Manage client encryption keys with Vault as a KMIP server

28min
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Enterprise
Vault

Deployment

Note

The KMIP secrets engine requires a Vault Enterprise Advanced Data Protection (ADP) license or HCP Vault Dedicated Plus tier cluster.

Challenge

The OASIS Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) standard is a widely adopted protocol for handling cryptographic workloads and secrets management for enterprise infrastructure such as databases, network storage, and virtual/physical servers.

When an organization has services and applications that need to perform cryptographic operations (e.g.: transparent database encryption, full disk encryption, etc.), it often delegates the key management task to an external provider via the KMIP protocol. As a result, your organization may have existing services or applications that implement KMIP or use wrapper clients with libraries/drivers that implement KMIP. This makes it difficult for an organization to adopt the Vault API in place of KMIP.

Solution

Vault Enterprise provides a KMIP secrets engine which allows Vault to act as a KMIP server for clients that retrieve cryptographic keys for encrypting data via the KMIP protocol.

Vault's KMIP secrets engine manages its own listener to service KMIP requests which operate on KMIP managed objects. Vault policies do not come into play during these KMIP requests. The KMIP secrets engine determines the set of KMIP operations the clients are allowed to perform based on the roles that are applied to the TLS client certificate.

This enables the existing systems to continue using the KMIP APIs instead of Vault APIs.

Prerequisites

To perform the tasks described in this tutorial, you need to have Vault Enterprise with the Advanced Data Protection module or a HCP Vault Dedicated Plus tier cluster.

Note

The Vault Community Edition binary can be used to configure a Vault Enterprise or HCP Vault Dedicated Plus tier cluster.

Access to a Vault Enterprise license with the ADP module to run Vault in dev mode. If you do not have a license you can request one from your customer success team or use an HCP Vault Dedicated Plus tier cluster.
Vault binary installed
Docker installed
jq installed

Policy requirements

For the purpose of this tutorial, you can use root token to work with Vault. However, it is recommended that root tokens are only used for just enough initial setup or in emergencies. As a best practice, use tokens with appropriate set of policies based on your role in the organization.

To perform all tasks demonstrated in this tutorial, your policy must include the following permissions:

# Work with kmip secrets engine
path "kmip/*" {
  capabilities = [ "create", "read", "update", "delete", "list" ]
}

# Enable secrets engine
path "sys/mounts/*" {
  capabilities = [ "create", "read", "update", "delete", "list" ]
}

# List enabled secrets engine
path "sys/mounts" {
  capabilities = [ "read", "list" ]
}

If you are not familiar with policies, complete the policies tutorial.

Lab setup

Vault setup

Open a terminal and export an environment variable with a valid Vault Enterprise license.
```
$ export VAULT_LICENSE=02MV4UU43BK5....
```

Start Vault Enterprise in a container.

$ docker run --name vault-enterprise \
     --cap-add=IPC_LOCK \
     --env VAULT_LICENSE=$(echo $VAULT_LICENSE) \
     --env VAULT_DEV_ROOT_TOKEN_ID=root \
     --env VAULT_DEV_LISTEN_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:8200 \
     --publish 8200:8200 \
     --detach \
     --rm \
     hashicorp/vault-enterprise

The Vault dev server is set to listen on all addresses using port 8200. The server is initialized and unsealed.

Insecure operation

Do not run a Vault dev server in production. This approach starts a Vault server with an in-memory database and runs in an insecure way.

Export an environment variable for the vault CLI to address the Vault server.
```
$ export VAULT_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:8200
```
Export an environment variable for the vault CLI to authenticate with the Vault server.
```
$ export VAULT_TOKEN=root
```
Note
For these tasks, you can use Vault's root token. However, it is recommended that root tokens are only used for enough initial setup or in emergencies. As a best practice, use an authentication method or token that meets the policy requirements.
The Vault server is ready to proceed with the lab.

KMIP client setup

Create a working directory. You will store the necessary files in this location to use when configuring the KMIP client.
```
$ mkdir TUTORIAL_TEMP
```
Change in to the new directory.
```
$ cd TUTORIAL_TEMP
```
Store the working directory as an environment variable.
```
$ TEMP_DIR=$(pwd)
```

Start a MongoDB Enterprise container and mount the TUTORIAL_TEMP directory. You will use MongoDB as an example KMIP client.

