name: sc.Name, Dir: sc.Dir, Serial: ci.Serial, NotAfter: *ci.NotAfter}
+	meta, _ := readMeta(sc.Dir)
+	have := meta != nil && meta.Serial == ci.Serial && filesPresent(sc.Dir)
+	if have && !force && meta.HookFailed == "" {
+		return res, nil
+	}
+	renewed := meta != nil && meta.Serial != "" && meta.Serial != ci.Serial
+	if !have || force {
+		if err := downloadCert(c, sc, ci); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		res.Updated = true
+		meta = &localMeta{Name: sc.Name, Domains: ci.Domains, Serial: ci.Serial, NotAfter: *ci.NotAfter, Fetched: time.Now().UTC()}
+	}
+	if sc.Hook != "" {
+		res.Hook = "ok"
+		if err := runHook(sc, ci, renewed); err != nil {
+			meta.HookFailed = err.Error()
+			res.Hook = "failed: " + err.Error()
+		} else {
+			meta.HookFailed = ""
+		}
+	}
+	if err := meta.write(sc.Dir); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if meta.HookFailed != "" {
+		return res, fmt.Errorf("%s: the hook failed (%s); the next jarl cert get runs it again", sc.Name, meta.HookFailed)
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+var certFiles = []string{"cert.pem", "chain.pem", "fullchain.pem", "privkey.pem"}
+
+func filesPresent(dir string) bool {
+	for _, f := range certFiles {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, f)); err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// downloadCert writes the certificate's files: cert.pem, chain.pem (the
+// intermediates), fullchain.pem and privkey.pem (mode 600).
+func downloadCert(c *client.Client, sc savedCert, ci certInfo) error {
+	get := func(part string) ([]byte, error) {
+		var out string
+		err := c.Get(ctx(), certPath(sc.Name)+"/pem", url.Values{"part": {part}}, &out)
+		return []byte(out), err
+	}
+	var full, key []byte
+	// Twice at most: a renewal between the two downloads gives a key
+	// that doesn't match.
+	for try := 0; ; try++ {
+		var err error
+		if full, err = get("fullchain"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if key, err = get("key"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if _, err = tls.X509KeyPair(full, key); err == nil {
+			break
+		} else if try == 1 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: the key jarld sent doesn't match the certificate: %w", sc.Name, err)
+		}
+	}
+	block, rest := pem.Decode(full)
+	if block == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: jarld sent no certificate", sc.Name)
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(sc.Dir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	files := []struct {
+		name string
+		data []byte
+		mode os.FileMode
+	}{
+		{"cert.pem", pem.EncodeToMemory(block), 0o644},
+		{"chain.pem", []byte(strings.TrimLeft(string(rest), "\n")), 0o644},
+		{"fullchain.pem", full, 0o644},
+		{"privkey.pem", key, 0o600},
+	}
+	// The key first: a program that reads both never pairs a new
+	// certificate with the old key for long.
+	slices.Reverse(files)
+	for _, f := range files {
+		if err := writeAtomic(filepath.Join(sc.Dir, f.name), f.data, f.mode); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// runHook runs the certificate's hook with sh, its files in the
+// environment.
+func runHook(sc savedCert, ci certInfo, renewed bool) error {
+	c, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(c, "sh", "-c", sc.Hook)
+	ren := "0"
+	if renewed {
+		ren = "1"
+	}
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(),
+		"JARL_CERT_NAME="+sc.Name,
+		"JARL_CERT_DIR="+sc.Dir,
+		"JARL_CERT_CERT="+filepath.Join(sc.Dir, "cert.pem"),
+		"JARL_CERT_CHAIN="+filepath.Join(sc.Dir, "chain.pem"),
+		"JARL_CERT_FULLCHAIN="+filepath.Join(sc.Dir, "fullchain.pem"),
+		"JARL_CERT_KEY="+filepath.Join(sc.Dir, "privkey.pem"),
+		"JARL_CERT_DOMAINS="+strings.Join(ci.Domains, " "),
+		"JARL_CERT_SERIAL="+ci.Serial,
+		"JARL_CERT_NOT_AFTER="+ci.NotAfter.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
+		"JARL_CERT_RENEWED="+ren,
+	)
+	cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr, os.Stderr
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
+func certGetCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var domains []string
+	var dir, hook, keyType, configDir string
+	var noSave, force bool
+	var wait time.Duration
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "get [NAME]",
+		Short: "Get a certificate for this host: jarld obtains it, this host downloads it",
+		Long: `Gets a certificate for this host (a mail server, a reverse proxy). jarld
+obtains it from the CA and renews it, answering the challenges in its own
+zones; this command asks for it, waits until it is there, downloads it
+when it is newer than this host's copy, and runs --hook.
+
+The token needs a certificates grant for the names, and the certificate
+belongs to the token's user: another user can't take the name. Asking
+again with the same names returns the certificate jarld has; adding or
+removing a name gets a new one.
+
+Files in --dir (default /etc/jarl/certs/NAME as root, ./NAME otherwise):
+cert.pem, chain.pem (the intermediates), fullchain.pem, privkey.pem (mode
+600), and jarl-cert.json (serial, expiry, when it was fetched).
+
+The settings (names, --dir, --hook, the server and token) are saved in
+/etc/jarl/cert-get/NAME.json (as root; ~/.config/jarl/cert-get otherwise,
+readable only by you). 'jarl cert get' without a name then does every
+saved certificate: run it daily (jarl cert schedule does that with a
+systemd timer). Nothing is downloaded until jarld has renewed one.
+
+--hook runs with sh after new files are written (and again on the next
+run if it failed), with JARL_CERT_NAME, JARL_CERT_DIR, JARL_CERT_CERT,
+JARL_CERT_CHAIN, JARL_CERT_FULLCHAIN, JARL_CERT_KEY, JARL_CERT_DOMAINS,
+JARL_CERT_SERIAL, JARL_CERT_NOT_AFTER and JARL_CERT_RENEWED (1 when it
+replaced an older certificate).`,
+		Example: `  jarl cert get mail -d mail.adbraun.lol --hook 'systemctl reload postfix dovecot'
+  jarl cert get proxy -d adbraun.lol -d '*.adbraun.lol' --dir /etc/haproxy/certs/proxy \
+      --hook 'cat "$JARL_CERT_KEY" "$JARL_CERT_FULLCHAIN" > /etc/haproxy/proxy.pem && systemctl reload haproxy'
+  jarl cert get                      # every saved certificate (what the timer runs)
+  jarl cert saved                    # what this host has, and when it expires`,
+		Args: cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cdir := certConfigDir(configDir)
+			saved, err := loadSaved(cdir)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var todo []savedCert
+			f := cmd.Flags()
+			switch {
+			case len(args) == 0:
+				if len(domains) > 0 {
+					return errors.New("give the certificate a name: jarl cert get NAME -d DOMAIN")
+				}
+				if len(saved) == 0 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("no saved certificates in %s: get one first (jarl cert get NAME -d DOMAIN)", cdir)
+				}
+				todo = saved
+			default:
+				name := args[0]
+				i := slices.IndexFunc(saved, func(s savedCert) bool { return s.Name == name })
+				var sc savedCert
+				if i >= 0 {
+					sc = saved[i]
+				} else if len(domains) == 0 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("%s isn't saved here: give its names (-d DOMAIN)", name)
+				}
+				sc.Name = name
+				if len(domains) > 0 {
+					sc.Domains = domains
+				}
+				if f.Changed("dir") || sc.Dir == "" {
+					sc.Dir = firstNonEmpty(dir, defaultCertDir(name))
+				}
+				if f.Changed("hook") {
+					sc.Hook = hook
+				}
+				if f.Changed("key-type") {
+					sc.KeyType = keyType
+				}
+				if abs, err := filepath.Abs(sc.Dir); err == nil {
+					sc.Dir = abs
+				}
+				// The server and token given now (flags, environment, the
+				// CLI configuration) replace the saved ones.
+				if i < 0 || f.Changed("server") || cmd.Root().PersistentFlags().Changed("server") || cmd.Root().PersistentFlags().Changed("token") || os.Getenv("JARL_TOKEN") != "" || os.Getenv("JARL_SERVER") != "" {
+					cn, err := resolveConnection()
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					sc.Conn = cn
+				}
+				todo = []savedCert{sc}
+			}
+			var results []*getResult
+			var failed []string
+			var lastErr error
+			for _, sc := range todo {
+				c, err := sc.Conn.open()
+				if err == nil {
+					var r *getResult
+					r, err = fetchCert(c, sc, force, wait)
+					if r != nil {
+						results = append(results, r)
+					}
+				}
+				if err != nil {
+					if len(todo) > 1 {
+						fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error:", err)
+					}
+					failed = append(failed, sc.Name)
+					lastErr = err
+					continue
+				}
+				if len(args) == 1 && !noSave {
+					sc.SavedAt = time.Now().UTC()
+					if err := sc.save(cdir); err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("saving the settings: %w", err)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if err := output(results, func(w io.Writer) {
+				for _, r := range results {
+					what := "up to date"
+					if r.Updated {
+						what = "new files"
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s, expires %s\t%s\n", r.Name, r.Dir, what, r.NotAfter.Local().Format("2006-01-02"), hookText(r.Hook))
+				}
+			}); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			switch {
+			case len(failed) == 1 && len(todo) == 1:
+				return lastErr // its own exit code (3 forbidden, 6 conflict, ...)
+			case len(failed) > 0:
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed: %s", strings.Join(failed, ", "))
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	f := cmd.Flags()
+	f.StringArrayVarP(&domains, "domain", "d", nil, "a name for the certificate (repeatable; a wildcard as '*.adbraun.lol')")
+	f.StringVar(&dir, "dir", "", "directory for the files (default /etc/jarl/certs/NAME as root, ./NAME otherwise)")
+	f.StringVar(&hook, "hook", "", "shell command to run after new files are written")
+	f.StringVar(&keyType, "key-type", "", "key type of a new certificate: ec256 (default), ec384, rsa2048, rsa3072, rsa4096")
+	f.BoolVar(&force, "force", false, "download and run the hook even when this host has the current certificate")
+	f.BoolVar(&noSave, "no-save", false, "don't save the settings for later runs")
+	f.DurationVar(&wait, "wait", 15*time.Minute, "how long to wait while jarld obtains it")
+	f.StringVar(&configDir, "config-dir", "", "where the settings are saved (default /etc/jarl/cert-get as root, ~/.config/jarl/cert-get otherwise)")
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("key-type", cobra.FixedCompletions([]string{"ec256", "ec384", "rsa2048", "rsa3072", "rsa4096"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp))
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func hookText(h string) string {
+	if h == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return "hook " + h
+}
+
+func certSavedCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var configDir string
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "saved",
+		Short: "The certificates this host gets with jarl cert get, and when they expire",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cdir := certConfigDir(configDir)
+			saved, err := loadSaved(cdir)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			type row struct {
+				savedCert
+				Local *localMeta `json:"local,omitempty"`
+			}
+			var rows []row
+			for _, sc := range saved {
+				sc.Conn.Token = "" // never print it
+				m, _ := readMeta(sc.Dir)
+				rows = append(rows, row{sc, m})
+			}
+			return output(rows, func(w io.Writer) {
+				if len(rows) == 0 {
+					fmt.Fprintf(w, "No saved certificates in %s.\n", cdir)
+					return
+				}
+				tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(w, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
+				fmt.Fprintln(tw, "NAME\tNAMES\tDIR\tEXPIRES\tFETCHED\tSERVER\tHOOK")
+				for _, r := range rows {
+					exp, fetched := "-", "-"
+					if r.Local != nil {
+						exp = r.Local.NotAfter.Local().Format("2006-01-02") + fmt.Sprintf(" (%dd)", int(time.Until(r.Local.NotAfter).Hours()/24))
+						fetched = r.Local.Fetched.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04")
+						if r.Local.HookFailed != "" {
+							fetched += " HOOK FAILED"
+						}
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintf(tw, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", r.Name, strings.Join(r.Domains, ","), r.Dir, exp, fetched, r.Conn.Server, firstNonEmpty(r.Hook, "-"))
+				}
+				tw.Flush()
+			})
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&configDir, "config-dir", "", "where the settings are saved")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func certForgetCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var configDir string
+	var del, yes bool
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "forget NAME",
+		Short: "Stop getting a certificate on this host (its files stay)",
+		Long: `Removes a certificate's saved settings, so 'jarl cert get' (and the timer)
+no longer fetches it. Its files stay where they are. With --delete, the
+certificate is deleted on jarld too, so it is no longer renewed.`,
+		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cdir := certConfigDir(configDir)
+			path := filepath.Join(cdir, args[0]+".json")
+			saved, err := loadSaved(cdir)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			i := slices.IndexFunc(saved, func(s savedCert) bool { return s.Name == args[0] })
+			if i < 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%s isn't saved in %s", args[0], cdir)
+			}
+			if del {
+				if !confirm("Delete certificate "+args[0]+" on jarld too?", yes) {
+					return errors.New("aborted")
+				}
+				c, err := saved[i].Conn.open()
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if err := c.Do(ctx(), "DELETE", certPath(args[0]), nil, nil, nil); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+			if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !flagQuiet {
+				fmt.Printf("forgot %s (its files stay in %s)\n", args[0], saved[i].Dir)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&configDir, "config-dir", "", "where the settings are saved")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&del, "delete", false, "delete the certificate on jarld too")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&yes, "yes", "y", false, "don't ask")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+// Units written by jarl cert schedule.
+const (
+	scheduleUnit = "jarl-cert-get"
+	unitDir      = "/etc/systemd/system"
+)
+
+func scheduleUnits(bin, configDir string) (service, timer string) {
+	service = fmt.Sprintf(`# Written by 'jarl cert schedule'; 'jarl cert schedule --remove' removes it.
+[Unit]
+Description=Fetch certificates from Jarl (jarl cert get)
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=%s cert get --config-dir %s
+`, bin, configDir)
+	timer = `# Written by 'jarl cert schedule'; 'jarl cert schedule --remove' removes it.
+[Unit]
+Description=Fetch certificates from Jarl daily
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=daily
+RandomizedDelaySec=1h
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
+`
+	return service, timer
+}
+
+func certScheduleCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	var remove, noSystemctl bool
+	var dir string
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "schedule",
+		Short: "Run jarl cert get daily with a systemd timer (Linux, as root)",
+		Long: `Writes /etc/systemd/system/jarl-cert-get.service and .timer, which run
+'jarl cert get' once a day for every certificate saved in /etc/jarl/cert-get,
+and enables the timer. jarld renews certificates well before they expire;
+the daily run downloads a renewed one and runs its hook.
+
+Linux with systemd only, as root. Elsewhere, run 'jarl cert get' daily
+yourself (cron, launchd, Task Scheduler).`,
+		Example: `  sudo jarl cert schedule
+  systemctl list-timers jarl-cert-get.timer
+  sudo jarl cert schedule --remove`,
+		Args: cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("jarl cert schedule writes systemd units, so it only works on Linux; run 'jarl cert get' daily with this system's scheduler")
+			}
+			if dir == unitDir && os.Geteuid() != 0 {
+				return errors.New("jarl cert schedule writes to /etc/systemd/system: run it as root (sudo)")
+			}
+			service := filepath.Join(dir, scheduleUnit+".service")
+			timer := filepath.Join(dir, scheduleUnit+".timer")
+			systemctl := func(a ...string) error {
+				if noSystemctl {
+					return nil
+				}
+				out, err := exec.Command("systemctl", a...).CombinedOutput()
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("systemctl %s: %v: %s", strings.Join(a, " "), err, strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+			if remove {
+				_ = systemctl("disable", "--now", scheduleUnit+".timer")
+				for _, f := range []string{timer, service} {
+					if err := os.Remove(f); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+				if err := systemctl("daemon-reload"); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if !flagQuiet {
+					fmt.Println("removed the timer; saved certificates stay in", certConfigDir(""))
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+			bin, err := os.Executable()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if b, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(bin); err == nil {
+				bin = b
+			}
+			cdir := certConfigDir("")
+			saved, err := loadSaved(cdir)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if len(saved) == 0 {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "note: no certificates are saved in %s yet; get one with: jarl cert get NAME -d DOMAIN\n", cdir)
+			}
+			svc, tmr := scheduleUnits(bin, cdir)
+			if err := writeAtomic(service, []byte(svc), 0o644); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := writeAtomic(timer, []byte(tmr), 0o644); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := systemctl("daemon-reload"); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := systemctl("enable", "--now", scheduleUnit+".timer"); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !flagQuiet {
+				fmt.Printf("wrote %s and %s; the timer runs jarl cert get daily (systemctl list-timers %s.timer)\n", service, timer, scheduleUnit)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&remove, "remove", false, "disable and remove the timer")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&dir, "unit-dir", unitDir, "where to write the units")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&noSystemctl, "no-systemctl", false, "only write the units")
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("unit-dir")
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("no-systemctl")
+	return cmd
+}

