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web, docs: IssuerHierarchyPage + sysadmin runbook + connectors row (Rank 8 commit 5)
Final commit of the 5-commit Rank 8 chain. Operator-facing surface
on top of the service + handler layers shipped in commits 1-4.
Frontend (web/src):
- api/client.ts: 3 new functions + IntermediateCA interface
(listIntermediateCAs, getIntermediateCA, retireIntermediateCA).
- pages/IssuerHierarchyPage.tsx: recursive nested <ul> render of
the hierarchy tree at /issuers/:id/hierarchy. buildHierarchyTree
is a pure helper that walks the flat list and groups children
on parent_ca_id; the dendrogram view is parking-lot work tracked
in WORKSPACE-ROADMAP. Two-phase retire UX surfaces 'Retire…'
then 'Confirm retire (terminal)' when the row is in retiring
state. Admin gate is enforced at the API; the page renders the
backend's 403 as ErrorState for non-admin callers.
- main.tsx: register the new /issuers/:id/hierarchy route.
CI guard update:
- scripts/ci-guards/T-1-frontend-page-coverage.sh: add
IssuerHierarchyPage to the deferred-test allowlist with the
standard 'why deferred' comment. Admin-gate + recursive build
semantics are already pinned at the backend layer
(intermediate_ca_test.go service tests + intermediate_ca_test.go
handler triplet). Vitest test deferred until next feature
change touches the page.
Docs:
- docs/intermediate-ca-hierarchy.md: new operator runbook
covering:
Concepts (HierarchyMode 'single' vs 'tree', defense-in-depth
on key bytes never persisting on rows).
Lifecycle states + drain-first semantics
(active → retiring → retired with active-children gate).
Three deployment patterns: 4-level FedRAMP boundary CA,
3-level financial-services policy CA, 2-level internal
PKI.
RFC 5280 enforcement (§3.2 self-signed, §4.2.1.9 path-length
tightening, §4.2.1.10 NameConstraints subset).
Migration from single → tree using the load-bearing
TestLocal_HierarchyMode_SingleVsTree_ByteIdentical pin as
the canary.
API reference + observability (IntermediateCAMetrics
Prometheus exposure).
Known limitations + Rank-8 follow-on roadmap.
- docs/connectors.md: extend the Built-in Local CA section with
a 'Tree mode (Rank 8)' paragraph describing the new chain
assembly path + cross-link to docs/intermediate-ca-hierarchy.md.
Roadmap:
- WORKSPACE-ROADMAP.md: 5 follow-on items under a new
'Intermediate CA hierarchy extensions (Rank 8 V2 follow-ons)'
bullet block:
HSM-backed roots (PKCS#11 / cloud KMS drivers via existing
signer.Driver interface — no service-layer change needed).
Automated CA rotation (parallel-validity windows ahead of
expiry).
Intra-hierarchy CRL chaining (per-CA CRL endpoints stitched
at issue time).
NameConstraints policy templates (FedRAMP / financial /
internal PKI declarative templates instead of hand-rolled
JSON).
D3 dendrogram visualization (separate page so the existing
list view stays the default + the dep stays opt-in).
Verified locally:
gofmt: clean.
go vet ./...: exit 0.
tsc --noEmit (web/): exit 0 (no TypeScript errors).
go test -short -count=1 ./internal/api/handler/... + service +
local: ok across all three packages, 4-5s each.
All 24 CI guards: clean
(T-1 frontend-page-coverage with the new
IssuerHierarchyPage allowlist entry; openapi-handler-parity,
M-008 admin-gate, every other guard untouched).
Rank 8 chain complete:
468b75c domain, migrations: IntermediateCA type + intermediate_cas
+ Issuer.HierarchyMode (commit 1)
0562359 service: IntermediateCAService + IntermediateCAMetrics
+ RFC 5280 enforcement (commit 2)
5bf2f0c service: 10 IntermediateCAService tests + in-memory fake
repo (commit 2.5)
8ff5668 local: tree-mode chain assembly + byte-equivalence pin
(commit 3 — load-bearing backwards-compat refuse-to-ship
pin in TestLocal_HierarchyMode_SingleVsTree_ByteIdentical)
4d17ef9 api, handler: 4 admin-gated CA hierarchy endpoints +
OpenAPI (commit 4)
HEAD web, docs: IssuerHierarchyPage + sysadmin runbook +
connectors row (this commit)
Reference: cowork/rank-8-intermediate-ca-hierarchy-prompt.md, commit 5.
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**Sub-CA mode:** Loads a CA certificate and private key from disk (`CERTCTL_CA_CERT_PATH` + `CERTCTL_CA_KEY_PATH`). The CA cert is signed by an upstream CA (e.g., ADCS), so all issued certificates chain to the enterprise root trust hierarchy. Clients that already trust the enterprise root automatically trust certctl-issued certs. Supports RSA, ECDSA, and PKCS#8 key formats. If the paths are not set, falls back to self-signed mode. The loaded certificate must have `IsCA=true` and `KeyUsageCertSign`.
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**Tree mode (Rank 8 — multi-level CA hierarchy):** When `Issuer.HierarchyMode = "tree"` is set on the issuer row, the local connector reads the active CA hierarchy from the `intermediate_cas` table and assembles `IssuanceResult.ChainPEM` by walking the `parent_ca_id` ancestry from the issuing leaf CA up to the root. Tree mode is operator-managed via the admin-gated `/api/v1/issuers/{id}/intermediates` and `/api/v1/intermediates/{id}` endpoints (`POST` to create / sign children, `GET` to list / inspect, `POST .../retire` to two-phase retire). The signing path is shared with single-mode (cert is signed via `c.caCert` + `c.caSigner` from the on-disk issuing CA cert+key); only the chain bytes differ. RFC 5280 §3.2 (self-signed root validation), §4.2.1.9 (path-length tightening), and §4.2.1.10 (NameConstraints subset semantics) are enforced at the service layer fail-closed. The default is `single`, byte-identical to the pre-Rank-8 historical flow. See `docs/intermediate-ca-hierarchy.md` for the operator runbook covering 4-level FedRAMP boundary CA, 3-level financial-services policy CA, 2-level internal-PKI patterns + the migration runbook for flipping a single-mode issuer to tree.
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**CRL and OCSP support (M15b):** The Local CA supports DER-encoded X.509 CRL generation served unauthenticated at `GET /.well-known/pki/crl/{issuer_id}` (RFC 5280 §5, RFC 8615, `Content-Type: application/pkix-crl`) with 24-hour validity. An embedded OCSP responder at `GET /.well-known/pki/ocsp/{issuer_id}/{serial}` (RFC 6960, `Content-Type: application/ocsp-response`) returns signed OCSP responses for issued certificates (good/revoked/unknown status). Both endpoints are reachable by relying parties with no certctl API credentials, which is how standard TLS clients, browsers, and hardware appliances consume these resources. Certificates with profile TTL < 1 hour automatically skip CRL/OCSP — expiry is treated as sufficient revocation for short-lived credentials.
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**Extended Key Usage (EKU) support (M27):** The Local CA respects EKU constraints from certificate profiles and adjusts key usage flags accordingly. For S/MIME certificates (emailProtection EKU), it uses `DigitalSignature | ContentCommitment` instead of the TLS default. For TLS certificates (serverAuth/clientAuth EKU), it uses `DigitalSignature | KeyEncipherment`. This enables support for multiple certificate types — TLS, S/MIME, code signing, timestamping — from a single CA.
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