$ docker run --name test-mongo \
     --volume $TEMP_DIR:/TEMP_DIR \
     --env KMIP_ADDR=$(docker inspect -f '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' vault-enterprise) \
     --detach \
     mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server --port 8000

MongoDB will connect to Vault Enterprise using the Docker bridge network.

If you do not have a local image of the MongoDB Enterprise Server container, Docker will pull the image.

Example output:

Unable to find image 'mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server
3153aa388d02: Pull complete
1b2a539cdfaf: Pull complete
a803aed565d2: Pull complete
d030d25df727: Pull complete
eeb04fb20d80: Pull complete
1ace0051919c: Pull complete
2ab361d11dfa: Pull complete
61e712bdcc56: Pull complete
4f4fb700ef54: Pull complete
fbfecf92fd00: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:c0ab980894407de01d48c8524952ee489b4f6c00393c40e3db382e74125a967a
Status: Downloaded newer image for mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server:latest
d15cb2aa1acd7296cc54a6b68617df3d5e314c9ab0e46fcb4d0fe0a407d00106

Verify you can connect to the MongoDB container.
```
$ docker exec -it test-mongo bash
```
The shell will change to the MongoDB container.
Example output:
```
mongodb@d15cb2aa1acd:/$
```
Verify the TEMP_DIR directory mounted.
```
$ ls | grep TEMP_DIR
TEMP_DIR
```
Disconnect from the MongoDB container.
```
$ exit
```
You are now ready to begin the tutorial.

Enable and configure the KMIP secrets engine

The first step is to enable the kmip secrets engine at a desired path. In this tutorial, you are going to enable the kmip secrets engine at /kmip.

Enable the kmip secrets engine.

$ vault secrets enable kmip
Success! Enabled the kmip secrets engine at: kmip/

Configure the kmip server to listen on port 5696.

$ vault write kmip/config \
     listen_addrs=0.0.0.0:5696 \
     server_hostnames=$(docker inspect -f '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' vault-enterprise)

Example output:

Success! Data written to: kmip/config

Review the kmip secrets engine configuration.

$ vault read kmip/config
Key                            Value
---                            -----
default_tls_client_key_bits    256
default_tls_client_key_type    ec
default_tls_client_ttl         336h
listen_addrs                   [0.0.0.0:5696]
server_hostnames               [localhost]
server_ips                     [127.0.0.1 ::1]
tls_ca_key_bits                256
tls_ca_key_type                ec
tls_min_version                tls12

When the KMIP engine is configured, it generates and stores a key-pair and uses it to sign a root CA which is used to sign an intermediate CA. The intermediate CA is used to sign the server TLS certificate used by the KMIP listener to identify itself during the TLS handshake.

By default, the certificate type (default_tls_client_key_type) is ec (Elliptic Curve). If you need RSA instead, specify the certificate type (tls_ca_key_type) and bits (tls_ca_key_bits) when you configure the kmip server.

$ vault write kmip/config listen_addrs=0.0.0.0:5696 \
      tls_ca_key_type="rsa" \
      tls_ca_key_bits=2048

Retrieve the generated CA certificate and save it in a file named vault-ca.pem.

$ vault read kmip/ca -format=json | jq -r '.data | .ca_pem' >> vault-ca.pem && cat vault-ca.pem
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBnjCCAUWgAwIBAgIUST+/bF6Ux5G61KbflBK9S2WgkA8wCgYIKoZIzj0EAwIw
HTEbMBkGA1UEAxMSdmF1bHQta21pcC1kZWZhdWx0MB4XDTIzMDgxNzIxMDA0NFoX
DTMzMDgxNDIxMDExNFowHTEbMBkGA1UEAxMSdmF1bHQta21pcC1kZWZhdWx0MFkw
EwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAElo0QMG2krqdKw6CcYEQdsHGMYrtORGAg
O2oxNRQ31voALba9sA5LX5NvAZMwvXxT5iOYzOEITj5Mwbjwn1+SlKNjMGEwDgYD
VR0PAQH/BAQDAgEGMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wHQYDVR0OBBYEFP3sW5zN7rfn
V6Qm2jPZ+7RjzbaRMB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFP3sW5zN7rfnV6Qm2jPZ+7RjzbaRMAoG
CCqGSM49BAMCA0cAMEQCIBSUi8dNc2eMznzURznq9kmvwf1EhyxwPyCuJC3cJoQ6
AiBrlBWn8oBDTMU0mtNmanvD242WNakeEiWWtRZQshPBYg==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Note

Unless called out with an Example output block, API calls do not produce output.

