# Certs Service

Issues certificates for things. `Certs` service can create certificates to be used when `Mainflux` is deployed to support mTLS.
Certificate service can create certificates in two modes:

1. Development mode - to be used when no PKI is deployed, this works similar to the [make thing_cert](../docker/ssl/Makefile)
2. PKI mode - certificates issued by PKI, when you deploy `Vault` as PKI certificate management `cert` service will proxy requests to `Vault` previously checking access rights and saving info on successfully created certificate.

## Development mode

If `MF_CERTS_VAULT_HOST` is empty than Development mode is on.

To issue a certificate:

```bash

TOK=`curl  -s --insecure -S -X POST http://localhost/tokens -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"email":"edge@email.com","password":"12345678"}' | jq -r '.token'`

curl -s -S  -X POST  http://localhost:9019/certs -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOK" -H 'Content-Type: application/json'   -d '{"thing_id":<thing_id>}'
```

```json
{
  "ThingID": "",
  "ClientCert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\nDUMdvYwgj0cUCEu3LA==\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n",
  "IssuingCA": "",
  "CAChain": null,
  "ClientKey": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\nea7KQHTfTdRhOLUzW2yVqLi9pzfTfA6Yqf3U1YD3bgnWrp1VQnjo\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
  "PrivateKeyType": "",
  "Serial": "",
  "Expire": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
```

## PKI mode

When `MF_CERTS_VAULT_HOST` is set it is presumed that `Vault` is installed and `certs` service will issue certificates using `Vault` API.
First you'll need to set up `Vault`.
To setup `Vault` follow steps in [Build Your Own Certificate Authority (CA)](https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/vault/pki-engine).

To setup certs service with `Vault` following environment variables must be set:

```
MF_CERTS_VAULT_HOST=vault-domain.com
MF_CERTS_VAULT_PKI_PATH=<vault_pki_path>
MF_CERTS_VAULT_ROLE=<vault_role>
MF_CERTS_VAULT_TOKEN=<vault_acces_token>
```

For lab purposes you can use docker-compose and script for setting up PKI in [https://github.com/mteodor/vault](https://github.com/mteodor/vault)

Issuing certificate is same as in **Development** mode.
In this mode certificates can also be revoked:

```bash
curl -s -S -X DELETE http://localhost:9019/certs/revoke -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOK" -H 'Content-Type: application/json'   -d '{"thing_id":"c30b8842-507c-4bcd-973c-74008cef3be5"}'
```