Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 818714
[ipa webui] Instructions to generate cert should include specifying size of private key
Last modified: 2013-02-21 04:12:45 EST
Description of problem: In the UI for Hosts and services, it provides instructions to generate a cert. Following the steps throws an error: Certificate operation cannot be completed: unknown(3) (Request Rejected - Key Parameters 1024,2048,3072,4096 Not Matched) The size of the private key, by default is 512. If a size of 1024 is specified, can generate a valid cert. so steps taken were: # openssl genrsa -out key.pem 1024 Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus .........++++++ .............++++++ e is 65537 (0x10001) [root@qe-blade-01 nk]# openssl req -new -key key.pem -subj '/O=TESTRELM.COM/CN=qq.testrelm.com' -out cert.csr Also - instead of using openssl, can the steps indicate using certutil, so that we use the nss db? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ipa-server-2.2.0-12.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add a Host or Service 2. Edit it 3. Click on 'New Certificate' for Host or Service 4. Follow instructions provided to get a cert 5. Click Issue Actual results: error thrown: Certificate operation cannot be completed: unknown(3) (Request Rejected - Key Parameters 1024,2048,3072,4096 Not Matched) Expected results: new cert should be issued Additional info:
Upstream ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2725
This is just a text change that is easily verified. In addition we'd like to replace the openssl CSR generation instructions with NSS instructions.
Fixed upstream: master: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/4640f957ade4615972a9b857a8f2e1b97e524d01 Steps used to generate a CSR are now based on NSS.
Verified instructions using ipa-server-3.0.0-8.el6.x86_64 Instruction indicate stpes using certutil. # certutil -R -d /home/ -a -g 512 -s 'CN=one.testrelm.com,O=TESTRELM.COM' and used the cert generated from this command to add a new cert for a host. Got error: Certificate operation cannot be completed: unknown(3) (Request Rejected - Key Parameters 1024,2048,3072,4096 Not Matched) Was successful when cert was generated using command: # certutil -R -d /home/ -a -g 1024 -s 'CN=one.testrelm.com,O=TESTRELM.COM' cert was added succesfully for host
marking verified - good instructions
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0528.html