Installation (Without using VM)

Install MySQL

1. install the following package :

   sudo apt-get install mysql-server

   You will be prompted to choose a root password

2. Install the CoreCA database (empty) :

   sh scripts/setup_mysql.sh <DB Root Password>

Install Python dependencies

1. Ensure pip and python3.* are installed.

2. Install a virtual environment :

   sudo apt-get install python3.*-venv 

3. Setup virtual environment :

   python3.* -m venv venv 
   source venv/bin/activate

4. Install dependencies :

   pip install -r requirements.txt

   This is not guaranteed to work on all systems, other python dependencies might need to be installed

Running the Server

Default run

./run

Default values for parameters :

• port : 5001
• ip : 127.0.0.1
• user : root
• host : localhost
• db : coreCA
• pwd : toor
• cap12 : p12/ca.p12
• crl : crl/crl.pem
• empfolder : p12 (must be in directoy ca_core)
• p12pass : default_password
• cert : keys/server_certificate.crt
• sk : keys/server_private_key.key
• newkeys : specify if a new CA signing key pair is needed.
• newcrl : specify if a new CRL must be generated

Parameters in bold characters should not be tweaked. In most cases a new server key (!= CA p12 key) will have to be generated :

cd keys/
./genkeyscert.sh

When prompted a common name, the ip address of the server must be specified. if the ip is different than 127.0.0.1, then the ip parameter must be specified when running the server.

VM

A VM is available at : N/A

Everything should be already installed on it hence should follow instructions above to run the server.