Adding TPS Agent

Overview

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

This document describes the process to set up a new TPS agent that is not a TPS admin.

Creating Linux User for TPS Agent

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

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

Creating PKI User for TPS Agent

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

$ pki -n tpsadmin tps-user-add tpsagent --fullName "TPS Agent"
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Added user "tpsagent"
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  User ID: tpsagent
  Full name: TPS Agent

Then add the new user to the TPS Agents group:

$ pki -n tpsadmin tps-group-member-add "TPS Agents" tpsagent
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Added group member "tpsagent"
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  User: tpsagent

Requesting TPS Agent Certificate

As the new TPS 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=tpsagent
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Submitted certificate request
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  Request ID: 10
  Type: enrollment
  Request Status: pending
  Operation Result: success

Generating TPS Agent Certificate

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

$ pki -n caadmin 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 TPS admin (e.g. the default CA admin), assign the certificate to the new user:

$ pki -n tpsadmin tps-user-cert-add tpsagent --serial 0xa
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Added certificate "2;10;CN=CA Signing Certificate,O=example.com Security Domain;UID=tpsagent"
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  Cert ID: 2;10;CN=CA Signing Certificate,O=example.com Security Domain;UID=tpsagent
  Version: 2
  Serial Number: 0xa
  Issuer: CN=CA Signing Certificate,O=example.com Security Domain
  Subject: UID=tpsagent

Retrieving TPS Agent Certificate

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

$ pki client-cert-import tpsagent --serial 0xa
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Imported certificate "tpsagent"
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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: tpsagent
  Subject DN: UID=tpsagent
  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 TPS Agent Certificate

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

$ pki -n tpsagent <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 tpsagent --pkcs12 tpsagent.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 tpsagent --client-cert tpsagent.pem

See Also

• Adding System User