Credit

This repository was forked patrick0057/genericssl from superseb/omgwtfssl which was forked from paulczar/omgwtfssl. Paul Czarkowski is the original author of this project, SuperSeb and patrick0057 made some changes to the original project that are useful for my projects.

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There are 2 reasons for forking

• to update guide to better usage of creating SSL for modern certificate requirents.
• remove the docker image dependency, and make it resilient to run on a sandbox enviroment.

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Subject Alt Names(SAN) is require for modern certificate. And the shell code that create SAN in generate-certs was deprecated (see SSL_DNS & SSL_IP), and not longer support the creation as I need.

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GENERICSSL - Self Signed SSL Certificate Generator

About

Sick of googling every time you need a self signed certificate?

GENERICSSL is a small (< 8 mb) docker image based off alpine linux which makes creating self signed SSL certs easier.

It will dump the certs it generators into /certs by default and will also output them to stdout in a standard YAML form making them easy to consume in Ansible or other tools that use YAML.

Simple Example

docker build -f Dockerfile -t genericssl:v1
docker run -e SSL_SUBJECT="example.com" genericssl:v1

OUTPUT

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| GENERICSSL Cert Generator |
----------------------------

--> Certificate Authority
====> Generating new CA key ca-key.pem
====> Generating new CA Certificate ca.pem
====> Generating new config file openssl.cnf
====> Generating new SSL KEY key.pem
====> Generating new SSL CSR key.csr
====> Generating new SSL CERT cert.pem
Certificate request self-signature ok
subject=CN = example.com
====> Complete
keys can be found in volume mapped to /certs

====> Output results as YAML
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ca_key: |
  -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
  MIIEvwIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKkwggSlAgEAAoIBAQCvRTHlSFboO0eU
  ...
  iappx6KZepVglqYXiFty9mxhxA==
  -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

ca_crt: |
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  MIIDBTCCAe2gAwIBAgIUQ7jgvp7gqzG2DZLlKjF4WzNf6BgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
  ...
  Pt8zgM55Gz9n
  -----END CERTIFICATE-----

ssl_key: |
  -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
  MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKYwggSiAgEAAoIBAQC2RTGLjZyggz0V
  ...
  xjcg516qX8ZTk/FYXTCIaw==
  -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

ssl_csr: |
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
  MIICozCCAYsCAQAwFjEUMBIGA1UEAwwLZXhhbXBsZS5jb20wggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3
  ...
  1FUQnn3eUQ==
  -----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

ssl_crt: |
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  MIIDLzCCAhegAwIBAgIUY0xy6MP/GDcdpPFICtFUTnD3LFQwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
  ...
  klKY
  -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Advanced Usage

Customize the certs using the following Environment Variables:

• CA_KEY CA Key file, default ca-key.pem [1]
• CA_CERT CA Certificate file, default ca.pem [1]
• CA_SUBJECT CA Subject, default test-ca
• CA_EXPIRE CA Expiry, default 60 days
• SSL_CONFIG SSL Config, default openssl.cnf [1]
• SSL_KEY SSL Key file, default key.pem
• SSL_CSR SSL Cert Request file, default key.csr
• SSL_CERT SSL Cert file, default cert.pem
• SSL_SIZE SSL Cert size, default 2048 bits
• SSL_EXPIRE SSL Cert expiry, default 60 days
• SSL_SUBJECT SSL Subject default example.com
• SSL_DNS semicolon(;) seperate list of alternative hostnames, no default [2]
• SSL_IP semicolon(;) seperate list of alternative IPs, no default [2]

[1] If file already exists will re-use.

[2] If SSL_DNS or SSL_IP is set will add SSL_SUBJECT to alternative hostname list."

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Examples

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Create Certificates for NGINX

Creating web certs for testing SSL just got a hell of a lot easier...

Create Certificate:

docker build -f Dockerfile -t genericssl:v1
docker run -v /tmp/certs:/certs \
  -e SSL_SUBJECT=test.example.com \
  -e SSL_IP=127.0.0.1 genericssl:v1

Enable SSL in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:

server {
        listen 443;
        server_name test.example.com;
        root html;
        index index.html index.htm;
        ssl on;
        ssl_certificate /tmp/certs/cert.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /tmp/certs/key.pem;
        ssl_session_timeout 5m;
        ssl_protocols       TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
        ssl_ciphers         HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
        }
}

Restart NGINX and test:

$ service nginx restart
$ echo '127.0.2.1       test.example.com' >> /etc/hosts
$ curl --cacert /tmp/certs/ca.pem https://test.example.com
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
...