cmd/jarl/certs.go

@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ type certInfo struct {
 		Chain string `json:"chain"`
 		Key   string `json:"key"`
 	} `json:"files,omitempty"`
+	Owner    string `json:"owner,omitempty"`
+	PulledBy []struct {
+		Who    string    `json:"who"`
+		Serial string    `json:"serial"`
+		IP     string    `json:"ip"`
+		At     time.Time `json:"at"`
+	} `json:"pulled_by,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type certAccount struct {
@@ -102,7 +109,7 @@ used too (--cert-file and --key-file): Jarl rereads it when it changes.`,
   jarl cert update ns1 --challenge porkbun                 # pin the route (auto, jarl or porkbun)
   jarl cert export ns1 --dir /etc/ssl/ns1                  # fullchain.pem and privkey.pem, for another program`,
 	}
-	cmd.AddCommand(certListCmd(), certShowCmd(), certCreateCmd(), certUpdateCmd(), certIssueCmd(), certCheckCmd(), certExportCmd(), certDeleteCmd(), certAccountCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(certListCmd(), certShowCmd(), certCreateCmd(), certUpdateCmd(), certIssueCmd(), certCheckCmd(), certExportCmd(), certGetCmd(), certSavedCmd(), certForgetCmd(), certScheduleCmd(), certDeleteCmd(), certAccountCmd())
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -181,6 +188,20 @@ func printCert(w io.Writer, ci certInfo) {
 	if ci.Comment != "" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Comment:\t%s\n", ci.Comment)
 	}
+	if ci.Owner != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Owner:\t%s (jarl cert get)\n", ci.Owner)
+	}
+	for i, p := range ci.PulledBy {
+		label := ""
+		if i == 0 {
+			label = "Pulled by:"
+		}
+		cur := "current"
+		if p.Serial != ci.Serial {
+			cur = "an older one: not fetched since the renewal"
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s from %s, %s (%s)\n", label, p.Who, dash(p.IP), fmtTime(&p.At), cur)
+	}
 	state := ci.Status.State
 	if ci.Status.Message != "" {
 		state += ": " + ci.Status.Message

cmd/jarl/main.go

@@ -103,17 +103,30 @@ func saveCLIConfig(c *cliConfig) error {
 	return os.WriteFile(flagConfig, b, 0o600)
 }
 
