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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+ 
+# Provide an error message and usage instructions.
+usage () {
+      local msg="${1}"; shift
+ 
+cat >&2 <<EOF
+  $msg:
+ 
+  $0 issuerName
+ 
+  issuerName - The name of the issuer that has been updated for which every
+      related certificate needs to be reissued.
+EOF
+      exit 1
+}
+ 
+# Recreate a certificate and restart the pods that make use of said cert.
+#
+# Deletes the secret and then waits until cert-manager reissues a new secret.
+# Once the new secret exists, all of the pods, one at a time, that make use of
+# that certificate are deleted.  Between each pod being restarted, wait for
+# the previously deleted pod to be in ready state before deleting the next.
+#
+# $1 - The name of the secret created by the certificate request
+# $2 - The namespace in which the certificate / secret exists.
+refresh_cert() {
+      local name="${1}"; shift
+      local namespace="${1}"; shift
+      local pods pod_status
+      pods="{range .items[*]}"
+          pods+={@.metadata.name}
+          pods+="{range @.spec.volumes[?(@.secret.secretName==\"$name\")]}"
+              pods+={@.secret.secretName}
+          pods+="{end}"
+          pods+="{\"\n\"}"
+      pods+="{end}"
+      pod_status="{.status.conditions[?(@.type=='Ready')].status}"
+ 
+      kubectl -n "$namespace" delete secret "$name"
+      while ! kubectl -n "$namespace" get secret "$name"; do
+            sleep 10
+      done
+      kubectl -n "$namespace" get pods -o jsonpath="$pods" | \
+            grep "$name" | awk '{print $1}' | \
+            while read -r pod; do
+                  kubectl -n "$namespace" delete pod "$pod"
+                  while [[ "$(kubectl -n "$namespace" get pod "$pod" \
+                        -o jsonpath="$pod_status")" != "True" ]]; do
+                        sleep 10
+                  done
+            done
+}
+ 
+# Recreate the secrets associated with certificates created by an issuer
+#
+# $1 - The name of the issuer that was used to create the certificate.
+refresh_certs() {
+      local issuer="${1}"; shift
+      local jsonpath name namespace
+      jsonpath="{range .items[?(@.spec.issuerRef.name==\"$issuer\")]}"
+      jsonpath+="{.spec.secretName}{\" \"}{.metadata.namespace}{\"\n\"}"
+      jsonpath+="{end}"
+ 
+      if [[ $issuer == "" ]]; then
+            usage "Issuer name not specified"
+      fi
+ 
+      kubectl get cert --all-namespaces -o jsonpath="$jsonpath" | \
+            while read -r cert_details; do
+                  name="${cert_details%' '*}"
+                  namespace="${cert_details#*' '}"
+                  echo "name:  $name; namespace:  $namespace"
+                  refresh_cert "$name" "$namespace"
+            done
+}
+ 
+return 0 > /dev/null 2>&1 || refresh_certs "$@"