swtpm/man/man8/swtpm-create-tpmca.8

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.IX Title "swtpm-create-tpmca 8"
.TH swtpm-create-tpmca 8 "2018-10-17" "swtpm" ""
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.SH "NAME"
swtpm\-create\-tpmca
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBswtpm-create-tpmca [\s-1OPTIONS\s0]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBswtpm-create-tpmca\fR is a tool to create a \s-1TPM 1.2\s0 based \s-1CA\s0 that
can be used by \fBswtpm-localca\fR to sign \s-1EK\s0 and platform certificates.
The \s-1CA\s0 uses a GnuTLS key to sign certificates. To do this,
GnuTLS talks to the \s-1TPM 1.2\s0 using the \fBtcsd\fR (TrouSerS) daemon.
.PP
Since the \s-1TPM CA\s0's certificate must be signed by a \s-1CA,\s0 a root certificate authority
will also be created and will sign this certificate. The root \s-1CA\s0's
private key and certificate will be located in the same directory as the
signing key and have the names swtpm\-localca\-rootca\-privkey.pem and
swtpm\-localca\-rootca\-cert.pem respectively. The environment variable
\&\s-1SWTPM_ROOTCA_PASSWORD\s0 can be set for the password of the root \s-1CA\s0's
private key.
.PP
Note: This tool is experimental. See the section on known issues below.
.PP
The following options are supported:
.IP "\fB\-\-dir dir\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dir dir"
The directory where the keys will be written to. An existing root \s-1CA\s0 with
the files \fIswtpm\-localca\-rootca\-privkey.pem\fR and
\&\fIswtpm\-localca\-rootca\-cert.pem\fR in this directory will be reused. If
either one of these files does not exist, a new root \s-1CA\s0 will be created.
.IP "\fB\-\-overwrite\fR" 4
.IX Item "--overwrite"
Overwrite the contents of the output directory.
.IP "\fB\-\-register\fR" 4
.IX Item "--register"
Register the key with \s-1TCSD.\s0 For the key to be available for signing,
the same user that created the \s-1TPM CA\s0 has to run the swtpm-localca
later on. If this option is not passed, the private key is written
into a file and can be used by others as well.
.IP "\fB\-\-key\-password s\fR" 4
.IX Item "--key-password s"
The new signing key will get this password.
.Sp
Note: Due to a bug in GnuTLS certtool it may be necessary to use the
same password for the signing key as for the \s-1SRK.\s0
.IP "\fB\-\-srk\-password s\fR" 4
.IX Item "--srk-password s"
The \s-1TPM SRK\s0 password.
.Sp
Note: Since GnuTLS tpmtool does not support the 'well known' password
of 20 zero bytes, the \s-1SRK\s0 password must be set.
.IP "\fB\-\-outfile filename\fR" 4
.IX Item "--outfile filename"
The name of a file where to write the swtpm\-localca.conf configuration
to.
.IP "\fB\-\-owner owner\fR" 4
.IX Item "--owner owner"
The name or uid number of the owner who will own the directory and
outfile file. This option only has an effect if this swtpm-create-tpmca
is run by the root user.
.IP "\fB\-\-group group\fR" 4
.IX Item "--group group"
The name or gid number of the group who will own the directory and
outfile file. This option only has an effect if this swtpm-create-tpmca
is run by the root user.
.IP "\fB\-\-tss\-tcsd\-hostname\fR" 4
.IX Item "--tss-tcsd-hostname"
The hostname where tcsd is running on. The default hostname is 'localhost'.
.IP "\fB\-tss\-tcsd\-port\fR" 4
.IX Item "-tss-tcsd-port"
The \s-1TCP\s0 port on which tcsd is listening for messages. The default port is
30003.
.IP "\fB\-help, \-h, \-?\fR" 4
.IX Item "-help, -h, -?"
Display the help screen and exit.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.IX Header "EXAMPLE"
The following example creates an intermediate \s-1TPM CA\s0 and writes the keys
into /var/lib/swtpm\-localca and the swtpm-localca configuration to
/etc/swtpm\-localca.conf. It can then be used for signing certificates of
newly created \fBswtpm\fR TPMs.
.PP
.Vb 10
\& #> sudo systemctl start tcsd
\& #> sudo /usr/share/swtpm/swtpm\-create\-tpmca \e
\&                \-\-dir /var/lib/swtpm\-localca \e
\&                \-\-overwrite \e
\&                \-\-outfile /etc/swtpm\-localca.conf \e
\&                \-\-srk\-password password \e
\&                \-\-key\-password password \e
\&                \-\-group tss
\& statedir = /var/lib/swtpm\-localca
\& signingkey = tpmkey:file=/var/lib/swtpm\-localca/swtpm\-localca\-tpmca\-privkey.pem
\& issuercert = /var/lib/swtpm\-localca/swtpm\-localca\-tpmca\-cert.pem
\& certserial = /var/lib/swtpm\-localca/certserial
\& TSS_TCSD_HOSTNAME = localhost
\& TSS_TCSD_PORT = 30003
\& signingkey_password = password
\& parentkey_password = password
.Ve
.SH "KNOWN ISSUES"
.IX Header "KNOWN ISSUES"
The interaction of GnuTLS certtool with the \s-1TPM TCSD\s0 daemon may cause so
many \s-1TPM\s0 (key) authentication failures, that the \s-1TPM\s0 refuses to accept any
more authenticated commands until the \s-1TPM\s0's owner sends it the
TPM_ORD_ResetLockValue command. The reason for this is that certtool first
tries to use 20 zero bytes for the \s-1SRK\s0 password and only then prompts for
and uses the required \s-1SRK\s0 password. The GnuTLS tpmtool does not support 20
zero bytes for the \s-1SRK\s0 password, so forces the usage of a 'real' password.
.PP
The effect of the authentication failues may be that the \s-1TPM CA\s0 cannot sign
certificates since the \s-1TPM\s0 does not accept authenticated commands.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBswtpm-localca\fR, \fBswtpm\-localca.conf\fR, \fBtcsd\fR
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
.IX Header "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>