-func newClient() (*client.Client, error) {
+// connection is the server a command talks to and how: Token may be
+// "@FILE" (read by open).
+type connection struct {
+	Server   string `json:"server"`
+	Token    string `json:"token,omitempty"`
+	Insecure bool   `json:"insecure,omitempty"`
+	CACert   string `json:"ca_cert,omitempty"`
+	// Name is the named server's name ("" for one given by address).
+	Name string `json:"-"`
+}
+
+// resolveConnection works out the connection from the flags, the
+// environment and the CLI configuration.
+func resolveConnection() (connection, error) {
 	cfg, err := loadCLIConfig()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("reading %s: %w", flagConfig, err)
+		return connection{}, fmt.Errorf("reading %s: %w", flagConfig, err)
 	}
 	ts, err := resolveTargets(cfg, targetSpec(cfg))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return connection{}, err
 	}
 	if len(ts) > 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("--server names %d servers; this command works on one", len(ts))
+		return connection{}, fmt.Errorf("--server names %d servers; this command works on one", len(ts))
 	}
 	t := ts[0]
 	// A named server's own token wins: a token from the environment
@@ -125,15 +138,21 @@ func newClient() (*client.Client, error) {
 	sock, isSocket := client.SocketPath(t.URL)
 	if isSocket {
 		if err := checkSocket(sock, t.Name == localName && flagServer == "" && os.Getenv("JARL_SERVER") == ""); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return connection{}, err
 		}
 	}
 	if token == "" && !isSocket {
 		if t.Name != "" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no API token for server %s: use 'jarl --server %s config set token'", t.Name, t.Name)
+			return connection{}, fmt.Errorf("no API token for server %s: use 'jarl --server %s config set token'", t.Name, t.Name)
 		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no API token: use --token, JARL_TOKEN or 'jarl config set token'")
+		return connection{}, fmt.Errorf("no API token: use --token, JARL_TOKEN or 'jarl config set token'")
 	}
+	return connection{Server: t.URL, Token: token, Insecure: flagInsecure || t.Insecure, CACert: firstNonEmpty(flagCACert, t.CACert), Name: t.Name}, nil
+}
+
+// open returns a client for the connection.
+func (cn connection) open() (*client.Client, error) {
+	token := cn.Token
 	if strings.HasPrefix(token, "@") {
 		b, err := os.ReadFile(token[1:])
 		if err != nil {
@@ -141,7 +160,15 @@ func newClient() (*client.Client, error) {
 		}
 		token = strings.TrimSpace(string(b))
 	}
-	c, err := client.New(client.Options{Server: t.URL, Token: token, Insecure: flagInsecure || t.Insecure, CACert: firstNonEmpty(flagCACert, t.CACert)})
+	return client.New(client.Options{Server: cn.Server, Token: token, Insecure: cn.Insecure, CACert: cn.CACert})
+}
+
+func newClient() (*client.Client, error) {
+	cn, err := resolveConnection()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	c, err := cn.open()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -167,7 +194,7 @@ func newClient() (*client.Client, error) {
 	}
 	c.DryRun, c.Force, c.AcceptRisk = flagDryRun || c.Preflight, flagForce, flagRisk
 	if !c.Preflight {
-		c.OnTokenExpiry = tokenExpiryWarning(t.Name)
+		c.OnTokenExpiry = tokenExpiryWarning(cn.Name)
 	}
 	return c, nil
 }

cmd/jarld/main.go

@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ func serveCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				EABKeyID: a.cfg.ACME.Account.EABKeyID, EABHMAC: a.cfg.ACME.Account.EABHMAC,
 				Resolvers: a.cfg.ACME.Resolvers, CABundle: a.cfg.ACME.CABundle, CheckPropagation: a.cfg.ACME.CheckPropagation,
 				Dir: a.cfg.CertDir(), Version: version.String(), Porkbun: pb, PorkbunAllows: a.cfg.Porkbun.Allows,
+				MaxPerUser: a.cfg.Certificates.MaxPerUser,
 			}, a.store, a.eng, a.log)
 			cm.Start(ctx)
 			if a.cfg.ACME.Account.EABHMAC != "" {

docs/api.md

@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ Administrators only. See [certificates.md](certificates.md#api).
 | GET, PATCH, DELETE | `/certificates/{name}` | |
 | POST | `/certificates/{name}/issue` | 202: being obtained (poll until `issuing_since` is gone); a file certificate is reread (200) |
 | POST | `/certificates/{name}/check` | the routes of a certificate's names |
+| POST | `/certificates/{name}/request` | `{"domains": [...], "key_type": "ec256"}`: a certificate for another host, owned by the caller's user (needs `certificates:write` for every name). New: created and obtained, 202 (poll `GET /certificates/{name}` until `issuing_since` is gone). Existing: must be the caller's (else 409); obtained again only when its names change. Answers `certificate`, `created`, `changed` ([certificates.md](certificates.md#certificates-for-other-hosts)) |
 | GET | `/certificates/{name}/pem?part=PART` | the certificate as PEM: `fullchain` (default), `cert`, `key`, `bundle`; key exports audited ([certificates.md](certificates.md#using-a-certificate-outside-jarl)) |
 
 `GET /status` includes `certificates` for administrators: `total`,
@@ -631,7 +632,7 @@ Success is `200 {"ok": true, "fqdn": ..., "changeset_id": ..., "zones": [...]}`.
 |--------|------|------|
 | GET | `/users` | admin |
 | POST | `/users` | `{"username": "alice", "password": "...", "admin": false, "role": "dns-editor", "grant_strings": ["records:write zones=lab.adbraun.lol"], "comment": ""}` (`password: ""` = service account) |
-| GET / PATCH / DELETE | `/users/{id}` | PATCH also takes `disabled`, and `username` to rename. Users have `totp_enabled_at` (two-factor login on since) and `totp_required` |
+| GET / PATCH / DELETE | `/users/{id}` | PATCH also takes `disabled`, `username` to rename, and `cert_limit` (certificates the user may own through `jarl cert get`; negative: the `certificates.max_per_user` default). Users have `totp_enabled_at` (two-factor login on since) and `totp_required` |
 | GET / POST | `/users/{id}/tokens` | admin (or yourself) |
 | GET / POST | `/me/tokens` | `{"name": "laptop", "role": "", "grant_strings": [...], "expires_in": "90d"}`. The response's `token` field is the secret, shown once |
 | GET | `/tokens` | every token (admin); `?all=1` includes revoked tokens |

docs/certificates.md

@@ -231,13 +231,83 @@ jarl cert export mail --part bundle > /etc/haproxy/mail.pem
 
 The parts are `fullchain` (the certificate and its chain), `cert` (the
 certificate alone), `key` and `bundle` (the key, then the chain, in one
-file, as HAProxy wants). Only administrators can export, and every export
+file, as HAProxy wants). Administrators can export any certificate, and
-of the key is in the audit log (`certificate.export_key`).
+the owner of a certificate for another host (below) their own. Every
+export of the key is in the audit log (`certificate.export_key`), and a key
+only goes over HTTPS, the local socket, or to this server itself.
 
 Jarl renews the certificate, not your copy: export it again after each
-renewal (`jarl cert show` says when that is), for example from a daily
+renewal (`jarl cert show` says when that is). For another host, `jarl
-cron job. A program on this server can instead read the files Jarl writes
+cert get` (below) does that for you. A program on this server can instead
-for named (use `dns`), which Jarl keeps current.
+read the files Jarl writes for named (use `dns`), which Jarl keeps current.
+
+## Certificates for other hosts
+
+`jarl cert get` gets a certificate onto another host (a mail server, a
+reverse proxy) with one command: jarld obtains it from the CA and renews
+it, answering the challenges in its own zones as for its own certificates;
+the host asks for it, waits until it is there, downloads it and runs a
+hook. The host needs only a token, not an ACME client or access to DNS.
+
+**On Jarl**, as an administrator, give the hosts a user and a token each:
+
+```sh
+jarl user create hosts --no-password --grant "certificates:write names=*.adbraun.lol"
+jarl token create mx --user hosts           # one token per host
+```
+
+The `certificates` grant says which names the user may have certificates
+for. It is never part of `*`, so `operator` and `readonly` users can't
+get certificates (or download keys) unless you add one. A certificate
+belongs to the user that asked for it: its tokens can download it, other
+users can't take its name or see it, and the certificates Jarl uses
+itself are the administrators'. Hosts that should share certificates use
+the same user (each with its own token, so you can revoke one host
+alone); hosts that shouldn't, use different users. A user may own
+`certificates.max_per_user` certificates (10 by default), or what `jarl
+user update NAME --cert-limit N` (or the user's form) sets.
+
+**On the host:**
+
+```sh
+export JARL_SERVER=https://jarl.adbraun.lol:8053 JARL_TOKEN=@/root/jarl.token
+jarl cert get mail -d mail.adbraun.lol -d smtp.adbraun.lol --hook 'systemctl reload postfix dovecot'
+sudo jarl cert schedule                    # a daily systemd timer runs 'jarl cert get'
+jarl cert saved                            # what this host has, and when it expires
+```
+
+* **Asking again** with the same names returns the certificate jarld has:
+  nothing is obtained, nothing is downloaded until jarld renews it.
+  **Adding or removing a name** gets a new certificate. A different
+  `--key-type` alone doesn't; delete the certificate for that.
+* **Files**, in `--dir` (default `/etc/jarl/certs/NAME` as root, `./NAME`
+  otherwise): `cert.pem`, `chain.pem` (the intermediates),
+  `fullchain.pem`, `privkey.pem` (mode 600) and `jarl-cert.json` (serial,
+  expiry, when it was fetched). Each file is replaced at once, never
+  half written. The key is checked against the certificate before
+  anything is written.
+* **Saved settings**: the names, `--dir`, `--hook`, the server and the
+  token are saved in `/etc/jarl/cert-get/NAME.json` (as root;
+  `~/.config/jarl/cert-get` otherwise), readable only by their owner.
+  `jarl cert get` without a name does every saved certificate. A token
+  given as `@FILE` is saved as that reference, not copied. `jarl cert
+  forget NAME` stops getting one (`--delete` deletes it on jarld too).
+* **The hook** runs with `sh` after new files are written, with
+  `JARL_CERT_NAME`, `JARL_CERT_DIR`, `JARL_CERT_CERT`, `JARL_CERT_CHAIN`,
+  `JARL_CERT_FULLCHAIN`, `JARL_CERT_KEY`, `JARL_CERT_DOMAINS`,
+  `JARL_CERT_SERIAL`, `JARL_CERT_NOT_AFTER` and `JARL_CERT_RENEWED` (1 when
+  it replaced an older certificate). If it fails, `jarl cert get` exits
+  non-zero and runs it again next time. It has 5 minutes.
+* **`jarl cert schedule`** (Linux with systemd, as root) writes
+  `/etc/systemd/system/jarl-cert-get.service` and `.timer`, which run
+  `jarl cert get` daily at a random time within the hour after midnight,
+  and catch up after the host was off. `--remove` takes them away. On
+  other systems, run `jarl cert get` daily with their scheduler.
+
+**On the Certificates page**, the administrators see each certificate's
+owner and who downloaded it: the token, from where, when, and whether
+that host has the current certificate or hasn't fetched the renewed one
+yet. `jarl cert show NAME` says the same.
 
