acra-keymaker #

Command line flags #

General flags #

--client_id=<id>

Use provided ClientID as identifier to generate keys or keypairs.
--tls_cert=<path> (deprecated since 0.96.0)

Path to TLS certificate to use as ClientID identifier. Works only when passed empty ClientID: --client_id="". Use --tls_client_id_cert instead.
--tls_client_id_cert=<path>

Path to TLS certificate to use as ClientID identifier. Works only when passed empty ClientID: --client_id="". Should be used instead of --tls_cert.
--tls_identifier_extractor_type={distinguished_name|serial_number}

Decide which field of TLS certificate to use as ClientID.
- distinguished_name — certificate Distinguished Name (DN)
- serial_number — certificate serial number

By default, certificate Distinguished Name is used as ClientID.

--keystore=<v1|v2>

Set keystore format. Read more about keystore versions.

This option is required for newly created keystores. If --keys_output_dir points to existing keystore then acra-keymaker automatically detects the version of the keystore.

Storage destination #

Filesystem #

--keys_output_dir=<path>

Path to keystore directory.

Default is .acrakeys.
--keys_public_output_dir=<folder>

Path to public key directory for --keystore=v1 format. (Ignored for --keystore=v2.)

Default is .acrakeys.

Redis #

--redis_db_keys=<number>

Redis database number to use. Default is 0.
--redis_host_port=<host:port>

Address of Redis database to use as keystore. If not specified, Redis is not used.
--redis_password=<password>

Password to Redis database.
--redis_tls_client_auth=<mode>

Set authentication mode that will be used for TLS connection with Redis.
- -1 — not specified, common --tls_ca value will be used.
- 1 — request client certificate, but don’t require it;
- 2 — expect to receive at least one certificate to continue the handshake;
- 3 — don’t require client certificate, but validate it if client actually sent it;
- 4 — (default) request and validate client certificate.
These values correspond to crypto.tls.ClientAuthType.
--redis_tls_client_ca=<filename>

Path to additional CA certificate for Redis' certificate validation. Empty by default.
--redis_tls_client_cert=<filename>

Path to TLS certificate presented to Redis. Empty by default.
--redis_tls_client_key=<filename>

Path to private key of the TLS certificate presented to Redis. Empty by default.
--redis_tls_client_sni=<SNI>

Expected Server Name (SNI) of the Redis instance. Will be used --redis_host_port value if is empty. Empty by default.
--redis_tls_crl_client_cache_size=<count>

How many CRLs to cache in memory in connections to Redis. Use 0 to disable caching. Maximum is 1000000. Default is 16. Cache uses LRU policy.
--redis_tls_crl_client_cache_time=<seconds>

How long to keep CRLs cached, in seconds for connections to Redis. Use 0 to disable caching. Maximum is 300 seconds. Default is 0.
--redis_tls_crl_client_check_only_leaf_certificate={true|false}

This flag controls behavior of validator in cases when Redis' certificate chain contains at least one intermediate certificate.
- true — validate only leaf certificate
- false — (default) validate leaf certificate and all intermediate certificates
This option may be enabled in cases when intermediate CAs are trusted and there is no need to verify them all the time. Also, even if this flag is false but there is no CRL’s URL configured and there is no CRL’s URL in intermediate CA certificates, these intermediate CAs won’t be validated since we don’t know which CRLs could be used for validation.
--redis_tls_crl_client_from_cert=<policy>

How to treat CRL’s URL described in a certificate from Redis server
- use — try URL(s) from certificate after the one from configuration (if set)
- trust — try first URL from certificate, if it does not contain checked certificate, stop further checks
- prefer — (default) try URL(s) from certificate before the one from configuration (if set)
- ignore — completely ignore CRL’s URL(s) specified in certificate
“URL from configuration” above means the one configured with --redis_tls_crl_client_url flags. See Configuring & maintaining > TLS > CRL.
--redis_tls_crl_client_url=<url>

CRL’s URL for outcoming TLS connections to Redis. Empty by default.
--redis_tls_enable=<true|false>

Turns on/off TLS for connection with Redis to --redis_host_port endpoint.
- true — turns on
- false — (default) turns off.
--redis_tls_ocsp_client_check_only_leaf_certificate={true|false}

This flag controls behavior of validator in cases when Redis' certificate chain contains at least one intermediate certificate.
- true — validate only leaf certificate
- false — (default) validate leaf certificate and all intermediate certificates
This option may be enabled in cases when intermediate CAs are trusted and there is no need to verify them all the time. Also, even if this flag is false but there is no OCSP’s URL configured and there is no OCSP’s URL in intermediate CA certificates, these intermediate CAs won’t be validated since we don’t know whom to ask about them.
--redis_tls_ocsp_client_from_cert=<policy>