Enable kmip secrets engine using the /sys/mounts endpoint.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
     --request POST \
     --data '{"type":"kmip"}' \
     $VAULT_ADDR/v1/sys/mounts/kmip

Use the kmip/config endpoint to configure the Vault KMIP server to listen to port 5696.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
     --header "X-Vault-Namespace: $VAULT_NAMESPACE" \
     --request POST \
     --data '{"listen_addrs": "0.0.0.0:5696", "server_hostnames": "'"$(docker inspect -f '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' vault-enterprise)"'"}' \
     $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/config

Read the kmip secrets engine configuration.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
     $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/config | jq

Example output:

{
  # ...snip...
  "data": {
      "default_tls_client_key_bits": 256,
      "default_tls_client_key_type": "ec",
      "default_tls_client_ttl": 1209600,
      "listen_addrs": [
        "0.0.0.0:5696"
      ],
      "server_hostnames": [
        "localhost"
      ],
      "server_ips": [
        "127.0.0.1",
        "::1"
      ],
      "tls_ca_key_bits": 256,
      "tls_ca_key_type": "ec",
      "tls_min_version": "tls12"
    },
  # ...snip...
}

$ tee payload.json <<EOF
{
  "listen_addrs": "0.0.0.0:5696",
  "tls_ca_key_type": "rsa",
  "tls_ca_key_bits": 2048
}
EOF

curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request POST \
      --data @payload.json \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/config

Invoke the kmip/ca endpoint to retrieve the generated CA certificate and save it in a file named vault-ca.pem.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
     $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/ca | jq -r '.data | .ca_pem' >> vault-ca.pem \
     && cat vault-ca.pem

Example output:

Open a web browser, navigate to the Vault UI and then login.
Select Enable new engine.
Select KMIP from the list, and then click Next.
Click Enable Engine to complete. This sets the path to be kmip.
Select the Configuration tab, and then click Configure.
Set the Listen addrs value to 0.0.0.0:5696, and leave the rest as their defaulted values.
Click Save.
Click Download CA cert and save it as ca.pem for this demonstration.

Create scopes and roles

Scopes partition KMIP managed object storage into multiple named buckets. (NOTE: Scopes cannot be nested.)

Roles in the KMIP secrets engine determine the set of KMIP operations that KMIP clients are allowed to perform.

Create a new scope named, "finance".

$ vault write -f kmip/scope/finance
Success! Data written to: kmip/scope/finance

List the existing scopes.

$ vault list kmip/scope
Keys
----
finance

Create a new role, "accounting" under the finance scope.
```
$ vault write kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting operation_all=true
Success! Data written to: kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting
```
By setting the operation_all parameter to true, the created role is granted to perform all KMIP client-server operations. Refer to Manage KMIP roles to learn how to modify the allowed operation list.

List existing roles under finance scope.

$ vault list kmip/scope/finance/role
Keys
----
accounting

Read the accounting role definition.

$ vault read kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting
Key                    Value
---                    -----
operation_all          true
tls_client_key_bits    0
tls_client_key_ttl     0s
tls_client_key_type    n/a

Invoke the kmip/scope endpoint to create a new scope named, "finance".

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request POST \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance

List the existing scopes.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request LIST \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope | jq

Example output:

{
  # ...snip...
  "data": {
    "keys": [
      "finance"
    ]
  },
  # ...snip...
}

Invoke the kmip/scope/<scope_name>/role/<role_name> endpoint to create a new role, "accounting" under the finance scope.
```
$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request POST \
      --data '{"operation_all": true}' \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting
```
By setting the operation_all parameter to true, the created role is granted to perform all KMIP client-server operations. Refer to [Step 6][step-6] to learn how to modify the allowed operation list.

List existing roles under finance scope.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request LIST \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role | jq

Example output:

{
  # ...snip...
  "data": {
    "keys": [
      "accounting"
    ]
  },
  # ...snip...
}

Read the accounting role definition:

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting | jq

Example output:

{
  # ...snip...
    "data": {
      "operation_all": true,
      "tls_client_key_bits": 0,
      "tls_client_key_ttl": 0,
      "tls_client_key_type": ""
    },
  # ...snip...
}

Client certificate generation

Once the scope was created and a role was created under the scope, the next step is to get the certificate for the KMIP client.

Note

Available certificate formats are: pem, pem_bundle, or der. If pem_bundle was chosen, the certificate field will contain the private key, certificate, and ca_chain, concatenated.

