Added state file location defintion to the CA configuration. Added more certificate properties to certificate database.

ca.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 type Paths struct {
 	Certificates string `hcl:"certificates"`
 	PrivateKeys  string `hcl:"private_keys"`
+	StatePath    string `hcl:"state_file"`
 }
 
 type CAConfig struct {
@@ -143,15 +144,23 @@ func (c *Certificates) LoadFromFile(path string) error {
 
 // Global CA configuration and state variables
 var caConfigPath string
-var caState *CAState
 var caConfig *CAConfig
+
+var caStatePath string
+var caState *CAState
+
 var caKey *rsa.PrivateKey
 var caCert *x509.Certificate
 
 // LoadCAConfig parses and validates the CA config from the given path and stores it in the CAConfig global variable
 func LoadCAConfig() error {
 	if verbose {
-		fmt.Printf("Loading CA config from \"%s\"", caConfigPath)
+		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("The current working dirctory: \"%s\"\n", cwd)
+		fmt.Printf("Loading CA config from \"%s\"... ", caConfigPath)
 	}
 	parser := hclparse.NewParser()
 	file, diags := parser.ParseHCLFile(caConfigPath)
@@ -172,6 +181,14 @@ func LoadCAConfig() error {
 	if err := config.CA.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	// If the state file is specified as an absolute path, use it directly.
+	if filepath.IsAbs(config.CA.Paths.StatePath) {
+		caStatePath = config.CA.Paths.StatePath
+	} else {
+		caStatePath = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(caConfigPath), config.CA.Paths.StatePath)
+	}
+
 	caConfig = &config.CA
 	return nil
 }
@@ -329,6 +346,7 @@ func InitCA() error {
 
 	err = LoadCAConfig()
 	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("ERROR: %v\n", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -532,12 +550,8 @@ func issueSingleCertificate(def CertificateDefinition) error {
 	certPEM := pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: certDER})
 	keyPEM := pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(priv)})
 
-	basename := def.Name
+	certFile := filepath.Join(caConfig.Paths.Certificates, def.Name+".crt.pem")
-	if basename == "" {
+	keyFile := filepath.Join(caConfig.Paths.PrivateKeys, def.Name+".key.pem")
-		basename = def.Subject
-	}
-	certFile := filepath.Join(caConfig.Paths.Certificates, basename+".crt.pem")
-	keyFile := filepath.Join(caConfig.Paths.PrivateKeys, basename+".key.pem")
 	if err := SavePEM(certFile, certPEM, false); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error saving certificate: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -562,7 +576,9 @@ Certificate:
 	}
 	caState.UpdateCAStateAfterIssue(
 		caConfig.SerialType,
-		basename,
+		def.Name,
+		def.Subject,
+		def.Type,
 		serialNumber,
 		validityDur,
 	)

certdb.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ type CAState struct {
 // CertificateRecord represents a single certificate record in the CA state
 type CertificateRecord struct {
 	Name         string `json:"name"`
+	Subject      string `json:"subject"`
+	Type         string `json:"type"`
 	Issued       string `json:"issued"`
 	Expires      string `json:"expires"`
 	Serial       string `json:"serial"`
@@ -33,15 +34,14 @@ type CertificateRecord struct {
 	RevokeReason int    `json:"revokeReason,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func caStatePath() string {
+// func caStatePath() string {
-	return filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(caConfigPath), caConfig.GetStateFileName())
+// 	return filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(caConfigPath), caConfig.GetStateFileName())
-}
+// }
 
 // LoadCAState loads the CA state from a JSON file
 func LoadCAState() error {
-	path := caStatePath()
+	fmt.Printf("Loading CA state from %s\n", caStatePath)
-	fmt.Printf("Loading CA state from %s\n", path)
+	f, err := os.Open(caStatePath)
-	f, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func LoadCAState() error {
 // SaveCAState saves the CA state to a JSON file
 func SaveCAState() error {
 	caState.UpdatedAt = time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
-	f, err := os.Create(caStatePath())
+	f, err := os.Create(caStatePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func SaveCAState() error {
 }
 
 // UpdateCAStateAfterIssue updates the CA state JSON after issuing a certificate
-func (s *CAState) UpdateCAStateAfterIssue(serialType, basename string, serialNumber any, validity time.Duration) error {
+func (s *CAState) UpdateCAStateAfterIssue(serialType, name string, subject string, certType string, serialNumber any, validity time.Duration) error {
 	if s == nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "FATAL: CAState is nil in UpdateCAStateAfterIssue. This indicates a programming error.\n")
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -84,17 +84,19 @@ func (s *CAState) UpdateCAStateAfterIssue(serialType, basename string, serialNum
 	default:
 		serialStr = fmt.Sprintf("%v", serialNumber)
 	}
-	s.AddCertificate(basename, issued, expires, serialStr)
+	s.AddCertificate(name, subject, certType, issued, expires, serialStr)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *CAState) AddCertificate(name, issued, expires, serial string) {
+func (s *CAState) AddCertificate(name, subject, certType, issued, expires, serial string) {
 	if s == nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "FATAL: CAState is nil in AddCertificate. This indicates a programming error.\n")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	rec := CertificateRecord{
 		Name:    name,
+		Subject: subject,
+		Type:    certType,
 		Issued:  issued,
 		Expires: expires,
 		Serial:  serial,

examples/ca_config.hcl

@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ ca "example_ca" {
   paths {
     certificates = "certs"
     private_keys = "private"
+    state_file   = "ca_state.json"
   }
 }

main.go

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func main() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&overwrite, "overwrite", false, "Allow overwriting existing files")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&verbose, "verbose", false, "Print detailed information about each processed certificate")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&dryRun, "dry-run", false, "Validate and show what would be created, but do not write files (batch mode)")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&caConfigPath, "config-path", "ca_config.hcl", "Path to CA configuration file")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&caConfigPath, "config", "ca_config.hcl", "Path to CA configuration file")
 
 	// lab-ca initca command
 	var initCmd = &cobra.Command{