corda/docs/source/running-hsm-cert-generator.rst

Running the HSM Certificate Generation tool
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The purpose of this tool is to facilitate the process of certificate generation on the HSM infrastructure.
See :doc:`hsm-cert-generator` for more details.


See the Readme under ``network-management`` for detailed building instructions.


Configuration file
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At startup, the HSM Certificate Generation Tool reads a configuration file, passed with ``--config-file`` on the command line.

This is an example of what a tool configuration file might look like:
    .. literalinclude:: ../../network-management/generator.conf

Invoke doorman with ``-?`` for a full list of supported command-line arguments.


General configuration parameters
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Allowed parameters are:

:hsmHost: IP address of the HSM device.

:hsmPort: Port number of the HSM device.

:userConfigs: List of user authentication configurations. See below section on User Authentication Configuration.

:certConfig: Certificate specific configuration. See below section on Certificate Configuration.

:trustStoreDirectory: Path to the directory where the generated trust store should be placed.
                 The name of the generated file is "truststore.jks".
                 If the trust store file does not exist, it will be created.
                 IMPORTANT - This trust store is intended to be distributed across the nodes.
                 Nodes are hardcoded to use "truststore.jks" file as the trust store name.
                 As such, it is required that the file name is as the one expected by nodes.

:trustStorePassword: Password for the generated trust store.


Certificate Configuration
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:certificateType: Type of the certificate to be created. Allowed values are:
                  ROOT_CA, INTERMEDIATE_CA, NETWORK_MAP.

:rootPrivateKeyPassword: Private key of the root certificate.

:privateKeyPassword: Private key password to be used during the key generation process.

:subject: X500Name formatted string to be used as the certificate public key subject.

:validDays: Days number for certificate validity.

:crlDistributionUrl: Url to the certificate revocation list of this certificate. If not defined the CRL information will not be added to the certificate.

:crlIssuer: X500 name of the certificate revocation list issuer - e.g. "L=London, C=GB, OU=Org Unit, CN=Service Name". If the crlDistributionUrl configuration option is specified but this parameter is not, then the certificate issuing authority is considered to be the CRL issuer for this certificate.

:keyCurve: Key algorithm curve type. See Utimaco supported values. "NIST-P256" has been used for experiments.

:keyExport: Enables key exporting. 1 for allow, 0 for deny.

:keyGenMechanism: HSM key generation process specific options. In the experiments the integer value being the logic OR of the two following (MECH_KEYGEN_UNCOMP = 4 or MECH_RND_REAL = 0) has been used. See Utimaco documentation for more details.

:keyOverride: Whether to override the key if already exists or not. 1 for override and 0 for NOT override.

:keySpecifier: This is an HSM specific parameter that corresponds to key name spacing. See Utimaco documentation for more details.

:keyGroup: This is an HSM specific parameter that corresponds to key name spacing. See Utimaco documentation for more details.


User Authentication Configuration
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Allowed parameters are:

:username: HSM username. This user needs to be allowed to generate keys/certificates and store them in HSM.

:authMode: One of the 2 possible authentication modes:
           PASSWORD - User's password as set-up in the HSM
           CARD_READER - Smart card reader authentication
           KEY_FILE - Key file based authentication.

:authToken: Depending on the authMode it is either user's password or path to the authentication key file.

:keyFilePassword: Only relevant, if authMode == KEY_FILE. It is the key file password.