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Create a self-signed x509 certificate with python cryptography library
# Copyright 2018 Simon Davy
#
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# SOFTWARE.
# WARNING: the code in the gist generates self-signed certs, for the purposes of testing in development.
# Do not use these certs in production, or You Will Have A Bad Time.
#
# Caveat emptor
#
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import ipaddress
def generate_selfsigned_cert(hostname, ip_addresses=None, key=None):
"""Generates self signed certificate for a hostname, and optional IP addresses."""
from cryptography import x509
from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
# Generate our key
if key is None:
key = rsa.generate_private_key(
public_exponent=65537,
key_size=2048,
backend=default_backend(),
)
name = x509.Name([
x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, hostname)
])
# best practice seem to be to include the hostname in the SAN, which *SHOULD* mean COMMON_NAME is ignored.
# For Shibboleth Identity Provider the entityID in the SAN may be useful
# https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/IdPPKIXTrustedName
entityID = "https://%s/idp/shibboleth" % hostname
alt_names = [x509.DNSName(hostname),x509.UniformResourceIdentifier(entityID)]
# allow addressing by IP, for when you don't have real DNS (common in most testing scenarios
if ip_addresses:
for addr in ip_addresses:
# openssl wants DNSnames for ips...
alt_names.append(x509.DNSName(addr))
# ... whereas golang's crypto/tls is stricter, and needs IPAddresses
# note: older versions of cryptography do not understand ip_address objects
alt_names.append(x509.IPAddress(ipaddress.ip_address(addr)))
san = x509.SubjectAlternativeName(alt_names)
# path_len=0 means this cert can only sign itself, not other certs.
basic_contraints = x509.BasicConstraints(ca=True, path_length=0)
now = datetime.utcnow()
cert = (
x509.CertificateBuilder()
.subject_name(name)
.issuer_name(name)
.public_key(key.public_key())
.serial_number(x509.random_serial_number())
.not_valid_before(now)
.not_valid_after(now + timedelta(days=20*365))
.add_extension(basic_contraints, False)
.add_extension(san, False)
.sign(key, hashes.SHA256(), default_backend())
)
cert_pem = cert.public_bytes(encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM)
key_pem = key.private_bytes(
encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
format=serialization.PrivateFormat.TraditionalOpenSSL,
encryption_algorithm=serialization.NoEncryption(),
)
return cert_pem, key_pem
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