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 very simple puppet module to create an NSS database and add a certificate
 and key via PEM files.
+
+## Example of setting up 389 ds certs
+
+```
+nssdb::create { '/etc/dirsrv/slapd-ldap1':
+  owner_id       => 'nobody',
+  group_id       => 'nobody',
+  mode           => '0660',
+  password       => 'example',
+  manage_certdir => false,
+}
+
+nssdb::add_cert_and_key{ '/etc/dirsrv/slapd-ldap1':
+  nickname => 'Server-Cert',
+  cert     => '/tmp/foo.pem',
+  key      => '/tmp/foo.key',
+}
+
+nssdb::add_cert { 'AlphaSSL CA':
+  certdir  => '/etc/dirsrv/slapd-ldap1',
+  nickname => 'AlphaSSL CA',
+  cert     => '/tmp/alphassl_intermediate.pem',
+}
+
+nssdb::add_cert { 'GlobalSign Root CA':
+  certdir  => '/etc/dirsrv/slapd-ldap1',
+  nickname => 'GlobalSign Root CA',
+  cert     => '/tmp/globalsign_root.pem',
+}
+```