Golang: Demonstrate creating a CA Certificate, and Creating and Signing Certs with the CA

ca_and_cert_golang_demo.go

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"crypto/rand"
	"crypto/rsa"
	"crypto/tls"
	"crypto/x509"
	"crypto/x509/pkix"
	"encoding/pem"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"math/big"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httptest"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	// get our ca and server certificate
	serverTLSConf, clientTLSConf, err := certsetup()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// set up the httptest.Server using our certificate signed by our CA
	server := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		fmt.Fprintln(w, "success!")
	}))
	server.TLS = serverTLSConf
	server.StartTLS()
	defer server.Close()

	// communicate with the server using an http.Client configured to trust our CA
	transport := &http.Transport{
		TLSClientConfig: clientTLSConf,
	}
	http := http.Client{
		Transport: transport,
	}
	resp, err := http.Get(server.URL)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// verify the response
	respBodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	body := strings.TrimSpace(string(respBodyBytes[:]))
	if body == "success!" {
		fmt.Println(body)
	} else {
		panic("not successful!")
	}
}

func certsetup() (serverTLSConf *tls.Config, clientTLSConf *tls.Config, err error) {
	// set up our CA certificate
	ca := &x509.Certificate{
		SerialNumber: big.NewInt(2019),
		Subject: pkix.Name{
			Organization:  []string{"Company, INC."},
			Country:       []string{"US"},
			Province:      []string{""},
			Locality:      []string{"San Francisco"},
			StreetAddress: []string{"Golden Gate Bridge"},
			PostalCode:    []string{"94016"},
		},
		NotBefore:             time.Now(),
		NotAfter:              time.Now().AddDate(10, 0, 0),
		IsCA:                  true,
		ExtKeyUsage:           []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageClientAuth, x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
		KeyUsage:              x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature | x509.KeyUsageCertSign,
		BasicConstraintsValid: true,
	}

	// create our private and public key
	caPrivKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 4096)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	// create the CA
	caBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, ca, ca, &caPrivKey.PublicKey, caPrivKey)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	// pem encode
	caPEM := new(bytes.Buffer)
	pem.Encode(caPEM, &pem.Block{
		Type:  "CERTIFICATE",
		Bytes: caBytes,
	})

	caPrivKeyPEM := new(bytes.Buffer)
	pem.Encode(caPrivKeyPEM, &pem.Block{
		Type:  "RSA PRIVATE KEY",
		Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(caPrivKey),
	})

	// set up our server certificate
	cert := &x509.Certificate{
		SerialNumber: big.NewInt(2019),
		Subject: pkix.Name{
			Organization:  []string{"Company, INC."},
			Country:       []string{"US"},
			Province:      []string{""},
			Locality:      []string{"San Francisco"},
			StreetAddress: []string{"Golden Gate Bridge"},
			PostalCode:    []string{"94016"},
		},
		IPAddresses:  []net.IP{net.IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1), net.IPv6loopback},
		NotBefore:    time.Now(),
		NotAfter:     time.Now().AddDate(10, 0, 0),
		SubjectKeyId: []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 6},
		ExtKeyUsage:  []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageClientAuth, x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
		KeyUsage:     x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature,
	}

	certPrivKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 4096)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	certBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, cert, ca, &certPrivKey.PublicKey, caPrivKey)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	certPEM := new(bytes.Buffer)
	pem.Encode(certPEM, &pem.Block{
		Type:  "CERTIFICATE",
		Bytes: certBytes,
	})

	certPrivKeyPEM := new(bytes.Buffer)
	pem.Encode(certPrivKeyPEM, &pem.Block{
		Type:  "RSA PRIVATE KEY",
		Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(certPrivKey),
	})

	serverCert, err := tls.X509KeyPair(certPEM.Bytes(), certPrivKeyPEM.Bytes())
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	serverTLSConf = &tls.Config{
		Certificates: []tls.Certificate{serverCert},
	}

	certpool := x509.NewCertPool()
	certpool.AppendCertsFromPEM(caPEM.Bytes())
	clientTLSConf = &tls.Config{
		RootCAs: certpool,
	}

	return
}

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