v2.0.47: HTTPS Everywhere — TLS-only control plane, agents/CLI/MCP

Breaking change release. Plaintext HTTP listener removed. The certctl
control plane now terminates TLS 1.3 on :8443 via
http.Server.ListenAndServeTLS. No CERTCTL_TLS_ENABLED=false escape
hatch. No dual-listener mode. One-step cutover per docs/upgrade-to-tls.md.

Server
- cmd/server/tls.go: certHolder with SIGHUP hot-reload + atomic cert
  swap, buildServerTLSConfig (TLS 1.3 min, GetCertificate callback),
  preflightServerTLS validation
- cmd/server/main.go: ListenAndServeTLS in place of ListenAndServe,
  watchSIGHUP wiring, cert/key path config threading
- tls_test.go: 418-line regression coverage of reload, preflight,
  callback behavior, SAN validation

Config
- CERTCTL_TLS_CERT_PATH / CERTCTL_TLS_KEY_PATH (required)
- Plaintext rejection: agents/CLI/MCP pre-flight-fail on http://
  URLs with a pointer to docs/upgrade-to-tls.md

Agents, CLI, MCP
- All three pre-flight-reject http:// URLs with fail-loud diagnostic
- CERTCTL_SERVER_CA_BUNDLE_PATH for private-CA trust
- CERTCTL_SERVER_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY for dev-only bypass
  (loud warning on startup)
- install-agent.sh emits both vars as commented template lines

docker-compose
- certctl-tls-init sidecar generates SAN-valid self-signed cert into
  deploy/test/certs/ on first boot
- All demo-stack curls pin against ca.crt with --cacert

Helm chart
- Three TLS provisioning modes, exactly one required:
  - server.tls.existingSecret (operator-supplied)
  - server.tls.certManager.enabled (cert-manager integration)
  - server.tls.selfSigned.enabled (eval only — not for production)
- server-certificate.yaml template for cert-manager mode
- helm install without a TLS source fails at template render with
  a pointer to docs/tls.md

CI
- .github/workflows/ci.yml Helm Chart Validation step renders the
  chart in both existingSecret and cert-manager modes, plus an
  inverse guard-regression test that asserts helm template MUST
  refuse to render when no TLS source is configured. Previously
  the single `helm template` invocation hit the certctl.tls.required
  fail-loud guard and exit-1'd CI. Four invocations now: lint
  (existingSecret), template (existingSecret), template
  (cert-manager), template (no args — must fail).

Integration tests
- deploy/test/integration_test.go stands up the Compose stack over
  HTTPS, extracts the CA bundle, and exercises every certctl API
  over https://localhost:8443
- All 34 integration subtests green (per Phase 8 local CI-parity)

Documentation
- New: docs/tls.md (provisioning patterns, rotation, SIGHUP reload)
- New: docs/upgrade-to-tls.md (one-step cutover, no-downgrade
  warnings, fleet-roll sequencing)
- CHANGELOG.md: v2.2.0 "HTTPS Everywhere — The Irony" entry
  (file heading unchanged; release tag is v2.0.47)
- All curls in docs/, examples/, deploy/helm/ guides use
  https://localhost:8443 --cacert

Verification
- grep -rn "ListenAndServe[^T]" cmd/ internal/ → 0 hits
- grep -rn "\"http://" cmd/ internal/ → 2 benign hits (Caddy admin
  API default, SSRF doc comment) — zero certctl endpoints
- Tasks #197–#206 (Phases 0–8) all closed in the tracker

Files: 65 changed, 3489 insertions, 372 deletions (pre-CI-fix).
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@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ cd certctl
docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml up -d --build
```
Wait ~30 seconds, then open **http://localhost:8443** in your browser. The onboarding wizard walks you through connecting a CA, deploying an agent, and issuing your first certificate.
Wait ~30 seconds, then open **https://localhost:8443** in your browser. (The shipped `docker-compose.yml` self-signs a cert via the `certctl-tls-init` init container on first boot — accept the browser warning for the demo, or feed the generated `ca.crt` to your client.) The onboarding wizard walks you through connecting a CA, deploying an agent, and issuing your first certificate.
**Want a pre-populated demo instead?** Add the demo override to see 32 certificates across 10 issuers, 8 agents, and 180 days of realistic history:
@@ -208,10 +208,12 @@ docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml -f deploy/docker-compose.demo.yml up
The `deploy/` directory has four compose files: `docker-compose.yml` (base platform), `docker-compose.demo.yml` (demo data overlay), `docker-compose.dev.yml` (PgAdmin + debug logging), and `docker-compose.test.yml` (standalone integration tests with real CA backends). See the [Docker Compose Environments Guide](deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md) for a service-by-service walkthrough, or the [Quick Start](docs/quickstart.md#docker-compose-environments) for a summary.
```bash
curl http://localhost:8443/health
curl --cacert $(docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml exec -T certctl-server cat /etc/certctl/tls/ca.crt) https://localhost:8443/health
# {"status":"healthy"}
```
The control plane is HTTPS-only (TLS 1.3, no plaintext listener). See [`docs/tls.md`](docs/tls.md) for cert provisioning patterns and [`docs/upgrade-to-tls.md`](docs/upgrade-to-tls.md) if you're upgrading from a pre-v2.2 release.
### Agent Install (One-Liner)
```bash
@@ -326,8 +328,9 @@ Each directory contains a `docker-compose.yml` and a `README.md` explaining the
go install github.com/shankar0123/certctl/cmd/cli@latest
# Configure
export CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8443
export CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=https://localhost:8443
export CERTCTL_API_KEY=your-api-key
export CERTCTL_SERVER_CA_BUNDLE_PATH=/path/to/ca.crt # or --ca-bundle on the CLI; --insecure for dev self-signed
# Usage
certctl-cli certs list # List all certificates
@@ -347,11 +350,14 @@ certctl ships a standalone MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes all
```bash
# Install and run
go install github.com/shankar0123/certctl/cmd/mcp-server@latest
export CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8443
export CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=https://localhost:8443
export CERTCTL_API_KEY=your-api-key
export CERTCTL_SERVER_CA_BUNDLE_PATH=/path/to/ca.crt # required for self-signed bootstrap
mcp-server
```
The MCP server is env-vars-only — there are no CLI flags for TLS. If you must bypass verification for local development against a self-signed cert, set `CERTCTL_SERVER_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY=true`. Never set that in production.
**Claude Desktop** (`claude_desktop_config.json`):
```json
{
@@ -359,8 +365,9 @@ mcp-server
"certctl": {
"command": "mcp-server",
"env": {
"CERTCTL_SERVER_URL": "http://localhost:8443",
"CERTCTL_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
"CERTCTL_SERVER_URL": "https://localhost:8443",
"CERTCTL_API_KEY": "your-api-key",
"CERTCTL_SERVER_CA_BUNDLE_PATH": "/path/to/ca.crt"
}
}
}