Stefan Zoerner wrote:
Hi all,
I am facing some problems with the current (since 1.5.3, I assume) SSL
configuration. In earlier days, it was possible to provide a keystore
with the public/private key, certificate etc. here
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DIRxSRVx11/3.3.+How+to+enable+SSL
Now, the server creates a keypair when it starts the first time and
stores it in the entry uid=admin,ou=system, in different attributes.
To be honest: This is an example why our documentation is so bad. The
old behavior has been well described in the docs. Someone changed it
completely, and did not update the docs. Same situation holds true for
the whole configuration. :-(
/me and the dev team hiding under a rock ...
Nevertheless, the new SSL functionality seems to be simpler, because
it is possible to set it up automatically. But if I plan to use a
custom certificate, it should be at least possible. Today, there was a
corresponding question on the user list.
I wanted to update the docs to reflect the changes, and I am still
trying to figure out, what an easy way for our users would be.
A question for the current implementation: Is there any way to
configure/influence the key creation at startup? I assume no, but
perhaps I am missing something.
Currently, the only way to set up my own certificate is modifying the
attribute values for uid=admin,ou=system
This is not an easy task, because we do not have any tools for that.
There is no wizard in Studio yet. Even if there would be one -- it
should be possible without a UI client, ...
I was able to store my private key, but I am a little bit confused
about some attribute. What exactly is contained in userCertificate and
what in publicKey?
I assume, userCertificate holds the certificate the server presents to
client. But why do we need publicKey as well. I think it is contained
in the userCertificate. No?
I gonna check that. You know, to be honest, if I started to update the
page about configuration, it's because I was totally lost in
configuration. I can read the code, but there are many new parameters I
don't know about. At some point, as I needed to add a new configuration
parameter, I just told me "look, emmanuel, this is an insane
situation... You can't even figure out what should be found in the
server.xml, and what is valid or invalid... Time to write doco !"
So I started ...
It's not specially funny, and I can feel the pain for those who created
the initial doco, seeing all what they did totally FU. Not to mention
our users !
So, time to wake up and kick some asses !
/me writing docs ;)
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cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org
