Generating and importing an SSL certificate for the application server

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is used to keep sensitive information sent across the Internet encrypted. A proper SSL certificate provides authentication, which ensures that you are sending information to the right server and not to an unintended server. Customers most often send information through several computers. It is possible to avoid intermediate computers from pretending to be your website and trick your users into sending them personal information by using a proper Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and getting an SSL certificate from a trusted SSL provider.

Starting with version 8.7.00, BMC Network Automation uses the SHA256WithRSA encryption algorithm to generate a self-signed certificate. By default, the size (in bits) for the certificate key is set to 4096. However, you can also generate and import a third-party SSL certificate with a different algorithm or a different key size (greater than or equal to 2048-bits) by modifying the {{code language="none"}}
ENA_CERTIFICATE_ALGORITHM
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Note

BMC Network Automation does not support certificates with key size less than 2048-bits and an encryption algorithm weaker than SHA256WithRSA.

This topic describes how to generate and import a third-party SSL certificate and how to set various parameters in the setenv file if you want to use different parameter values than the default.

List of editable parameters in the setenv file
To generate and import an SSL certificate into the application server that is hosted on Windows
To generate and import an SSL certificate into the application server that is hosted on Linux
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List of editable parameters in the setenv file

In addition to ENA_CERTIFICATE_ALGORITHM and ENA_KEY_NUM_BITS, you can modify the following parameters in the setenv file for the SSL certificate that you want to import into the application server:

ENA_CERTIFIER_COMMON_NAME
ENA_CERTIFIER_ORG_UNIT
ENA_CERTIFIER_ORG_NAME
ENA_CERTIFIER_LOCALITY
ENA_CERTIFIER_STATE
ENA_CERTIFIER_COUNTRY
ENA_KEY_ALGORITHM
ENA_KEY_VALIDITY_DAYS

Note

Step 3 in the following procedures includes the instructions to change the keystore password.

To generate and import an SSL certificate into the application server that is hosted on Windows

Stop the BCA-Networks Web Server service.
(Optional) If you want to generate an SSL certificate with the parameter values (other than the keystore password) different than the default values in the setenv file, perform the following steps:
1. Navigate to the BCAN_HOME\tools directory and open the setenv file with a text editor.
2. Modify various parameters in the file.
3. Save the file.
(This step is required only if you have performed step 2 to change parameter values or if you want to change the keystore password) From the BCAN_HOME\tools directory, run the following command to generate a new self-signed certificate with the required password:

create_keystore.bat <password>
Note
During installation, BMC Network Automation creates the self-signed certificate with a default password, 1emprisa. If you want to change this password, provide the required password; else, provide the default password.
The following sample messages are displayed:
Removing old C:\BCA-Networks-Data\.keystore file ...
Generating certified key-pair and storing in C:\BCA-Networks-Data\.keystore ...
Success
Navigate to the BCAN_HOME\java\bin directory and run the following command to view the keystore with the default self-signed certificate:

keytool.exe -list -v -keystore C:\BCA-Networks-Data\.keystore

The following sample messages are displayed:
Enter keystore password: Adm1npaswd
       Keystore type: JKS
       Keystore provider: SUN
       Your keystore contains 1 entry
       Alias name: tomcat
       Creation date: Jan 20, 2015
       Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
       Certificate chain length: 1
       Certificate[1]:
       Owner: CN=host-name, OU=BNA, O=BMC, L=McLean, ST=VA, C=US
       Issuer: CN=host-name, OU=BNA, O=BMC, L=McLean, ST=VA, C=US
       Serial number: 20b6fde4
       Valid from: Tue Jan 20 11:24:55 CST 2015 until: Thu Dec 27 11:24:55
       CST 2114
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: 22:55:8B:62:A0:85:6F:B0:82:A2:28:D5:FE:55:90:8A
                SHA1: 24:17:3B:EB:5D:FF:B4:78:5E:3A:C5:A9:28:C0:0E:64:FB:0B
                 :6A:4A
                SHA256: F4:5B:E5:0E:74:EB:4B:B1:B2:D2:FA:22:33:CE:D3:5B:6C
                 :24:03:4B:EF:6D:5A:4E:DC:96:92:A0:1E:2B:0C:9C
                Signature algorithm name: SHA1withRSA
                Version: 3
Notice that there is only one alias tomcat, which has the entry type of PrivateKeyEntry.
Run the following command to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) file, for example, BNA.csr, by using the self-signed certificate:
keytool.exe -certreq -keystore C:\BCA-Networks-Data\.keystore -alias tomcat -file C:\BCA-Networks-Data\BNA.csr