Generate a certificate in PEM format, and save it in a file named credential.json.

$ vault write -format=json \
    kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential/generate \
    format=pem > credential.json && cat credential.json

The resulting credential.json contains the certificates that your KMIP client will use to establish a connection with Vault KMIP server.

Example output:

{
  "request_id": "e646483b-dcf2-392e-75a2-d10292f59794",
  "lease_id": "",
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "renewable": false,
  "data": {
    "ca_chain": [
      "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIBrDCCAVKgAwIBAgIUGvBNoVCx0BLGTrRiAemINa7...snip...Cg+6nuyvvFcXugK3xSHggqNtxetN9e+0qOjcPj\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
      "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIBnzCCAUWgAwIBAgIUJjJ9lnQUbw5DpMHYQFlfLF1...snip...abcdefvGnymqlYzWohhlC5FCpm7Enesh5zP2s=\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
    ],
    "certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIBwTCCAWegAwIBAgIUWXc97Ip/n6...snip...BOAjBI4wCgYIKoZIzj0EAwIw\nKjEoMCYGA1UE\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
    "private_key": "-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----\nMHcCAQEEIG7y7BwxdAyMH5C4O0U...snip...NHuGbafWWYEmebCi7bfJ5PDwzoAoGCCqGSM49=\n-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----",
    "serial_number": "51075936162212341123456128960130371031336078"
  },
  "warnings": null
}

Extract the certificate from the credential.json using jq tool and save it in a file named cert.pem.
```
$ jq -r .data.certificate < credential.json > cert.pem
```
Extract the private key from the credential.json using jq tool and save it in a file named key.pem.
```
$ jq -r .data.private_key < credential.json > key.pem
```

List the certification serial numbers associated with the accounting role.

$ vault list kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential
Keys
----
693751915900546682090704263335075174345458639865

You can lookup the client certificate by its serial number as shown in the example. You can copy the output from the command above, or retrieve it from the credential.json file.

$ vault read kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential/lookup \
        serial_number=$(cat credential.json | jq -r '.data | .serial_number')

Example output:

Key              Value
---              -----
ca_chain         [-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBnzCCAUWgAwIBAgIUJjJ9lnQUbw5DpMHYQFlfLF1QO74wCgYIKoZIzj0EAwIw
HTEbMBkGA1UEAxMSdmF1bHQta21pcC1kZWZhdWx0MB4XDTIzMDgxODE5MTI1MVoX
DTMzMDgxNTE5MTMyMVowHTEbMBkGA1UEAxMSdmF1bHQta21pcC1kZWZhdWx0MFkw
EwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEHvD9qvfjxRP4iNPGhcV97rytanI0UmUt
TCCF4iXtRuGgnFAXJ/BX1TeYHbp+cAJdRUPjAqJKyctPCLKxzDSp+KNjMGEwDgYD
VR0PAQH/BAQDAgEGMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wHQYDVR0OBBYEFI2ADizJk/u1
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CCqGSM49BAMCA0gAMEUCIQD+DdOrTFBp0Afi7KUrA2b20rASZm/5+MpDzJx6mJyP
4gIgDDZVLrhnIw0ZvGnymqlYzWohhlC5FCpm7Enesh5zP2s=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----]
certificate      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBwTCCAWegAwIBAgIUWXc97Ip/n6P/fpQCD8fjBOAjBI4wCgYIKoZIzj0EAwIw
KjEoMCYGA1UEAxMfdmF1bHQta21pcC1kZWZhdWx0LWludGVybWVkaWF0ZTAeFw0y
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MMdrxKWmSaijdTBzMA4GA1UdDwEB/wQEAwIDqDATBgNVHSUEDDAKBggrBgEFBQcD
AjAMBgNVHRMBAf8EAjAAMB0GA1UdDgQWBBT2PNwt8EQeEtwjHaUtXSqEJRxBnDAf
BgNVHSMEGDAWgBSX/jXsZE3doA7ojZyt66hhAezL0jAKBggqhkjOPQQDAgNIADBF
AiAydpj1p2u9ZXS8ImDuFO1H7tD6zFey53SgkXmk/cFkUAIhAODOZL+ajtd3yvSN
Zj7SKWcP53VlMeWIO11BPd/uKSHF
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBrDCCAVKgAwIBAgIUGvBNoVCx0BLGTrRiAemINa7R+QswCgYIKoZIzj0EAwIw
HTEbMBkGA1UEAxMSdmF1bHQta21pcC1kZWZhdWx0MB4XDTIzMDgxODE5MTI1MVoX
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DgQWBBSX/jXsZE3doA7ojZyt66hhAezL0jAfBgNVHSMEGDAWgBSNgA4syZP7tYXl
pu6zZL5Iu4DHLDAKBggqhkjOPQQDAgNIADBFAiB34g33groCphFs9STd6ek6lBBD
7eo0Rx9OxIU/e6zIMwIhAOuOOeCg+6nuyvvFcXugK3xSHggqNtxetN9e+0qOjcPj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
serial_number    510759361622123415542856862128960130371031336078