How to treat OCSP server URL described in a certificate from Redis server
- use — try URL(s) from certificate after the one from configuration (if set)
- trust — try URL(s) from certificate, if server returns “Valid”, stop further checks
- prefer — (default) try URL(s) from certificate before the one from configuration (if set)
- ignore — completely ignore OCSP’s URL(s) specified in certificate
“URL from configuration” above means the one configured with --redis_tls_ocsp_client_url flags, see Configuring & maintaining > TLS > OCSP.
--redis_tls_ocsp_client_required=<policy>

How to handle situation when OCSP server doesn’t know about requested Redis' certificate and returns “Unknown”.
- denyUnknown — (default) consider “Unknown” response an error, certificate will be rejected
- allowUnknown — reverse of denyUnknown, allow certificates unknown to OCSP server
- requireGood — require all known OCSP servers to respond “Good” in order to allow certificate and continue TLS handshake, this includes all URLs validator can use, from certificate (if not ignored) and from configuration
--redis_tls_ocsp_client_url=<url>

OCSP service URL for outgoing TLS connections to check Redis' certificates. Empty by default.

Configuration files #

--config_file=<path>

Path to YAML configuration file.
--dump_config

Dump configuration to configs/acra-keymaker.yaml.
--generate_markdown_args_table

Generate markdown file with text description of all flags. Output file is configs/markdown_acra-keymaker.md. Works in a pair with --dump_config.

Keystore #

--keystore_encryption_type=<strategy>

Keystore encryption strategy. Currently supported strategies:
- env_master_key (Default) - Keystore using Acra Master Key, loaded from ENV (ACRA_MASTER_KEY) variable;
- vault_master_key - Keystore using Acra Master Key, loaded from Hashicorp Vault
- kms_encrypted_master_key - Keystore using Acra Master Key, loaded from ENV ACRA_MASTER_KEY variable and decrypted via KMS key-encryption key.
- kms_per_client - Keystore using KMS for decryption Acra keys per ClientID and ZoneID (zones are deprecated since 0.94.0, will be removed in 0.95.0). Create corresponded key-encryption keys on KMS if not present on KMS.

KMS #

--kms_type=<type>

Specify your KMS. Currently supported KMS types:
- aws - AWS Key Management Service
--kms_key_policy=<policy>

KMS usage key policy. Supported key policies:
- create - create a key encryption key on KMS with name acra_master_key (exit with code 1 if the key already exists). Being used only with generate_master_key flag.
Default is create
--kms_credentials_path=<filepath>

A path to a file with KMS credentials JSON format.

Example of KMS config:

AWS:

   {"access_key_id":"<access_key_id>","secret_access_key":"<secret_access_key>","region":"<region>"}

Note: Should be provided only with --keystore_encryption_type=<kms_encrypted_master_key|kms_per_client> flags.

Hashicorp Vault #

--vault_connection_api_string=<url>

Connection string (like http://x.x.x.x:yyyy) for loading ACRA_MASTER_KEY from HashiCorp Vault. Default is empty (ACRA_MASTER_KEY environment variable is expected).
--vault_secrets_path=<path>

KV Secret Path for reading ACRA_MASTER_KEY from HashiCorp Vault. Default is secret/.
--vault_tls_transport_enable=<true|false>

Turns on/off TLS for connection with vault to --vault_connection_api_string endpoint.
- true — turns on
- false — (default) turns off.
--vault_tls_client_auth=<mode>

Set authentication mode that will be used for TLS connection with Vault.
- 0 — do not request client certificate, ignore it if received;
- 1 — request client certificate, but don’t require it;
- 2 — expect to receive at least one certificate to continue the handshake;
- 3 — don’t require client certificate, but validate it if client actually sent it;
- 4 — (default) request and validate client certificate.
These values correspond to crypto.tls.ClientAuthType.
--vault_tls_ca_path=<filename>

Path to CA certificate for HashiCorp Vault certificate validation. Default is empty (deprecated since 0.94.0, use vault_tls_client_ca instead).
--vault_tls_client_ca=<filename>

Path to acra-keymaker TLS certificate’s CA certificate for Vault certificate validation (acra-keymaker works as “client” when communicating with Vault). Empty by default.
--vault_tls_client_cert=<filename>

Path to acra-keymaker TLS certificate presented to Vault (acra-keymaker works as “client” when communicating with Vault). Empty by default.
--vault_tls_client_key=<filename>

Path to acra-keymaker TLS certificate’s private key of the TLS certificate presented to Vault (acra-keymaker works as “client” when communicating with Vault). Empty by default.
--vault_tls_client_sni=<SNI>

Expected Server Name (SNI) of the Vault instance. Will be used --vault_connection_api_string value if is empty. Empty by default.
--vault_tls_crl_client_cache_size=<count>