 ## Security notes
 

docs/cli.md

@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ jarl cert update ns1 --challenge porkbun             # auto, jarl or porkbun
 jarl cert update ns1 --use dns                       # --use and --domain replace the list (--use none)
 jarl cert export mail --dir /etc/ssl/mail            # fullchain.pem and privkey.pem, for another program
 jarl cert export mail --part bundle                  # one part to stdout: fullchain, cert, key, bundle
+jarl cert get mail -d mail.adbraun.lol --hook 'systemctl reload postfix'   # on another host: get, download, hook
+jarl cert get                                        # every saved certificate (what the timer runs)
+jarl cert saved                                      # this host's certificates and their expiry
+jarl cert forget mail [--delete]                     # stop getting it here
+sudo jarl cert schedule [--remove]                   # daily systemd timer for jarl cert get
 jarl cert delete ns1
 jarl cert account                                    # the ACME account (set in jarl.yaml)
 ```

docs/configuration.md

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jarld restarts.
 | `acme.ca_bundle` | `""` | PEM file of extra CA certificates to trust for the ACME server (a private CA). |
 | `acme.check_propagation` | `true` | Wait until every name server of the zone serves a challenge before the CA is told to look (they are asked directly, on port 53). |
 | `certificates.dir` | `<bind.config_dir>/tls` | Where certificates with the `dns` use are written for named: `<dir>/<name>/fullchain.pem` and `privkey.pem`. |
+| `certificates.max_per_user` | `10` | How many certificates a user may own through `jarl cert get` ([certificates.md](certificates.md#certificates-for-other-hosts)). A user's own limit (`jarl user update NAME --cert-limit N`) replaces it. |
 
 ### ACME (lego httpreq endpoint)
 

docs/permissions.md

@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ A user's permissions are a list of grants. Administrators (`admin: true`)
 may do everything, and only they can manage users, see everyone's tokens,
 run `resync`, wipe a zone's DNSSEC keys, use the registrar (Porkbun,
 whose key can move the domain), and manage TLS certificates (whose keys
-can impersonate the server; [certificates.md](certificates.md)).
+can impersonate the server; [certificates.md](certificates.md)). The one
+exception is certificates for other hosts, below.
 
 A grant is written as:
 
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ RESOURCE:ACCESS [zones=PATTERNS] [views=PATTERNS] [names=PATTERNS] [types=TYPES]
 | `audit` | everyone's audit events and changesets (without it, users see only their own) |
 | `stats` | query statistics, including client addresses and the names they look up (read only) |
 | `blocking` | blocklists and block/allow rules ([blocking.md](blocking.md)); `write` also downloads lists now |
-| `*` | all of the above |
+| `certificates` | certificates for other hosts (`jarl cert get`), by the names in them: `write` gets one obtained, `read` only downloads it. Never part of `*` |
+| `*` | all of the above, except `certificates` |
 
 `ACCESS` is `read` or `write` (write includes read). Filters narrow a grant.
 Each takes comma separated patterns where `*` and `?` are wildcards, and a
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ missing filter matches everything:
 * `zones=adbraun.lol,*.adbraun.lol`: zone names, without the final dot
 * `views=internal`: view names (`_default` means zones outside any view)
 * `names=_acme-challenge.*`: record owner names, as FQDNs without the final dot
+  (for `certificates`: the names in the certificate; `*.adbraun.lol` also
+  allows the wildcard certificate `*.adbraun.lol`)
 * `types=TXT,CNAME`: record types
 
 Examples:
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ zones:write zones=*.lab.adbraun.lol                       create/delete zones be
 records:write zones=adbraun.lol views=internal            only the internal copy of a split zone
 records:write names=_acme-challenge.* types=TXT           ACME challenges anywhere
 records:write zones=acme.adbraun.lol types=TXT            only TXT records in a dedicated ACME zone
+certificates:write names=mail.adbraun.lol,smtp.adbraun.lol certificates for a mail server (jarl cert get)
 ```
 
 A user who may see some records of a zone may also see that the zone exists

internal/api/types.go

@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ type UserInput struct {
 	Role         *string   `json:"role,omitempty"` // a role template name
 	Disabled     *bool     `json:"disabled,omitempty"`
 	Comment      *string   `json:"comment,omitempty"`
+	// CertLimit is how many certificates the user may own (jarl cert
+	// get); a negative number goes back to certificates.max_per_user.
+	CertLimit *int `json:"cert_limit,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // TokenInput creates a token.

internal/auth/auth_test.go

@@ -134,3 +134,23 @@ func TestRoleTemplatesValid(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCertificateGrants(t *testing.T) {
+	g, err := ParseGrant("certificates:write names=*.adbraun.lol")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !GrantAllows(g, Action{Resource: ResCerts, Write: true, Name: "mail.adbraun.lol"}) || GrantAllows(g, Action{Resource: ResCerts, Write: true, Name: "mail.example.org"}) {
+		t.Error("names filter")
+	}
+	if _, err := ParseGrant("certificates:read types=TXT"); err == nil {
+		t.Error("types on certificates accepted")
+	}
+	if _, err := ParseGrant("certificates:read zones=adbraun.lol"); err == nil {
+		t.Error("zones on certificates accepted")
+	}
+	// "*" never covers certificates: they hand out private keys.
+	if GrantAllows(model.Grant{Resource: ResAll, Access: Write}, Action{Resource: ResCerts, Name: "mail.adbraun.lol"}) {
+		t.Error("* covers certificates")
+	}
+}

internal/auth/grants.go

@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ const (
 	ResAudit    = "audit"    // audit log and everyone's changesets
 	ResStats    = "stats"    // query statistics
 	ResBlocking = "blocking" // blocklists and block/allow rules
+	// ResCerts is certificates for other hosts (jarl cert get), by the
+	// names in them. It is never part of "*": it hands out private keys.
+	ResCerts = "certificates"
 	ResAll   = "*"
 )
 
 // Resources lists the resources in display order.
-var Resources = []string{ResZones, ResRecords, ResViews, ResACLs, ResTSIG, ResOptions, ResAudit, ResStats, ResBlocking}
+var Resources = []string{ResZones, ResRecords, ResViews, ResACLs, ResTSIG, ResOptions, ResAudit, ResStats, ResBlocking, ResCerts}
 
 // Access levels.
 const (
@@ -74,8 +77,11 @@ func ValidateGrant(g *model.Grant) error {
 	for i, t := range g.Types {
 		g.Types[i] = strings.ToUpper(t)
 	}
-	if (len(g.Names) > 0 || len(g.Types) > 0) && g.Resource != ResRecords {
+	if len(g.Types) > 0 && g.Resource != ResRecords {
-		return fmt.Errorf("names and types filters only apply to the records resource")
+		return fmt.Errorf("the types filter only applies to the records resource")
+	}
+	if len(g.Names) > 0 && g.Resource != ResRecords && g.Resource != ResCerts {
+		return fmt.Errorf("the names filter only applies to the records and certificates resources")
 	}
 	if (len(g.Zones) > 0 || len(g.Views) > 0) && g.Resource != ResRecords && g.Resource != ResZones && g.Resource != ResViews {
 		return fmt.Errorf("zone and view filters only apply to the zones, records and views resources")
@@ -228,6 +234,9 @@ func GrantAllows(g model.Grant, a Action) bool {
 	if g.Resource != ResAll && g.Resource != a.Resource {
 		return false
 	}
+	if g.Resource == ResAll && a.Resource == ResCerts {
+		return false // only an explicit certificates grant
+	}
 	if a.Write && g.Access != Write {
 		return false
 	}

internal/certs/manager.go

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	PropagationTimeout time.Duration
 	// SkipPropagationCheck is !CheckPropagation (set by New).
 	SkipPropagationCheck bool
+	// MaxPerUser is how many certificates a user may own (Ensure), unless
+	// the user has a limit of their own.
+	MaxPerUser int
 }
 
 // Manager keeps certificates current and serves jarld's own.
@@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ type Input struct {
 	Challenge *string   `json:"challenge"`
 	KeyType   *string   `json:"key_type"`
 	Comment   *string   `json:"comment"`
+	// Owner sets the owning user (Ensure only).
+	Owner *int64 `json:"-"`
 }
 
 var nameRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,62}$`)
@@ -210,6 +215,9 @@ func (m *Manager) apply(c *model.Certificate, in Input, creating bool) error {
 	if in.Comment != nil {
 		c.Comment = *in.Comment
 	}
+	if in.Owner != nil {
+		c.OwnerID = *in.Owner
+	}
 	switch c.Source {
 	case model.CertSourceACME:
 		if in.CertFile != nil && *in.CertFile != "" || in.KeyFile != nil && *in.KeyFile != "" {
@@ -320,6 +328,103 @@ func (m *Manager) PEM(ctx context.Context, name string) (*model.Certificate, []b
 	return c, []byte(c.CertPEM), []byte(c.KeyPEM), nil
 }
 
+// ErrTaken is Ensure's answer for a name another user's certificate (or
+// the administrators') has.
+var ErrTaken = errors.New("certificate name taken")
+
+// LimitFor is how many certificates u may own.
+func (m *Manager) LimitFor(u *model.User) int {
+	if u != nil && u.CertLimit != nil {
+		return *u.CertLimit
+	}
+	return m.cfg.MaxPerUser
+}
+
+// EnsureResult is what Ensure did.
+type EnsureResult struct {
+	Certificate *model.Certificate
+	Created     bool // a new certificate
+	Changed     bool // its names changed, so it is obtained again
+	// Ignored says what of the request an existing certificate keeps as
+	// it is (a different key type).
+	Ignored string
+}
+
+// Ensure is jarl cert get: the certificate name, owned by p's user, for
+// domains. A new one is created (within the user's limit) and obtained
+// at once. An existing one must be the user's: it is obtained again only
+// when its names change (a name added or removed); otherwise it is
+// returned as it is, renewed by the loop as usual. The caller checks that
+// p may have these names.
+func (m *Manager) Ensure(ctx context.Context, name string, domains []string, keyType string, p *auth.Principal) (*EnsureResult, error) {
+	owner := p.User
+	want, err := normDomains(domains)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	c, err := m.Get(ctx, name)
+	switch {
+	case errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound):
+		all, err := m.List(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		n := 0
+		for _, o := range all {
+			if o.OwnerID == owner.ID {
+				n++
+			}
+		}
+		if limit := m.LimitFor(owner); n >= limit {
+			return nil, inputErr("user %s has %d certificates, its limit (an administrator can raise it: jarl user update %s --cert-limit N, or certificates.max_per_user in jarl.yaml)", owner.Username, n, owner.Username)
+		}
+		in := Input{Name: &name, Domains: &want, Owner: &owner.ID, Comment: model.Ptr("for " + owner.Username + " (jarl cert get)")}
+		if keyType != "" {
+			in.KeyType = &keyType
+		}
+		c, err = m.Create(ctx, in, p)
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrConflict) {
+			return nil, ErrTaken // created meanwhile
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if _, err := m.IssueAsync(ctx, name, p); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		c, err = m.Get(ctx, name)
+		return &EnsureResult{Certificate: c, Created: true}, err
+	case err != nil:
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if c.OwnerID != owner.ID && !(p.IsAdmin() && c.OwnerID == 0) {
+		return nil, ErrTaken
+	}
+	if c.Source != model.CertSourceACME {
+		return nil, inputErr("certificate %s is read from files on the server, so Jarl can't obtain it for you", name)
+	}
+	res := &EnsureResult{Certificate: c}
+	if keyType != "" && keyType != c.KeyType {
+		res.Ignored = "it keeps its key type " + c.KeyType + " (changing it means a new certificate: delete this one, or ask an administrator)"
+	}
+	have := slices.Clone(c.Domains)
+	slices.Sort(have)
+	sorted := slices.Clone(want)
+	slices.Sort(sorted)
+	if !slices.Equal(have, sorted) {
+		if c, err = m.Update(ctx, name, Input{Domains: &want}, p); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		res.Certificate, res.Changed = c, true
+	}
+	if res.Changed || c.CertPEM == "" && m.Issuing(name).IsZero() && c.Failures == 0 {
+		if _, err := m.IssueAsync(ctx, name, p); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
+
 // Create adds a certificate. A file-source certificate is read at once;
 // one Jarl obtains is left for Issue (or the background loop).
 func (m *Manager) Create(ctx context.Context, in Input, p *auth.Principal) (*model.Certificate, error) {

