#!/usr/bin/env python3 """HashiCorp Vault PKI Secrets Engine Bootstrap Script. Automates initialisation of the Root CA, role generation, and dynamic X.509 certificate provisioning for inter-bank mTLS in sandbox/Kubernetes environments. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import json import logging import os import sys import urllib.error import urllib.request from pathlib import Path from typing import Any logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s") logger = logging.getLogger("vault_pki_bootstrap") VAULT_ADDR = os.getenv("VAULT_ADDR", "http://localhost:8200").rstrip("/") VAULT_TOKEN = os.getenv("VAULT_TOKEN", "root") PKI_ROLE_NAME = "cfi-bank-role" def vault_request( endpoint: str, method: str = "GET", payload: dict[str, Any] | None = None ) -> dict[str, Any]: """Execute REST API call against local or remote HashiCorp Vault instance.""" url = f"{VAULT_ADDR}{endpoint}" data = json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8") if payload else None headers = { "X-Vault-Token": VAULT_TOKEN, "Content-Type": "application/json", } req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, headers=headers, method=method) try: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp: body = resp.read().decode("utf-8") return json.loads(body) if body else {} except urllib.error.HTTPError as err: error_body = err.read().decode("utf-8") logger.warning( "Vault API %s %s returned status %d: %s", method, endpoint, err.code, error_body ) return {"error": error_body, "status": err.code} except Exception as exc: logger.error("Failed connection to Vault at %s: %s", url, exc) return {"error": str(exc)} def generate_dev_fallback_certs(node_id: str, out_dir: str | Path) -> None: """Generate self-signed X.509 mTLS cert bundle as fallback when Vault is offline.""" from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta from cryptography import x509 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID out_path = Path(out_dir) out_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) # Generate key key = rsa.generate_private_key(public_exponent=65537, key_size=2048) # Generate self-signed cert subject = issuer = x509.Name( [ x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.COMMON_NAME, f"{node_id}.cfi.internal"), x509.NameAttribute(NameOID.ORGANIZATION_NAME, "CFI Consortium"), ] ) cert = ( x509.CertificateBuilder() .subject_name(subject) .issuer_name(issuer) .public_key(key.public_key()) .serial_number(x509.random_serial_number()) .not_valid_before(datetime.now(UTC)) .not_valid_after(datetime.now(UTC) + timedelta(days=365)) .add_extension( x509.SubjectAlternativeName( [ x509.DNSName(f"{node_id}.cfi.internal"), x509.DNSName("localhost"), x509.DNSName("coordinator"), ] ), critical=False, ) .sign(key, hashes.SHA256()) ) cert_pem = cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM) key_pem = key.private_bytes( encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM, format=serialization.PrivateFormat.PKCS8, encryption_algorithm=serialization.NoEncryption(), ) (out_path / "cert.pem").write_bytes(cert_pem) (out_path / "key.pem").write_bytes(key_pem) (out_path / "ca.pem").write_bytes(cert_pem) logger.info("Generated dev fallback X.509 cert bundle for %s in %s", node_id, out_path) def bootstrap_pki(node_id: str | None = None, out_dir: str | None = None) -> bool: """Mount PKI engine, generate Root CA, configure role, and issue initial certificates.""" logger.info("Initializing Vault PKI Secrets Engine at %s...", VAULT_ADDR) # 1. Mount PKI secrets engine at /v1/sys/mounts/pki logger.info("Step 1: Enabling PKI secrets engine at path 'pki/'...") vault_request( "/v1/sys/mounts/pki", method="POST", payload={"type": "pki", "config": {"max_lease_ttl": "87600h"}}, ) # 2. Generate Root CA certificate logger.info("Step 2: Generating Consortium Root CA certificate...") ca_res = vault_request( "/v1/pki/root/generate/internal", method="POST", payload={ "common_name": "CFI Consortium Root CA", "ttl": "87600h", "key_type": "rsa", "key_bits": 2048, }, ) if "error" in ca_res and ca_res.get("status") != 400: logger.warning("Vault offline or inaccessible: %s. Using dev fallback generator.", ca_res) if node_id and out_dir: generate_dev_fallback_certs(node_id, out_dir) return True # 3. Configure CA and CRL URLs logger.info("Step 3: Setting CA and CRL endpoints...") vault_request( "/v1/pki/config/urls", method="POST", payload={ "issuing_certificates": [f"{VAULT_ADDR}/v1/pki/ca"], "crl_distribution_points": [f"{VAULT_ADDR}/v1/pki/crl"], }, ) # 4. Create bank role for node certificates logger.info("Step 4: Creating PKI role '%s' for bank node SAN domains...", PKI_ROLE_NAME) role_res = vault_request( f"/v1/pki/roles/{PKI_ROLE_NAME}", method="POST", payload={ "allowed_domains": ["cfi.internal", "localhost"], "allow_subdomains": True, "max_ttl": "720h", "key_type": "rsa", "key_bits": 2048, "allow_bare_domains": True, }, ) logger.info("PKI Role configured: %s", role_res) # 5. Issue initial certificates for specified node or defaults nodes = ( [f"{node_id}.cfi.internal"] if node_id else ["bank-a.cfi.internal", "bank-b.cfi.internal", "coordinator.cfi.internal"] ) for node_cn in nodes: logger.info("Step 5: Provisioning X.509 mTLS leaf certificate for %s...", node_cn) cert_res = vault_request( f"/v1/pki/issue/{PKI_ROLE_NAME}", method="POST", payload={ "common_name": node_cn, "alt_names": f"{node_cn},localhost,coordinator", "ttl": "720h", }, ) if "data" in cert_res and out_dir: out_path = Path(out_dir) out_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) (out_path / "cert.pem").write_text(cert_res["data"]["certificate"]) (out_path / "key.pem").write_text(cert_res["data"]["private_key"]) (out_path / "ca.pem").write_text(cert_res["data"]["issuing_ca"]) logger.info("Successfully saved PEM cert bundle to %s", out_path) elif "data" not in cert_res and out_dir: logger.warning( "Vault issuance fallback for %s -> generating dev fallback certs", node_cn ) generate_dev_fallback_certs(node_id or node_cn.split(".")[0], out_dir) logger.info("Vault PKI Secrets Engine Bootstrap Completed Successfully!") return True if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Vault PKI Bootstrap & Per-Node Cert Provisioner") parser.add_argument("--node-id", type=str, help="Node ID (e.g. bank-a, bank-b, coordinator)") parser.add_argument( "--out-dir", type=str, help="Output directory to write cert.pem, key.pem, ca.pem" ) args = parser.parse_args() success = bootstrap_pki(node_id=args.node_id, out_dir=args.out_dir) sys.exit(0 if success else 1)