Utilities for dealing with dogtag

ipapython/dogtag.py

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+# Authors: Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com>
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009    Red Hat
+# see file 'COPYING' for use and warranty information
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 only
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.    See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+from ipalib import api
+import httplib
+import xml.dom.minidom
+
+def get_ca_certchain():
+    """
+    Retrieve the CA Certificate chain from the configured Dogtag server.
+    """
+    chain = None
+    conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(api.env.ca_host, 9180)
+    conn.request("GET", "/ca/ee/ca/getCertChain")
+    res = conn.getresponse()
+    if res.status == 200:
+        data = res.read()
+
+        doc = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(data)
+        item_node = doc.getElementsByTagName("ChainBase64")
+        chain = item_node[0].childNodes[0].data
+        doc.unlink()
+        conn.close()
+
+    return chain