From: Shannon Sterz <s.sterz@proxmox.com>
To: pdm-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH manager v2 03/16] bin/api: add a new staged certificate when renewing self-signed cert
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 15:18:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805131838.254723-5-s.sterz@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260805131838.254723-2-s.sterz@proxmox.com>
when a certificate is about to expire (within the next four weeks, up
to two weeks before it expires), create a new staged "next"
certificate. by including this certificate when querying the api,
clients can prepare for when the certificate is about to be rotated.
this allows them to update to the new fingerprint, without needing an
additional out-of-band communication channel.
Signed-off-by: Shannon Sterz <s.sterz@proxmox.com>
---
PVE/API2/Certificates.pm | 5 ++-
PVE/CertHelpers.pm | 6 ++++
bin/pveupdate | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/PVE/API2/Certificates.pm b/PVE/API2/Certificates.pm
index de8762c53..bcd650c3b 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Certificates.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Certificates.pm
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
my $res = [];
my $cert_paths = [
- '/etc/pve/pve-root-ca.pem', "$node_path/pve-ssl.pem", "$node_path/pveproxy-ssl.pem",
+ '/etc/pve/pve-root-ca.pem',
+ "$node_path/pve-ssl.pem",
+ "$node_path/pveproxy-ssl.pem",
+ "$node_path/pve-ssl-next.pem",
];
for my $path (@$cert_paths) {
eval {
diff --git a/PVE/CertHelpers.pm b/PVE/CertHelpers.pm
index 202dec0ee..4272eaf57 100644
--- a/PVE/CertHelpers.pm
+++ b/PVE/CertHelpers.pm
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ sub default_cert_path_prefix {
return "/etc/pve/nodes/${node}/pve-ssl";
}
+sub default_next_cert_path_prefix {
+ my ($node) = @_;
+
+ return "/etc/pve/nodes/${node}/pve-ssl-next";
+}
+
sub cert_lock {
my ($timeout, $code, @param) = @_;
diff --git a/bin/pveupdate b/bin/pveupdate
index b1960c353..e44c614ee 100755
--- a/bin/pveupdate
+++ b/bin/pveupdate
@@ -103,10 +103,12 @@ syslog('err', "Renewing ACME certificate failed: $@") if $@;
eval {
my $certpath = PVE::CertHelpers::default_cert_path_prefix($nodename) . ".pem";
+ my $next_certpath = PVE::CertHelpers::default_next_cert_path_prefix($nodename) . ".pem";
my $capath = "/etc/pve/pve-root-ca.pem";
+ my $now = time();
my $renew = sub {
- my ($msg) = @_;
+ my ($msg, $use_later) = @_;
# get CA info
my $cainfo = PVE::Certificate::get_certificate_info($capath);
@@ -127,21 +129,67 @@ eval {
print "PVE certificate $msg\n";
# create new certificate
my $ip = PVE::Cluster::remote_node_ip($nodename);
- PVE::Cluster::Setup::gen_pve_ssl_cert(1, $nodename, $ip);
- print "Restarting pveproxy after renewing certificate\n";
- PVE::Tools::run_command(['systemctl', 'reload-or-restart', 'pveproxy']);
+ if ($use_later) {
+ PVE::Cluster::Setup::gen_pve_ssl_cert(1, $nodename, $ip, $next_certpath);
+ } else {
+ PVE::Cluster::Setup::gen_pve_ssl_cert(1, $nodename, $ip);
+ print "Restarting pveproxy after renewing certificate\n";
+ PVE::Tools::run_command(['systemctl', 'reload-or-restart', 'pveproxy']);
+ }
};
- if (PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($certpath)) {
- # already expired
- $renew->("expired, renewing...");
- } elsif (PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($certpath, time() + 14 * 24 * 60 * 60)) {
- # expires in next 2 weeks
- $renew->("expires soon, renewing...");
- } elsif (!PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($certpath, time() + 2 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60)) {
+ my $rotate_in_next_certificate_or_renew = sub {
+ my ($msg) = @_;
+
+ # if a staged certificate:
+ #
+ # 1. exists
+ # 2. does not expire within two weeks
+ # 3. does expire within two years
+ # 4. and is signed by the currently active ca
+ #
+ # rotate it in, otherwise create a new certificate
+ if (
+ -f $next_certpath
+ && !PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($next_certpath, $now + 14 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+ && PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($next_certpath, $now + 2 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+ && PVE::Certificate::check_certificate_signed_by_ca($next_certpath, $capath)
+ ) {
+ rename($next_certpath, $certpath);
+ print("Restarting pveproxy after rotating certificate\n");
+ PVE::Tools::run_command(['systemctl', 'reload-or-restart', 'pveproxy']);
+ } else {
+ $renew->($msg);
+ # clean up the now useless staged certificate, if there is one
+ if (-f $next_certpath) {
+ unlink $next_certpath
+ or $!{ENOENT}
+ or warn "failed to clean-up $next_certpath - $!\n";
+ }
+ }
+
+ };
+
+ if (PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($certpath, $now + 14 * 24 * 60 * 60)) {
+ $rotate_in_next_certificate_or_renew->("expired or expires soon, renewing...");
+ } elsif (PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($certpath, $now + 28 * 24 * 60 * 60)) {
+ # if the certificate expires in 4 weeks, stage a new one if no
+ # certificate has been staged yet or the staged one is invalid by now
+ if (
+ !-f $next_certpath
+ || PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($next_certpath, $now + 28 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+ || !PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($next_certpath, $now + 2 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+ || !PVE::Certificate::check_certificate_signed_by_ca($next_certpath, $capath)
+ ) {
+ unlink $next_certpath
+ or $!{ENOENT}
+ or warn "failed to clean-up $next_certpath - $!\n";
+ $renew->("staging new certificate...", 1);
+ }
+ } elsif (!PVE::Certificate::check_expiry($certpath, $now + 2 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60)) {
# expires in more than 2 years
- $renew->(
+ $rotate_in_next_certificate_or_renew->(
"expires in more than 2 years, renewing to reduce certificate life-span for client compatibility..."
);
}
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 13:18 [PATCH cluster/common/datacenter-manager/manager/proxmox v2 00/16] TLS Certificate Staging Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH cluster v2 01/16] setup: allow caller to provide the certificate filename Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH pve-common v2 02/16] certificate: add helper to verify that a certificate was signed by a ca Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` Shannon Sterz [this message]
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH manager v2 04/16] api: certificates: if node parameter is 'localhost' return local certs Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH proxmox v2 05/16] pve-api-types: expose certificates info endpoint Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 06/16] client: allow users to update a changed fingerprint interactively Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 07/16] cli/api-types: move Fingerprint to common api type crate Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 08/16] server: connection: report mismatching fingerprint as untrusted on probe Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 09/16] ui: wizard: add context if a provided fingerprint did not match remote Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 10/16] ui: wizard: nodes page: always update fingerprints on user confirmation Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 11/16] pdm-api-types: implement ApiType for Fingerprint Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 12/16] pdm-api-types: add staged_fingerprints field to NodeUrl Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 13/16] server: remotes: lock remotes config when updating it Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 14/16] server: connection: rotate in staged fingerprints when encountering them Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 15/16] server: api: tasks: move `spawn_aborted_on_shutdown()` to super module Shannon Sterz
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH datacenter-manager v2 16/16] server: bin: api: tasks: add task to discover new staged certificates Shannon Sterz
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