Recreating a Self-Signed SSL Certificate in ZCS 4.5 & 5.0: Difference between revisions

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  [change value for default_days as appropriate]
  [change value for default_days as appropriate]
''Workaround: zmssl.cnf.in default_days is ingnored.  Currently you will need to edit zmcreateca and zmcreatecert:'' Bug is http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12228
''Workaround: zmssl.cnf.in default_days is ingnored.  Currently you will need to edit zmcreateca and zmcreatecert:'' Bug is http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12228
* (OPTIONAL) Change the Organizational name of the CA.  In OS X, if you have more than 1 zimbra CA imported, they will all show with the same name name. This will make them show the hostname instead
vi /opt/zimbra/conf/zmssl.cnf.in
[around line 131, change the line below so it reads as follows]
0.organizationName_default  = @@HOSTNAME@@


* Now create the CA (as zimbra)
* Now create the CA (as zimbra)

Revision as of 03:47, 19 November 2006

Self Signed Certificate Instructions

If you're working with a commercial certificate, do *NOT* use this page - go here instead

  • To clean up SSL certificates and recreate a new self-signed cert try this.
  • First though, it won't hurt to back up what you already have:
tar -cf /tmp/zimbra-ssl-bak.tar /opt/zimbra/ssl/
  • (EVERYBODY) Delete and re-create SSL Directory (as root):
su -
rm -rf /opt/zimbra/ssl
mkdir /opt/zimbra/ssl
chown zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/ssl
  • (LINUX ONLY) Additional Steps:
chown zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/java/jre/lib/security/cacerts
chmod 644 /opt/zimbra/java/jre/lib/security/cacerts
  • (EVERYBODY) Delete CA
(Mac OS X ONLY) The file is owned by root so you'll get "permission denied" if you don't import as root:
keytool -delete -alias my_ca -keystore /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Home/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit
(LINUX ONLY) su - zimbra keytool -delete -alias my_ca -keystore /opt/zimbra/java/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit
  • (EVERYBODY) Delete Tomcat cert (as zimbra):
su - zimbra
keytool -delete -alias tomcat -keystore /opt/zimbra/tomcat/conf/keystore -storepass zimbra
  • If you want the certificate to last longer than 365 days (as zimbra)
vi /opt/zimbra/conf/zmssl.cnf.in
[change value for default_days as appropriate]

Workaround: zmssl.cnf.in default_days is ingnored. Currently you will need to edit zmcreateca and zmcreatecert: Bug is http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12228

  • (OPTIONAL) Change the Organizational name of the CA. In OS X, if you have more than 1 zimbra CA imported, they will all show with the same name name. This will make them show the hostname instead
vi /opt/zimbra/conf/zmssl.cnf.in
[around line 131, change the line below so it reads as follows]
0.organizationName_default  = @@HOSTNAME@@
  • Now create the CA (as zimbra)
zmcreateca
  • After creating the ca, it appears that zmcreateca doesn't copy the new ca.key and ca.pem to /opt/zimbra/conf/ca, so do it manually (as zimbra):
cp /opt/zimbra/ssl/ssl/ca/ca.key /opt/zimbra/conf/ca/ca.key
cp /opt/zimbra/ssl/ssl/ca/ca.pem /opt/zimbra/conf/ca/ca.pem
  • Now create the Cert (as zimbra)
zmcreatecert
  • Now install the Cert and Key (as zimbra)
zmcertinstall mailbox /opt/zimbra/ssl/ssl/server/tomcat.crt
zmcertinstall mta /opt/zimbra/ssl/ssl/server/server.crt /opt/zimbra/ssl/ssl/server/server.key
  • I don't know what the CA cert stored in LDAP is used for, or if it is used at all, but it is *not* updated by the above steps. To update CA cert (as zimbra):
cat /opt/zimbra/ssl/ssl/ca/ca.key
zmprov -l mcf zimbraCertAuthorityKeySelfSigned "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
[paste the contents of ca.key from above - I needed to construct this whole command in a text editor then paste into the CLI]
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----"
cat /opt/zimbra/ssl/ssl/ca/ca.pem
zmprov -l mcf zimbraCertAuthorityCertSelfSigned "-----BEGIN TRUSTED CERTIFICATE-----
[paste the contents of ca.pem from above - I needed to construct this whole command in a text editor then paste into the CLI]
-----END TRUSTED CERTIFICATE-----"

  • You can see your updated certs in LDAP now and compare them to contents of /opt/zimbra/ssl/ssl/ca (as zimbra)
zmprov gcf zimbraCertAuthorityKeySelfSigned 
zmprov gcf zimbraCertAuthorityCertSelfSigned 
  • It may be necessary to restart the Zimbra servers for the changes to take effect (as zimbra).
zmcontrol stop
zmcontrol start

Note about 'unable to write random state'

This is a "harmless" warning that openssl has no random number seed file. The full story is available from openssl.org.

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