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Bash script to generate tls certificates for your docker installation. Self signed.
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
echo "Usage:"
echo "You must enter exactly 2 command line arguments"
echo "First the host for which you are generating the certificates"
echo "Second where you want to store the generated files - everything in that directory will be deleted"
echo "You should also give the FULLY QUALIFIED PATH for where you want to store the files - e.g. /etc/docker/ssl/certs/location"
echo "Relative paths will not work at this time"
echo ""
echo "THIS IS PROVIDED AS-IS AND MAY OR MAY NOT WORK CORRECT - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK - I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE OR PROBLEMS YOU EXPERIENCE IN OR BY USING THIS SCRIPT"
echo "VERIFY EVERYTHING YOURSELF AND USE ONLY IF CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE"
echo ""
echo "./generate_tls_certs_for_docker.sh <hostname> <storage_location>"
exit
fi
HOST=$1
SECURE_STORAGE_PATH=$2
echo =========================================================
echo Generating Server Certs for $HOST will store in $SECURE_STORAGE_PATH
echo =========================================================
rm -rfv $SECURE_STORAGE_PATH
rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty -v $SECURE_STORAGE_PATH
ls -lahR $SECURE_STORAGE_PATH
mkdir $SECURE_STORAGE_PATH
cd $SECURE_STORAGE_PATH
openssl genrsa -aes256 -out ca-key.pem 4096
openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key ca-key.pem -sha256 -out ca.pem
openssl genrsa -out server-key.pem 4096
openssl req -subj "/CN=$HOST" -sha256 -new -key server-key.pem -out server.csr
IPADD=`ip route get 8.8.8.8 | sed -n '/src/{s/.*src *\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p;q}'`
echo subjectAltName = DNS:$HOST,IP:$IPADD,IP:127.0.0.1 >> $HOST.extfile.cnf
openssl x509 -req -days 36500 -sha256 -in server.csr -CA ca.pem -CAkey ca-key.pem \
-CAcreateserial -out server-cert.pem -extfile $HOST.extfile.cnf
echo =========================================================
echo Generating Client Certs for access to $HOST
echo =========================================================
openssl genrsa -out client-key.pem 4096
openssl req -subj '/CN=client' -new -key client-key.pem -out client.csr
echo extendedKeyUsage = clientAuth > extfile-client.cnf
openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -sha256 -in client.csr -CA ca.pem -CAkey ca-key.pem \
-CAcreateserial -out client-cert.pem -extfile extfile-client.cnf
echo =========================================================
echo Cleaning Up
echo =========================================================
rm -v client.csr server.csr $HOST.extfile.cnf extfile-client.cnf
echo =========================================================
echo Instructions
echo =========================================================
ls -lhaR $SECURE_STORAGE_PATH
echo Make sure the Docker Daemon - systemctl edit docker.service - is run
echo with the following:
echo dockerd --tlsverify --tlscacert=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/ca.pem --tlscert=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/server-cert.pem --tlskey=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/server-key.pem -H=0.0.0.0:2376
echo You can connect to the docker daemon with the following:
echo docker --tlsverify --tlscacert=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/ca.pem --tlscert=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/client-cert.pem --tlskey=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/client-key.pem -H=$HOST:2376 version
echo ""
echo "To persist the changes - run:"
echo "$ sudo systemctl edit docker.service"
echo "Edit the file as follows (ensuring any other customisations you have made are not lost):"
echo ""
echo "[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd --tlsverify --tlscacert=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/ca.pem --tlscert=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/server-cert.pem --tlskey=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/server-key.pem -H fd:// -H tcp://$IPADD:2376"
echo ""
echo "Once completed - save the changes and restart the daemon:"
echo ""
echo "$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl restart docker"
echo ""
echo ""
echo "Ensure all is working by running: "
echo ""
echo "docker --tlsverify --tlscacert=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/ca.pem --tlscert=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/client-cert.pem --tlskey=$SECURE_STORAGE_PATH/client-key.pem -H=$HOST:2376 version"
echo ""
echo "Enjoy"
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