CAcert infrastructure documentation¶
This documentation aims to describe the current status of CAcert’s technical infrastructure.
Table of Contents¶
Indices and tables¶
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consider whether a central MySQL service should be setup
Many containers contain their own instance of MySQL. It might be a better idea to centralize the MySQL setups in a single container.
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consider whether a central PostgreSQL service should be setup
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setup a central syslog service and install syslog clients in each container
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think about replacing nrpe with Icinga2 satellites
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document how to setup the system-admin alias on the email system
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find an additional admin
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setup IPv6
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setup CRL checks (can be borrowed from Svn) for client certificates
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system should be upgraded to Debian 9
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find an additional admin
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setup ED25519 host key (needs update to Jessie)
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update to Odoo (OpenERP successor)
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check whether the form display issue has been fixed upstream
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disable unneeded Apache modules
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setup IPv6
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consider using a centralized PostgreSQL instance
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system should be updated to Debian 8/9
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move configuration of Bugs to Puppet code
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disable subversion access
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setup ED25519 host key (needs update to Jessie)
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add a Vagrantfile to allow easy CATS testing setups
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move certificates to /etc/ssl/public and keys to
/etc/ssl/private
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move CATS configuration to /etc/
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refactor CATS to not store configuration in the PHP session
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either fix fetching from the test system or remove this functionality
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use /etc/cron.d instead of user specific crontab
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put the scripts in /home/cats/tools/ into git
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update to Debian Jessie
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setup IPv6
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setup CRL checks
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system should be updated to Debian 8/9
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setup DKIM properly, see #696 for an older discussion
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setup SPF records when the system is ready, see #492 for an older discussion
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check whether the empty postfixpolicyd database is required
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consider moving the databases to a new central MySQL service
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use pysieved, python-tlslite and dovecot-sieve from distribution packages after OS upgrade
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check whether it makes sense to use a separate certificate for that purpose
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consider to send all outgoing mail via Emailout
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remove unused transports from master.cf
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setup remote logging when a central logging container is available
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move mail storage to a separate data volume to allow easier backup and OS upgrades
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implement tooling to automate password salt generation and user creation
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implement CRL checking
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setup IPv6
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throttle brute force attack attempts using fail2ban or similar mechanism
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consider to use LDAP to consolidate user, password and email information
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The system has to be replaced with a new system using a current operating system version
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setup a proper certificate for incoming STARTTLS
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enable OpenDKIM in Postfix configuration when the DNS record is in place and Email is ready for DKIM too or is configured to send mail via emailout.
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setup IPv6
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find an additional admin
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disable insecure git-daemon port and http for git, replace these with https for read access and git+ssh for write access
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think about regulating git access by a proper git repository manager like gitolite or gitea
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enable IPv6
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find out why the system logs are messed up
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upgrade to Debian Stretch
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document whether it is safe to reboot this system
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document how to setup a new container
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document how to setup firewall rules/forwarding
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document how the backup system works
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add DNS setup for IPv6 address
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switch to Puppet management
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find an additional admin
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setup init script for kiwiirc
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implement some update monitoring for Kiwi IRC
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move configuration of Ircserver to Puppet code
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upgrade to Debian Jessie
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setup ED25519 host key
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move configuration of Jenkins to Puppet code
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setup ED25519 host key (needs update to Jessie)
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upgrade the lists system OS to Debian 9 (Stretch)
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manage the lists system using Puppet
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add IPv6 ranges when they are monitored
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move configuration of Monitor to Puppet code
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switch to Icinga2 and Icingaweb2
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find an additional admin
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setup DNS records (in infra.cacert.org zone)
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Change all infrastructure hosts to use this machine as APT proxy to avoid flaky firewall configurations on Infra02.
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Add more APT repositories and ACLs if needed
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find an additional admin
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setup DNS records (in infra.cacert.org zone)
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improve Webhook to run r10k after git pull
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find an additional admin
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add AAAA record for IPv6 address
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move configuration of Svn to Puppet code
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add AAAA record for IPv6 address
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add the SHA-256 fingerprints of the SSH host keys
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add ED25519 key for test
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clarify why the signer software on test is currently running as the root user
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integrate or revert the changes to server.pl on test, use the current release branch version from CAcert Git repository cacert-devel
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check whether the openssl configuration files on test are equal to those in http://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/SystemAdministration/signer/ssl/
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Upgrade test to Debian Stretch when the software is ready.
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add AAAA record for IPv6 address
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add intra.cacert.org. A record
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clarify why the signer software on test3 is currently running as the root user
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implement git workflows for updates maybe using Jenkins
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find an additional admin
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consider building the virtualenv on Jenkins to avoid development tools on this system
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move configuration of Translations to Puppet code
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integrate the pootle projects with version control systems. The templates
(.pot files) in /var/www/pootle/po can be updated and loaded into
Pootle by invoking:
pootle update_stores --project=<project_id> --language=templates
see the Pootle documentation
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update and improve the scripts in /usr/local/bin and integrate
them with the sudo system to allow members of the pootle-update
group to run them in the context of the pootle system user
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move configuration of Web to Puppet code
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manage the web system using Puppet
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move board voting system to a separate container
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move staff list to a separate container or integrate it into some new self service system
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find admins for webmail
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Research wether Roundcube has been patched or not
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Put the staff list script in a git repository
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Put the password reset script in a git repository
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Put the current version of the board voting system in a git repository
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implement CRL checking
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The system has to be replaced with a new system using a current operating system version
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find an additional admin
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move configuration of Webstatic to Puppet code
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move the TLS configuration for the served VirtualHosts to Webstatic
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manage the webstatic system using Puppet
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