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Creating a Certificate Assignment Project

A certificate assignment project includes CAs and TAs and issues certificates based on the TEE. After receiving a certificate signing request (CSR), the public key infrastructure (PKI) issues a certificate based on information in the CSR in the TEE.

  • A TA project stores the default user authentication information for verifying the user name and password, receives commands for creating and issuing a root certificate from the CA, invokes the corresponding OpenSSL interface for creating and issuing a certificate, and invokes the secure storage interface in the TEE to store the root certificate and private key.
  • A CA project is compiled into an independent executable program.

Prerequisites

  • You have logged in to the Kunpeng DevKit.
  • The Development Assistant has been installed. You are advised to install the Compiler and Debugger and add a target server before creating a project for future compilation and debugging.

Procedure

  1. Click in the shortcut menu bar on the left pane or click next to Development Assistant. The Kunpeng Application Projects page is displayed. See Figure 1.
    Figure 1 Kunpeng Application Projects
  2. Click Secure Computing Application. The Secure Computing Application page is displayed. See Figure 2.
    Figure 2 Secure Computing Application
  3. Click GlobalPlatform-Compliant TEE Application. On the left pane of the displayed page, select Cert Assign for Project Type and set other parameters as required.
    Figure 3 Creating a certificate assignment project
    Table 1 Parameter settings (1)

    Parameter

    Description

    Project Type

    The options are:

    • Template project
      • CA Project
      • TA Project
      • RSA Project
      • Data Sealing
      • Secret Vote
      • Cert Assign
    • Empty project
    NOTE:
    • A CA project runs in the REE, and a TA project runs in the TEE. An RSA project implements secure communication based on the CA and TA projects.
    • A data sealing project includes CA and TA projects. The TEE secure storage interface is used to store confidential data.
    • A secret voting project includes CA and TA projects and is based on Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and RSA encryption.
    • A certificate assignment project includes CA and TA projects. Certificates are issued based on the RSA and SM2 algorithms.

    Dependencies:

    1. Ensure that kunpeng-sc has been installed. (For data sealing and secret voting projects, ensure that kunpeng-sc-devel has been installed. For certificate assignment projects, ensure that the confidential computing SDK and kunpeng-sc-devel have been installed.)
    2. Run the lsmod | grep tzdriver command to check that the tzdriver is properly loaded.
    3. Run the ps -ef| grep teecd command to check that the daemon is properly started.

    Project Name

    Name of the project to be created. The default project name is xxx_ProjectN, which can be modified as required.

    NOTE:
    • N is an integer starting from 1 in ascending order.
    • The project name can contain 1 to 64 characters, including only letters, digits, periods (.), hyphens (-), plus signs (+), parentheses (), and underscores (_). It cannot start with a period (.).

    Project Location

    Storage path of the project to be created. The default project location is C:\Users\username\KunpengProject, which can be modified as required.

    (Optional) Signature Private Key

    Import the signature private key file.

    (Optional) Config Binary

    Import the binary configuration file.

  4. Click Next to configure the target node. You can use an existing server or add a new server. To add a server, enter the IP address, SSH port, user name, password, and storage directory. If you select Configure later, no SDKs will be deployed by default. See Figure 4.
    Figure 4 Configuring the target node
    Table 2 Parameter settings (2)

    Parameter

    Description

    Deploy Server

    • Existing
    • New
    • Configure later
    NOTE:

    The new server will be added to the target server management.

    IP Address

    IP address of the target node for subsequent operations.

    SSH Port

    SSH port number of the target node.

    User Name

    Account of the target node for subsequent operations.

    Password

    Password of the target node user.

    Remember password

    If you select this option, the password of the current server user will be remembered.

    Storage Directory

    Storage directory on the target node.

    NOTE:

    The tool reads and writes the content in the storage directory. To avoid data loss, you are advised to use an empty directory.

    Deploy SDK When Creating Project

    Yes: deploys the SDK.

    No: does not deploy the SDK.

    Deploy SDK

    Select an SDK deployment method.

    • Online deployment
      • kunpeng-sc
      • kunpeng-sc-devel
    • Offline deployment
      • kunpeng-sc
      • kunpeng-sc-devel
    NOTE:
    • If you select Online deployment, the server must be connected to the Internet. In an isolated network environment, you need to use a proxy to access the Internet. For details, see Configuring a Proxy.
    • If you select Offline deployment, the SDK is imported from the local host. Download the SDK to the local host and upload it.

    When configuring the new target node, ensure that the node is running on a physical machine and runs the openEuler 20.03 LTS SP1, UOS 20 SP1, CentOS 7.6, or Kylin V10 in the Arm architecture, and that you have administrator permissions for the node.

  5. Determine whether to deploy the SDK when creating the project. If you select Yes, specify a deployment method. See Figure 5. Click Create.
    Figure 5 Deploying the SDK

    If the secure computing SDK fails to be deployed, rectify the fault by following instructions in Failed to Deploy the Secure Computing Application SDK.

  6. After the certificate assignment project is created, click Open Project to open it in the current window.
    Figure 6 Opening the certificate assignment project
    Figure 7 Viewing the certificate assignment project
  7. You can use the Compiler and Debugger tool to compile, run, and debug the new project. For details, see the README file in the src folder of the project. After the compilation is complete, copy the generated files to the specified directory by following instructions in Instructions on Running Secure Computing Applications.

    If a project folder or file is added, deleted, modified, or renamed, you can synchronize the change to the remote server. For details, see Synchronizing Code to a Remote Server.