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Appendix A. Certificate Profile Input and Output Reference

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Profile inputs and outputs define the expected input parameters in the certificate request and the output format of the enrollment result. Like many other components in Red Hat Certificate System, profile inputs and outputs are implemented as JAVA plug-ins to offer customization and flexibility. This appendix provides reference for the default input and output plug-ins.

A.1. Input Reference

An input puts certain fields on the enrollment page associated with a particular certificate profile. The inputs set for a certificate profile are used to generate the enrollment page dynamically with the appropriate fields; these input fields collect necessary information for the profile to generate the final certificate.

A.1.1. CMC Certificate Request Input

The CMC Certificate Request input is used for enrollments using a Certificate Message over CMS (CMC) certificate request is submitted in the request form. The request type must be either PKCS #10 or CRMF, and the only field is the Certificate Request text area in which to paste the request.

Example A.1. 

caCMCUserCert.cfg:input.i1.class_id=cmcCertReqInputImpl

A.1.2. nsHKeyCertRequest (Token Key) Input

In Token Management Systems (TMS), the Token Key input is used to enroll keys for hardware tokens for agents to use later for certificate-based authentication.
This input puts the following fields into the enrollment form:
  • Token Key CUID. This field gives the CUID (contextually unique user ID) for the token device.
  • Token Key User Public Key. This field must contain the token user's public key.

Example A.2. 

caTempTokenDeviceKeyEnrollment.cfg:input.i1.class_id=nsHKeyCertReqInputImpl

A.1.3. nsNKeyCertRequest (Token User Key) Input

In TMS, the Token User Key input is used to enroll keys for the user of a hardware token, for agents to use the token later for certificate-based authentication. This input puts the following fields into the enrollment form:
  • Token Key User UID. This field gives the UID for the LDAP entry of the user of the token device.
  • Token Key User Public Key. This field must contain the token user's public key.

Example A.3. 

caTempTokenUserEncryptionKeyEnrollment.cfg:input.i1.class_id=nsNKeyCertReqInputImpl

A.1.4. Subject DN Input

In TMS, the Subject DN input allows the user to input the specific DN to set as the certificate subject name, and the input inserts a single Subject Name field into the enrollment form.

Example A.4. 

caAdminCert.cfg:input.i3.class_id=subjectDNInputImpl

A.1.5.  Subject Alternative Name Extension Input

In TMS, the Subject Alternative Name Extension Input is used along with the Subject Alternative Name Extension Default plug-in. It allows admins to enable the numbered parameters in URI with the pattern req_san_pattern_# into the input and therefore the SubjectAltNameExt extension. For example, URI containing:
...&req_san_pattern_0=host0.Example.com&req_san_pattern_1=host1.Example.com
injects host0.Example.com and host1.Example.com into the SubjectAltNameExt extension from the profile below.

Example A.5. 

input.i3.class_id=
input.i3.name=subjectAltNameExtInputImplsubjectAltNameExtInputImpl
…
policyset.serverCertSet.9.constraint.class_id=noConstraintImpl
policyset.serverCertSet.9.constraint.name=No Constraint
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.class_id=subjectAltNameExtDefaultImpl
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.name=Subject Alternative Name Extension Default
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtGNEnable_0=true
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtPattern_0=$request.req_san_pattern_0$
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtType_0=DNSName
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtGNEnable_1=true
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtPattern_1=$request.req_san_pattern_1$
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtType_1=DNSName
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtGNEnable_2=false
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtPattern_2=$request.req_san_pattern_2$
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltExtType_2=DNSName
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltNameExtCritical=false
policyset.serverCertSet.9.default.params.subjAltNameNumGNs=2
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