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From: Arthur Bied-Charreton <a.bied-charreton@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH pve-cluster v4 2/3] setup: Replace temp OpenSSL config file with CLI arguments
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:53:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260317165358.620306-3-a.bied-charreton@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260317165358.620306-1-a.bied-charreton@proxmox.com>

Using a temporary config file for SSL cert generation is fragile:
it requires cleanup and uses a predictable path in /tmp. OpenSSL's
'-subj', '-addext', and '-copy_extensions copyall' flags cover all
required fields directly on the command line, which removes the
need for a config file.

The 'default_bits = 2048' from the old config is not carried over, as
it matches OpenSSL's default (see /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf).

'string_mask = nombstr' has no CLI equivalent and is also not kept in.
The encoding difference is negligible, since all DN values are pure
ASCII: the 2 hardcoded strings ("PVE Cluster Node" and "Proxmox Virtual
Environment") and the node name, which is sanitized by the 'pve-node'
format.

[0]
https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20260123195300.0ae7fcc9@rosa.proxmox.com/T/#t

Suggested-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Arthur Bied-Charreton <a.bied-charreton@proxmox.com>
---
 src/PVE/Cluster/Setup.pm | 41 +++++++++-------------------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/Cluster/Setup.pm b/src/PVE/Cluster/Setup.pm
index 4f528ba..b9cacfd 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Cluster/Setup.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Cluster/Setup.pm
@@ -504,33 +504,6 @@ sub gen_pve_ssl_cert {
         $names .= ",DNS:$fqdn";
     }
 
-    my $sslconf = <<__EOD;
-RANDFILE = /root/.rnd
-extensions = v3_req
-
-[ req ]
-default_bits = 2048
-distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name
-req_extensions = v3_req
-prompt = no
-string_mask = nombstr
-
-[ req_distinguished_name ]
-organizationalUnitName = PVE Cluster Node
-organizationName = Proxmox Virtual Environment
-commonName = $fqdn
-
-[ v3_req ]
-basicConstraints = CA:FALSE
-extendedKeyUsage = serverAuth
-subjectAltName = $names
-__EOD
-
-    my $cfgfn = "/tmp/pvesslconf-$$.tmp";
-    my $fh = IO::File->new($cfgfn, "w");
-    print $fh $sslconf;
-    close($fh);
-
     my $reqfn = "/tmp/pvecertreq-$$.tmp";
     unlink $reqfn;
 
@@ -541,18 +514,23 @@ __EOD
             'req',
             '-batch',
             '-new',
-            '-config',
-            $cfgfn,
             '-key',
             $pvessl_key_fn,
             '-out',
             $reqfn,
+            '-subj',
+            "/OU=PVE Cluster Node/O=Proxmox Virtual Environment/CN=$fqdn",
+            '-addext',
+            'basicConstraints=CA:FALSE',
+            '-addext',
+            'extendedKeyUsage=serverAuth',
+            '-addext',
+            "subjectAltName=$names",
         ]);
     };
 
     if (my $err = $@) {
         unlink $reqfn;
-        unlink $cfgfn;
         die "unable to generate pve certificate request:\n$err";
     }
 
@@ -581,13 +559,12 @@ __EOD
             'openssl', 'x509', '-req', '-in', $reqfn, '-days', $daysleft, '-out',
             $pvessl_cert_fn,
             '-CAkey', $pveca_key_fn, '-CA', $pveca_cert_fn, '-CAserial', $pveca_srl_fn,
-            '-extfile', $cfgfn,
+            '-copy_extensions', 'copyall',
         ]);
     };
     my $err = $@;
 
     unlink $reqfn or $!{ENOENT} or warn "failed to clean up '$reqfn' - $!";
-    unlink $cfgfn or $!{ENOENT} or warn "failed to clean up '$cfgfn' - $!";
 
     die "unable to generate pve ssl certificate:\n$err" if $err;
 }
-- 
2.47.3




  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-17 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-17 16:53 [PATCH cluster v4 0/3] fix #6701: Add keyUsage extension to root CA Arthur Bied-Charreton
2026-03-17 16:53 ` [PATCH pve-cluster v4 1/3] " Arthur Bied-Charreton
2026-03-17 16:53 ` Arthur Bied-Charreton [this message]
2026-03-17 16:53 ` [PATCH pve-cluster v4 3/3] Create temporary CSR file in /run instead of /tmp Arthur Bied-Charreton

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