@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
import argparse
DESCRIPTION = """\
Issues server and client X.509 certificates using a local CA
hierarchy.
"""
def get_parser():
Sets-up and returns a CLI argument parser.
@@ -29,7 +35,9 @@ def get_parser():
:returns: argparse.ArgumentParser -- argument parser for CLI.
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=DESCRIPTION)
parser.set_defaults(func=lambda args: parser.print_usage())
return parser
@@ -39,7 +47,13 @@ def main():
This function is a CLI entry point for the tool. It is a thin
wrapper around the argument parser, and underlying command
implementation.
In order for this to work, the parser needs to register the
callback function as a default parameter for attribute
'func'. This attribute is then invoked by the main function,
passing-in all the parsed arguments while at it.
parser = get_parser()
parser.parse_args()
args = parser.parse_args()
args.func(args)