How many CRLs to cache in memory in connections to Vault. Use 0 to disable caching. Maximum is 1000000. Default is 16. Cache uses LRU policy.
--vault_tls_crl_client_cache_time=<seconds>

How long to keep CRLs cached, in seconds for connections to Vault. Use 0 to disable caching. Maximum is 300 seconds. Default is 0.
--vault_tls_crl_client_check_only_leaf_certificate={true|false}

This flag controls behavior of validator in cases when Vault certificate chain contains at least one intermediate certificate.
- true — validate only leaf certificate
- false — (default) validate leaf certificate and all intermediate certificates
This option may be enabled in cases when intermediate CAs are trusted and there is no need to verify them all the time. Also, even if this flag is false but there is no CRL’s URL configured and there is no CRL’s URL in intermediate CA certificates, these intermediate CAs won’t be validated since we don’t know which CRLs could be used for validation.
--vault_tls_crl_client_from_cert=<policy>

How to treat CRL’s URL described in a certificate from Vault server/agent
- use — try URL(s) from certificate after the one from configuration (if set)
- trust — try first URL from certificate, if it does not contain checked certificate, stop further checks
- prefer — (default) try URL(s) from certificate before the one from configuration (if set)
- ignore — completely ignore CRL’s URL(s) specified in certificate
“URL from configuration” above means the one configured with --vault_tls_crl_client_url flags.
--vault_tls_crl_client_url=<url>

CRL’s URL for outcoming TLS connections to Vault. Empty by default.
--vault_tls_ocsp_client_check_only_leaf_certificate={true|false}

This flag controls behavior of validator in cases when Vault certificate chain contains at least one intermediate certificate.
- true — validate only leaf certificate
- false — (default) validate leaf certificate and all intermediate certificates
This option may be enabled in cases when intermediate CAs are trusted and there is no need to verify them all the time. Also, even if this flag is false but there is no OCSP’s URL configured and there is no OCSP’s URL in intermediate CA certificates, these intermediate CAs won’t be validated since we don’t know whom to ask about them.
--vault_tls_ocsp_client_from_cert=<policy>

How to treat OCSP server URL described in a certificate from Vault server.
- use — try URL(s) from certificate after the one from configuration (if set)
- trust — try URL(s) from certificate, if server returns “Valid”, stop further checks
- prefer — (default) try URL(s) from certificate before the one from configuration (if set)
- ignore — completely ignore OCSP’s URL(s) specified in certificate
“URL from configuration” above means the one configured with --vault_tls_ocsp_client_url flags.
--vault_tls_ocsp_client_required=<policy>

How to handle situation when OCSP server doesn’t know about requested Vault certificate and returns “Unknown”.
- denyUnknown — (default) consider “Unknown” response an error, certificate will be rejected
- allowUnknown — reverse of denyUnknown, allow certificates unknown to OCSP server
- requireGood — require all known OCSP servers to respond “Good” in order to allow certificate and continue TLS handshake, this includes all URLs validator can use, from certificate (if not ignored) and from configuration
--vault_tls_ocsp_client_url=<url>

OCSP service URL for outgoing TLS connections to check Vaults' certificates. Empty by default.

Note: Should be provided only with --keystore_encryption_type=<vault_master_key> flag.

Generating keys #

Note: Back up all your keys before calling acra-keymaker with any flag described below. Some keys can be rotated, and the previous keys will be retained, while some keys will be overwritten.

Acra master key #

--generate_master_key=<path>

Generate a new random master key and write it to the specified file.

Acra components might expect this key in ACRA_MASTER_KEY environment variable or read from KMS.

Note: When you generate a new key (or keypair), the existing key is rotated. That is, the new key becomes the default for encryption in AcraServer while the previous key is archived and used only for decryption.

Transport keys #

Transport keys support is deprecated and will not be available since 0.91.0.

--generate_acraconnector_keys

Generate a new transport keypair for AcraConnector.
--generate_acraserver_keys

Generate a new transport keypair for AcraServer.
--generate_acratranslator_keys

Generate a new transport keypair for AcraTranslator.

AcraServer & AcraTranslator keys #

--generate_acrawriter_keys

Generate a new storage keypair for data encryption/decryption with AcraStruct.
--generate_hmac_key

Generate a new symmetric key for HMAC calculation and searchable encryption.
--generate_log_key

Generate a new symmetric key for audit logging.
--generate_poisonrecord_keys

Generate a new keypair and symmetric key for poison records.
--generate_symmetric_storage_key

Generate a new symmetric key for data encryption/decryption with AcraBlock.

AcraServer & AcraAuthManager keys #

AcraAuthManager tool is deprecated and will not be available since 0.91.0.

--generate_acrawebconfig_keys

Generate a new symmetric key for encrypting AcraWebconfig’s basic authentication credentials.

Note: This key cannot be rotated. Newly generated key replaces the current one.