Unable to spawn CA when using HSM
by Lionel Beard
Hi,
I'm trying to create a CA with a Atos/Bull HSM backend.
I have created a configuration file default_hsm.cfg with hsm options
enabled and configured, and I have set HSM token and password.
When I run the command:
# pkispawn -s CA -f /etc/pki/default_hsm.cfg -vvv
I get the error:
pkispawn : DEBUG ........... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
standalone="no"?><XMLResponse><State>0</State><Type>CA</Type><Status>running</Status><Version>10.2.6-13.fc23</Version></XMLResponse>
pkispawn : INFO ....... constructing PKI configuration data.
pkispawn : INFO ....... executing 'certutil -R -d
/root/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/alias -s cn=PKI Administrator,e=caadmin(a)cls.fr
,o=cls.fr Security Domain -k rsa -g 2048 -z
/root/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/alias/noise -f
/root/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/password.conf -o
/root/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/alias/admin_pkcs10.bin'
pkispawn : INFO ....... rm -f /root/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/alias/noise
pkispawn : INFO ....... BtoA
/root/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/alias/admin_pkcs10.bin
/root/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/alias/admin_pkcs10.bin.asc
pkispawn : INFO ....... configuring PKI configuration data.
pkispawn : ERROR ....... Exception from Java Configuration Servlet:
400 Client Error: Bad Request for url:
https://freeipa-ca.cls.fr:8443/ca/rest/installer/configure
pkispawn : ERROR ....... ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token):
line 1, column 0:
{"Attributes":{"Attribute":[]},"ClassName":"com.netscape.certsrv.base.BadRequestException","Code":400,"Message":"*Invalid
Token provided. No such token*."}
pkispawn : DEBUG ....... Error Type: ParseError
pkispawn : DEBUG ....... Error Message: not well-formed (invalid
token): line 1, column 0
pkispawn : DEBUG ....... File "/usr/sbin/pkispawn", line 597, in
main
rv = instance.spawn(deployer)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pki/server/deployment/scriptlets/configuration.py",
line 116, in spawn
json.dumps(data, cls=pki.encoder.CustomTypeEncoder))
File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pki/server/deployment/pkihelper.py", line
3872, in configure_pki_data
root = ET.fromstring(e.response.text)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1300, in XML
parser.feed(text)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1642, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1506, in
_raiseerror
raise err
Installation failed.
Just after pki service restart.
I don't know which "Token" is it talking about, not sure it is HSM token.
HSM is working fine because it is previously added to database with modutil:
# modutil -list -dbdir /etc/pki/pki-tomcat/alias -nocertdb
Bull TrustWay Proteccio NetHSM 2.4
Configuration read from /etc/proteccio//proteccio.rc
Listing of PKCS #11 Modules
-----------------------------------------------------------
1. NSS Internal PKCS #11 Module
slots: 2 slots attached
status: loaded
slot: NSS Internal Cryptographic Services
token: NSS Generic Crypto Services
slot: NSS User Private Key and Certificate Services
token: NSS Certificate DB
2. nethsm
library name: /usr/lib64/libnethsm.so
slots: 8 slots attached
status: loaded
slot: Trustway Crypto Engine Slot
token: nethsm1_V1
slot: Trustway Crypto Engine Slot
token:
slot: Trustway Crypto Engine Slot
token:
slot: Trustway Crypto Engine Slot
token:
slot: Trustway Crypto Engine Slot
token:
slot: Trustway Crypto Engine Slot
token:
slot: Trustway Crypto Engine Slot
token:
slot: Trustway Crypto Engine Slot
token:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Of course, I have updated default_hsm.cfg file according to Redhat
documentation to enable HSM et put HSM token name and password:
# grep hsm /etc/pki/default_hsm.cfg
pki_audit_signing_token=nethsm1_V1
pki_hsm_enable=True
pki_hsm_libfile=/usr/lib64/libnethsm.so
pki_hsm_modulename=nethsm
pki_ssl_server_token=nethsm1_V1
pki_subsystem_token=nethsm1_V1
pki_token_name=nethsm1_V1
pki_storage_token=nethsm1_V1
pki_transport_token=nethsm1_V1
I have tried with interactive installation (so with no HSM), and it is
working fine.
Does anyone can help me?
Thanks!
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Good day to you all.
What is the process to renew all the four system certificates
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I have used the certutil to generate the certificate requests and get it
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Cheers.
Regards,
Mark
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We have a (smart-)card management system (runs under Windows) which sends the requests and expects the responses to both be base64 encoded.
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s IT Solutions
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Registration Authority
by Pascal Jakobi
As far as I can see, there is currently no RA in dogtag (no such choice
in pkispawn, no rpm). However, this is frequently required by customers.
Is there a document that discusses this topic ?
Thanks in advance
--
Pascal Jakobi <mailto:pascal.jakobi@gmail.com>
116 rue de Stalingrad
93100 Montreuil, France
Tel : +33 6 87 47 58 19
9 years, 12 months
Replace default caadmin key
by John Hogenmiller (yt)
Hello,
I've been recently learning a good bit about dogtag pki. I've setup a
standalone dogtag instance for development, I've written some code to
generate CSRs and get a cert from dogtag. I then went to try and get this
working against our FreeIPA instances. While trying to create a user
certificate, I found that none of my pki -n caadmin commands would work.
I eventually discovered this page
http://pki.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Default_CA_Admin and went to the
master/first freeipa server. While I did have the .cert and .der files, I
did not have "/root/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca_admin_cert.p12". It turns out
this server was rebuilt at one point, and no one was aware of the need to
back up this directory.
I do have /root/ca-agent.p12 and /root/cacert.p12, but I don't believe
either of these contain the private key that would have been in
ca_admin_cert.p12. I do have the pkcs12 password conf files (these seem to
be replicated to every freeipa replica).
My question at this point is if I can regain control of the dogtag CA
system. I believe I would have to create a new key/cert pair locally, and
then update an ldap entry with the new cert. Or maybe I can create a new
user entirely to manage dogtag. I would probably have to sign the user cert
using cacert.p12 as well. Since I'm unfamiliar with dogtag internals,
looking for guidance. If my guesses are correct, a series of openssl
commands, followed by some work with ldif files and ldapmodify.
Thanks in advance,
John
10 years
wiki update
by John Hogenmiller (yt)
On http://pki.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Default_CA_Admin
The following command:
$ pki -c Secret123 client-cert-import --pkcs12
~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca_admin_cert.p12 --pkcs12-password
~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/pkcs12_password.conf
should read:
$ pki -c Secret123 client-cert-import --pkcs12
~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca_admin_cert.p12 --pkcs12-password-file
~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/pkcs12_password.conf
10 years
Dogtag support of CA certificate rollover
by Gary Hostetler (ghostetl)
Good day,
I am trying to understand if Dogtag supports the ability to create a chain of trust certificates that support CA certificate rollover. There would be transition certs from the old existing certificate/key to a new certificate and key. The transition certs OldWithNew and NewWithOld are used for the transition from the old CA cert (OldWithOld) to the new one (NewWithNew).
Thank you - Gary Hostetler
10 years
