# Bitnami Secure Image for EJBCA

## What is EJBCA?

> EJBCA is an enterprise class PKI Certificate Authority software, built using Java (JEE) technology.

[Overview of EJBCA](https://www.ejbca.org)
Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

## TL;DR

```console
docker run --name ejbca bitnami/ejbca:latest
```

**Warning**: This quick setup is only intended for development environments. You are encouraged to change the insecure default credentials and check out the available configuration options in the [Configuration](#configuration) section for a more secure deployment.

## Why use Bitnami Secure Images?

Those are hardened, minimal CVE images built and maintained by Bitnami. Bitnami Secure Images are based on the cloud-optimized, security-hardened enterprise [OS Photon Linux](https://vmware.github.io/photon/). Why choose BSI images?

- Hardened secure images of popular open source software with Near-Zero Vulnerabilities
- Vulnerability Triage & Prioritization with VEX Statements, KEV and EPSS Scores
- Compliance focus with FIPS, STIG, and air-gap options, including secure bill of materials (SBOM)
- Software supply chain provenance attestation through in-toto
- First class support for the internet’s favorite Helm charts

Each image comes with valuable security metadata. You can view the metadata in [our public catalog here](https://app-catalog.vmware.com/bitnami/apps). Note: Some data is only available with [commercial subscriptions to BSI](https://bitnami.com/).

![Alt text](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/BSI%20UI%201.png?raw=true "Application details")
![Alt text](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/BSI%20UI%202.png?raw=true "Packaging report")

If you are looking for our previous generation of images based on Debian Linux, please see the [Bitnami Legacy registry](https://hub.docker.com/u/bitnamilegacy).

## Why use a non-root container?

Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recommended for production environments. However, because they run as a non-root user, privileged tasks are typically off-limits. Learn more about non-root containers [in our docs](https://docs.bitnami.com/containers/how-to/work-with-non-root-containers/).

## Supported tags and respective `Dockerfile` links

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/application-catalog/tanzu-application-catalog/services/tac-doc/apps-tutorials-understand-rolling-tags-containers-index.html).

You can see the equivalence between the different tags by taking a look at the `tags-info.yaml` file present in the branch folder, i.e `bitnami/ASSET/BRANCH/DISTRO/tags-info.yaml`.

Subscribe to project updates by watching the [bitnami/containers GitHub repo](https://github.com/bitnami/containers).

## Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami EJBCA Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the [Docker Hub Registry](https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/ejbca).

```console
docker pull bitnami/ejbca:latest
```

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the [list of available versions](https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/ejbca/tags/) in the Docker Hub Registry.

```console
docker pull bitnami/ejbca:[TAG]
```

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the `docker build` command. Remember to replace the `APP`, `VERSION` and `OPERATING-SYSTEM` path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.

```console
git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .
```

## How to use this image

EJBCA requires access to a MySQL or MariaDB database to store information. We'll use our very own [MariaDB image](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/mariadb) for the database requirements.

### Using the Docker Command Line

#### Step 1: Create a network

```console
docker network create ejbca-network
```

#### Step 2: Create a volume for MariaDB persistence and create a MariaDB container

```console
$ docker volume create --name mariadb_data
docker run -d --name mariadb \
  --env ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes \
  --env MARIADB_USER=bn_ejbca \
  --env MARIADB_PASSWORD=Bitnami1234 \
  --env MARIADB_DATABASE=bitnami_ejbca \
  --network ejbca-network \
  --volume mariadb_data:/bitnami/mariadb \
  bitnami/mariadb:latest
```

#### Step 3: Create volumes for EJBCA persistence and launch the container

```console
$ docker volume create --name ejbca_data
docker run -d --name ejbca \
  -p 8080:8080 -p 8443:8443 \
  --env ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes \
  --env EJBCA_DATABASE_USERNAME=bn_ejbca \
  --env EJBCA_DATABASE_PASSWORD=Bitnami1234 \
  --env EJBCA_DATABASE_HOST=mariadb \
  --env EJBCA_DATABASE_NAME=bitnami_ejbca \
  --network ejbca-network \
  --volume ejbca_data:/bitnami/wildfly \
  bitnami/ejbca:latest
```

Access your application at `http://your-ip:8080/ejbca/`

### Run the application using Docker Compose

```console
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/containers/main/bitnami/ejbca/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
docker-compose up -d
```

Please be aware this file has not undergone internal testing. Consequently, we advise its use exclusively for development or testing purposes. For production-ready deployments, we highly recommend utilizing its associated [Bitnami Helm chart](https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/main/bitnami/ejbca).