The following sample message is displayed:
Enter keystore password: Adm1npaswd
Submit the BNA.csr file to the certification authority (CA) and get the application server certificate.
Obtain the root certificate, and optionally intermediate certificates from the CA if required.
Copy the application server, root, and intermediate certificates to the BCAN_DATA directory.
Import the root CA certificate, as follows:
1. Run the following command:
  keytool.exe -importcert -keystore C:\BCA-Networks-Data\.keystore -alias root -file C:\BCA-Networks-Data\CA-root.cer
2. When prompted for the password, enter the default password (1emprisa), or if you have changed the password in step 3, enter the changed password.
3. Run the following command:
  keytool.exe -importcert -keystore "C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BCA-Networks\java\lib\security\cacerts" -alias root -file C:\BCA-Networks-Data\CA-root.cer
4. When prompted for the password, enter changeit.
  The following sample messages are displayed, when you run the preceding commands:
Enter keystore password: <password>
        Owner: CN=ca-host-name
       Issuer: CN=ca-host-name
       Serial number: 2f245324d2723a964f3c1bafcada2bd4
       Valid from: Sat Jan 17 21:35:15 CST 2015 until: Fri Jan 17 21:45:14
       CST 2020
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: 34:89:6E:21:E7:16:18:6A:C4:45:F3:87:80:27:2C:64
                SHA1: A6:9D:77:7B:5B:AB:95:95:BE:49:E8:FE:A1:84:46:78:08
                 :15:63:0D
                SHA256: 5E:9A:A8:20:73:C2:0C:52:88:D4:61:32:7A:73:FD:86
                 :22:ED:DD:
                5A:87:AE:A9:C9:13:A9:AE:D0:91:9C:DB:6B
                Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
                Version: 3
       Trust this certificate? [no]: yes
       Certificate was added to keystore
(Optional) Run the following command to import intermediate CA certificates:

keytool.exe -importcert -keystore C:\BCA-Networks-Data\.keystore -alias intermediate -file C:\BCA-Networks-Data\CA-intermediate.cer
Run the following command to import the application server certificate:
keytool.exe -importcert -keystore C:\BCA-Networks-Data\.keystore -alias tomcat -file C:\BCA-Networks-Data\BNA-Certificate.cer
The following sample messages are displayed:
Enter keystore password: Adm1npaswd
Certificate reply was installed in keystore
Run the following command to view the root and application server certificates in the keystore:

keytool.exe -list -v -keystore C:\BCA-Networks-Data\.keystore

The following sample messages are displayed:
Enter keystore password: Adm1npaswd
       Keystore type: JKS
       Keystore provider: SUN
       Your keystore contains 2 entries
       Alias name: root
       Creation date: Jan 20, 2015
       Entry type: trustedCertEntry
       Owner: CN=ca-host-name
       Issuer: CN=ca-host-name
       Serial number: 2f245324d2723a964f3c1bafcada2bd4
       Valid from: Sat Jan 17 21:35:15 CST 2015 until: Fri Jan 17 21:45:14
       CST 2020
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: 34:89:6E:21:E7:16:18:6A:C4:45:F3:87:80:27:2C:64
                SHA1: A6:9D:77:7B:5B:AB:95:95:BE:49:E8:FE:A1:84:46:78:08:15
                 :63:0D
                SHA256: 5E:9A:A8:20:73:C2:0C:52:88:D4:61:32:7A:73:FD:86:22:ED
                 :DD:5A
                 :87:AE:A9:C9:13:A9:AE:D0:91:9C:DB:6B
                Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
                Version: 3
       *******************************************
       *******************************************
       Alias name: tomcat
       Creation date: Jan 20, 2015
       Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
       Certificate chain length: 2
       Certificate[1]:
       Owner: CN=host-name, OU=BNA, O=BMC, L=McLean, ST=VA, C=US
       Issuer: CN=ca-host-name
       Serial number: 3a0000000c0afa89bc8714632500000000000c
       Valid from: Tue Jan 20 11:20:05 CST 2015 until: Wed Jan 20 11:30:05
       CST 2016
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: C3:1C:22:08:A6:21:B9:FF:D1:73:29:F6:8C:75:E4:DF
                SHA1: 3D:08:7C:45:6B:B4:7E:65:BD:7C:E7:F8:4C:1F:6E:9B:05:75
                 :5F:27
                SHA256: 5A:49:2E:82:53:DD:40:78:E9:D5:68:15:28:38:07:6E:D3
                 :7E:8C:9E
                 :A4:1E:DF:D8:6C:27:9E:8F:FA:E2:15:5F
                Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
                Version: 3
       Certificate[2]:
       Owner: CN=ca-host-name
       Issuer: CN=ca-host-name
       Serial number: 2f245324d2723a964f3c1bafcada2bd4
       Valid from: Sat Jan 17 21:35:15 CST 2015 until: Fri Jan 17 21:45:14
       CST 2020
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: 34:89:6E:21:E7:16:18:6A:C4:45:F3:87:80:27:2C:64
                SHA1: A6:9D:77:7B:5B:AB:95:95:BE:49:E8:FE:A1:84:46:78:08:15
                 :63:0D
                SHA256: 5E:9A:A8:20:73:C2:0C:52:88:D4:61:32:7A:73:FD:86:22
                 :ED:DD:5A
                 :87:AE:A9:C9:13:A9:AE:D0:91:9C:DB:6B
                Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
                Version: 3
*******************************************
*******************************************

Notice that there are two aliases, root and tomcat. The root alias is a self-signed trustedCertEntry with only one certificate. However, the tomcat alias is still a PrivateKeyEntry. Now tomcat has two certificates:
- One for itself: Owner: CN=host-name, OU=BNA, O=BMC, L=McLean, ST=VA, C=US
- One for its root: Owner: CN=ca-host-name
If you have changed the keystore password in step 3, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the BCAN_HOME\utility directory and run BcanMaintenanceTool.cmd. Encrypt the keystore password by selecting Encrypt Product Password as the encryption method.
2. Navigate to the BCAN_HOME\tomcat\conf directory and update the bna.connector.keystorePass property in the catalina.properties file with the encrypted keystore password generated in the preceding step.
Start the BCA-Networks Web Server service.

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To generate and import an SSL certificate into the application server that is hosted on Linux

Stop the enatomcat service.
(Optional) If you want to generate an SSL certificate with the parameter values (other than the keystore password) different than the default values in the setenv file, perform the following steps:
1. Navigate to the BCAN_HOME\tools directory and open the setenv file with a text editor.
2. Modify various parameters in the file.
3. Save the file.
(This step is required only if you have performed step 2 to change parameter values or if you want to change the keystore password) From the BCAN_HOME\tools directory, run the following command to generate a new self-signed certificate with the required password:

./create_keystore.sh <password>
Note
During installation, by default, BMC Network Automation creates the self-signed certificate with a default password, 1emprisa. If you want to change this password, provide the required password; else, provide the default password.
The following sample messages are displayed:
removing old /var/bca-networks-data/.keystore file ...
generating certified key-pair and storing in
/var/bca-networks-data/.keystore ..
Navigate to the BCAN_HOME/java/bin directory and run the following command to view the keystore with the default self-signed certificate:

