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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# VOLTHA pki makefile
+# Configuration is also given in voltha.cnf
+
+SHELL = bash -eu -o pipefail
+
+# parameters
+
+KEY_SIZE ?= 2048
+EXPIRATION_DAYS ?= 366
+
+
+# utility/validation targets
+
+help:
+	@echo "Usually you want to run 'make voltha.crt'"
+
+validate:
+	 openssl verify -verbose -purpose sslserver -CAfile voltha-CA.pem voltha.crt
+
+printca: voltha-CA.pem
+	openssl x509 -in voltha-CA.pem -text -noout
+
+printkey: voltha.key
+	openssl rsa -in voltha.key -check
+
+printcsr: voltha.csr
+	openssl req -in voltha.csr -text -noout -verify
+
+printcrt: voltha.crt
+	openssl x509 -in voltha.crt -text -noout
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf root_ca voltha-CA.pem voltha.key voltha.csr voltha.crt
+
+# CA creation
+
+root_ca:
+	mkdir -p root_ca/private root_ca/newcerts
+	chmod 700 root_ca/private
+	echo 1000 > root_ca/serial
+	touch root_ca/index.txt
+
+root_ca/private/ca_root_phrase: root_ca
+	@echo "TestingVOLTHARootCAPassPhrase" > root_ca/private/ca_root_phrase
+
+root_ca/private/ca_key.pem: root_ca root_ca/private/ca_root_phrase
+	@echo "## Creating CA private key"
+	openssl genrsa -aes256 \
+	  -passout file:root_ca/private/ca_root_phrase \
+	  -out root_ca/private/ca_key.pem $(KEY_SIZE)
+
+voltha-CA.pem: voltha.cnf root_ca/private/ca_key.pem
+	@echo "## Creating self-signed CA public key: voltha-CA.pem"
+	openssl req -config voltha.cnf \
+	  -new -x509 -days $(EXPIRATION_DAYS) -sha256 \
+	  -extensions v3_ca \
+	  -key root_ca/private/ca_key.pem \
+	  -passin file:root_ca/private/ca_root_phrase \
+	  -subj "/C=US/ST=California/L=Menlo Park/O=ONF/OU=Testing Only/CN=VOLTHA Test Root CA" \
+	  -out voltha-CA.pem
+
+# server cert creation
+
+voltha.key:
+	@echo "## Creating server private key: voltha.key"
+	openssl genrsa -out voltha.key $(KEY_SIZE)
+
+voltha.csr: voltha.cnf voltha.key
+	@echo "## Creating signing request voltha.csr from voltha.key"
+	openssl req -config voltha.cnf \
+	  -new -sha256 -key voltha.key \
+	  -subj "/C=US/ST=California/L=Menlo Park/O=ONF/OU=Testing Only/CN=VOLTHA Server" \
+	  -out voltha.csr
+
+voltha.crt: voltha-CA.pem voltha.cnf voltha.key voltha.csr
+	@echo "## Signing voltha.csr to create signed public key: voltha.crt"
+	openssl ca -config voltha.cnf \
+	  -batch -days $(EXPIRATION_DAYS) -md sha256 \
+	  -passin file:root_ca/private/ca_root_phrase \
+	  -extensions server_cert \
+	  -in voltha.csr \
+	  -out voltha.crt
+