If you detect any issue in the `docker-compose.yaml` file, feel free to report it or contribute with a fix by following our [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Persisting your application

If you remove the container all your data will be lost, and the next time you run the image the database will be reinitialized. To avoid this loss of data, you should mount a volume that will persist even after the container is removed.

For persistence you should mount a directory at the `/bitnami/wildfly` path. If the mounted directory is empty, it will be initialized on the first run.

```console
docker run \
    -v /path/to/ejbca-persistence:/bitnami/wildfly \
    bitnami/ejbca:latest
```

You can also do this with a minor change to the [`docker-compose.yml`](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/ejbca/docker-compose.yml) file present in this repository:

```diff
   ejbca:
     ...
     volumes:
-      - wildfly_data:/bitnami/wildfly
+      - /path/to/ejbca-persistence:/bitnami/wildfly
   ...
-volumes:
-  ejbca_data:
-    driver: local
```

## Configuration

### Environment variables

#### Customizable environment variables

| Name                                 | Description                               | Default Value                                                                                                                                          |
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_ADMIN_USER`           | Wildfly admin user                        | `admin`                                                                                                                                                |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_ADMIN_PASSWORD`       | Wildfly admin password                    | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_SERVER_CERT_FILE`             | Server cert file                          | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_SERVER_CERT_PASSWORD`         | Server cert file password.                | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER`             | Wildfly http port number                  | `8080`                                                                                                                                                 |
| `EJBCA_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER`            | Wilfly https port number                  | `8443`                                                                                                                                                 |
| `EJBCA_HTTPS_ADVERTISED_PORT_NUMBER` | Rendered port for administrator login URL | `$EJBCA_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER`                                                                                                                             |
| `EJBCA_ADMIN_USERNAME`               | EJBCA administrator username              | `superadmin`                                                                                                                                           |
| `EJBCA_ADMIN_PASSWORD`               | EJBCA administrator password.             | `Bitnami1234`                                                                                                                                          |
| `EJBCA_DATABASE_FLAVOR`              | EJBCA database flavor                     | `mariadb`                                                                                                                                              |
| `EJBCA_DATABASE_HOST`                | Database hostname                         | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_DATABASE_PORT`                | Database port number.                     | `3306`                                                                                                                                                 |
| `EJBCA_DATABASE_NAME`                | EJBCA database name.                      | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_DATABASE_USERNAME`            | EJBCA database username.                  | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_DATABASE_PASSWORD`            | EJBCA database password.                  | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_CA_NAME`                      | CA name.                                  | `ManagementCA`                                                                                                                                         |
| `JAVA_OPTS`                          | JVM options                               | `-Xms2048m -Xmx2048m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dhibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect -Dhibernate.dialect.storage_engine=innodb` |
| `EJBCA_SMTP_HOST`                    | SMTP hostname                             | `localhost`                                                                                                                                            |
| `EJBCA_SMTP_PORT`                    | SMTP port                                 | `25`                                                                                                                                                   |
| `EJBCA_SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS`            | SMTP from address                         | `user@example.com`                                                                                                                                     |
| `EJBCA_SMTP_TLS`                     | SMTP enable TLS                           | `false`                                                                                                                                                |
| `EJBCA_SMTP_USERNAME`                | SMTP username                             | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_SMTP_PASSWORD`                | SMTP password                             | `nil`                                                                                                                                                  |

