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| author | elijah <elijah@riseup.net> | 2013-07-24 12:47:51 -0700 |
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| committer | elijah <elijah@riseup.net> | 2013-07-24 12:47:51 -0700 |
| commit | ebcdb73bc5494398ab9203d6caf3057ef5f1168b (patch) | |
| tree | 2e3178f3b3ae085f85509c5bf0f98936f8593a0b /docs | |
| parent | e2d7a891fa7abc04f177483c323a4db7cc4e3e9e (diff) | |
updated CSR notes
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/platform/guide.md | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/platform/guide.md b/docs/platform/guide.md index dae392e..da515a4 100644 --- a/docs/platform/guide.md +++ b/docs/platform/guide.md @@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ The `ca` option in provider.json provides settings used when generating CAs and "digest": "SHA256", "life_span": "10y", "server_certificates": { - "bit_size": 2024, + "bit_size": 2048, "digest": "SHA256", "life_span": "1y" }, "client_certificates": { - "bit_size": 2024, + "bit_size": 2048, "digest": "SHA256", "life_span": "2m", "limited_prefix": "LIMITED", @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ The `ca` option in provider.json provides settings used when generating CAs and To see what values are used for your provider, run `leap inspect provider.json`. You can modify the defaults as you wish by adding the values to provider.json. -NOTE: A certificate `bit_size` greater than 2024 will probably not be recognized by most commercial CAs. +NOTE: A certificate `bit_size` greater than 2048 will probably not be recognized by most commercial CAs. Certificate Authorities ----------------------------------------- @@ -245,6 +245,18 @@ The private key file is extremely sensitive and care should be taken with its pr If your commercial CA has a chained CA cert, you should be OK if you just put the **last** cert in the chain into the `commercial_ca.crt` file. This only works if the other CAs in the chain have certs in the debian package `ca-certificates`, which is the case for almost all CAs. +If you want to add additional fields to the CSR, like country, city, or locality, you can configure these values in provider.json like so: + + "ca": { + "server_certificates": { + "country": "US", + "state": "Washington", + "locality": "Seattle" + } + } + +If they are not present, the CSR will be created without them. + Facts ============================== |