Step 5: Add the KMIP Client to the Domain

Describes how to add the KMIP client to the KMIP-enabled domain.

To add the KMIP client to the KMIP-enabled domain:

  1. Obtain a signed client certificate.
  2. Add the KMIP host to the domain.
  3. Import the signed client certificate associated with this KMIP host.
    IMPORTANT
    The Common Name (CN) field of the signed client certificate must match the host name.

The certificate can either be self-signed certificate or a signed by an external CA that is trusted by the DSM. In this example, the KMIP trusted CA certificate is already installed in Step 3, and will be used to sign the CSR.

To obtain a signed client certificate:

  1. Use OpenSSL to create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that will be used to sign the client certificate. Note that the name we entered into the Common Name field is dsmqatest, which must match the KMIP host name in a later step: 
    [root@qa-node125 vormetric_dsm_qa]# openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout dsmqatest.key -out dsmqatest.csr
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to 'dsmqatest.key'
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You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [XX]:US
State or Province Name (full name) []:San Jose
Locality Name (eg, city) [Default City]:California
Organization Name (eg, company) [Default Company Ltd]:Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:MapR
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:dsmqatest
Email Address []:
        
Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:
An optional company name []:
  2. Get the certificate signed by the trusted CA.
To add the KMIP host to the domain:
  1. Log on to the DSM Web UI as an administrator with privileges of type All. In our example, the administrator is alladmin.
  2. Navigate to Domains > Switch Domains and select the domain you have just created. In this example, the domain is dsmmaprqa.
  3. Click Switch to domain:


  4. From the Hosts menu, click Hosts:


  5. Click Add. Enter the following information in the Add Host dialog:
    1. The Host Name must match EXACTLY with the common name (CN) that you have configured in your KMIP client certificate. In this example, the CN is dsmqatest, so the hostname must also be dsmqatest.
    2. Leave the Password Creation Method at its default value of Generate.
    3. DO NOT select the Automatically Assign to a Server option.
    4. Enter a description for the KMIP client.
    5. Select the license type. This must match the KMIP license that you have configured for this DSM. After you enter the correct license type, a few license choices appear. Select TERM as the license type.
    6. Select the KMIP option.
    7. Select the Communication Enabled option to enable your KMIP client to communicate with the DSM KMIP server.
    8. Click Ok to add the KMIP client.


The KMIP client is then added to the list of hosts, as shown in the following example:



To import the KMIP certificate for the host:

  1. Click the Host Name field, which is dsmqatest in the example.
  2. Scroll down to the end of the Edit Hosts page and click Import KMIP Cert:


  3. Click Choose File to select the client certificate that you have created.
    IMPORTANT
    If you are uploading a client certificate signed by an external CA, then that external CA must first be configured into the DSM.


  4. Click OK to import the client certificate. The certificate is then imported, as shown in the following example:


The integration is now complete. You should have the following pieces of information, either downloaded from the DSM or obtained externally:
  • DSM CA certificate used to sign the KMIP server certificate
  • KMIP client certificate
  • KMIP client private key
  • IP addresses of DSM servers
  • KMIP port number (default 5696)

To test the KMIP connection, view the KMIP objects under Keys > KMIP Objects as shown in the following example:



At the end of this phase, you should have the following files that are needed to set up your Data Fabric KMIP client, in addition to the list of IP addresses and port number of the key management appliances:
  • The CA used to sign the client certificate. This is the local CA that is downloaded from the Vormetric DSM.
  • The signed client certificate that was signed by the KeySecure local CA and downloaded from the Vormetric DSM.
  • The client private key which was generated using OpenSSL.

Continue the setup on the Data Fabric CLDB node using the configure.sh script with the HSM parameters, or the mrhsm Commands.