#### Read-only environment variables

| Name                                     | Description                                      | Value                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR`                     | Directory where to mount volumes.                | `/bitnami`                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `EJBCA_BASE_DIR`                         | EJBCA installation directory.                    | `${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/ejbca`                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_BIN_DIR`                          | EJBCA directory for binary executables.          | `${EJBCA_BASE_DIR}/bin`                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `EJBCA_CONF_DIR`                         | EJBCA directory for configuration files.         | `${EJBCA_BASE_DIR}/conf`                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `EJBCA_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR`                 | EJBCA directory for default configuration files. | `${EJBCA_BASE_DIR}/conf.default`                                                                                                                                                             |
| `EJBCA_TMP_DIR`                          | EJBCA directory for temp files.                  | `${EJBCA_BASE_DIR}/tmp`                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `EJBCA_INITSCRIPTS_DIR`                  | EJBCA directory for init scripts.                | `/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d`                                                                                                                                                                |
| `EJBCA_DATABASE_SCRIPTS_DIR`             | EJBCA directory for database scripts.            | `${EJBCA_BASE_DIR}/sql-scripts`                                                                                                                                                              |
| `EJBCA_VOLUME_DIR`                       | EJBCA persistence directory.                     | `${BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR}/ejbca`                                                                                                                                                                |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_VOLUME_DIR`               | EJBCA Wildlfy persistence directory.             | `${BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR}/wildfly`                                                                                                                                                              |
| `EJBCA_DATA_DIR`                         | EJBCA data directory.                            | `${EJBCA_VOLUME_DIR}/tls`                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `EJBCA_DB_SCRIPT_INDEXES`                | EJBCA database tables creation script.           | `${EJBCA_DATABASE_SCRIPTS_DIR}/create-index-ejbca.sql`                                                                                                                                       |
| `EJBCA_DB_SCRIPT_TABLES`                 | EJBCA database indexes creation script.          | `${EJBCA_DATABASE_SCRIPTS_DIR}/create-tables-ejbca-mysql.sql`                                                                                                                                |
| `EJBCA_EAR_FILE`                         | EJBCA application deployment file.               | `${EJBCA_BASE_DIR}/dist/ejbca.ear`                                                                                                                                                           |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR`                 | Wildfly base directory.                          | `${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/wildfly`                                                                                                                                                                |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_STANDALONE_DIR`           | Wildfly standalone directory.                    | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR}/standalone`                                                                                                                                                       |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_DEFAULT_STANDALONE_DIR`   | Wildfly default standalone directory.            | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR}/standalone.default`                                                                                                                                               |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_DOMAIN_DIR`               | Wildfly domain directory.                        | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR}/domain`                                                                                                                                                           |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_DEFAULT_DOMAIN_DIR`       | Wildfly default domain directory.                | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR}/domain.default`                                                                                                                                                   |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_TMP_DIR`                  | Wildfly temporal directory                       | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR}/tmp`                                                                                                                                                              |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_BIN_DIR`                  | Wildfly bin directory                            | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR}/bin`                                                                                                                                                              |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_CONF_DIR`                 | Wildfly configuration directory                  | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_STANDALONE_DIR}/configuration`                                                                                                                                              |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_PID_DIR`                  | Wildlfy directory to hold PID file               | `${EJBCA_TMP_DIR}`                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_PID_FILE`                 | Wildfly PID file                                 | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_PID_DIR}/wildfly.pid`                                                                                                                                                       |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_DEPLOY_DIR`               | Wildfly deployment directory.                    | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_STANDALONE_DIR}/deployments`                                                                                                                                                |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_TRUSTSTORE_FILE`          | Wildfly truststore file                          | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_CONF_DIR}/truststore.jks`                                                                                                                                                   |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_KEYSTORE_FILE`            | Wildfly keystore file                            | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_CONF_DIR}/keystore.jks`                                                                                                                                                     |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_STANDALONE_CONF_FILE`     | Wildfly standalone configuration file            | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BIN_DIR}/standalone.conf`                                                                                                                                                   |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_STANDALONE_XML_FILE`      | Wildfly standalone configuration file            | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_CONF_DIR}/standalone.xml`                                                                                                                                                   |
| `EJBCA_DAEMON_USER`                      | Wildfly system user.                             | `wildfly`                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `EJBCA_DAEMON_GROUP`                     | Wildfly system group                             | `wildfly`                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD_FILE`   | File to store the keystore password              | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_TMP_DIR}/keystore.pwd`                                                                                                                                                      |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD_FILE` | File to store the truststore password            | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_TMP_DIR}/truststore.pwd`                                                                                                                                                    |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE`      | File to store the wildfly admin password         | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_TMP_DIR}/wildfly_admin.pwd`                                                                                                                                                 |
| `EJBCA_TEMP_CERT`                        | Temporary cert file                              | `${EJBCA_TMP_DIR}/cacert.der`                                                                                                                                                                |
| `EJBCA_HOME`                             | EJBCA home.                                      | `${EJBCA_BASE_DIR}`                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `JAVA_HOME`                              | Java home.                                       | `/opt/bitnami/java`                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `JBOSS_HOME`                             | Jboss home                                       | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR}`                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `LAUNCH_JBOSS_IN_BACKGROUND`             | Run jboss in background                          | `true`                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `JBOSS_PIDFILE`                          | Wildfly PID file                                 | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_PID_FILE}`                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `EJBCA_WILDFLY_DATA_TO_PERSIST`          | EJBCA data to persist.                           | `${EJBCA_WILDFLY_CONF_DIR},${EJBCA_WILDFLY_ADMIN_PASSWORD_FILE},${EJBCA_WILDFLY_BASE_DIR}/standalone/data,${EJBCA_WILDFLY_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD_FILE},${EJBCA_WILDFLY_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD_FILE}` |