internal/config/config.go

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ type Certificates struct {
 	// HTTPS): one directory per certificate, readable by bind.file_group.
 	// "" is <bind.config_dir>/tls.
 	Dir string `yaml:"dir"`
+	// MaxPerUser is how many certificates a user may own through jarl
+	// cert get (certificates for other hosts), unless the user has a
+	// limit of their own (jarl user update --cert-limit). Default 10.
+	MaxPerUser int `yaml:"max_per_user"`
 }
 
 // Metrics configures the Prometheus endpoint /metrics (docs/metrics.md).
@@ -467,6 +471,7 @@ func Default() *Config {
 			Retention:         StatsRetention{Minute: Duration(7 * 24 * time.Hour), Hour: Duration(90 * 24 * time.Hour), Day: Duration(730 * 24 * time.Hour), Queries: Duration(7 * 24 * time.Hour)},
 			TopN:              100,
 		},
+		Certificates: Certificates{MaxPerUser: 10},
 		ACME: ACME{HTTPReq: HTTPReq{RequireHTTPS: true}, Account: ACMEAccount{Directory: "letsencrypt"},
 			Resolvers: []string{"1.1.1.1:53", "9.9.9.9:53", "8.8.8.8:53"}, CheckPropagation: true},
 		Blocking: Blocking{Refresh: Duration(24 * time.Hour), MaxDownloadMB: 64, MaxEntries: 1_000_000},

internal/model/certificate.go

@@ -62,11 +62,27 @@ type Certificate struct {
 	// LastRoutes says where the challenges went the last time ("adbraun.lol: porkbun").
 	LastRoutes []string `json:"last_routes,omitempty"`
 
+	// OwnerID is the user a certificate for another host belongs to
+	// (jarl cert get); 0 for the administrators' own.
+	OwnerID int64 `json:"owner_id,omitempty"`
+
 	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"created_at"`
 	UpdatedAt time.Time `json:"updated_at"`
 	CreatedBy string    `json:"created_by"`
 	UpdatedBy string    `json:"updated_by"`
 }
 
+// CertificatePull records that someone downloaded a certificate: who
+// ("token NAME" or "user NAME"), which one (Serial), when and from where.
+type CertificatePull struct {
+	CertID  int64     `json:"-"`
+	Who     string    `json:"who"`
+	UserID  int64     `json:"user_id,omitempty"`
+	TokenID int64     `json:"token_id,omitempty"`
+	Serial  string    `json:"serial"`
+	IP      string    `json:"ip,omitempty"`
+	At      time.Time `json:"at"`
+}
+
 // HasUse reports whether c is used for use.
 func (c *Certificate) HasUse(use string) bool { return slices.Contains(c.Uses, use) }

internal/model/changeset.go

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ type User struct {
 	TOTPSecret    string     `json:"-"`
 	TOTPPending   string     `json:"-"`
 	TOTPLastStep  int64      `json:"-"`
+	// CertLimit is how many certificates the user may own (jarl cert get);
+	// nil: certificates.max_per_user in jarl.yaml.
+	CertLimit *int `json:"cert_limit,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // HasTOTP reports whether the user logs in with a TOTP code.

internal/server/certget_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"jarl/internal/auth"
+	"jarl/internal/model"
+)
+
+// certUser creates a service user with grants and returns a token.
+func certUser(t *testing.T, e *apiEnv, name string, grants ...string) (string, *model.User) {
+	t.Helper()
+	gs := []model.Grant{}
+	for _, s := range grants {
+		g, err := auth.ParseGrant(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		gs = append(gs, g)
+	}
+	u := &model.User{Username: name, Grants: gs}
+	if err := e.st.CreateUser(context.Background(), u); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	tok, pid, sh := auth.NewToken()
+	if err := e.st.CreateToken(context.Background(), &model.Token{UserID: u.ID, Name: name + "-host", PublicID: pid, SecretHash: sh}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return tok, u
+}
+
+// obtained gives a certificate a current certificate, as if the CA had
+// signed it.
+func obtained(t *testing.T, e *apiEnv, name string, domains ...string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	certFile, keyFile := selfSigned(t, t.TempDir(), domains...)
+	cb, _ := os.ReadFile(certFile)
+	kb, _ := os.ReadFile(keyFile)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for i := 0; i < 50 && e.srv.cfg.Certs.Issuing(name) != (time.Time{}); i++ {
+		time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond) // the failing attempt (no CA) ends
+	}
+	c, err := e.st.CertificateByName(ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	na, nb := time.Now().Add(30*24*time.Hour), time.Now()
+	c.CertPEM, c.KeyPEM, c.NotAfter, c.NotBefore, c.Serial, c.Failures, c.LastError = string(cb), string(kb), &na, &nb, "s-"+name, 0, ""
+	if err := e.st.UpdateCertificate(ctx, c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCertGet(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newAPIEnv(t)
+	withCerts(e)
+	mx, mxUser := certUser(t, e, "mx", "certificates:write names=*.adbraun.lol")
+	other, _ := certUser(t, e, "other", "certificates:write names=*.adbraun.lol")
+	wide, _ := certUser(t, e, "wide", "*:write")
+
+	req := func(tok, name string, domains ...string) (map[string]any, int) {
+		b, status := e.req("POST", "/certificates/"+name+"/request", tok, map[string]any{"domains": domains})
+		var out map[string]any
+		_ = jsonUnmarshal(b, &out)
+		return out, status
+	}
+	// "*" doesn't cover certificates.
+	if _, st := req(wide, "mail", "mail.adbraun.lol"); st != 403 {
+		t.Errorf("*:write: %d", st)
+	}
+	// Names outside the grant.
+	if out, st := req(mx, "mail", "mail.example.org"); st != 403 || !strings.Contains(errMsg(out), "mail.example.org") {
+		t.Errorf("other names: %d %v", st, out)
+	}
+	// A new certificate, owned by mx.
+	if out, st := req(mx, "mail", "mail.adbraun.lol"); st != 200 && st != 202 || out["created"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("create: %d %v", st, out)
+	}
+	c, _ := e.st.CertificateByName(context.Background(), "mail")
+	if c.OwnerID != mxUser.ID || len(c.Uses) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("owner %d uses %v", c.OwnerID, c.Uses)
+	}
+	// Another user can't have the name, or see it.
+	if out, st := req(other, "mail", "mail.adbraun.lol"); st != 409 || !strings.Contains(errMsg(out), "taken") {
+		t.Errorf("taken: %d %v", st, out)
+	}
+	e.do("GET", "/certificates/mail", other, nil, 404)
+	if l := e.do("GET", "/certificates", other, nil, 200)["certificates"].([]any); len(l) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("other's list: %v", l)
+	}
+	// Nothing to download until it is obtained.
+	e.do("GET", "/certificates/mail/pem", mx, nil, 400)
+	obtained(t, e, "mail", "mail.adbraun.lol")
+
+	// The same names: the same certificate.
+	if out, st := req(mx, "mail", "mail.adbraun.lol"); st != 200 || out["created"] != false || out["changed"] != false {
+		t.Errorf("again: %d %v", st, out)
+	}
+	if c2, _ := e.st.CertificateByName(context.Background(), "mail"); c2.Serial != "s-mail" {
+		t.Errorf("replaced: %v", c2.Serial)
+	}
+	// Download: recorded, with the token.
+	if b, st := e.req("GET", "/certificates/mail/pem?part=key", mx, nil); st != 200 || !strings.Contains(string(b), "PRIVATE KEY") {
+		t.Errorf("key: %d", st)
+	}
+	got := e.do("GET", "/certificates/mail", e.token, nil, 200)
+	pulls, _ := got["pulled_by"].([]any)
+	if got["owner"] != "mx" || len(pulls) != 1 || !strings.Contains(pulls[0].(map[string]any)["who"].(string), "mx-host") || pulls[0].(map[string]any)["serial"] != "s-mail" {
+		t.Errorf("owner %v pulled_by %v", got["owner"], got["pulled_by"])
+	}
+	// A name added: obtained again.
+	if out, st := req(mx, "mail", "mail.adbraun.lol", "smtp.adbraun.lol"); out["changed"] != true || st != 200 && st != 202 {
+		t.Errorf("SAN added: %d %v", st, out)
+	}
+	// The owner's own list.
+	if l := e.do("GET", "/certificates", mx, nil, 200)["certificates"].([]any); len(l) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("mx's list: %v", l)
+	}
+	// Jarl's own certificates are the administrators'.
+	certFile, keyFile := selfSigned(t, t.TempDir(), "jarl.adbraun.lol")
+	e.do("POST", "/certificates", e.token, map[string]any{"name": "web", "source": "file", "cert_file": certFile, "key_file": keyFile}, 201)
+	if _, st := req(mx, "web", "jarl.adbraun.lol"); st != 409 {
+		t.Errorf("Jarl's own: %d", st)
+	}
+	e.do("GET", "/certificates/web/pem", mx, nil, 404)
+	// The limit: one more for mx, then no more.
+	limit := 2
+	mxUser.CertLimit = &limit
+	if err := e.st.UpdateUser(context.Background(), mxUser); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if out, st := req(mx, "www", "www.adbraun.lol"); st != 200 && st != 202 {
+		t.Errorf("second: %d %v", st, out)
+	}
+	if out, st := req(mx, "third", "x.adbraun.lol"); st != 400 || !strings.Contains(errMsg(out), "limit") {
+		t.Errorf("over the limit: %d %v", st, out)
+	}
+	// The owner may delete theirs.
+	e.do("DELETE", "/certificates/www", mx, nil, 200)
+}
+
+func jsonUnmarshal(b []byte, v any) error { return json.Unmarshal(b, v) }
+
+// errMsg is an error answer's message.
+func errMsg(out map[string]any) string {
+	e, _ := out["error"].(map[string]any)
+	m, _ := e["message"].(string)
+	return m
+}
+
+// A private key goes back only over HTTPS or to this server itself.
+func TestKeyTransport(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newAPIEnv(t)
+	for addr, want := range map[string]bool{"127.0.0.1:5000": true, "[::1]:5000": true, "192.0.2.7:5000": false} {
+		r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/x", nil)
+		r.RemoteAddr = addr
+		if ok, why := e.srv.keyTransport(r); ok != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v (%s)", addr, ok, why)
+		}
+	}
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/x", nil)
+	r.RemoteAddr, r.TLS = "192.0.2.7:5000", &tls.ConnectionState{}
+	if ok, _ := e.srv.keyTransport(r); !ok {
+		t.Error("HTTPS refused")
+	}
+}

