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== Limitations/Missing Features == | == Limitations/Missing Features == | ||
=== Lack of a UI for user x.509 PKI === | === Lack of a UI for user x.509 PKI === | ||
− | Despite the fact that FreeIPA includes a CA - and does natively handle certificates for ''hosts,'' it unfortunately doesn't handle it for users, natively. | + | Despite the fact that FreeIPA includes a CA - and does natively handle certificates for ''hosts,'' it unfortunately doesn't handle it for users, natively. |
− | This is kind of a pain, seeing that solutions like OpenVPN depend on x.509 PKI for authentication. | + | This is kind of a pain, seeing that solutions like OpenVPN depend on x.509 PKI for authentication. |
− | This feature is road mapped for FreeIPA, but doesn't appear to currently exist. | + | This feature is road mapped for FreeIPA, but doesn't appear to currently exist. |
As a workaround, it should be possible to talk to Dogtag directly, generate a cert, and store it in the proper attribute within 389-DS. Hopefully, the FreeIPA team does what seems obvious, and this will work after they finally implement it. :-) | As a workaround, it should be possible to talk to Dogtag directly, generate a cert, and store it in the proper attribute within 389-DS. Hopefully, the FreeIPA team does what seems obvious, and this will work after they finally implement it. :-) |
Revision as of 22:17, 27 February 2017
Limitations/Missing Features
Lack of a UI for user x.509 PKI
Despite the fact that FreeIPA includes a CA - and does natively handle certificates for hosts, it unfortunately doesn't handle it for users, natively.
This is kind of a pain, seeing that solutions like OpenVPN depend on x.509 PKI for authentication.
This feature is road mapped for FreeIPA, but doesn't appear to currently exist.
As a workaround, it should be possible to talk to Dogtag directly, generate a cert, and store it in the proper attribute within 389-DS. Hopefully, the FreeIPA team does what seems obvious, and this will work after they finally implement it. :-)