### FIPS configuration in Bitnami Secure Images

The Bitnami EJBCA Docker image from the [Bitnami Secure Images](https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/contact-us) catalog includes extra features and settings to configure the container with FIPS capabilities. You can configure the next environment variables:

- `OPENSSL_FIPS`: whether OpenSSL runs in FIPS mode or not. `yes` (default), `no`.

## Logging

The Bitnami EJBCA Docker image sends the container logs to `stdout`. To view the logs:

```console
docker logs ejbca
```

You can configure the containers [logging driver](https://docs.docker.com/engine/admin/logging/overview/) using the `--log-driver` option if you wish to consume the container logs differently. In the default configuration docker uses the `json-file` driver.

## Custom scripts

The Bitnami EJBCA Docker image contains functions to execute any shell scripts after startup. These scripts are executed during the initialization of the EJBCA Wildfly installation.

You can add custom script into the `/docker-entrypoint-init.d` directory. All files in the directory will be executed using bash.

## Maintenance

### Upgrade this image

Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of EJBCA, including security patches, soon after they are made upstream. We recommend that you follow these steps to upgrade your container.

#### Step 1: Get the updated image

```console
docker pull bitnami/ejbca:latest
```

#### Step 2: Stop the running container

Stop the currently running container using the command

```console
docker stop ejbca
```

#### Step 3: Remove the currently running container

```console
docker rm -v ejbca
```

#### Step 4: Run the new image

Re-create your container from the new image.

```console
docker run --name ejbca bitnami/ejbca:latest
```

## Notable Changes

### 7.4.3-2-debian-10-r68

The persistence has been refactorized and the volume mount point was moved from `/bitnami/ejbca` to `/bitnami/wildfly`.

In previous versions only password files were persisted, making the container was unable to restart. The initialization logic has been changed as well as the persisted data directories. The Wildlfy configuration and data directories are now persisted, making the container able to automatically restart.
The time that the container takes to restart has also been improved.
Due to the mentioned changes, the automatic upgrade from previous image versions is not supported and requires a manual migration.

## Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/issues) or submitting a [pull request](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/pulls) with your contribution.

## Issues

If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/issues/new/choose). For us to provide better support, be sure to fill the issue template.

## License

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