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Adding KRA Agent

Endi S. Dewata edited this page Jan 26, 2022 · 1 revision

Overview

This document describes the process to set up a new KRA agent.

The default KRA admin is also a KRA agent. If the CA admin certificate was imported during KRA installation, the CA admin user can access KRA as KRA admin/agent using the same certificate.

Creating Linux User for KRA Agent

As a Linux admin create a Linux user for the new KRA agent:

$ useradd newkraagent
$ passwd newkraagent
Changing password for user newkraagent.
New password: ********
Retype new password: ********
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

Creating PKI User for KRA Agent

As the KRA admin (or CA admin if the certificate was imported during installation) create a PKI user for the new KRA agent:

$ pki -n <KRA admin nickname> kra-user-add newkraagent --fullName "KRA Agent"
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Added user "newkraagent"
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  User ID: newkraagent
  Full name: KRA Agent

Then add the new user to the Data Recovery Manager Agents group:

$ pki -n <KRA admin nickname> kra-group-member-add "Data Recovery Manager Agents" newkraagent
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Added group member "newkraagent"
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  User: newkraagent

Requesting KRA Agent Certificate

As the new KRA agent, prepare a security database:

$ pki client-init
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Client initialized
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Then generate and submit a certificate request:

$ pki client-cert-request uid=newkraagent
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Submitted certificate request
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  Request ID: 10
  Type: enrollment
  Request Status: pending
  Operation Result: success

Generating KRA Agent Certificate

As a CA agent (e.g. the default CA admin), approve the request:

$ pki -n <CA admin nickname> ca-cert-request-review 10 --action approve
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Approved certificate request 10
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  Request ID: 10
  Type: enrollment
  Request Status: complete
  Operation Result: success
  Certificate ID: 0xa

As the KRA admin (e.g. the default CA admin), assign the certificate to the new user:

$ pki -n <KRA admin nickname> kra-user-cert-add newkraagent --serial 0xa
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Added certificate "2;10;CN=CA Signing Certificate,O=example.com Security Domain;UID=newkraagent"
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  Cert ID: 2;10;CN=CA Signing Certificate,O=example.com Security Domain;UID=newkraagent
  Version: 2
  Serial Number: 0xa
  Issuer: CN=CA Signing Certificate,O=example.com Security Domain
  Subject: UID=newkraagent

Retrieving KRA Agent Certificate

As the new KRA agent, import the certificate into security database:

$ pki client-cert-import newkraagent --serial 0xa
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Imported certificate "newkraagent"
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Verify that the certificate has been imported:

$ pki client-cert-find
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1 certificate(s) found
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  Serial Number: 0xa
  Nickname: newkraagent
  Subject DN: UID=newkraagent
  Issuer DN: CN=CA Signing Certificate,O=example.com Security Domain
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Number of entries returned 1
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Using KRA Agent Certificate

To use the certificate in the CLI, specify the new KRA agent certificate nickname:

$ pki -n newkraagent <command>

To use the certificate in Firefox, export the certificate and the private key into a PKCS #12 file, then import it into the browser:

$ pki client-cert-show newkraagent --pkcs12 newkraagent.p12 --pkcs12-password Secret.123

To use the certificate with Python client, export the certificate and the private key into a PEM file:

$ pki client-cert-show newkraagent --client-cert newkraagent.pem

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