Certificates can be enrolled using the ssh-cmpclient-g3
command-line tool (ssh-cmpclient-g3.exe
on Windows).
To configure Tectia Server to authenticate itself using X.509 certificates, perform the following tasks:
Enroll a certificate for the server.
This can be done with the
ssh-cmpclient-g3
command-line tool, for example:
$ ssh-cmpclient-g3 INITIALIZE \ -P generate://ssh2@rsa:2048/hostcert_rsa \ -o /etc/ssh2/hostcert_rsa \ -p 62154:ssh \ -s "C=FI,O=SSH,CN=testserv;dns=testserv.ssh.com" \ http://pki.ssh.com:8080/pkix/ \ 'C=FI, O=SSH Communications Security, CN=Secure Shell Test CA'
Note that the DNS address parameter (dns
) needs to correspond to the
fully qualified domain name of the server.
Remember to define also the SOCKS server (-S
) before the
CA URL, if required.
For more information on the
ssh-cmpclient-g3
syntax, see ssh-cmpclient-g3(1).
Define the private key and the server certificate in the
ssh-server-config.xml
file:
<params> <hostkey> <private file="/etc/ssh2/hostcert_rsa" /> <x509-certificate file="/etc/ssh2/hostcert_rsa.crt" /> </hostkey> ... </params>
Alternatively, when using the Tectia Server Configuration tool, enter the private key and certificate filenames on the Identity page. See Identity.
Run ssh-server-ctl
to take the new configuration in use. See ssh-server-ctl(8).
On Windows, just click Apply to take the new settings in use.