Admin creates the primary key by calling utility script create_primary.sh on the tpm capable host. Provides the key password to the OOM which will be passed on to the CA container for key import.

Distribution center container

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This container expects list of SRK public keys for each host under ~/volume/host_<host name>/out_parent_public and passphrase under ~/volume/passphrase

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INPUT 

This container expects encrypted password,passphrase, srkhandle and  tpm_status.yaml under ~/volume/host_<host name> 

password

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srkhandle

tpm_status.yaml

OUTPUT

This will output SRK public key under ~/volume/host_<host name>/out_parent_public and updates tpm_status.yaml file

CA Container

INPUT

upin and sopin under ~/volume/host_<hostname> 

       upin

       sopin

This container expects following files under ~/volume/host_<host name> for TPM capable host

srkhandle

password.txt.gpg - TPM import key password 

password - passphrase 

ca.cert
dupEncKey
dupPriv
dupPub
dupSymseed

Expects following files under ~/vloume/host_<host name> for Softhsm only system

ca.cert

privkey-passphrase
privkey.pem.gpg

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