CertGuard

Hey all - I just watched the "Pulp certguard Tour - 2020.05.20" youtube video, thank you for putting that together it was useful.

I especially appreciate the dev overview of the code structure in the end. It makes it easier to jump in by saving all the "what the hell is going on here" upfront cost.

Regarding the yum configuration - I'm familiar enough with the topic that I thought I could respond to the videos request for yum x509-auth configuration details.

Yum x509¶

Yum can either have the x509 cert info in the it's main configuration or in each repo configuration.

Assuming we've already configure Pulp and have placed the required certificates in /etc/pki/entitelments/ (this is the default RHSM path, I'm not sure if there's a more standards-compliant path)

• Global

  Define the x509 info in /etc/yum.conf and it will apply to all repos.

  .

   [main]
   
   # x509 Auth Info
   sslclientcert   = /etc/pki/entitlement/<user-cert>.pem
   sslclientkey    = /etc/pki/entitlement/<user-key>.pem
   sslcacert       = /etc/pki/entitlement/<ca-cert>.pem
  

  To exclude a certain repo from the x509 configuration, update the repo configuration as follows

   [pulp-repo-clear]
   name            = Unprotected Repo - Global x509 is configured
   baseurl         = http://pulp.example.com/content/rpm/pulp-repo-clear
   sslverify       = 1
   enabled         = 1
   gpgcheck        = 1
   gpgkey          = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PULP-REPO-CLEAR
   # Auth Not Needed
   sslclientcert = _none_
   sslclientkey  = _none_
   sslcacert     = _none_
  

• Per Repo

  Define the x509 info for each repo that supports certguard (if repos have different certguards) in /etc/yum.repos.d/<repo-name>.repo

  This is probably the most straightforward implementation, and should be recommended as it avoids all the corner cases as well.

   [pulp-repo-cg]
   name            = Cert Guard Protected Repo
   baseurl         = http://pulp.example.com/content/rpm/pulp-repo-cg
   sslverify       = 1
   enabled         = 1
   gpgcheck        = 1
   gpgkey          = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-MYREPO
   # x509 Auth
   sslclientcert   = /etc/pki/entitlement/<user-cert>.pem
   sslclientkey    = /etc/pki/entitlement/<user-key>.pem
   sslcacert       = /etc/pki/entitlement/<ca-cert>.pem