internal/server/certs_test.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func selfSigned(t *testing.T, dir string, names ...string) (certFile, keyFile st
 
 func withCerts(env *apiEnv) *certs.Manager {
 	quiet := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
-	m := certs.New(certs.Config{Dir: filepath.Join(env.t.TempDir(), "tls"), Directory: "https://acme.invalid/dir"}, env.st, env.srv.eng, quiet)
+	m := certs.New(certs.Config{Dir: filepath.Join(env.t.TempDir(), "tls"), Directory: "https://acme.invalid/dir", MaxPerUser: 10}, env.st, env.srv.eng, quiet)
 	env.srv.cfg.Certs = m
 	return m
 }

internal/server/h_auth.go

@@ -444,6 +444,12 @@ func applyUserInput(u *model.User, in *api.UserInput) error {
 	if in.Comment != nil {
 		u.Comment = *in.Comment
 	}
+	if in.CertLimit != nil {
+		u.CertLimit = in.CertLimit
+		if *in.CertLimit < 0 {
+			u.CertLimit = nil
+		}
+	}
 	if in.Password != nil {
 		if *in.Password == "" {
 			u.PasswordHash = "" // service account: tokens only

internal/server/h_certs.go

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/netip"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"jarl/internal/api"
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@ type certView struct {
 	NamedUse []string `json:"named_use,omitempty"`
 	// IssuingSince is set while Jarl is obtaining it.
 	IssuingSince *time.Time `json:"issuing_since,omitempty"`
+	// Owner is the user a certificate for another host belongs to; PulledBy
+	// who downloaded it (list and get, administrators only).
+	Owner    string                  `json:"owner,omitempty"`
+	PulledBy []model.CertificatePull `json:"pulled_by,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type certFiles struct {
@@ -62,6 +70,78 @@ func (s *Server) certsReady(p *auth.Principal) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// certsAccess lets in administrators and users with a certificates grant
+// (certificates for other hosts: their own only).
+func (s *Server) certsAccess(p *auth.Principal) error {
+	if s.cfg.Certs == nil {
+		return &httpError{http.StatusNotFound, "disabled", "certificates aren't available in this jarld"}
+	}
+	if p.IsAdmin() || p.Can(auth.Action{Resource: auth.ResCerts}) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return forbidden("certificates need an administrator, or a certificates grant for their names (certificates:write names=*.example.com)")
+}
+
+// certAllowed reports whether p may see (or, with write, change) c: an
+// administrator any; anyone else their own, while their grants cover all
+// its names.
+func certAllowed(p *auth.Principal, c *model.Certificate, write bool) bool {
+	if p.IsAdmin() {
+		return true
+	}
+	if p.User == nil || c.OwnerID == 0 || c.OwnerID != p.User.ID {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, d := range c.Domains {
+		if !p.Can(auth.Action{Resource: auth.ResCerts, Write: write, Name: d}) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// certFor returns the certificate in the path, if p may see it (else not
+// found, so names of others' certificates don't leak).
+func (s *Server) certFor(r *http.Request, p *auth.Principal, write bool) (*model.Certificate, error) {
+	c, err := s.cfg.Certs.Get(r.Context(), r.PathValue("name"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, certErr(err)
+	}
+	if !certAllowed(p, c, write) {
+		if write && certAllowed(p, c, false) {
+			return nil, forbidden("you may only download certificate %s", c.Name)
+		}
+		return nil, notFound("no such certificate")
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+// withOwners adds owners and downloads to views (for administrators).
+func (s *Server) withOwners(ctx context.Context, views []certView) error {
+	pulls, err := s.store.CertificatePulls(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	users, err := s.store.ListUsers(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	names := map[int64]string{}
+	for _, u := range users {
+		names[u.ID] = u.Username
+	}
+	for i := range views {
+		if id := views[i].OwnerID; id != 0 {
+			views[i].Owner = names[id]
+			if views[i].Owner == "" {
+				views[i].Owner = fmt.Sprintf("deleted user %d", id)
+			}
+		}
+		views[i].PulledBy = pulls[views[i].ID]
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func certErr(err error) error {
 	var ie *certs.InputError
 	switch {
@@ -71,13 +151,15 @@ func certErr(err error) error {
 		return notFound("no such certificate")
 	case errors.Is(err, certs.ErrConflict):
 		return conflict("a certificate with that name exists")
+	case errors.Is(err, certs.ErrTaken):
+		return conflict("the certificate name is taken by another user's certificate (or one Jarl uses): choose another name")
 	}
 	return err
 }
 
 // certList: GET /certificates.
 func (s *Server) certList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Principal) error {
-	if err := s.certsReady(p); err != nil {
+	if err := s.certsAccess(p); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	all, err := s.cfg.Certs.List(r.Context())
@@ -90,22 +172,32 @@ func (s *Server) certList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Princi
 	}
 	out := []certView{}
 	for _, c := range all {
+		if !certAllowed(p, c, false) {
+			continue
+		}
 		v := s.presentCert(c)
 		v.NamedUse = encdns.CertUses(st, s.cfg.Certs.FilesDir(c.Name))
 		out = append(out, v)
 	}
+	if !p.IsAdmin() {
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"certificates": out})
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := s.withOwners(r.Context(), out); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"certificates": out, "account": s.cfg.Certs.AccountInfo(r.Context())})
 	return nil
 }
 
 // certGet: GET /certificates/{name}.
 func (s *Server) certGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Principal) error {
-	if err := s.certsReady(p); err != nil {
+	if err := s.certsAccess(p); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	c, err := s.cfg.Certs.Get(r.Context(), r.PathValue("name"))
+	c, err := s.certFor(r, p, false)
 	if err != nil {
-		return certErr(err)
+		return err
 	}
 	st, err := s.store.LoadState(r.Context())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -113,22 +205,80 @@ func (s *Server) certGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Princip
 	}
 	v := s.presentCert(c)
 	v.NamedUse = encdns.CertUses(st, s.cfg.Certs.FilesDir(c.Name))
+	if p.IsAdmin() {
+		vs := []certView{v}
+		if err := s.withOwners(r.Context(), vs); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		v = vs[0]
+	}
 	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, v)
 	return nil
 }
 
+// certRequest: POST /certificates/{name}/request {"domains": [...],
+// "key_type": "ec256"}, for jarl cert get: the certificate for another
+// host, owned by the caller's user. A new one is created and obtained
+// (202 while that runs; poll GET /certificates/{name} until
+// issuing_since is gone). An existing one is the caller's, obtained again
+// only when its names change; otherwise it is returned as it is (200).
+func (s *Server) certRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Principal) error {
+	if err := s.certsAccess(p); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if p.User == nil || p.User.ID == 0 {
+		return forbidden("certificates for other hosts belong to a user: use an API token, not the local socket as root")
+	}
+	var in struct {
+		Domains []string `json:"domains"`
+		KeyType string   `json:"key_type"`
+	}
+	if err := decodeJSON(r, &in); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, d := range in.Domains {
+		d = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSpace(d), "."))
+		if !p.Can(auth.Action{Resource: auth.ResCerts, Write: true, Name: d}) {
+			return forbidden("you may not get a certificate for %s: that needs certificates:write with a names pattern that matches it", d)
+		}
+	}
+	res, err := s.cfg.Certs.Ensure(r.Context(), r.PathValue("name"), in.Domains, in.KeyType, p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return certErr(err)
+	}
+	v := s.presentCert(res.Certificate)
+	out := map[string]any{"certificate": v, "created": res.Created, "changed": res.Changed}
+	if res.Ignored != "" {
+		out["warnings"] = []string{res.Ignored}
+	}
+	status := http.StatusOK
+	if v.IssuingSince != nil {
+		status = http.StatusAccepted
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, status, out)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // certPEM: GET /certificates/{name}/pem?part=fullchain|cert|key|bundle,
 // the certificate as PEM for use elsewhere: the chain (default), the
 // certificate alone, the private key, or the key followed by the chain
 // (one file, as HAProxy wants). Anything with the key is audited.
 func (s *Server) certPEM(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Principal) error {
-	if err := s.certsReady(p); err != nil {
+	if err := s.certsAccess(p); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := s.certFor(r, p, false); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	part := r.URL.Query().Get("part")
 	if part == "" {
 		part = "fullchain"
 	}
+	if part == "key" || part == "bundle" {
+		if ok, why := s.keyTransport(r); !ok {
+			return &httpError{http.StatusForbidden, "https_required", "a private key is only handed out over HTTPS (or to this server itself), and this request came by " + why}
+		}
+	}
 	c, chain, key, err := s.cfg.Certs.PEM(r.Context(), r.PathValue("name"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return certErr(err)
@@ -155,6 +305,16 @@ func (s *Server) certPEM(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Princip
 	if part == "key" || part == "bundle" {
 		s.eng.Audit(r.Context(), p, "certificate.export_key", "certificate", c.ID, c.Name, "success", "exported the private key ("+part+")")
 	}
+	pull := &model.CertificatePull{CertID: c.ID, Who: pullWho(p), Serial: c.Serial, IP: s.clientIP(r), At: time.Now().UTC()}
+	if p.User != nil {
+		pull.UserID = p.User.ID
+	}
+	if p.Token != nil {
+		pull.TokenID = p.Token.ID
+	}
+	if err := s.store.RecordCertificatePull(r.Context(), pull); err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("recording a certificate download failed", "certificate", c.Name, "err", err)
+	}
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/x-pem-file")
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Disposition", `attachment; filename="`+file+`"`)
 	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
@@ -208,7 +368,10 @@ func (s *Server) certUpdate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Prin
 
