Add support for CA key and certificate generation

README.md

@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ on Docker Hub.
 
 ```
 $ docker run \
--v $HOME/.ssh/hetty_key.pem:/.ssh/hetty_key.pem \
--v $HOME/.ssh/hetty_cert.pem:/.ssh/hetty_cert.pem \
+-v $HOME/.hetty/hetty_key.pem:/root/.hetty/hetty_key.pem \
+-v $HOME/.hetty/hetty_cert.pem:/root/.hetty/hetty_cert.pem \
 -v $HOME/.hetty/hetty.db:/app/hetty.db \
 -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 \
-dstotijn/hetty -key /.ssh/hetty_key.pem -cert /.ssh/hetty_cert.pem -db hetty.db
+dstotijn/hetty
 ```
 
 ## Usage
@@ -72,23 +72,21 @@ http://localhost:8080. Depending on incoming HTTP requests, it either acts as a
 MITM proxy, or it serves the GraphQL API and web interface (Next.js).
 
 ```
-$ hetty -h
-Usage of hetty:
+$ Usage of ./hetty:
   -addr string
         TCP address to listen on, in the form "host:port" (default ":80")
   -adminPath string
         File path to admin build
   -cert string
-    	CA certificate file path
+        CA certificate filepath. Creates a new CA certificate is file doesn't exist (default "~/.hetty/hetty_cert.pem")
   -db string
         Database file path (default "hetty.db")
   -key string
-    	CA private key file path
+        CA private key filepath. Creates a new CA private key if file doesn't exist (default "~/.hetty/hetty_key.pem")
 ```
 
-**Note:** There is no built-in in support yet for generating a CA certificate.
-This will be added really soon in an upcoming release. In the meantime, please
-use `openssl` (_TODO: add instructions_).
+⚠️ _Todo: Write instructions for installing CA certificate in local CA store, and_
+_configuring Hetty to be used as a proxy server._
 
 ## Vision and roadmap
 

cmd/hetty/main.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
-	"crypto/x509"
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"net"
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql/handler"
 	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql/playground"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -30,21 +30,28 @@ var (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	flag.StringVar(&caCertFile, "cert", "", "CA certificate file path")
-	flag.StringVar(&caKeyFile, "key", "", "CA private key file path")
+	flag.StringVar(&caCertFile, "cert", "~/.hetty/hetty_cert.pem", "CA certificate filepath. Creates a new CA certificate is file doesn't exist")
+	flag.StringVar(&caKeyFile, "key", "~/.hetty/hetty_key.pem", "CA private key filepath. Creates a new CA private key if file doesn't exist")
 	flag.StringVar(&dbFile, "db", "hetty.db", "Database file path")
 	flag.StringVar(&addr, "addr", ":80", "TCP address to listen on, in the form \"host:port\"")
 	flag.StringVar(&adminPath, "adminPath", "", "File path to admin build")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	tlsCA, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(caCertFile, caKeyFile)
+	// Expand `~` in filepaths.
+	caCertFile, err := homedir.Expand(caCertFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Could not load CA key pair: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Could not parse CA certificate filepath: %v", err)
+	}
+	caKeyFile, err := homedir.Expand(caKeyFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Could not parse CA private key filepath: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	caCert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(tlsCA.Certificate[0])
+	// Load existing CA certificate and key from disk, or generate and write
+	// to disk if no files exist yet.
+	caCert, caKey, err := proxy.LoadOrCreateCA(caKeyFile, caCertFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Could not parse CA: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Could not create/load CA key pair: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	db, err := cayley.NewDatabase(dbFile)
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	reqLogService := reqlog.NewService(db)
 
