On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 05:53:31AM -0500, Bret Wortman wrote:
> Fraser,
> 
> It doesn't look like we fit the model. Our IPA CA's cert is as
> expected, but the other one is:
> 
> $ openssl x509 -noout -in web-ca.crt -issuer issuer=
> /C=US/ST=VA/L=Fairfax/O=DG Web Team/OU=DG/CN=damascusgrp.com DG
> Web Team Root CA
> 
> Since I don't see a hostname in there anywhere (and in fact,
> further conversations with this team turned up the fact that
> they're just creating these by hand using openssl commands rather
> than running any sort of service at all), I'm hesitant to just
> barge ahead and try to make it work on my own...
 
The CN (damascusgrp.com) is a domain name.  You can add a host
object with that name to FreeIPA.  I think the procedure outlined in
the blog post should work for you.

Cheers,
Fraser

> 
> -- 
>   Bret Wortman
>   bret.wort...@damascusgrp.com
> 
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021, at 8:30 PM, Fraser Tweedale wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:10:59AM -0500, Bret Wortman via FreeIPA-users 
> > wrote:
> > > We had a developer team deploy their own CA and then issue a slew
> > > of certificates for users' workstations and other servers, and now
> > > they want us to deploy those certificates more widely. I'd rather
> > > find a way to bring their CA under ours so that the root CA
> > > certificate we already distribute will make theirs "just work"
> > > rather than having to distribute another set of root CA
> > > certificates.
> > > 
> > > Is this possible, or would they have to start over and build a
> > > subordinate CA from the ground up to make it work? If it's perhaps
> > > possible, under what circumstances?
> > > 
> > Hi Bret,
> > 
> > It is possible, but there are restrictions about what the sub-CAs
> > subject DN can be.  Have a read of this blog post:
> > https://frasertweedale.github.io/blog-redhat/posts/2018-08-21-ipa-subordinate-ca.html
> > 
> > If your developer team's CA certificate does not fit those
> > requirements, please share the details of the certificate
> > (especially Subject DN) and I'll see if I can find a workaround.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Fraser
> > 
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Bret
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