7.6.2.3. Case III: HSM to Security Databases Migration
Extract the public/private key pairs from the HSM. The format for the extracted key pairs should be portable, such as a PKCS #12 file.
The pk12util tool provided by the Certificate System cannot extract public/private key pairs from an HSM because of requirements in the FIPS 140-1 standard which protect the private key portion of an entry. To extract this information, contact the HSM vendor for more information. The extracted keys should not have any dependencies, such as nickname prefixes, on the HSM.
Copy the extracted public/private key pairs from the old server to the new server.
cp old_server_root/alias/ServerCert.p12 /var/lib/instance_ID/alias/ServerCert.p12 cp old_server_root/alias/kraStorageCert.p12 /var/lib/instance_ID/alias/kraStorageCert.p12 cp old_server_root/alias/kraTransportCert.p12 /var/lib/instance_ID/alias/kraTransportCert.p12
Extract the public key of the old_HSM_slot_name:caSigningCert cert-old_DRM_instance from the old security databases and save the base-64 encoded output to a file called caSigningCert.b64:
cd old_server_root/alias
Set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to search the Certificate System libraries.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=old_server_root/bin/cert/lib export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Use the old Certificate System certutil tool to identify the old HSM slot name:
old_server_root/bin/cert/tools/certutil -U -d .
Use the old certutil tool to extract the public key from the security databases and save the base-64 output to a file:
old_server_root/bin/cert/tools/certutil -L -n "old_HSM_slot_name:caSigningCert cert-old_DRM_instance" -d . -h old_HSM_token_name -a > caSigningCert.b64
Copy the key information from the old server to the new server.
cp old_server_root/alias/caSigningCert.b64 /var/lib/instance_ID/alias/caSigningCert.b64
Log into the new server as the Certificate System user, and open the Certificate System alias/ directory.
cd /var/lib/instance_ID/alias/
Log in as root, and set the file user and group to the Certificate System user and group.
su chown user:group ServerCert.p12 chown user:group kraStorageCert.p12 chown user:group kraTransportCert.p12 chown user:group caSigningCert.b64
Log out as root. As the Certificate System user, change the permissions on the files.
chmod 00600 ServerCert.p12 chmod 00600 kraStorageCert.p12 chmod 00600 kraTransportCert.p12 chmod 00600 caSigningCert.b64
Import the public/private key pairs of each entry from the PKCS #12 files into the new security databases.
pk12util -i ServerCert.p12 -d . Enter Password or Pin for "NSS Certificate DB":******** Enter password for PKCS12 file: ******** pk12util: PKCS12 IMPORT SUCCESSFUL pk12util -i kraStorageCert.p12 -d . Enter Password or Pin for "NSS Certificate DB":******** Enter password for PKCS12 file: ******** pk12util: PKCS12 IMPORT SUCCESSFUL pk12util -i kraTransportCert.p12 -d . Enter Password or Pin for "NSS Certificate DB":******** Enter password for PKCS12 file: ******** pk12util: PKCS12 IMPORT SUCCESSFUL
Optionally, delete the PKCS #12 files.
rm ServerCert.p12 rm kraStorageCert.p12 rm kraTransportCert.p12
Set the trust bits on the public/private key pairs that were imported into the new security databases.
certutil -M -n "Server-Cert cert-old_DRM_instance" -t "cu,cu,cu" -d . certutil -M -n "kraStorageCert cert-old_DRM_instance" -t "u,u,u" -d . certutil -M -n "kraTransportCert cert-old_DRM_instance" -t "u,u,u" -d .
Import the public key from the base-64 file, and set the trust bits.
certutil -A -n "caSigningCert cert-old_DRM_instance" -t "CT,c," -d . -i caSigningCert.b64
Optionally, delete the base-64 file.
rm caSigningCert.b64
Open the CS.cfg configuration file.
cd /var/lib/instance_ID/conf
Edit the kra.storageUnit.nickname and kra.transportUnit.nickname attributes to reflect the new subsystem information.
kra.storageUnit.nickname= kraStorageCert cert-old_DRM_instance kra.transportUnit.nickname= kraTransportCert cert-old_DRM_instance
In the same directory, edit the serverCertNick.conf file to contain the old certificate nickname. For example:
vi serverCertNick.conf Server-Cert cert-old_DRM_instance