Chapter 4. Managing externally signed certificates for IdM users, hosts, and services

Procedure

1. To add a certificate to an IdM user, enter:

   $ ipa user-add-cert user --certificate=MIQTPrajQAwg...

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2. Specify the following information:

   • The name of the user

   • The Base64-encoded DER certificate

     Note

     Instead of copying and pasting the certificate contents into the command line, you can convert the certificate to the DER format and then re-encode it to Base64. For example, to add the user_cert.pem certificate to user, enter:

     $ ipa user-add-cert user --certificate="$(openssl x509 -outform der -in user_cert.pem | base64 -w 0)"

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   You can run the ipa user-add-cert command interactively by executing it without adding any options.

   • To add a certificate to an IdM host, enter: ipa host-add-cert
   • To add a certificate to an IdM service, enter: ipa service-add-cert

Procedure

1. Open the Identity tab, and select the Users, Hosts, or Services subtab.
2. Click the name of the user, host, or service to open its configuration page.

3. Click Add next to the Certificates entry.

   Adding a certificate to a user account

   

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4. Paste the certificate in Base64 or PEM encoded format into the text field, and click Add.
5. Click Save to store the changes.

Procedure

1. To remove a certificate from an IdM user, enter:

   $ ipa user-remove-cert user --certificate=MIQTPrajQAwg...

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   Alternatively, you can run the ipa user-remove-cert command interactively by executing it without adding any options.

2. Specify the following information:

   • The name of the user
   • The Base64-encoded DER certificate
   Note

   Instead of copying and pasting the certificate contents into the command line, you can convert the certificate to the DER format and then re-encode it to Base64. For example, to remove the user_cert.pem certificate from user, enter:

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   $ ipa user-remove-cert user --certificate="$(openssl x509 -outform der -in user_cert.pem | base64 -w 0)"

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3. To remove a certificate from an IdM host, enter:

   • ipa host-remove-cert

4. To remove a certificate from an IdM service, enter:

   • ipa service-remove-cert

Procedure

1. Open the Identity tab, and select the Users, Hosts, or Services subtab.
2. Click the name of the user, host, or service to open its configuration page.
3. Click the Actions next to the certificate to delete, and select Delete.
4. Click Save to store the changes.