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authorRajith Muditha Attapattu <rajith@apache.org>2011-05-27 15:44:23 +0000
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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+-->
+
+<section><title>
+ SSL
+ </title>
+
+ <section role="h1" id="SSL-SSLHowto"><title>
+ SSL How to
+ </title>
+
+ <section role="h2" id="SSL-C-5Cbroker-28M4andup-29"><title>
+ C++ broker (M4 and up)
+ </title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>You need to get a certificate signed by a CA, trusted by your
+ client.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>If you require client authentication, the clients certificate
+ needs to be signed by a CA trusted by the broker.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Setting up the certificates for testing.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>For testing purposes you could use the <xref linkend="qpid_gtstd"/> to setup your certificates.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>In summary you need to create a root CA and import it to
+ the brokers certificate data base.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create a certificate for the broker, sign it using the
+ root CA and then import it into the brokers certificate data
+ base.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Load the acl module using --load-module or if loading more
+ than one module, copy ssl.so to the location pointed by
+ --module-dir
+
+ <programlisting>
+Ex if running from source. ./qpidd --load-module /libs/ssl.so
+</programlisting>
+
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Specify the password file (a plain text file with the
+ password), certificate database and the brokers certificate name
+ using the following options
+
+ <programlisting>
+Ex ./qpidd ... --ssl-cert-password-file ~/pfile --ssl-cert-db ~/server_db/ --ssl-cert-name localhost.localdomain
+</programlisting>
+
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>If you require client authentication you need to add
+ --ssl-require-client-authentication as a command line argument.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Please note that the default port for SSL connections is
+ 5671, unless specified by --ssl-port
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><para>
+ Here is an example of a broker instance that requires SSL client
+ side authenticaiton
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+./qpidd ./qpidd --load-module /libs/ssl.so --ssl-cert-password-file ~/pfile --ssl-cert-db ~/server_db/ --ssl-cert-name localhost.localdomain --ssl-require-client-authentication
+</programlisting>
+ <!--h2--></section>
+ <section role="h2" id="SSL-JavaClient-28M4andup-29"><title>
+ Java Client (M4 and up)
+ </title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>This guide is for connecting with the Qpid c++ broker.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Setting up the certificates for testing. In summary,
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>You need to import the trusted CA in your trust store and
+ keystore
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Generate keys for the certificate in your key store
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create a certificate request using the generated keys
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create a certficate using the request, signed by the
+ trusted CA.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Import the signed certificate into your keystore.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Pass the following JVM arguments to your client.
+
+ <programlisting>
+-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=/home/bob/ssl_test/keystore.jks
+ -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=password
+ -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/home/bob/ssl_test/certstore.jks
+ -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=password
+</programlisting>
+
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <!--h2--></section>
+
+ <section role="h2" id="SSL-.NetClient-28M4andup-29"><title>
+ .Net Client (M4 and up)
+ </title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>If the Qpid broker requires client authentication then you
+ need to get a certificate signed by a CA, trusted by your client.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><para>
+ Use the connectSSL instead of the standard connect method of the
+ client interface.
+ </para><para>
+ connectSSL signature is as follows:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+public void connectSSL(String host, int port, String virtualHost, String username, String password, String serverName, String certPath, bool rejectUntrusted)
+</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ Where
+ </para><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>host: Host name on which a Qpid broker is deployed
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>port: Qpid broker port
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>virtualHost: Qpid virtual host name
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>username: User Name
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>password: Password
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>serverName: Name of the SSL server
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>certPath: Path to the X509 certificate to be used when the
+ broker requires client authentication
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>rejectUntrusted: If true connection will not be established
+ if the broker is not trusted (the server certificate must be
+ added in your truststore)
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <!--h2--></section>
+
+ <section role="h2" id="SSL-Python-26RubyClient-28M4andup-29"><title>
+ Python &amp;
+ Ruby Client (M4 and up)
+ </title>
+ <para>
+ Simply use amqps:// in the URL string as defined above
+ </para>
+ <!--h2--></section>
+ <!--h1--></section>
+</section>