Re: [Freeipa-users] using dogtag outside of freeIPA?

2015-03-29 Thread Fraser Tweedale
On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 03:52:12PM -0500, Steve Neuharth wrote:
 Hello,
 
 Is it possible or perhaps not recommended to use the dogtag API and/or UI
 on a FreeIPA system without using the freeIPA CLI or UI? I have a
 requirement to submit a certificate to a service without kerberos and
 without client software installed using a RESTful API. Dogtag API is very
 well documented and I do not want to associate all my certificates with a
 Kerberos principal because it adds complexity to the cert signing process.
 I just need to sign a cert without the FreeIPA overhead.
 
 I tried to get to the Dogtag web UI through the url
 http://ipa.example.com/ca/ee/ca but I get an unauthenticated web page (no
 password prompt) and broken image links. This tells me that perhaps the
 Dogtag UI in a FreeIPA installation is not meant to be used without
 FreeIPA. Is that correct?
 
The page being unauthenticated is normal - anyone can submit a
certificate request; it is then enqueued for a CA admin or agent to
review and approve/reject.  Alternatively, you can configure a
certificate profile to authenticate against the IPA directory for
automatic approval (but the overall interface will still be
unauthenticated).

The certificate and key for admin access to Dogtag (so you can
approve certificate requests) are found in /root/ca-agent.p12 on the
FreeIPA server.

 I know this is a weird use case and not necessarily a FreeIPA problem but
 if someone could advise, I'd greatly appreciate it.
 --steve

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Re: [Freeipa-users] using dogtag outside of freeIPA?

2015-03-27 Thread Dmitri Pal

On 03/27/2015 04:52 PM, Steve Neuharth wrote:

Hello,

Is it possible or perhaps not recommended to use the dogtag API and/or 
UI on a FreeIPA system without using the freeIPA CLI or UI? I have a 
requirement to submit a certificate to a service without kerberos and 
without client software installed using a RESTful API. Dogtag API is 
very well documented and I do not want to associate all my 
certificates with a Kerberos principal because it adds complexity to 
the cert signing process. I just need to sign a cert without the 
FreeIPA overhead.


I tried to get to the Dogtag web UI through the url 
http://ipa.example.com/ca/ee/ca but I get an unauthenticated web page 
(no password prompt) and broken image links. This tells me that 
perhaps the Dogtag UI in a FreeIPA installation is not meant to be 
used without FreeIPA. Is that correct?


I know this is a weird use case and not necessarily a FreeIPA problem 
but if someone could advise, I'd greatly appreciate it.


For now you should use Dogtag by itself for this use case without IPA.
We are working on making it easier for this use case to be possible via 
IPA but it is not there yet.



--steve





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