-	p, err := proxy.NewProxy(caCert, tlsCA.PrivateKey)
+	p, err := proxy.NewProxy(caCert, caKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Could not create Proxy: %v", err)
 	}

go.mod

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4
 	github.com/hidal-go/hidalgo v0.0.0-20190814174001-42e03f3b5eaa
+	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.0.1
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200925191224-5d1fdd8fa346 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Ky
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.10.0/go.mod h1:FPy6KqzDD04eiIsT53CuJW3U88zkxoIYsOqkbpncsNc=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1 h1:4hp9jkHxhMHkqkrB3Ix0jegS5sx/RkqARlsWZ6pIwiU=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
+github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v0.0.0-20180203102830-a4e142e9c047 h1:zCoDWFD5nrJJVjbXiDZcVhOBSzKn3o9LgRLLMRNuru8=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v0.0.0-20180203102830-a4e142e9c047/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=

modd.conf

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-@cert = $HOME/.ssh/hetty_cert.pem
-@key = $HOME/.ssh/hetty_key.pem
 @db = hetty.bolt
 @addr = :8080
 
 **/*.go {
     daemon +sigterm: go run ./cmd/hetty \
-        -cert=@cert \
-        -key=@key \
         -db=@db \
         -addr=@addr
 }

pkg/proxy/cert.go

@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"crypto/x509/pkix"
+	"encoding/pem"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"net"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -56,6 +60,70 @@ func NewCertConfig(ca *x509.Certificate, caPrivKey crypto.PrivateKey) (*CertConf
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// LoadOrCreateCA loads an existing CA key pair from disk, or creates
+// a new keypair and saves to disk if certificate or key files don't exist.
+func LoadOrCreateCA(caKeyFile, caCertFile string) (*x509.Certificate, *rsa.PrivateKey, error) {
+	tlsCA, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(caCertFile, caKeyFile)
+	if err == nil {
+		caCert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(tlsCA.Certificate[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: could not parse CA: %v", err)
+		}
+		caKey, ok := tlsCA.PrivateKey.(*rsa.PrivateKey)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, nil, errors.New("proxy: private key is not RSA")
+		}
+		return caCert, caKey, nil
+	}
+	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: could not load CA key pair: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create directories for files if they don't exist yet.
+	keyDir, _ := filepath.Split(caKeyFile)
+	if keyDir != "" {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(keyDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			os.Mkdir(keyDir, 0755)
+		}
+	}
+	keyDir, _ = filepath.Split(caCertFile)
+	if keyDir != "" {
+		if _, err := os.Stat("keyDir"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			os.Mkdir(keyDir, 0755)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Create new CA keypair.
+	caCert, caKey, err := NewCA("Hetty", "Hetty CA", time.Duration(365*24*time.Hour))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: could not generate new CA keypair: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Open CA certificate and key files for writing.
+	certOut, err := os.Create(caCertFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: could not open cert file for writing: %v", err)
+	}
+	keyOut, err := os.OpenFile(caKeyFile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: could not open key file for writing: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Write PEM blocks to CA certificate and key files.
+	if err := pem.Encode(certOut, &pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: caCert.Raw}); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: could not write CA certificate to disk: %v", err)
+	}
+	privBytes, err := x509.MarshalPKCS8PrivateKey(caKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: could not convert private key to DER format: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := pem.Encode(keyOut, &pem.Block{Type: "PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: privBytes}); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("proxy: could not write CA key to disk: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return caCert, caKey, nil
+}
+
 // NewCA creates a new CA certificate and associated private key.
 func NewCA(name, organization string, validity time.Duration) (*x509.Certificate, *rsa.PrivateKey, error) {
 	priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 2048)
@@ -91,8 +159,8 @@ func NewCA(name, organization string, validity time.Duration) (*x509.Certificate
 		KeyUsage:              x509.KeyUsageKeyEncipherment | x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature | x509.KeyUsageCertSign,
 		ExtKeyUsage:           []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
 		BasicConstraintsValid: true,
-		NotBefore:             time.Now().Add(-24 * time.Hour),
-		NotAfter:              time.Now().Add(24 * time.Hour),
+		NotBefore:             time.Now(),
+		NotAfter:              time.Now().Add(validity),
 		DNSNames:              []string{name},
 		IsCA:                  true,
 	}