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Create keys for docker registry

_Slightly more interesting example of using `patrick0057/genericssl` as a volume container to build and host SSL certs for the Docker Registry image_

Create the volume container for the registry from patrick0057/genericssl:

docker build -f Dockerfile -t genericssl:v1
docker run --name certs \
  -e SSL_SUBJECT=test.example.com \
  -e SSL_IP=127.0.0.1 genericssl:v1

----------------------------
| GENERICSSL Cert Generator |
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--> Certificate Authority
====> Generating new CA key ca-key.pem
Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus (2 primes)
ssl_crt: |
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  MIIDFzCCAf+gAwIBAgIUSS2jgxSefw0WuV4h+L7bdYHhslwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
  BQAwEjEQMA4GA1UEAwwHdGVzdC1jYTAeFw0yMzA4MTYwODEwMTVaFw0yMzEwMTUw
  ...
  v8UITaFhroNDfCp5U8BOhl+98PdP3wankyP7
  -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Run the registry using --volumes-from to use the volume container created above:

$ docker run -d \
    --name registry \
    --volumes-from certs \
    -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE=/certs/cert.pem \
    -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY=/certs/key.pem \
    -e SSL_IP=127.0.0.1 \
    -p 5000:5000 \
    registry:2

Make sure it works:

$ echo "127.0.0.1       test.example.com" >> /etc/hosts
$ docker tag patrick0057/genericssl test.example.com:5000/omgwtfbbq
$ docker push test.example.com:5000/omgwtfbbq
The push refers to a repository [test.example.com:5000/omgwtfbbq] (len: 1)
e34964fe7cfa: Pushed
d52b82eb9ff3: Pushed
6b030e7d76a6: Pushed
8a648f689ddb: Pushed
latest: digest: sha256:8a97202b0ad9b375ff478d84ed948ae7ddd298196fd3b341fc8391a0fe71345a size: 7617

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Generate Keys for Kubernetes Secret for use with Ingress:

The following environment variables will help control your Kubernetes secret:

• K8S_NAME (genericssl)
• K8S_NAMESPACE (default)
• K8S_SAVE_CA_KEY (false)
• K8S_SAVE_CA_CRT (false)
• SILENT (true)

Requirements (push image to remote registry and change username/genericssl:v1):

docker build -f Dockerfile -t genericssl:v1
docker tag genericssl:v1 username/genericssl:v1
docker push username/genericssl:v1

An example manifest can be found at examples/minikube/genericssl.yaml.

$ kubectl apply -f examples/minikube
configmap "genericssl" created
job "genericssl" created

$ kc get pods -a
NAME              READY     STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
genericssl-blz7m   0/1       Completed   0          2m

$ kubectl logs genericssl-blz7m
secret "genericssl" created
kubectl get secret genericssl -o yaml

