From: "Fabian Grünbichler" <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com>
To: pdm-devel@lists.proxmox.com, Shannon Sterz <s.sterz@proxmox.com>
Subject: partially-applied [PATCH cluster/common/datacenter-manager/manager/proxmox v2 00/16] TLS Certificate Staging
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 17:23:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178602971412.1142988.5813047335524675197.b4-ty@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260805131838.254723-2-s.sterz@proxmox.com>
On Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:18:23 +0200, Shannon Sterz wrote:
> the aim of this series is to allow clients to automatically adapt to regular
> certificate rotation. the top-level overview of the mechanism proposed here is
> as follows:
>
> - hosts that rotate their certificate create a new certificate at the earliest
> four weeks before their current certificate expires. this certificate is
> considered as "staged" up until it becomes actively used.
> - clients can query a host for a staged certificate at any moment, the host
> will provide information such as the fingerprint for the active and staged
> certificate(s).
> - at the earliest two weeks before their current certificate expires, hosts may
> start using the "staged" certificate. the two week window is needed to give
> clients enough time to query a potential staged certificate.
> - clients, that use fingerprints to validate a TLS certificate, should discard
> the previously used fingerprint and update to the new certificate's
> fingerprint (the previously staged certificate) as soon as they detect its
> usage. connections trying to authenticate themselves with the old certificate
> should be rejected at this point.
>
> [...]
Applied this one, thanks!
[13/16] server: remotes: lock remotes config when updating it
commit: f157678707b86c486f47bd4992ae7eed717ecd42
Best regards,
--
Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 15:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ 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
2026-08-06 15:02 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2026-08-05 13:18 ` [PATCH manager v2 03/16] bin/api: add a new staged certificate when renewing self-signed cert Shannon Sterz
2026-08-06 15:39 ` Fabian Grünbichler
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
2026-08-06 15:23 ` Fabian Grünbichler
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
2026-08-06 15:23 ` Fabian Grünbichler [this message]
2026-08-06 15:41 ` [PATCH cluster/common/datacenter-manager/manager/proxmox v2 00/16] TLS Certificate Staging Fabian Grünbichler
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