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This project is an exploration into the utility of Jetbrains' Junie
to write smaller but tedious programs.
Task: build a certificate bundling tool in cmd/cert-bundler. It
creates archives of certificates chains.
A YAML file for this looks something like:
``` yaml
config:
hashes: bundle.sha256
expiry: 1y
chains:
core_certs:
certs:
- root: roots/core-ca.pem
intermediates:
- int/cca1.pem
- int/cca2.pem
- int/cca3.pem
- root: roots/ssh-ca.pem
intermediates:
- ssh/ssh_dmz1.pem
- ssh/ssh_internal.pem
outputs:
include_single: true
include_individual: true
manifest: true
formats:
- zip
- tgz
```
Some requirements:
1. First, all the certificates should be loaded.
2. For each root, each of the indivudal intermediates should be
checked to make sure they are properly signed by the root CA.
3. The program should optionally take an expiration period (defaulting
to one year), specified in config.expiration, and if any certificate
is within that expiration period, a warning should be printed.
4. If outputs.include_single is true, all certificates under chains
should be concatenated into a single file.
5. If outputs.include_individual is true, all certificates under
chains should be included at the root level (e.g. int/cca2.pem
would be cca2.pem in the archive).
6. If bundle.manifest is true, a "MANIFEST" file is created with
SHA256 sums of each file included in the archive.
7. For each of the formats, create an archive file in the output
directory (specified with `-o`) with that format.
- If zip is included, create a .zip file.
- If tgz is included, create a .tar.gz file with default compression
levels.
- All archive files should include any generated files (single
and/or individual) in the top-level directory.
8. In the output directory, create a file with the same name as
config.hashes that contains the SHA256 sum of all files created.
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The outputs.include_single and outputs.include_individual describe
what should go in the final archive. If both are specified, the output
archive should include both a single bundle.pem and each individual
certificate, for example.
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As it stands, given the following `bundle.yaml`:
``` yaml
config:
hashes: bundle.sha256
expiry: 1y
chains:
core_certs:
certs:
- root: pems/gts-r1.pem
intermediates:
- pems/goog-wr2.pem
outputs:
include_single: true
include_individual: true
manifest: true
formats:
- zip
- tgz
- root: pems/isrg-root-x1.pem
intermediates:
- pems/le-e7.pem
outputs:
include_single: true
include_individual: false
manifest: true
formats:
- zip
- tgz
google_certs:
certs:
- root: pems/gts-r1.pem
intermediates:
- pems/goog-wr2.pem
outputs:
include_single: true
include_individual: false
manifest: true
formats:
- tgz
lets_encrypt:
certs:
- root: pems/isrg-root-x1.pem
intermediates:
- pems/le-e7.pem
outputs:
include_single: false
include_individual: true
manifest: false
formats:
- zip
```
The program outputs the following files:
- bundle.sha256
- core_certs_0.tgz (contains individual certs)
- core_certs_0.zip (contains individual certs)
- core_certs_1.tgz (contains core_certs.pem)
- core_certs_1.zip (contains core_certs.pem)
- google_certs_0.tgz
- lets_encrypt_0.zip
It should output
- bundle.sha256
- core_certs.tgz
- core_certs.zip
- google_certs.tgz
- lets_encrypt.zip
core_certs.* should contain `bundle.pem` and all the individual
certs. There should be no _$n$ variants of archives.
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Add an additional field to outputs: encoding. It should accept one of
`der`, `pem`, or `both`. If `der`, certificates should be output as a
`.crt` file containing a DER-encoded certificate. If `pem`, certificates
should be output as a `.pem` file containing a PEM-encoded certificate.
If both, both the `.crt` and `.pem` certificate should be included.
For example, given the previous config, if `encoding` is der, the
google_certs.tgz archive should contain
- bundle.crt
- MANIFEST
Or with lets_encrypt.zip:
- isrg-root-x1.crt
- le-e7.crt
However, if `encoding` is pem, the lets_encrypt.zip archive should contain:
- isrg-root-x1.pem
- le-e7.pem
And if it `encoding` is both, the lets_encrypt.zip archive should contain:
- isrg-root-x1.crt
- isrg-root-x1.pem
- le-e7.crt
- le-e7.pem
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The tgz format should output a `.tar.gz` file instead of a `.tgz` file.
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Move the format extensions to a global variable.
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Write a README.txt with a description of the bundle.yaml format.
Additionally, update the help text for the program (e.g. with `-h`)
to provide the same detailed information.
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It may be easier to embed the README.txt in the program on build.
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For the archive (tar.gz and zip) writers, make sure errors are
checked at the end, and don't just defer the close operations.