Certificate Authority

The certificate authority services used for signing SSL certs in openstack-infra.

At a Glance

Hosts:

  • bridge.openstack.org

Projects:
Documentation:

Overview

Today we have a single CA service setup on bridge.o.o:

/etc/zuul-ca

This is used for generating SSL certificates needed by our CI systems. As we need to create more SSL certificates for new services, we’ll create additional directories on bridge.openstack.org, having multiple CA services.

Generating a CA certificate

Below are the steps for create a new certificate authority. Today we do this on bridge.openstack.org. Some important things to note, our pass phrase for our cakey.pem file is stored in our GPG password.txt file. Additionally, by default our cacert.pem file will only be valid for 3 years.

NOTE In the example below we’ll be using the /etc/zuul-ca folder on bridge.openstack.org.

root@bridge:~# cd /etc/zuul-ca
root@bridge:/etc/zuul-ca# env CN=zuul.openstack.org CATOP=. SSLEAY_CONFIG="-config ./openssl.cnf" /usr/lib/ssl/misc/CA.sh -newca
CA certificate filename (or enter to create)

Making CA certificate ...
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
...............................................................+++
.......+++
writing new private key to './private/./cakey.pem'
Enter PEM pass phrase:********************************
Verifying - Enter PEM pass phrase:********************************
-----
Using configuration from ./openssl.cnf
Enter pass phrase for ./private/./cakey.pem:********************************
Check that the request matches the signature
Signature ok
Certificate Details:
        Serial Number: 15153659883634025817 (0xd24c9d606b17e559)
        Validity
            Not Before: Jun 14 15:22:14 2017 GMT
            Not After : Jun 13 15:22:14 2020 GMT
        Subject:
            countryName               = US
            stateOrProvinceName       = Texas
            organizationName          = OpenStack Foundation
            organizationalUnitName    = Infrastructure
            commonName                = zuul.openstack.org
            emailAddress              = openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
                9B:FB:A2:07:32:9D:AE:D8:A5:95:FA:7A:D2:2E:14:CD:9E:66:4A:CF
            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
                keyid:9B:FB:A2:07:32:9D:AE:D8:A5:95:FA:7A:D2:2E:14:CD:9E:66:4A:CF

            X509v3 Basic Constraints:
                CA:TRUE
Certificate is to be certified until Jun 13 15:22:14 2020 GMT (1095 days)

Write out database with 1 new entries
Data Base Updated

Generate a Certificate Request

Each service that requires a SSL certificate will need to first request a certificate. Below we’ll be create the private key for a gearman server.

root@bridge:~# umask 077
root@bridge:~# cd /etc/zuul-ca
root@bridge:/etc/zuul-ca# env CN=gearman.server CATOP=. SSLEAY_CONFIG="-config ./openssl.cnf" /usr/lib/ssl/misc/CA.sh -newreq-nodes
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
.......+++
....+++
writing new private key to 'newreq.pem'
-----
Request (and private key) is in newreq.pem

Signing a Certificate Request

Next we need to sign the request from above, which creates the public certificate for our service to run. By default SSL certificates are valid for 1 year.

root@puppetmaster:~# cd /etc/zuul-ca
root@puppetmaster:/etc/zuul-ca# env CN=gearman.server CATOP=. SSLEAY_CONFIG="-config ./openssl.cnf" /usr/lib/ssl/misc/CA.sh -sign
Using configuration from ./openssl.cnf
Enter pass phrase for ./private/cakey.pem:********************************
Check that the request matches the signature
Signature ok
Certificate Details:
        Serial Number: 12264554420616840337 (0xaa347343e1504491)
        Validity
            Not Before: Jun 14 17:03:41 2017 GMT
            Not After : Jun 14 17:03:41 2018 GMT
        Subject:
            countryName               = US
            stateOrProvinceName       = Texas
            localityName              = Austin
            organizationName          = OpenStack Foundation
            organizationalUnitName    = Infrastructure
            commonName                = gearman.server
            emailAddress              = openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Basic Constraints:
                CA:FALSE
            Netscape Comment:
                OpenSSL Generated Certificate
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
                97:4B:C1:CA:32:35:6E:79:25:E3:5E:E7:11:9C:29:3F:14:01:EB:5E
            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
                keyid:BE:45:50:BB:4F:F5:94:80:E2:12:03:95:80:9E:14:19:ED:E5:C6:4E

Certificate is to be certified until Jun 14 17:03:41 2018 GMT (365 days)
Sign the certificate? [y/n]:y


