This page describes the process to install a KRA subsystem.
Prepare a file (e.g. kra.cfg) that contains the deployment configuration. A sample deployment configuration is available at /usr/share/pki/server/examples/installation/kra.cfg.
Then execute the following command:
$ pkispawn -f kra.cfg -s KRA
It will install KRA subsystem in a Tomcat instance (default is pki-tomcat) and create the following NSS databases:
- server NSS database: /etc/pki/pki-tomcat/alias
- admin NSS database: ~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/kra/alias
Note: When KRA is installed on a new system without any other subsystems,
it is necessary to provide the CA's root certificate. Specify the path to
the CA PKCS#7 PEM file in the pki_cert_chain_path
. This will allow the server
to verify the CA's SSL server certificate when contacting the security domain.
It is up to the administrator to securely transport the CA root certificate
(public key only!) to the system prior to KRA installation.
Verify that the server NSS database contains the following certificates:
$ certutil -L -d /etc/pki/pki-tomcat/alias
Certificate Nickname Trust Attributes
SSL,S/MIME,JAR/XPI
ca_signing CT,C,C
kra_transport u,u,u
kra_storage u,u,u
subsystem u,u,u
kra_audit_signing u,u,Pu
sslserver u,u,u
Prepare a client NSS database (e.g. ~/.dogtag/nssdb):
$ pki -c Secret.123 client-init
Import the CA signing certificate:
$ pki -c Secret.123 client-cert-import ca_signing --ca-cert ca_signing.crt
Import admin key and certificate:
$ pki -c Secret.123 client-cert-import \
--pkcs12 ca_admin_cert.p12 \
--pkcs12-password-file pkcs12_password.conf
Verify that the admin certificate can be used to access the KRA subsystem by executing the following command:
$ pki -c Secret.123 -n caadmin kra-user-show kraadmin
---------------
User "kraadmin"
---------------
User ID: kraadmin
Full name: kraadmin
Email: [email protected]
Type: adminType
State: 1
Verify that the KRA connector is configured in the CA subsystem:
$ pki -c Secret.123 -n caadmin ca-kraconnector-show
Host: server.example.com:8443
Enabled: true
Local: false
Timeout: 30
URI: /kra/agent/kra/connector
Transport Cert:
<base-64 certificate>