 // certDelete: DELETE /certificates/{name}.
 func (s *Server) certDelete(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Principal) error {
-	if err := s.certsReady(p); err != nil {
+	if err := s.certsAccess(p); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := s.certFor(r, p, true); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := s.cfg.Certs.Delete(r.Context(), r.PathValue("name"), p); err != nil {
@@ -303,3 +466,28 @@ func (s *Server) certSummary(ctx context.Context) *api.CertSummary {
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+// keyTransport reports whether a private key may go back over r: HTTPS
+// (also through a trusted proxy), the local socket, or loopback.
+func (s *Server) keyTransport(r *http.Request) (bool, string) {
+	https, why := s.transport(r)
+	if https {
+		return true, why
+	}
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+	if a, err := netip.ParseAddr(host); err == nil && a.Unmap().IsLoopback() && !s.trusted(a.Unmap()) {
+		return true, "plain HTTP from this server"
+	}
+	return false, why
+}
+
+// pullWho names a downloader: its token (and user), or the user.
+func pullWho(p *auth.Principal) string {
+	switch {
+	case p.Token != nil:
+		return "token " + p.Token.Name + " (" + p.Name() + ")"
+	case p.User != nil && p.Method != "":
+		return p.Method + " " + p.Name()
+	}
+	return p.Name()
+}

internal/server/routes.go

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func (s *Server) routes() {
 	m.HandleFunc("POST "+p+"/certificates/check", s.authed(s.certCheck))
 	m.HandleFunc("GET "+p+"/certificates/{name}", s.authed(s.certGet))
 	m.HandleFunc("GET "+p+"/certificates/{name}/pem", s.authed(s.certPEM))
+	m.HandleFunc("POST "+p+"/certificates/{name}/request", s.authed(s.certRequest))
 	m.HandleFunc("PATCH "+p+"/certificates/{name}", s.authed(s.certUpdate))
 	m.HandleFunc("DELETE "+p+"/certificates/{name}", s.authed(s.certDelete))
 	m.HandleFunc("POST "+p+"/certificates/{name}/issue", s.authed(s.certIssue))

internal/store/certificates.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 const certCols = `id, name, source, domains, cert_file, key_file, uses, challenge, key_type, comment, cert_pem, key_pem, names,
 	not_before, not_after, issuer, serial, renew_at, ari_checked_at, last_attempt, last_success, last_error, failures, last_routes,
-	created_at, updated_at, created_by, updated_by`
+	created_at, updated_at, created_by, updated_by, owner_id`
 
 func scanCert(sc interface{ Scan(...any) error }) (*model.Certificate, error) {
 	c := &model.Certificate{}
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func scanCert(sc interface{ Scan(...any) error }) (*model.Certificate, error) {
 	var nb, na, ra, ac, la, ls sql.NullString
 	if err := sc.Scan(&c.ID, &c.Name, &c.Source, &domains, &c.CertFile, &c.KeyFile, &uses, &c.Challenge, &c.KeyType, &c.Comment,
 		&c.CertPEM, &c.KeyPEM, &names, &nb, &na, &c.Issuer, &c.Serial, &ra, &ac, &la, &ls, &c.LastError, &c.Failures, &routes,
-		&ca, &ua, &c.CreatedBy, &c.UpdatedBy); err != nil {
+		&ca, &ua, &c.CreatedBy, &c.UpdatedBy, &c.OwnerID); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	for _, f := range []struct {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (s *Store) CertificateByName(ctx context.Context, name string) (*model.Cert
 func (s *Store) CreateCertificate(ctx context.Context, c *model.Certificate) error {
 	now := time.Now().UTC()
 	c.CreatedAt, c.UpdatedAt = now, now
-	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO certificates (`+certCols[len("id, "):]+`) VALUES (`+placeholders(27)+`)`, certArgs(c)...)
+	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO certificates (`+certCols[len("id, "):]+`) VALUES (`+placeholders(28)+`)`, certArgs(c)...)
 	if isUnique(err) {
 		return ErrConflict
 	}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (s *Store) UpdateCertificate(ctx context.Context, c *model.Certificate) err
 	c.UpdatedAt = time.Now().UTC()
 	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `UPDATE certificates SET name=?, source=?, domains=?, cert_file=?, key_file=?, uses=?, challenge=?, key_type=?,
 		comment=?, cert_pem=?, key_pem=?, names=?, not_before=?, not_after=?, issuer=?, serial=?, renew_at=?, ari_checked_at=?, last_attempt=?,
-		last_success=?, last_error=?, failures=?, last_routes=?, created_at=?, updated_at=?, created_by=?, updated_by=? WHERE id=?`,
+		last_success=?, last_error=?, failures=?, last_routes=?, created_at=?, updated_at=?, created_by=?, updated_by=?, owner_id=? WHERE id=?`,
 		append(certArgs(c), c.ID)...)
 	if isUnique(err) {
 		return ErrConflict
@@ -123,5 +123,35 @@ func certArgs(c *model.Certificate) []any {
 	return []any{c.Name, c.Source, list(c.Domains), c.CertFile, c.KeyFile, list(c.Uses), c.Challenge, c.KeyType, c.Comment,
 		c.CertPEM, c.KeyPEM, list(c.Names), tsPtr(c.NotBefore), tsPtr(c.NotAfter), c.Issuer, c.Serial, tsPtr(c.RenewAt),
 		tsPtr(c.ARICheckedAt), tsPtr(c.LastAttempt), tsPtr(c.LastSuccess), c.LastError, c.Failures, list(c.LastRoutes),
-		ts(c.CreatedAt), ts(c.UpdatedAt), c.CreatedBy, c.UpdatedBy}
+		ts(c.CreatedAt), ts(c.UpdatedAt), c.CreatedBy, c.UpdatedBy, c.OwnerID}
+}
+
+// RecordCertificatePull notes a download of a certificate, replacing the
+// same downloader's earlier one.
+func (s *Store) RecordCertificatePull(ctx context.Context, p *model.CertificatePull) error {
+	_, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO certificate_pulls (cert_id, who, user_id, token_id, serial, ip, at) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
+		ON CONFLICT (cert_id, who) DO UPDATE SET user_id = excluded.user_id, token_id = excluded.token_id, serial = excluded.serial, ip = excluded.ip, at = excluded.at`,
+		p.CertID, p.Who, p.UserID, p.TokenID, p.Serial, p.IP, ts(p.At))
+	return err
+}
+
+// CertificatePulls returns who downloaded each certificate, newest first,
+// by certificate ID.
+func (s *Store) CertificatePulls(ctx context.Context) (map[int64][]model.CertificatePull, error) {
+	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx, `SELECT cert_id, who, user_id, token_id, serial, ip, at FROM certificate_pulls ORDER BY at DESC`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	out := map[int64][]model.CertificatePull{}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var p model.CertificatePull
+		var at string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&p.CertID, &p.Who, &p.UserID, &p.TokenID, &p.Serial, &p.IP, &at); err != nil {
+			rows.Close()
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		p.At = parseTS(at)
+		out[p.CertID] = append(out[p.CertID], p)
+	}
+	return out, closeRows(rows)
 }

internal/store/store.go

@@ -384,6 +384,22 @@ ALTER TABLE zones ADD COLUMN auto_ptr INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
 	`
 ALTER TABLE views ADD COLUMN reverse_suggestions_off INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
 ALTER TABLE views ADD COLUMN dismissed_reverse TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '[]';
+`,
+	// 14: certificates for other hosts (docs/certificates.md#certificates-for-other-hosts):
+	// an owner, a per-user limit, and who downloaded them.
+	`
+ALTER TABLE certificates ADD COLUMN owner_id INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
+ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN cert_limit INTEGER;
+CREATE TABLE certificate_pulls (
+	cert_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES certificates(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+	who TEXT NOT NULL,
+	user_id INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+	token_id INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+	serial TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+	ip TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+	at TEXT NOT NULL,
+	PRIMARY KEY (cert_id, who)
+);
 `,
 }
 

internal/store/users.go

@@ -18,16 +18,21 @@ func isUnique(err error) bool {
 	return err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "UNIQUE constraint failed")
 }
 
