[openstack-dev] [Magnum][Anchor][Barbican] Magnum as a CA

OTSUKA, Motohiro yuanying at oeilvert.org
Thu Jul 9 02:13:11 UTC 2015


I think it’s better to use Barbican,  
It provides CA function and also secure key storage.

magnum-conductor should store conductor’s client key to connect k8s api server.


Thanks
-Yuanying


On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 10:12, Madhuri wrote:

> Hi All,
>  
> Magnum as a CA mainly aims at how certificates and keys for both client(magnum-conductor)
> and server(kube-apiserver) will be generated and who will be the CA.
>  
> Blueprint Link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/magnum/+spec/magnum-as-a-ca
>  
> Currently we have 3 options to generate certificates.
>  
> 1. Write our own tool.
> In this approach, we will have our own tool to generate certificate signed by CA.
> A review has been submitted for it:
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/199493/
>  
>  
> 2. Using Anchor.
> Anchor is an stackforge project that automates the verification of CSRs and signs certificates for clients.
> https://github.com/stackforge/anchor (https://mail.nectechnologies.in/owa/redir.aspx?C=WbmDv-KJVUmq2sEu4MFC0e-k5uFujdIIs7jarFb-BEGxx7iEgSFPZtTZ41n6FXvt-LMt_E0Efho.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fstackforge%2fanchor)
>  
> Anchor can be used to generate signed certificate.
>  
> 3. Using Barbican.
> Barbican can also be used for generating certificate signed by some CA plugins.
> http://docs.openstack.org/developer/barbican/plugin/certificate.html (https://mail.nectechnologies.in/owa/redir.aspx?C=WbmDv-KJVUmq2sEu4MFC0e-k5uFujdIIs7jarFb-BEGxx7iEgSFPZtTZ41n6FXvt-LMt_E0Efho.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fdocs.openstack.org%2fdeveloper%2fbarbican%2fplugin%2fcertificate.html)
>  
> Moreover it can also be used to store certificates securely.
>  
> Folks, please provide your views on which is the most suitable option for adding TLS support in Magnum.
>  
> Also, we will have a meeting on #openstack-containers at 23:30 UTC to discuss the same. Request Barbican and Anchor developers also to join.
>  
>  
> Regards
> Madhuri
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