5.9. Using 2-way SSL for the Management interface and the CLI

Procedure 5.3. 

1. Generate the stores:

   keytool -genkeypair -alias HOST1_alias -keyalg RSA -keysize 1024 -validity 365 -keystore host1.keystore.jks -dname "CA_HOST1" -keypass secret -storepass secret

   keytool -genkeypair -alias HOST2_alias -keyalg RSA -keysize 1024 -validity 365 -keystore host2.keystore.jks -dname "CA_HOST2" -keypass secret -storepass secret

2. Export the certificates:

   keytool -exportcert  -keystore HOST1.keystore.jks -alias HOST1_alias -keypass secret -storepass secret -file HOST1.cer
   

   keytool -exportcert  -keystore HOST2.keystore.jks -alias HOST2_alias -keypass secret -storepass secret -file HOST2.cer
   

3. Import the certificates into the opposing trust stores:

   keytool -importcert -keystore HOST1.truststore.jks -storepass secret -alias HOST2_alias -trustcacerts -file HOST2.cer
   

   keytool -importcert -keystore HOST2.truststore.jks -storepass secret -alias HOST1_alias -trustcacerts -file HOST1.cer
   

4. Define a CertificateRealm in the configuration for your installation (host.xml or standalone.xml) and point the interface to it:
   This can be done by manually editing the configuration file (not recommended) or by using the following commands:

   /core-service=management/security-realm=CertificateRealm:add()

   /core-service=management/security-realm=CertificateRealm/server-identity=ssl:add(keystore-path=/path/to/HOST1.keystore.jks,keystore-password=secret, alias=HOST1_alias)

   /core-service=management/security-realm=CertificateRealm/authentication=truststore:add(keystore-path=/path/to/HOST1.truststore.jks,keystore-password=secret)

   Important

   The provided commands apply to standalone mode only. For domain mode, add /host=master before each command.
5. Change the security-realm of the native-interface to the new Certificate Realm.

   /host=master/core-service=management/management-interface=native-interface:write-attribute(name=security-realm,value=CertificateRealm)

6. Add the SSL configuration for the CLI, which uses EAP_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.xml as a settings file. Either use a password vault to store the keystore and truststore passwords (recommended), or store them in plain text:
   • To store the keystore and truststore passwords in a password vault:
     Edit EAP_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.xml and add the SSL configuration (using the appropriate values for the variables). Also add the vault configuration, replacing each value with those of your vault.

     <ssl>
       <vault>
         <vault-option name="KEYSTORE_URL" value="path-to/vault/vault.keystore"/>
         <vault-option name="KEYSTORE_PASSWORD" value="MASK-5WNXs8oEbrs"/>
         <vault-option name="KEYSTORE_ALIAS" value="vault"/>
         <vault-option name="SALT" value="12345678"/>
         <vault-option name="ITERATION_COUNT" value="50"/>
         <vault-option name="ENC_FILE_DIR" value="path-to/jboss-eap/vault/"/>
       </vault>
       <alias>$HOST2alias</alias>
       <key-store>/path/to/HOST2.keystore.jks</key-store>
       <key-store-password>VAULT::VB::cli_pass::1</key-store-password>
       <key-password>VAULT::VB::cli_pass::1</key-password>  
       <trust-store>/path/to/HOST2.truststore.jks</trust-store>
       <trust-store-password>VAULT::VB::cli_pass::1</trust-store-password>
       <modify-trust-store>true</modify-trust-store>
     </ssl>

   • To store the keystore and truststore passwords in plain text:
     Edit EAP_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.xml and add the SSL configuration (using the appropriate values for the variables):

     <ssl>
       <alias>$HOST2alias</alias>
       <key-store>/path/to/HOST2.keystore.jks</key-store>
       <key-store-password>secret</key-store-password>
       <trust-store>/path/to/HOST2.truststore.jks</trust-store>
       <trust-store-password>secret</trust-store-password>
       <modify-trust-store>true</modify-trust-store>
     </ssl>