-const userCols = `id, username, password_hash, admin, grants, disabled, comment, created_at, updated_at, last_login_at, totp_secret, totp_pending, totp_enabled_at, totp_last_step`
+const userCols = `id, username, password_hash, admin, grants, disabled, comment, created_at, updated_at, last_login_at, totp_secret, totp_pending, totp_enabled_at, totp_last_step, cert_limit`
 
 func scanUser(sc interface{ Scan(...any) error }) (*model.User, error) {
 	u := &model.User{}
 	var grants, ca, ua string
 	var admin, disabled int
 	var ll, te sql.NullString
-	if err := sc.Scan(&u.ID, &u.Username, &u.PasswordHash, &admin, &grants, &disabled, &u.Comment, &ca, &ua, &ll, &u.TOTPSecret, &u.TOTPPending, &te, &u.TOTPLastStep); err != nil {
+	var limit sql.NullInt64
+	if err := sc.Scan(&u.ID, &u.Username, &u.PasswordHash, &admin, &grants, &disabled, &u.Comment, &ca, &ua, &ll, &u.TOTPSecret, &u.TOTPPending, &te, &u.TOTPLastStep, &limit); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if limit.Valid {
+		n := int(limit.Int64)
+		u.CertLimit = &n
+	}
 	u.Admin, u.Disabled = admin != 0, disabled != 0
 	u.HasPassword = u.PasswordHash != ""
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(grants), &u.Grants); err != nil {
@@ -48,8 +53,8 @@ func (s *Store) CreateUser(ctx context.Context, u *model.User) error {
 	if u.Grants == nil {
 		u.Grants = []model.Grant{}
 	}
-	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO users (username, password_hash, admin, grants, disabled, comment, created_at, updated_at) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)`,
+	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO users (username, password_hash, admin, grants, disabled, comment, created_at, updated_at, cert_limit) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)`,
-		u.Username, u.PasswordHash, boolInt(u.Admin), jsonText(u.Grants), boolInt(u.Disabled), u.Comment, ts(now), ts(now))
+		u.Username, u.PasswordHash, boolInt(u.Admin), jsonText(u.Grants), boolInt(u.Disabled), u.Comment, ts(now), ts(now), u.CertLimit)
 	if isUnique(err) {
 		return ErrConflict
 	}
@@ -64,8 +69,8 @@ func (s *Store) CreateUser(ctx context.Context, u *model.User) error {
 // UpdateUser saves a user.
 func (s *Store) UpdateUser(ctx context.Context, u *model.User) error {
 	u.UpdatedAt = time.Now()
-	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `UPDATE users SET username = ?, password_hash = ?, admin = ?, grants = ?, disabled = ?, comment = ?, updated_at = ? WHERE id = ?`,
+	res, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, `UPDATE users SET username = ?, password_hash = ?, admin = ?, grants = ?, disabled = ?, comment = ?, updated_at = ?, cert_limit = ? WHERE id = ?`,
-		u.Username, u.PasswordHash, boolInt(u.Admin), jsonText(u.Grants), boolInt(u.Disabled), u.Comment, ts(u.UpdatedAt), u.ID)
+		u.Username, u.PasswordHash, boolInt(u.Admin), jsonText(u.Grants), boolInt(u.Disabled), u.Comment, ts(u.UpdatedAt), u.CertLimit, u.ID)
 	if isUnique(err) {
 		return ErrConflict
 	}

internal/web/static/assets/pages/certificates.js

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export async function render(el) {
       c.uses.includes("web") ? [badge(c.serving ? "web UI (serving)" : "web UI", c.serving ? "ok" : ""), " "] : null,
       c.uses.includes("dns") ? namedUse(c) : null,
       !c.uses.length ? h("span", { class: "muted", title: "Export it to use it in another program" }, "not used by Jarl") : null] },
+    { label: "Owner", render: (c) => c.owner ? h("span", null, c.owner, pulledBy(c)) : h("span", { class: "muted" }, "Jarl") },
     { label: "Source", render: (c) => c.source === "acme" ? h("span", null, "Jarl", h("div", { class: "small muted" }, "challenge " + c.challenge)) : h("span", null, "your files", h("div", { class: "small muted mono" }, c.cert_file)) },
     { label: "Expires", render: (c) => c.not_after ? h("span", null, time(c.not_after), c.source === "acme" && c.next_attempt ? h("div", { class: "small muted" }, "renews " + fmtTime(c.next_attempt)) : null) : h("span", { class: "muted" }, "–") },
     { label: "Status", render: (c) => {
@@ -64,6 +65,15 @@ export async function render(el) {
   }
 }
 
+// pulledBy says who downloaded a certificate for another host, and
+// whether they have the current one.
+function pulledBy(c) {
+  const ps = c.pulled_by || [];
+  if (!ps.length) return h("div", { class: "small muted" }, "not downloaded yet");
+  return ps.map((p) => h("div", { class: "small " + (p.serial === c.serial ? "muted" : "warn-text"), title: p.who + " from " + (p.ip || "?") + ", " + fmtTime(p.at) },
+    p.who.replace(/^token /, "") + ", " + fmtTime(p.at) + (p.serial === c.serial ? "" : " (old: not fetched since the renewal)")));
+}
+
 // namedUse is what named uses a certificate for: DoT and DoH, with the
 // addresses in the tooltip (the details list them).
 function namedUse(c) {

internal/web/static/assets/pages/users.js

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ async function userDialog(u, grants) {
     tmpl.value = "";
   });
   const comment = input({ value: u ? u.comment : "" });
+  const certLimit = input({ type: "number", min: "0", value: u && u.cert_limit != null ? String(u.cert_limit) : "", placeholder: "certificates.max_per_user" });
   await modal(u ? "Edit " + u.username : "New user", h("div", null, h("div", { class: "form-grid" },
     field("Username", name),
     field("Password", pw),
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ async function userDialog(u, grants) {
     u ? h("span") : null, u ? disabled : null,
     field("Permissions", gr, "One grant per line (ignored for administrators)."),
     h("span"), tmpl,
+    field("Certificates", certLimit, "How many certificates this user may own through jarl cert get (needs a certificates grant). Empty: the default from jarl.yaml."),
     field("Comment", comment)), err), [
     { label: "Cancel", value: null },
     { label: u ? "Save" : "Create user", kind: "primary", onclick: async () => {
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ async function userDialog(u, grants) {
       if (service.input.checked) data.password = "";
       else if (pw.value) data.password = pw.value;
       if (u) data.disabled = disabled.input.checked;
+      if (certLimit.value.trim() !== "") data.cert_limit = Number(certLimit.value);
+      else if (u && u.cert_limit != null) data.cert_limit = -1;
       try {
         if (u) await api("PATCH", "/users/" + u.id, { body: data });
         else await api("POST", "/users", { body: data });

scripts/e2e.sh

@@ -896,6 +896,58 @@ if [ -n "$PEBBLE" ]; then
 	run "a second certificate for the web UI is refused (exit 6)" 6 $J cert create other --domain nas.adbraun.test --use web
 	run "certificate metrics" 0 curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:$HTTP/metrics
 	contains '^jarl_certificate_failing{certificate="ns1",source="acme"} 0$'
+	# Certificates for other hosts: jarl cert get (docs/certificates.md#certificates-for-other-hosts).
+	run "user for other hosts' certificates" 0 $J user create hosts --no-password --grant "certificates:write names=*.adbraun.test"
+	run "its token" 0 sh -c "$J token create mx --user hosts -q > $E/hosts.token"
+	run "a second user with the same grant" 0 $J user create hosts2 --no-password --grant "certificates:write names=*.adbraun.test"
+	run "and its token" 0 sh -c "$J token create web --user hosts2 -q > $E/hosts2.token"
+	run "a user without a certificates grant" 0 $J user create nocert --no-password --role acme
+	run "and its token too" 0 sh -c "$J token create nocert --user nocert -q > $E/nocert.token"
+	CG="--token @$E/hosts.token"; CGD=$E/certget
+	mkdir -p $CGD
+	HOOK='echo "$JARL_CERT_NAME $JARL_CERT_RENEWED $(basename $JARL_CERT_KEY)" >> '$CGD/hook.log
+	run "cert get: obtained by jarld, downloaded here" 0 $J $CG cert get mail -d mail.adbraun.test --dir $CGD/mail --hook "$HOOK" --config-dir $CGD/conf
+	contains "mail .*new files"
+	run "the files" 0 ls $CGD/mail
+	contains "^chain.pem$"
+	contains "^fullchain.pem$"
+	contains "^jarl-cert.json$"
+	run "the key is mode 600" 0 stat -c %a $CGD/mail/privkey.pem
+	contains "^600$"
+	run "the key matches" 0 sh -c "openssl x509 -in $CGD/mail/cert.pem -noout -pubkey | cmp - \$(openssl pkey -in $CGD/mail/privkey.pem -pubout > $CGD/pub.pem; echo $CGD/pub.pem)"
+	run "the hook ran" 0 cat $CGD/hook.log
+	contains "^mail 0 privkey.pem$"
+	run "the settings are saved, readable only by their owner" 0 stat -c %a $CGD/conf/mail.json
+	contains "^600$"
+	run "cert get again: up to date, no hook" 0 $J cert get --config-dir $CGD/conf
+	contains "mail .*up to date"
+	if [ "$(wc -l < $CGD/hook.log)" = 1 ]; then ok "the hook didn't run again"; else bad "hook ran again: $(cat $CGD/hook.log)"; fi
+	run "cert saved" 0 $J cert saved --config-dir $CGD/conf
+	contains "mail  *mail.adbraun.test .*$CGD/mail"
+	run "another user can't take the name (exit 5)" 5 $J --token @$E/hosts2.token cert get mail -d mail.adbraun.test --dir $CGD/x --no-save --config-dir $CGD/conf2
+	contains "taken"
+	run "an ACME token can't get certificates (exit 3)" 3 $J --token @$E/nocert.token cert get x -d x.adbraun.test --dir $CGD/x --no-save --config-dir $CGD/conf2
+	run "a name outside the grant (exit 3)" 3 $J $CG cert get other -d mail.example.org --dir $CGD/other --no-save --config-dir $CGD/conf
+	run "the admin sees the owner and who downloaded it" 0 $J cert show mail
+	contains "Owner: *hosts"
+	contains "Pulled by: *token mx (hosts)"
+	run "jarld renews it" 0 $J cert issue mail
+	run "cert get: the renewed one, hook told" 0 $J cert get --config-dir $CGD/conf
+	contains "mail .*new files"
+	run "the hook ran for the renewal" 0 tail -1 $CGD/hook.log
+	contains "^mail 1 privkey.pem$"
+	run "a name added: obtained again" 0 $J cert get mail -d mail.adbraun.test -d smtp.adbraun.test --config-dir $CGD/conf
+	run "the new certificate has both names" 0 openssl x509 -in $CGD/mail/cert.pem -noout -ext subjectAltName
+	contains "smtp.adbraun.test"
+	run "cert schedule writes the units" 0 $J cert schedule --unit-dir $CGD --no-systemctl
+	run "the service runs cert get" 0 cat $CGD/jarl-cert-get.service
+	contains "^ExecStart=.* cert get --config-dir"
+	run "the timer runs daily" 0 cat $CGD/jarl-cert-get.timer
+	contains "^OnCalendar=daily$"
+	run "cert forget" 0 $J cert forget mail --config-dir $CGD/conf
+	run "nothing saved now" 0 $J cert saved --config-dir $CGD/conf
+	contains "No saved certificates"
+	run "the owner may delete it" 0 $J $CG cert delete mail --yes
 	# Encrypted DNS set up by Jarl (docs/encrypted-dns.md), next to the
 	# hand-written listener above.
 	EDOT=${EDOT_PORT:-25855}; EDOH=${EDOH_PORT:-25856}