Overview of the CS.cfg Configuration File
auth.instance.0.attributes=mail,cn,uid
auth.instance.0.attributes._001=##############################################
auth.instance.0.attributes._002=# attributes will be available
auth.instance.0.attributes._003=# as $auth.<attribute>$
auth.instance.0.attributes._004=##############################################
auth.instance.0.authId=ldap1
auth.instance.0.baseDN=dc=example,dc=com
auth.instance.0.hostport=localhost:389
auth.instance.0.libraryFactory=GetAuthentication
auth.instance.0.libraryName=/usr/lib64/libldapauth.so
auth.instance.0.retries=1
auth.instance.0.retryConnect=3
auth.instance.0.ssl=false
auth.instance.0.type=LDAP_Authentication
auth.instance.0.ui.description.en=This authenticates user against the LDAP directory.
auth.instance.0.ui.id.PASSWORD.description.en=LDAP Password
auth.instance.0.ui.id.PASSWORD.name.en=LDAP Password
auth.instance.0.ui.id.UID.description.en=LDAP User ID
auth.instance.0.ui.id.UID.name.en=LDAP User ID
auth.instance.0.ui.title.en=LDAP Authentication
The CA also has to have a mechanism for approving user requests. As with configuring authorization,
this is done by identifying the appropriate authentication plug-in and configuring an instance for it:
auths.impl.AgentCertAuth.class=com.netscape.cms.authentication.AgentCertAuthentication
auths.instance.AgentCertAuth.agentGroup=Certificate Manager Agents
auths.instance.AgentCertAuth.pluginName=AgentCertAuth
12.2.2.4. Security Domain Settings
Every instance must belong to a security domain, so every instance has a securitydomain
definition block.
securitydomain.flushinterval=86400000
securitydomain.host=server.example.com
securitydomain.httpport=9180
securitydomain.httpsadminport=9445
securitydomain.httpsagentport=9443
securitydomain.httpseeport=9444
securitydomain.name=Example Domain
securitydomain.select=new
securitydomain.store=ldap
For the CA hosting the domain, that is the only configuration necessary. All subsystems which belong
to the security domain also have a setting block for the security domain URLs.
config.sdomainAdminURL=https://server.example.com:9445
config.sdomainAgentURL=https://server.example.com:9444
config.sdomainEEURL=https://server.example.com:9443
config.sdomainHttpURL=https://server.example.com:9180
12.2.2.5. Subsystem Certificate Settings
Several of the subsystems have entries for each subsystem certificate in the configuration file.
ca.sslserver.cert=MIIDmDCCAoCgAwIBAgIBAzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBAMR4wHAYDVQQKExVSZWR...
ca.sslserver.certreq=MIICizCCAXMCAQAwRjEeMBwGA1UEChMVUmVkYnVkY29tcHV0ZXIgRG9tYWluMSQwIgYDV...
ca.sslserver.nickname=Server-Cert cert-pki-ca
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