Installation and Configuration

From git

To install manpki from git, download master.zip from github/GaetanF/manpki.git or clone the repository :

$ git clone https://github.com/GaetanF/manpki.git

You need to install all dependencies needed by the program present in requirements.txt :

$ make deps

And install ManPKI :

$ make install

Configuration

ManPKI need some folder before running. If you have make tool can directly use it to correctly configure the structure.

$ manpkid --init

File structure is define below :

Directory	Description
VARDIR/cert	Contain all files related to the PKI (cert, ca, crl, privatekey)
VARDIR/cert/public	Contain all certificates (cert and ca)
VARDIR/cert/private	Contain all private key (cert and ca)
VARDIR/db	Contain the manpki database formated in JSON
CFGDIR	Contain manpki.conf
LOGDIR	All logs created by ManPKI

You need to configure your personal account to have admin role in the application.

$ tools/manageUser.py -a -u $USER -g admin

ManPKI daemon can be started directly using manpkid executable or by init scripts

$ manpkid -d

The main executable have some arguments :

$ manpkid -h
usage: manpkid [-h] [-v] [-D] [-l LOGFILE] [-d] [-i]

ManPKI daemon.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show version
  -D, --debug           debug mode
  -l LOGFILE, --logfile LOGFILE
                        log file
  -d, --daemon          daemon
  -i, --init            initialize manpki