Use the kmip/scope/<scope_name>/role/<role_name>/credential/generate endpoint to generate a certificate in PEM format, and save it in a JSON file named, credential.json.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
    --request POST \
    --data '{"format": "pem"}' \
    $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential/generate \
    > credential.json

Extract the certificate from the credential.json using jq tool and save it in a file named cert.pem.
```
$ jq -r .data.certificate < credential.json > cert.pem
```
Extract the private key from the credential.json using jq tool and save it in a file named key.pem.
```
$ jq -r .data.private_key < credential.json > key.pem
```
The resulting cert.pem and key.pem is what your KMIP client will use to establish a connection with Vault KMIP server.

Use the kmip/scope/<scope_name>/role/<role_name>/credential endpoint to list the certification serial numbers associated with the accounting role.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request LIST \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential | jq

Example output:

{
  # ...snip...
  "data": {
    "keys": [
      "592363246796376126217488264600013543918961277098"
    ]
  },
  # ...snip...
}

Use the kmip/scope/<scope_name>/role/<role_name>/credential/lookup endpoint to lookup the client certificate by its serial number using the output from the command above, or retrieve it from the credential.json file.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential/lookup\?serial_number\=$(cat credential.json | jq -r '.data | .serial_number') | jq

Example output:

{
  # ...snip...
  "data": {
    "ca_chain": [
      "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
      "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\nHQIhAM5qsuyvbp6U8CH+ejtbHjzzgO5rhXbchx7Um2gWKiEQ\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
    ],
    "certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\n2HFT4nBZCg==\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\nHQIhAM5qsuyvbp6U8CH+ejtbHjzzgO5rhXbchx7Um2gWKiEQ\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
    "serial_number": "453996482527080083111899601311492596313963664244"
  },
  # ...snip...
}

Under Secrets, select kmip > finance > accounting in the UI.
Select Generate credentials.
The Certificate format is set to pem.
Click Save.
Select Copy certificate to copy the generated certificate. Save it in a file named, cert.pem.
Click on the copy to clipboard icon to copy the private key. Save the copied private key in the key.pem file.
Select Back to role and notice that the serial number of the client certificate you just generated is listed. Copy the serial number.

KMIP client configuration

In the Enable and configure the KMIP secrets engine, you saved the CA certificate in a file named, ca.pem. You then created a role named "accounting" with all supported KMIP operations allowed. Based on the role, a client certificate was generated and saved in a file, cert.pem and its private key in key.pem.

You will now use the certificates to configure a KMIP client.

Use mongod daemon process to configure the KMIP settings.

Combine the cert.pem and key.pem and save it as client.pem.
```
$ cat cert.pem key.pem > client.pem
```
Connect to the MongoDB container.
```
$ docker exec -it test-mongo bash
```
Create a data directory.
```
$ cd ~ && mkdir testKMIP
```

Use the mongod command to specify the cert & key file locations.

$ mongod --dbpath ~/testKMIP --enableEncryption --kmipServerName $KMIP_ADDR \
         --kmipPort 5696 --kmipServerCAFile /TEMP_DIR/vault-ca.pem \
         --kmipClientCertificateFile /TEMP_DIR/client.pem

Example output:

The command output shows the created KMIP key ID:

...
"ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Options set by command line","attr":{"options":{"security":{"enableEncryption":true,"kmip":{"clientCertificateFile":"/TEMP_DIR/client.pem","port":5696,"serverCAFile":"/TEMP_DIR/vault-ca.pem","serverName":"vault-cluster-public-vault-0fa6faeb.866839f6.z1.hashicorp.cloud"}},"storage":{"dbPath":"/data/db/testKMIP"}}}}
...
"ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Created KMIP key","attr":{"keyId":"FuzjYbD1iPUvti9I3mrB8DjDzpXG8SlF"}}
"ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Activated KMIP key","attr":{"uid":"FuzjYbD1iPUvti9I3mrB8DjDzpXG8SlF"}}
...
"ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Encryption key manager initialized","attr":{"keyId":"FuzjYbD1iPUvti9I3mrB8DjDzpXG8SlF"}}

Stop the MongoDB process by typing ctrl c.
Exit the container shell.
```
$ exit
```
Stop the MongoDB container.
```
$ docker stop test-mongo
```

Revoke a client certificate

You can also revoke existing client certificates if necessary.

