============================ Directory :file:`CommModule` ============================ This directory contains the CommModule that is implemented in Perl: .. sourcefile:: CommModule/client.pl :uses: includes/mysql.php :file:`client.pl` implements the :doc:`signer protocol ` client, running on the webserver and talking to the server via a serial link. The style of the Perl code seems a bit inconsistent (mix of uppercase and lowercase function names, usage of brackets). The code uses database polling in a loop. It might be a better idea to use some kind of queueing (Redis, AMQP, ...) to not waste resources when there is nothing to do). Function parameters are not named which makes the code hard to read. The script calls several system binaries that need to be present in compatible versions: - :program:`openssl` - :program:`xdelta` The script uses several Perl standard library modules as well as the following third party modules: .. index:: Perl, thirdparty - `DBD::mysql `_ - `DBI `_ - `Device::SerialPort `_ - `File::CounterFile `_ The script references several openssl configuration files in the HandleCerts function that are not included in the code repository. There are some openssl configuration files with similar names in https://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/SystemAdministration/signer/ The database password is parsed from :sourcefile:`includes/mysql.php` and relies on the exact code that is defined there. Database name, user and host are hardcoded in the DBI->connect call. The script implements the client side of the signer protocol which is specified in :doc:`signer`. The script performs the following operations: - parse password from :sourcefile:`includes/mysql.php` - read a list of CRL files and logs their SHA-1 hashes - read :file:`serial.conf`, create a Device::SerialPort instance `$portObj`, sets serial parameters and saves :file:`serial.conf` - run a main loop as long as a file :file:`./client.pl-active` is present. The main loop performs the following tasks - handle pending OpenPGP key signing request via ``HandleGPG()`` - handle pending certificate signing requests: - personal client certificates via ``HandleCerts(0, 0)`` - personal server certificates via ``HandleCerts(0, 1)`` - organization client certificates via ``HandleCerts(1, 0)`` - organization server certificates via ``HandleCerts(1, 1)`` - handle pending certificate revocation requests - personal client certificates via ``RevokeCerts(0, 0)`` - personal server certificates via ``RevokeCerts(0, 1)`` - organization client certificates via ``RevokeCerts(1, 0)`` - organization server certificates via ``RevokeCerts(1, 1)`` - refresh :term:`CRLs ` via ``RefreshCRLs()`` in every 100st iteration - send a :ref:`NUL request ` to keep the signer connection alive - sleep for 2.7 seconds The script uses a lot of temporary files instead of piping input and output to and from external commands. .. todo:: describe more in-depth what each of the main loop steps does .. sourcefile:: CommModule/commdaemon :file:`commdaemon` is a script to run :sourcefile:`client.pl ` or :sourcefile:`server.pl `. This bash script is automatically restarting the :file:`{script}` given as the first parameter as long as a file :file:`{script}-active` exists. Informational messages and errors are logged to syslog via :command:`logger`. The script is most probably used to recover from crashed scripts. This could be implemented via :command:`supervisor` or :command:`systemd` instead of a custom script. .. sourcefile:: CommModule/commmodule :file:`commodule` is a System V style init script for startup/shutdown of CommModule On test.cacert.org two slightly different versions are deployed in :file:`/etc/init.d` the first version starts :sourcefile:`client.pl ` in :file:`/home/cacert/www/CommModule/` and the second variant starts :sourcefile:`server.pl ` in :file:`/home/signer/cacert-devel/CommModule/`. .. sourcefile:: CommModule/logclean.sh :file:`logclean.sh` is a maintenance script for logfiles generated by CommModule. The :file:`logclean.sh` script performs log rotation of signer logfiles. .. todo:: discuss replacement of this script with :command:`logrotate` and a custom logrotate.conf for the signer .. sourcefile:: CommModule/serial.conf `serial.conf` serial port configuration file This file is read and written by both :sourcefile:`client.pl ` and :sourcefile:`server.pl ` therefore both cannot be run from the same directory without interfering with each other. .. todo:: add a serial.conf template and move the actual serial.conf into configuration management .. sourcefile:: CommModule/server.pl :file:`server.pl` is the signing server software. This script implements the signer (server) side of the :doc:`signer protocol ` and performs the actual signing operations. The script contains a some code that is duplicated by :sourcefile:`client.pl `. .. note:: The :file:`server.pl` used on test.cacert.org is different from the version in the cacert-devel repository. The git origin is recorded as `git://git-cacert.it-sls.de/cacert-devel.git` and there are some small uncommitted changes too. .. todo:: get the versions of :file:`server.pl` on git.cacert.org, the real production signer and the cacert-devel repository synchronized .. sourcefile:: CommModule/usbclient.pl :file:`usbclient.pl` is an obsoleted USB version of :sourcefile:`client.pl ` above .. todo:: remove unused file (usbclient.pl)