./keytool -list -v -keystore /var/bca-networks-data/.keystore

The following sample messages are displayed:
Enter keystore password: Adm1npaswd
       Keystore type: JKS
       Keystore provider: SUN
       Your keystore contains 1 entry
       Alias name: tomcat
       Creation date: Jan 20, 2015
       Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
       Certificate chain length: 1
       Certificate[1]:
       Owner: CN=host-name, OU=BNA, O=BMC, L=McLean, ST=VA, C=US
       Issuer: CN=host-name, OU=BNA, O=BMC, L=McLean, ST=VA, C=US
       Serial number: 20b6fde4
       Valid from: Tue Jan 20 11:24:55 CST 2015 until: Thu Dec 27 11:24:55
       CST 2114
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: 22:55:8B:62:A0:85:6F:B0:82:A2:28:D5:FE:55:90:8A
                SHA1: 24:17:3B:EB:5D:FF:B4:78:5E:3A:C5:A9:28:C0:0E:64:FB:0B
                 :6A:4A
                SHA256: F4:5B:E5:0E:74:EB:4B:B1:B2:D2:FA:22:33:CE:D3:5B:6C
                 :24:03:4B:EF:6D:5A:4E:DC:96:92:A0:1E:2B:0C:9C
                Signature algorithm name: SHA1withRSA
                Version: 3
Notice that there is only one alias tomcat, which has the entry type of PrivateKeyEntry.
Run the following command to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) file, for example, bna.csr, by using the self-signed certificate:
./keytool -certreq -keystore /var/bca-networks-data/.keystore -alias tomcat -file /var/bca-networks-data/bna.csr

The following sample message is displayed:
Enter keystore password: Adm1npaswd
Submit the bna.csr file to the certification authority (CA) and get the application server certificate.
Obtain the root certificate, and optionally intermediate certificates from the CA if required.
Copy the application server, root, and intermediate certificates to the BCAN_DATA directory.
Import the root CA certificate, as follows:
1. Run the following command:./keytool -importcert -keystore /var/bca-networks-data/.keystore -alias root -file /var/bca-networks-data/ca-root.cer
2. When prompted for the password, enter the default password (1emprisa), or if you have changed the password in step 3, enter the changed password.
3. Run the following command:./keytool -importcert -keystore /opt/bmc/bca-networks/java/lib/security/cacerts -alias root -file /var/bca-networks-data/ca-root.cer
4. When prompted for the password, enter changeit.
   The following sample messages are displayed, when you run the preceding commands:
Enter keystore password: <password>
        Owner: CN=ca-ost-name
       Issuer: CN=ca-host-name
       Serial number: 2f245324d2723a964f3c1bafcada2bd4
       Valid from: Sat Jan 17 21:35:15 CST 2015 until: Fri Jan 17 21:45:14
       CST 2020
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: 34:89:6E:21:E7:16:18:6A:C4:45:F3:87:80:27:2C:64
                SHA1: A6:9D:77:7B:5B:AB:95:95:BE:49:E8:FE:A1:84:46:78:08
                 :15:63:0D
                SHA256: 5E:9A:A8:20:73:C2:0C:52:88:D4:61:32:7A:73:FD:86
                 :22:ED:DD:
                5A:87:AE:A9:C9:13:A9:AE:D0:91:9C:DB:6B
                Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
                Version: 3
       Trust this certificate? [no]: yes
       Certificate was added to keystore
(Optional) Run the following command to import intermediate CA certificates:
./keytool -importcert -keystore /var/bca-networks-data/.keystore -alias intermediate -file /var/bca-networks-data/ca-intermediate.cer
Run the following command to import the application server certificate:
./keytool -importcert -keystore /var/bca-networks-data/.keystore -alias tomcat -file /var/bca-networks-data/bna-certificate.cer
The following messages are displayed:
Enter keystore password: Adm1npaswd
Certificate reply was installed in keystore
Run the following command to view the root and application server certificates in the keystore:
./keytool -list -v -keystore /var/bca-networks-data/.keystore

