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Add example of certificate rotation.
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Server responded: Hello Mike at 2018-11-03 01:52:53.681563 +0000 UTC!!!
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Server responded: Hello Mike at 2018-11-03 01:52:54.682787 +0000 UTC!!!
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Server responded: Hello Mike at 2018-11-03 01:52:54.682787 +0000 UTC!!!
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## Certificate rotation
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We can use the bootstrap-server to demonstrate the certificate rotation. We've
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added second provisioner to to the ca with the name of `mike@smallstep.com`,
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this provisioner is configured with a default certificate duration of 2 minutes.
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If we run the server, and inspect the used certificate, we can verify how it
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rotates after approximately two thirds of the duration has passed.
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```
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certificates $ export STEPPATH=examples/pki
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certificates $ export STEP_CA_URL=https://localhost:9000
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certificates $ go run examples/bootstrap-server/server.go $(step ca new-token localhost))
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✔ Key ID: YYNxZ0rq0WsT2MlqLCWvgme3jszkmt99KjoGEJJwAKs (mike@smallstep.com)
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Please enter the password to decrypt the provisioner key:
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Listening on :8443 ...
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```
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In this specific case, the the rotation will happen after 74-80 seconds have
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passed, the exact formula is 120-120/3-rand(120/20), where rand will return a
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number between 0 and 6.
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We can use the following command to check the certificate expiration and to make
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sure the certificate changes after 74-80 seconds.
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```
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certificates $ step certificate inspect --insecure https://localhost:8443
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```
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