Configure yum/dnf¶
When doing this, I used the following as a guide. These are essentially all you need to end up with a protected rpm repo.
Obviously as you work through it you’re going to be making sense of all the steps and how they relate to each other.
https://pulp-rpm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/workflows/create_sync_publish.html
https://github.com/pulp/pulp-certguard
https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/blob/master/README.quickstart.md
easy_rsa setup¶
Once you get the easy_rsa rpm installed, copy the skeleton of scripts to where you want your cert infra to live. The quickstart guide is easy to follow.
I have a habit of keeping everything in a local git repo, just so i can do reverts/diffs while learning new stuff.
cp -r /usr/share/easy-rsa .
cd easy-rsa
git init
git add *
git commit -m 'pristine start' -a
cd 3
./easyrsa init-pki
./easyrsa build-ca
# now convert your crt to a pem
# you will use this later as a content guard in pulp
cd pki
openssl x509 -in ca.crt -out ca.pem -outform PEM
cd ..
# now generate a client cert
# you're going to do this on the server with the ca.
# the guide recommends not doing this, I keep everything in one place.
# The reason for this, is that pulp only will need a signed pem. No key, not csr, nothing else.
# So, I will generate a yum-client cert and sign it here. Then I'll copy the pem to the client machines.
# later, this will be automated via ansible.
./easyrsa gen-req yum-client
# now sign it so its trusted
./easyrsa sign-req client yum-client
# now convert it to pem format
openssl x509 -in pki/issued/yum-client.crt -out pki/issued/yum-client.pem -outform PEM
pulp setup¶
NB: The single biggest tip here is this:
When a rest call returns a task id (uuid), you need to poll for it. The async tasks don’t log to disk. Errors will show up in the task details.
I had a ton of self inflicted problems due to doing this on a CIS hardened image where the default umask leads to non-shared directories/files when created (default 750 instead of 755 dirs, etc). All the permission denied errors showed up fine in the tasks, but i didn’t immediately know to check there and wasted some time.
# this is all in the pulp workflow as linked to above.
# create repo
http POST http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/repositories/ name=boomi-epel
# Lookup the thing we just made
export REPO_HREF=$(http http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/repositories/ | jq -r '.results[] | select(.name == "boomi-epel") | .pulp_href')
# create new remote
http POST http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/remotes/rpm/rpm/ name='boomi-epel-remote' url='file:///usr/local/lib/pulp/staging/epel/' policy='immediate'
export REMOTE_HREF=$(http :24817/pulp/api/v3/remotes/rpm/rpm/ | jq -r '.results[] | select(.name == "boomi-epel-remote") | .pulp_href')
# Sync the repo
http POST http:/localhost:24817${REMOTE_HREF}sync/ repository=$REPO_HREF
# {
# "task": "/pulp/api/v3/tasks/abb42ba7-77f9-49c4-af05-3af407ab8596/"
# }
# Inspect the new thingy....
http GET http://localhost:24817${REPO_HREF}versions/1/
# Create a publication
http POST http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/publications/rpm/rpm/ repository=$REPO_HREF
# get repo-version (display/informational)
export PUBLICATION_HREF=$(http :24817/pulp/api/v3/publications/rpm/rpm/ | jq -r '.results[] | select(.repository_version|test("'$REPO_HREF'.")) | .pulp_href')
http POST http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/distributions/rpm/rpm/ name='boomi-epel-distro' base_path='boomi-epel' publication=$PUBLICATION_HREF
#Follow the task progress here:
http GET http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/tasks/
http GET http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/tasks/uuid-of-single-task-for-reasonable-responses
# THe CONTENT_HOST setting is super important for this. Set it to something valid.
# View all the published stats
http GET http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/distributions/rpm/rpm/
# Get the repo metadata from the published end point on the yum side
http GET http://localhost:24816/pulp/content/boomi-epel-2/repodata/repomd.xml
certguard setup¶
The ca.pem and the yum-client.pem from above are needed for this part.
Before you do this, make sure your non-protected repo works. I just configured it on localhost and installed a sample rpm from my private epel mirror.
Alternatively, just check that yum makecache works. If it doesn’t, troubleshoot it til it does. Then we can add protection.
# This is the essence of the guide for certguard linked to above. See that for better docs.
http --form POST http://localhost:8000/pulp/api/v3/contentguards/certguard/x509/ name=boomi-ca ca_certificate@/var/lib/pulp-certs/easy-rsa/3/pki/ca.pem
export GUARD_HREF=$(http localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/contentguards/certguard/x509/?name=boomi-ca | jq -r '.results[0].pulp_href')
# protect one
http PATCH http://localhost:24817/pulp/api/v3/distributions/rpm/rpm/4d9ef794-4af1-44ba-be5e-607defd396de/ content_guard=$GUARD_HREF
yum setup¶
Now that we’re here, lets teach yum how to jam a signed cert in the right http header when accessing one of our custom repos.
# Show that the now protected repo wont let us in.
# confirm it denies the yum process
[root@ip-10-76-7-46 ~]# yum makecache
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, search-disabled-repos
http://localhost:24816/pulp/content/boomi-epel-2/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
Trying other mirror.
To address this issue please refer to the below knowledge base article
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/69319
If above article doesn't help to resolve this issue please open a ticket with Red Hat Support.
Metadata Cache Created
[root@ip-10-76-7-46 ~]#
cp $PATH_TO_EASYRSA/yum-client.pem /etc/boomi/yum.pem
# Install my certguard plugin
copy to /usr/lib/yum-plugins
# enable the plugin within yum
update /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/certguard.conf
[main]
enabled=1
# kick the tires
[root@ip-10-76-7-46 yum-plugins]# yum makecache
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, certguard, rhui-lb, search-disabled-repos
boomi-epel | 3.5 kB 00:00:00
(1/4): boomi-epel/updateinfo | 71 B 00:00:00
(2/4): boomi-epel/filelists | 11 MB 00:00:00
(3/4): boomi-epel/primary | 3.7 MB 00:00:00
(4/4): boomi-epel/other | 2.3 MB 00:00:00
boomi-epel 13215/13215
boomi-epel 13215/13215
boomi-epel 13215/13215
Metadata Cache Created
[root@ip-10-76-7-46 yum-plugins]#
NB: Make sure the cert paths are right.
Make sure the repo names begin with the right prefix