Certificate reset

Presentation

This plugin allows users to reset their certificate informations.

Kinematics:

  • User click reset certificate button.
  • He enters his mail.
  • LL::NG looks for the user in users database with given information.
  • An email with a link is sent if user exists.
  • User clicks on the link and he is redirected to the portal.
  • The portal asks him to upload his certificate file (base64, pem only).
  • A confirmation mail is sent to confirm the certificate has been successfully reset.

Danger

LDAP backend supported only

Configuration

Requirements

  • You have to activate the ‘certificate reset’ button in the login page. Go in Manager, General Parameters » Portal » Customization » Buttons on login page » Reset certificate. See portal customization.
  • The SMTP server must be setup. See SMTP server setup.
  • The register module also must be setup. Go in Manager, General Parameters » Authentication parameters » Register Module and choose your module.

Manager Configuration

Go in Manager, General Parameters » Plugins » Certificate management:

  • Mail content:
    • Certificat reset mail subject: subject of mail sent when certificate is reset
    • Certificat reset mail content (optional): content of mail sent when certificate is reset
    • Confirmation mail subject: subject of mail sent when certificate reset is asked
    • Confirmation mail content (optional): content of mail sent when certificate is asked

Attention

By default, mail contents are empty in order to use templates:

  • portal/skins/common/mail_certificateConfirm.tpl
  • portal/skins/common/mail_certificateReset.tpl

If you define custom mail contents in Manager, then templates won’t be used.

  • Other:
    • Reset certificate page URL: URL of certificate reset page (default: [PORTAL]/certificateReset)
    • Certificate descrition attribute: attribute where to save certificate description name (Default description)
    • Certificate hash attribute: attribute where to store certificate hash (Default userCertificate;binary)
    • Minimun duration before expiration: number of days of validity before certificate expires. Default 0.

Danger

.p12 certificates only.