spring-cloud / spring-cloud/spring-cloud-vault

Add support for SSL certificate generation

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Since Jul 19, 2016.

type: enhancement
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Description

Add support to request SSL certificates from Vault's PKI backend. Certificates can be issued on demand by using a role.

The generated certificate and the issuing CA certificate need to be stored in a Truststore (Keystore) and the private key in a Keystore. Vault should be used as intermediate CA, so the Truststore should contain the Root CA certificate that should be configured along the certificate request properties.

Config parameters for requesting certificates:

  • common-name
  • alt-names
  • ip-sans

Other required parameters:

  • Root certificate

Challenges:

  • Public key pinning: Preserve the generated certificate/key pair during its validity period. This is to prevent multiple apps running behind a common endpoint address to use different certificates.

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