1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n]y
Write out database with 1 new entries
Data Base Updated
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number: 12264554420616840337 (0xaa347343e1504491)
    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C=CA, ST=Texas, O=OpenStack Foundation, OU=Infrastructure, CN=zuulv3.openstack.org/emailAddress=openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org
        Validity
            Not Before: Jun 14 17:03:41 2017 GMT
            Not After : Jun 14 17:03:41 2018 GMT
        Subject: C=US, ST=Texas, L=Austin, O=OpenStack Foundation, OU=Infrastructure, CN=gearman server/emailAddress=openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
                Public-Key: (2048 bit)
                Modulus:
                    00:ce:60:21:c1:c8:89:db:e6:13:fb:51:77:0f:4c:
                    3b:e3:35:5e:06:cf:57:5f:87:4a:61:df:61:1d:b9:
                    44:75:d4:0b:9d:47:de:8b:b1:28:d6:fb:54:34:43:
                    9a:96:09:28:aa:9d:c5:aa:80:cb:27:5a:11:4c:f8:
                    14:8a:08:8a:aa:a8:7c:e5:e8:ab:0a:17:29:9c:15:
                    d7:2b:0b:46:f5:7a:2f:d1:75:68:30:fd:d4:10:18:
                    ef:86:76:04:6a:54:62:27:cd:c4:73:bb:7c:6a:fa:
                    19:9c:31:09:f0:71:5e:af:32:35:df:03:96:5a:55:
                    b3:43:c7:de:f9:9f:85:e2:d5:fa:d2:08:b9:53:13:
                    9f:b4:5f:e5:f6:2a:b5:40:f0:d8:f2:7a:60:d8:b1:
                    65:0c:0c:18:1c:f6:bc:bd:64:d6:44:98:74:93:19:
                    75:05:ef:5c:a8:94:e9:e5:9a:e7:c7:c4:8d:67:22:
                    7a:9d:f0:17:df:74:27:72:cf:c1:81:71:73:fe:aa:
                    5b:6c:74:4e:47:ef:29:11:52:b4:c8:8e:92:54:b4:
                    53:db:9d:29:6b:ad:3a:40:a4:87:7c:ec:fd:d5:f2:
                    39:5e:a4:26:2d:12:88:cd:62:56:11:bf:17:08:cb:
                    76:93:6b:fd:7b:64:41:41:0c:f8:58:2a:fa:9f:25:
                    cc:0f
                Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Basic Constraints:
                CA:FALSE
            Netscape Comment:
                OpenSSL Generated Certificate
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
                97:4B:C1:CA:32:35:6E:79:25:E3:5E:E7:11:9C:29:3F:14:01:EB:5E
            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
                keyid:BE:45:50:BB:4F:F5:94:80:E2:12:03:95:80:9E:14:19:ED:E5:C6:4E

    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
         39:59:b2:db:a1:6d:b5:28:37:c6:9f:74:9a:3f:80:e1:4c:ac:
         9d:cd:26:06:86:7e:10:0c:0e:b2:96:94:57:37:0e:03:0f:f1:
         55:d5:13:f3:dd:8a:4f:3f:fa:fc:d3:d5:96:d3:cc:79:a9:a7:
         80:7f:a0:69:55:43:3f:d7:ab:b3:e9:c8:18:92:93:4c:75:cb:
         d8:74:5a:70:7a:dc:79:9e:7f:70:b5:c1:39:c9:c7:a8:38:98:
         2f:5c:df:40:df:3f:69:8d:17:6e:2f:01:d0:ec:dc:3a:55:1d:
         9b:b3:0f:b5:5f:00:d2:8d:cf:d7:dc:5c:76:97:62:b3:ed:7e:
         e4:51:59:a0:a0:a1:d7:d6:ec:93:ba:37:84:00:22:15:37:6c:
         3b:94:7e:b4:e1:7f:ef:eb:a7:37:99:19:ec:0f:cc:b2:2a:21:
         3f:44:37:bb:c1:36:4f:26:11:37:4f:0d:af:7f:84:4c:2f:6a:
         bc:1f:49:d5:bf:da:c8:34:4e:aa:c1:d8:c9:9a:20:77:db:7e:
         33:ff:e9:f9:28:97:e8:47:92:13:f7:86:0d:65:eb:f4:a8:0b:
         4d:a1:ac:a4:43:68:84:4c:5c:46:61:6a:a2:32:b6:5b:d8:d6:
         fe:f0:55:ee:08:8a:20:d0:c1:d5:40:7f:e5:ec:fb:c8:7b:13:
         01:83:c8:da
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Signed certificate is in newcert.pem

Installing the Certificates

2 files will have been created, newcert.pem (public key) and newreq.pem (private key). Be sure to use caution while transporting these files, specifically newreq.pem should be added into private hieradata for the specific server and then deleted from disk.

root@bridge:~# cd /etc/zuul-ca
root@bridge:/etc/zuul-ca# /opt/system-config/tools/hieraedit.py \
> --yaml /etc/ansible/hosts/group_vars/gearman.yaml \
> -f newreq.pem gearman_ssl_key
root@bridge:/etc/zuul-ca# /opt/system-config/tools/hieraedit.py \
> --yaml /etc/ansible/hosts/group_vars/gearman.yaml \
> -f newcert.pem gearman_ssl_cert
root@bridge:/etc/zuul-ca# shred newreq.pem
root@bridge:/etc/zuul-ca# rm newcert.pem newreq.pem

NOTE Be sure to delete newcert.pem and newreq.pem from the top-level directory once complete. This helps avoid leaking our private keys.