[Freeipa-users] Certs.

Rob Crittenden rcritten at redhat.com
Thu Sep 18 00:24:53 UTC 2014


Walid wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Self signed IPA certificate i saw it is 20 years, however how about the
> client nodes renewal, i see here it is automated, how, and when

For renewed CA certificate distribution, we are working on it in ticket 
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4322

For any server certificates on a client then certmonger is the way to 
go, and is our recommended mechanism. It will monitor and automatically 
renew any certificates installed (well, any it has permission to renew).

rob

>
> On 16 September 2014 20:13, Rob Crittenden <rcritten at redhat.com
> <mailto:rcritten at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>     Walid wrote:
>
>         Hi Dmitri,
>
>         I am interested in the renewal process, how would that happen for
>         clients, and when would it happen?
>
>
>     It depends on what scenario you're talking about (self-signed IPA
>     cert, IPA as subordinate, user-provided certificates), and what
>     certs you mean.
>
>     rob
>
>
>         On 11 September 2014 03:01, Dmitri Pal <dpal at redhat.com
>         <mailto:dpal at redhat.com>
>         <mailto:dpal at redhat.com <mailto:dpal at redhat.com>>> wrote:
>
>              On 09/10/2014 07:57 PM, William Graboyes wrote:
>
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>                  Hi Dmitri,
>
>                  Production Environment is going to be RH 6.5,  We are still
>                  evaluating
>                  the usage of systemd. More like we are taking a wait
>         and see
>                  approach
>                  to to systemd, while actively testing it.
>
>              The command line options for chaining are there from day one.
>              So you would need to chain your production environment when you
>              deploy it.
>              In future when you migrate to later versions (in couple of
>         years or
>              so) you will be able to change the chaining using the new
>         tools.
>              Right now it is a vary hard multi step manual procedure.
>         This is why
>              we developed the tool.
>              But you should be all set for now. You would not need to change
>              anything for several years.
>
>              Thanks
>              Dmitri
>
>
>
>                  Thanks,
>                  Bill
>
>                  On Wed Sep 10 16:49:24 2014, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>
>                      On 09/10/2014 07:26 PM, William Graboyes wrote:
>
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>                          Hi Chris,
>
>                          Thank you for the suggestion. Looking at
>         http://www.redhat.com/____archives/freeipa-users/2014-____August/msg00334.html
>         <http://www.redhat.com/__archives/freeipa-users/2014-__August/msg00334.html>
>
>         <http://www.redhat.com/__archives/freeipa-users/2014-__August/msg00334.html
>         <http://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-users/2014-August/msg00334.html>>
>
>                          Installing a new, third party cert requires a
>         reinstall
>                          of IPA?  IPA
>                          Devs, that is a bit silly don't you think?  A
>         year or
>                          two in the cert
>                          expires, now you have to start from scratch?  I
>         will
>                          wait for some form
>                          of response before I attempt at eating crow in
>         front of
>                          management.
>
>                          I forgot to mention, free-ipa version
>                          ipa-server-3.0.0-37.el6.x86_____64.
>
>                      Since 3.0 internal certs are issued for 2 years and
>         are renewed
>                      automatically. The root cert is valid for more than two
>                      years (AFAIR
>                      it is 20).
>
>
>
>
>
>                          On Wed Sep 10 15:55:56 2014, Chris Whittle wrote:
>
>                              Search the list for a post by me and certs...
>                              Basically there is a
>                              install
>                              flag that will do all the work for you once
>         you have
>                              it the cert in the
>                              right format.
>                              On Sep 10, 2014 5:53 PM, "William Graboyes"
>                              <wgraboyes at cenic.org
>         <mailto:wgraboyes at cenic.org> <mailto:wgraboyes at cenic.org
>         <mailto:wgraboyes at cenic.org>>>
>                              wrote:
>
>                              ********* *BEGIN ENCRYPTED or SIGNED PART*
>         *********
>
>                              Hello list,
>
>                              I have been fruitlessly searching for some
>                              information, especially
>                              related to Certs, namely how to replace the
>         self
>                              signed certs with
>                              certs from a trusted CA?  As we are moving
>         forward into
>                              productionizing of our free-ipa install, I am
>                              finding information on
>                              the net to be a bit lacking.  There is also the
>                              possibility that I am
>                              not looking in the right places, or using the
>                              correct search terms.
>                              Any help on this front would be greatly
>         appreciated.
>
>                              Thanks,
>                              Bill
>
>
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>              Thank you,
>              Dmitri Pal
>
>              Sr. Engineering Manager IdM portfolio
>              Red Hat, Inc.
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