The following sample messages are displayed:
Enter keystore password: Adm1npaswd
       Keystore type: JKS
       Keystore provider: SUN
       Your keystore contains 2 entries
       Alias name: root
       Creation date: Jan 20, 2015
       Entry type: trustedCertEntry
       Owner: CN=ca-host-name
       Issuer: CN=ca-host-name
       Serial number: 2f245324d2723a964f3c1bafcada2bd4
       Valid from: Sat Jan 17 21:35:15 CST 2015 until: Fri Jan 17 21:45:14
       CST 2020
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: 34:89:6E:21:E7:16:18:6A:C4:45:F3:87:80:27:2C:64
                SHA1: A6:9D:77:7B:5B:AB:95:95:BE:49:E8:FE:A1:84:46:78:08:15
                 :63:0D
                SHA256: 5E:9A:A8:20:73:C2:0C:52:88:D4:61:32:7A:73:FD:86:22:ED
                 :DD:5A
                 :87:AE:A9:C9:13:A9:AE:D0:91:9C:DB:6B
                Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
                Version: 3
       *******************************************
       *******************************************
       Alias name: tomcat
       Creation date: Jan 20, 2015
       Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
       Certificate chain length: 2
       Certificate[1]:
       Owner: CN=host-name, OU=BNA, O=BMC, L=McLean, ST=VA, C=US
       Issuer: CN=ca-host-name
       Serial number: 3a0000000c0afa89bc8714632500000000000c
       Valid from: Tue Jan 20 11:20:05 CST 2015 until: Wed Jan 20 11:30:05
       CST 2016
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: C3:1C:22:08:A6:21:B9:FF:D1:73:29:F6:8C:75:E4:DF
                SHA1: 3D:08:7C:45:6B:B4:7E:65:BD:7C:E7:F8:4C:1F:6E:9B:05:75
                 :5F:27
                SHA256: 5A:49:2E:82:53:DD:40:78:E9:D5:68:15:28:38:07:6E:D3
                 :7E:8C:9E
                 :A4:1E:DF:D8:6C:27:9E:8F:FA:E2:15:5F
                Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
                Version: 3
       Certificate[2]:
       Owner: CN=ca-host-name
       Issuer: CN=ca-host-name
       Serial number: 2f245324d2723a964f3c1bafcada2bd4
       Valid from: Sat Jan 17 21:35:15 CST 2015 until: Fri Jan 17 21:45:14
       CST 2020
       Certificate fingerprints:
                MD5: 34:89:6E:21:E7:16:18:6A:C4:45:F3:87:80:27:2C:64
                SHA1: A6:9D:77:7B:5B:AB:95:95:BE:49:E8:FE:A1:84:46:78:08:15
                 :63:0D
                SHA256: 5E:9A:A8:20:73:C2:0C:52:88:D4:61:32:7A:73:FD:86:22
                 :ED:DD:5A
                 :87:AE:A9:C9:13:A9:AE:D0:91:9C:DB:6B
                Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
                Version: 3
*******************************************
*******************************************

Notice that there are two aliases, root and tomcat. The alias root is a self-signed trustedCertEntry with only one certificate. However, the tomcat alias is still a PrivateKeyEntry. Now tomcat has two certificates:
- One for itself: Owner: CN=host-name, OU=BNA, O=BMC, L=McLean, ST=VA, C=US
- One for its root: Owner: CN=ca-host-name
If you have changed the keystore password in step 3, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the BCAN_HOME/utility directory and run BcanMaintenanceTool.sh. Encrypt the keystore password by selecting Encrypt Product Password as the encryption method.
2. Navigate to the BCAN_HOME/tomcat/conf directory and update the bna.connector.keystorePass property in the catalina.properties file with the encrypted keystore password generated in the preceding step.
Start the enatomcat service.

Generating and importing an SSL certificate for the application server

List of editable parameters in the setenv file

To generate and import an SSL certificate into the application server that is hosted on Windows

To generate and import an SSL certificate into the application server that is hosted on Linux

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