From 3e40cb89a72a5410b0243bb102a95be990e00654 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mariano Cano Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 12:24:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add some docs for YubiKey configuration. --- docs/kms.md | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/kms.md b/docs/kms.md index 2b0ab768..76412081 100644 --- a/docs/kms.md +++ b/docs/kms.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ private keys and sign certificates. Support for multiple KMS are planned, but currently the only supported one is Google's Cloud KMS. -## Google's Cloud KMS. +## Google's Cloud KMS [Cloud KMS](https://cloud.google.com/kms) is the Google's cloud-hosted KMS that allows you to store the cryptographic keys, and sign certificates using their @@ -65,3 +65,76 @@ Creating SSH Keys ... ``` See `step-cloudkms-init --help` for more options. + +## YubiKey + +And incomplete and experimental support for [YubiKeys](https://www.yubico.com) +is also available. Support for YubiKeys is not enabled by default and only TLS +signing can be configured. + +The YubiKey implementation requires cgo, and our build system does not produce +binaries with it. To enable YubiKey download the source code and run: + +```sh +make build GOFLAGS="" +``` + +The implementation uses [piv-go](https://github.com/go-piv/piv-go), and it +requires PCSC support, this is available by default on macOS and Windows +operating systems, but on Linux piv-go requires PCSC lite. + +To install on Debian-based distributions, run: + +```sh +sudo apt-get install libpcsclite-dev +``` + +On Fedora: + +```sh +sudo yum install pcsc-lite-devel +``` + +On CentOS: + +```sh +sudo yum install 'dnf-command(config-manager)' +sudo yum config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools +sudo yum install pcsc-lite-devel +``` + +The initialization of the public key infrastructure (PKI) for YubiKeys, is not +currently integrated into [step](https://github.com/smallstep/cli), but an +experimental tool named `step-yubikey-init` is available for this use case. At +some point this tool will be integrated into `step` and it will be deleted. + +To configure your YubiKey just run: + +```sh +$ bin/step-yubikey-init +What is the YubiKey PIN?: +Creating PKI ... +✔ Root Key: yubikey:slot-id=9a +✔ Root Certificate: root_ca.crt +✔ Intermediate Key: yubikey:slot-id=9c +✔ Intermediate Certificate: intermediate_ca.crt +``` + +See `step-yubikey-init --help` for more options. + +Finally to enable it in the ca.json, point the `root` and `crt` to the generated +certificates, set the `key` with the yubikey URI generated in the previous step +and configure the `kms` property with the `type` and your `pin` in it. + +```json +{ + "root": "/path/to/root_ca.crt", + "crt": "/path/to/intermediate_ca.crt", + "key": "yubikey:slot-id=9c", + "kms": { + "type": "yubikey", + "pin": "123456" + }, + ... +} +```