Revoke a client certificate by its serial number.

$ vault write kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential/revoke \
        serial_number=$(cat credential.json | jq -r '.data | .serial_number')

Example output:

Success! Data written to: kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential/revoke

Verify that it no longer exists.

$ vault list kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential

No value found at kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential/

Use the kmip/scope/<scope_name>/role/<role_name>/credential/revoke endpoint to revoke a client certificate by its serial number.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
       --request POST \
       --data '{"serial_number": "'"$(cat credential.json | jq -r '.data | .serial_number')"'"}' \
       $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential/revoke

Verify that it no longer exists.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request LIST \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting/credential | jq

Example output:

{
 "errors": []
}

Manage KMIP roles

In the Create scopes and roles section the accounting role was permitted to perform all KMIP operations (operation_all). However, you should practice least privilege and avoid granting more permissions than necessary.

When you grant KMIP operations, the argument convention is operation_<KMIP_operation>. For example, to grant a Create operation, the parameter becomes operation_create.

Note

Refer to the KMIP Secrets Engine doc for the list of supported KMIP operations.

Update the accounting role and grant only Activate, Create, and Get operations.

$ vault write kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting \
        operation_activate=true \
        operation_create=true \
        operation_get=true

Example output:

WARNING! The following warnings were returned from Vault:

  * operation_all overwritten by newly provided operation value(s)

Verify the changes.

$ vault read kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting
Key                    Value
---                    -----
operation_activate     true
operation_create       true
operation_get          true
tls_client_key_bits    0
tls_client_key_ttl     0s
tls_client_key_type    n/a

Delete the accounting role.

$ vault delete kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting

Update the accounting role and grant only Activate, Create, and Get operations.

First, create an API request payload.

$ tee payload.json <<EOF
{
  "operation_activate": true,
  "operation_create": true,
  "operation_get": true
}
EOF

Update the accounting role.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request POST \
      --data @payload.json \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting | jq

Example output:

{
    "request_id": "63867b67-0119-82a9-5bf0-4fccc476266c",
    "lease_id": "",
    "renewable": false,
    "lease_duration": 0,
    "data": null,
    "wrap_info": null,
    "warnings": ["operation_all overwritten by newly provided operation value(s)"],
    "auth": null
}

Verify the changes.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting | jq

Example output:

{
  # ...snip...
  "data": {
      "operation_activate": true,
      "operation_create": true,
      "operation_get": true,
      "tls_client_key_bits": 0,
      "tls_client_key_ttl": 0,
      "tls_client_key_type": ""
  },
  # ...snip...
}

Delete the accounting role using the kmip/scope endpoint.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
      --request DELETE \
      $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance/role/accounting

Delete scopes

If you need to delete scopes, follow this step.

Delete the finance scope.

$ vault delete kmip/scope/finance force=true

The force parameter allows deleting a scope which has some managed objects created with.

Delete the finance scope.

$ curl --header "X-Vault-Token: $VAULT_TOKEN" \
     --request DELETE \
     $VAULT_ADDR/v1/kmip/scope/finance

The force parameter allows deleting a scope which has some managed objects created with.

Additional Discussion

Review KMIP certificates

Vault policies do not come into play during these KMIP requests. The KMIP secrets engine determines the set of KMIP operations the clients are allowed to perform based on the roles (accounting).

Review the generated client certificate file.

