Bug 55067 – consider removal UMC module "certificate settings"

Bug 55067 - consider removal UMC module "certificate settings"


Summary:	consider removal UMC module "certificate settings"

Status:	NEW

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	UMC - Certificate settings
Version:	UCS 5.0
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	UMC maintainers
QA Contact:	UMC maintainers

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Reported:	2022-08-04 11:19 CEST by Dirk Ahrnke
Modified:	2022-08-04 11:29 CEST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:	30294
What kind of report is it?:	Bug Report
What type of bug is this?:	6: Setup Problem: Issue for the setup process
Who will be affected by this bug?:	1: Will affect a very few installed domains
How will those affected feel about the bug?:	2: A Pain – users won’t like this once they notice it
User Pain:	0.069
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Description Dirk Ahrnke

2022-08-04 11:19:56 CEST

The usiage of the UMC module "certificate settings" will most likely even in a non-complex environment cause more or less severe problems.
In any case additional steps to be done using CLI will be necessary. 

It should be considered if the module can be completely removed and maybe replaced by a documentation in https://docs.software-univention.de/manual/5.0/de/domain-ldap/ssl.html

Comment 1 Philipp Hahn

2022-08-04 11:29:18 CEST

If you change any setting a new root-CA-certificate will be created; all previous certificates thus become invalid and must be re-newed and re-deployed manually as described in <https://help.univention.com/t/renewing-the-ssl-certificates/37>.

Reverting such a mistake requires restoring the SSL certificates from backup.

As such is is a major usability problem if used by accident.

There is Bug #30294 for implementing automatic certificate renewal. Only then would the UMC module be useful again.