Ubuntu Manpage: certmonger.conf - configuration file for certmonger

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NAME

       certmonger.conf - configuration file for certmonger

DESCRIPTION

       The certmonger.conf file contains default settings used by certmonger.  Its format is more
       or less that of a typical INI-style file.  The only sections currently of note  are  named
       defaults and selfsign.

DEFAULTS

Within the defaults section, these variables and values are recognized:

notify_ttls
This is the list of times, given in seconds, before a certificate's not-after
validity date (often referred to as its expiration time) when certmonger should
warn that the certificate will soon no longer be valid. If this value is not
specified, certmonger will attempt to use the value of the ttls setting. The
default list of values is "2419200, 604800, 259200, 172800, 86400, 43200, 21600,
7200, 3600".

enroll_ttls
This is the list of times, given in seconds, before a certificate's not-after
validity date (often referred to as its expiration time) when certmonger should
attempt to automatically renew the certificate, if it is configured to do so. If
this value is not specified, certmonger will attempt to use the value of the ttls
setting. The default list of values is "2419200, 604800, 259200, 172800, 86400,
43200, 21600, 7200, 3600".

notification_method
This is the method by which certmonger will notify the system administrator that a
certificate will soon become invalid. The recognized values are syslog, mail, and
command. The default is syslog. When sending mail, the notification message will
be the mail message subject. When invoking a command, the notification message
will be available in the "CERTMONGER_NOTIFICATION" environment variable.

notification_destination
This is the destination to which certmonger will send notifications. It can be a
syslog priority and/or facility, separated by a period, it can be an email address,
or it can be a command to run. The default value is daemon.notice.

key_type
This is the type of key pair which will be generated, used in certificate signing
requests, and used when self-signing certificates. RSA and DSA are supported. EC
(also known as ECDSA) is also supported. The default is RSA.

symmetric_cipher
This is the symmetric cipher which will be used to encrypt private keys stored in
OpenSSL's PEM format. Recognized values include aes128 and aes256. The default is
aes128. It is not recommended that this value be changed except in cases where the
default is incompatible with other software.

digest This is the digest algorithm which will be used when signing certificate signing
requests and self-signed certificates. Recognized values include sha1, sha256,
sha384, and sha512. The default is sha256. It is not recommended that this value
be changed except in cases where the default is incompatible with other software.

nss_ca_trust
These are the trust attributes which are applied to CA certificates which should be
trusted, when they are saved to NSS databases. The default is CT,C,C.

nss_other_trust
These are the trust attributes which are applied to certificates which are not
necessarily to be trusted, when they are saved to NSS databases. The default is
,,.

max_key_use_count
When attempting to replace a certificate, if certmonger has previously obtained at
least this number of certificates using the current key pair, it will generate a
new key pair to use before proceeding. There is effectively no default for this
setting.

max_key_lifetime
The amount of time after a key was first generated when certmonger will attempt to
generate a new key pair to replace it, as part of the process of replacing a
certificate. The value is specified as a combination of years (y), months (M),
weeks (w), days (d), hours (h), minutes (m), and/or seconds (s). If no unit of
time is specified, seconds are assumed. The date when a key was generated is not
recorded if the key was not generated by certmonger, or if the key was generated
with a version of certmonger older than 0.78, and for those cases, this option has
no effect. There is effectively no default for this setting.

SELFSIGN

       Within the selfsign section, these variables and values are recognized:

       validity_period
              This is the validity period  given  to  self-signed  certificates.   The  value  is
              specified  as  a  combination  of years (y), months (M), weeks (w), days (d), hours
              (h), minutes (m), and/or seconds (s).  If no unit of time is specified, seconds are
              assumed.  The default value is 1y.

       populate_unique_id
              This   controls   whether   or   not   self-signed  certificates  will  have  their
              subjectUniqueID and issuerUniqueID fields populated.  While RFC5280 prohibits their
              use,  they  may  be needed and/or used by older applications.  The default value is
              no.

LOCAL

       Within the local section, these variables and values are recognized:

       validity_period
              This is the validity period given to the locally-signed CA's certificate when it is
              generated.  The value is specified as a combination of years (y), months (M), weeks
              (w), days (d), hours (h), minutes (m), and/or seconds (s).  If no unit of  time  is
              specified,  seconds  are  assumed.   If  not  set, the value of the validity_period
              setting from the selfsign section, if one is set there, will be used.  The  default
              value is 1y.

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