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: genericssl
data:
  tls.crt: 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
  tls.key: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBSU0EgUFJJVkFURSBLRVktLS0tLQpNSUlFcFFJQkFBS0NBUUVBcDYyZU9wNVp4aHRrcWdJRlJmUExtVThPVGNObnNvTytucFZjODh1RTQ3K1NYdmpUClRCdHlsMzJMQWJoWDNOVEFVTnN1anU4QVBWUWZWTUwrS3hnb0dCYWo2VGs4UFJibFUxQnNYSjhRcXhwbEhldW0KcVhUK2daenJMQ2huK1JGUmw5Qy9jcmt3UzVlM25Pbm4vbXV0aFMycUpRdG03bDV2dnRDYUpnazNOemJVTmhYKwpKeGV5T28yRXo4MWdHUVY2TnpBaWhDTzF0OUxQM0p0WllwNE1nTW9CWHlRT1h1TVJWSVpOTVZ0aWtlTGE1d28rCkx3V290eEIwUUVmVExxM0lLek42Ym12RlhkNERGTDd0citCRmxqTmp0Mm0zMXVSUERjL1liNG4xcHU4ZVFBYVcKeTJBeUJ5SzFUeGlnYnk5MHpjeVFiOURHSzBrMnBQZWtCRVRzRXdJREFRQUJBb0lCQVFDRnZleVVFdFBHT1BrOAp4T25SMXRnUlMwWThibHlhdll4Z1R3QmFFSDNKYm5iZ081WEZnYXNQKy9uUkFHbE1ZWUdYdkl0UlJINnJiQnFsCmIvWnRCeEtMekJzbkhoalhIUmtETUFXT2h1MHpuSlVFblg1TWNWM0NvaGZPRzloNmgvN05tWm5xZHAxMzNlWjkKU1BCYk5TV3RNVFFoNGd0U200NkQ0enpnazc4djBNZjAyMWh4UmFtRVRHM0MxTGd0Q3ZXY0dhWWh5TGlTNXhkKwpPeWVSb08zQXR0ZU5ObUszZkhIR2ZNSDRRR2FScnQzSktabUQrcnQ5NHQzbEhNY2YwOFV5d1A4Tjg0K2xOUlVLClpOZkd4bjNnYXZyNWJPT2twYUNvUTMxWnVPL3JFM0RzTGMwd25NTnVCMU9SeEJjR2tLYVZPVWI0YmhwVEE4dGwKR1MwejU2RHhBb0dCQU5oMzV0NGZzRjJxbVlwaGdxU2NvWEU0WUgzNVV2NzFVai9hWndDK0NlcythS2pHczRJSwpXeXpvQnIwR21Na20yQ3AreDkwbFhjano0WmFKUG1NWXdNcEVyQnluaTFVY3Z0Z08rb1VheTdWNGZWOUNsUUdLCnNENmlCUVFnSjloTEtZdkJnRDBkUjV2TWFWYTM2SFF3S3EzTjRHdzNIRFVwZ0NBeEFFenVWUDJaQW9HQkFNWk0KdXZCRVRBWU5odE5SdHFRUlgzUHhtTVJCWmt3YlZrK2ZFWjY1cWd4MUFGeTd4UURxNGxJanpKZHh5T3J5OWd0ZApxMWRLQkFhRzVrN0tWWWJzaXlSdUwxS0pwRlhKQm1WZURyaG14NEV0OWc3dlM0dmRRSklPQzlROWtMTS9TRE1lCnNjc0VqS243UXFVR0o0UHJwY0lIakY0ZW5lRE4xK3k2VzYwSitVcUxBb0dBSkhCS2xLbVE3ck9CRlNKRTg2REsKTEZ6cElVdVBCUXdXeEZqbmJlQ1BtdUh1akRxbWpRVmhRN1hyTEhhbjBYU1FmdGJJbmhsa0tDZWxtY21RanUzagp4aWk1TURtajRyZnNDRUs5T1JyQm45S2dpQ0NWSktWTDliOGdTUW1BcTVBN2RpTWtpeVVhb01kUUZDRHhLRjNUClVWNk9vS2pHUHN5MW5MV2k3MUJQVGtFQ2dZRUFzK1dpWmh5Zmw1SW44WWdkR0lVR1FvbzRYRHMwa2ZEdkFYYSsKcG0rclhIZThwMlJWV2ZxODdXVzYwdDJRTjgzSTl4QzRRNDFMVDV5TVRZaHp4TjdOY0hSaGpCQ0F2SzZObGVLWgptaUxyOVQ1OERwcDZ2OTB1R2hLU0dxN3JtaUhiM3p5R2NUYWtZZ1VuTmN6NmhreCs2U0t0N2lqNmM1cHF2RUZvCnIvZnZaL2NDZ1lFQXZGU29QZmhxaTkxOTFVWXA2K3R6YVBIQmcxeGRSWlVjQ2o2UFI4L0hQZVJhWWFCQkdMVysKdUVmWm1VbGhOUVkwblozT1p3aEw1VGlWNzUyTVFtdEMwQlVtSUhrQmg1MnEzcUorMW1qdi9wS0xZWkhxcnpSVwpXcHp6cTdlWFdwNVE2R0YwZTBQa0pFVzdMWmMwYjN3UmFMRTBhUStLeGc0ODZSUlFEVGFJQ0xjPQotLS0tLUVORCBSU0EgUFJJVkFURSBLRVktLS0tLQo=