$ openssl x509 -in cert.pem -text -noout

Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number:
            37:78:04:36:13:b2:0a:35:0a:5c:f8:6e:d8:ef:b7:b5:52:ff:ad:8d
    Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
        Issuer: CN=vault-kmip-default-intermediate
        Validity
            Not Before: Jun 25 17:12:40 2019 GMT
            Not After : Jun 26 17:13:10 2019 GMT
        Subject: OU=5J7Ck, CN=ImYFE
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: id-ecPublicKey
                Public-Key: (521 bit)
                pub:
                    04:01:d3:21:de:6b:b7:ed:36:1e:c4:05:48:39:3d:
                    ce:16:01:e3:11:6e:34:b0:69:bb:aa:35:7f:7e:f5:
                    24:1d:9d:ca:eb:4b:66:41:00:5e:0d:21:91:b5:c7:
                    f4:db:3f:b3:fc:fa:d9:d9:10:10:7c:41:53:45:51:
                    aa:e9:e4:a0:5a:46:25:01:f5:75:69:15:12:0e:bd:
                    4d:5a:9e:a8:f3:19:e1:7a:42:0a:cf:2d:43:bf:b4:
                    43:17:3b:eb:85:55:64:65:c1:7a:19:11:06:33:81:
                    88:0e:49:28:34:d1:a9:76:df:b5:d1:46:a3:16:42:
                    72:25:22:84:cf:ae:55:eb:5e:88:55:e6:fe
                ASN1 OID: secp521r1
                NIST CURVE: P-521
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Key Usage: critical
                Digital Signature, Key Encipherment, Key Agreement
            X509v3 Extended Key Usage:
                TLS Web Client Authentication
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
                F3:54:4D:DF:F8:CA:DA:80:6D:E1:A5:12:F3:2D:4B:23:42:68:31:64
            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
                keyid:B0:DF:DC:07:50:52:F3:67:7F:AA:E3:30:08:CF:62:3C:B9:3E:12:3F

    Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
         30:81:87:02:41:3f:5a:fc:83:a2:d8:3e:f0:9d:48:aa:7a:8d:
         42:47:b8:d4:dc:74:5d:7b:34:b2:a9:c3:ff:93:8d:30:a8:58:
         64:4a:86:7f:7f:64:7c:25:df:67:ca:2f:f3:d4:50:d4:6d:a9:
         56:35:bc:ae:eb:40:7d:23:4f:00:60:a8:45:32:48:3d:02:42:
         01:12:e1:50:b8:45:5a:55:d8:1f:0a:41:34:47:19:67:01:66:
         22:b8:13:6c:db:d0:65:e0:83:18:ac:e4:28:e1:28:30:1e:94:
         96:43:2d:46:e7:da:a8:51:9e:1f:6f:20:7f:49:d2:bc:7c:ff:
         a9:7b:8e:ad:9d:05:10:b2:41:bd:6f:d5

Notice the Subject properties: Subject: OU=5J7Ck, CN=ImYFE

The OU corresponds to the scope (finance) and CN corresponds to the role (accounting). If you have access to the Vault's storage backend, you would find persisted data with those IDs.

For example:

"key": "vault/logical/<UUID>/scope/5J7Ck/role/ImYFE"
"key": "vault/logical/<UUID>/scope/5J7Ck/info"
"key": "vault/logical/<UUID>/managed-objects/5J7Ck/RklNh5GRRQCZ4PLzPYuV5BUm2HuWwbGv"

You can read the allowed operations for the role using the sys/raw endpoint if it's enabled.

$ vault read sys/raw/logical/<UUID>/scope/5J7Ck/role/ImYFE

Key      Value
---      -----
value    {"id":"ImYFE","allowed_operations":{"operation_all":{}}}

When a situation requires you to delete the client certificate, simply revoke the certificate as described in Revoke a client certificate.

MySQL Enterprise Edition

This section assumes that you already have an instance of MySQL Enterprise Edition running with your own license.

The keyring_okv keyring plugin uses the KMIP 1.1 protocol to communicate securely as a client of a KMIP back end. Follow the MySQL online documentation to create okvclient.ora file, and an ssl directory to place the certificate and key files for keyring_ova to work properly.

Also, install the keyring_udf plugin and the user-defined functions (UDFs) as described in the MySQL documentation.

Now, generate a new random key with a given ID, type, and length, and store it in the keyring.

mysql> SELECT keyring_key_generate('MyKey1', 'AES', 32);
+-------------------------------------------+
| keyring_key_generate('MyKey1', 'AES', 32) |
+-------------------------------------------+
|                                         1 |
+-------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.35 sec)

Clean up

1. Stop the Vault Enterprise container.

$ docker stop vault-enterprise

2. Remove the local files and TUTORIAL_TEMP directory.

$ cd .. && rm -rf TUTORIAL_TEMP

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