gnutls-serv(1) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXAMPLES | EXIT STATUS | SEE ALSO | AUTHORS | COPYRIGHT | BUGS | COLOPHON

gnutls-serv(1)                User Commands               gnutls-serv(1)

NAME         top

       gnutls-serv - GnuTLS server

SYNOPSIS         top

       gnutls-serv [-flags] [-flag [value]] [--option-name[[=| ]value]]

       All arguments must be options.

DESCRIPTION         top

       Server program that listens to incoming TLS connections.

OPTIONS         top

       -d num, --debug=num Enable debugging.  This option takes an
       integer number as its argument.  The value of num is constrained
       to being:
           in the range 0 through 9999

       Specifies the debug level.

       --sni-hostname=str Server's hostname for server name extension.

       Server name of type host_name that the server will recognise as
       its own. If the server receives client hello with different name,
       it will send a warning-level unrecognized_name alert.

       --sni-hostname-fatal Send fatal alert on sni-hostname mismatch.

       --alpn=str Specify ALPN protocol to be enabled by the server.
       This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

       Specify the (textual) ALPN protocol for the server to use.

       --alpn-fatal Send fatal alert on non-matching ALPN name.

       --noticket Don't accept session tickets.

       --earlydata Accept early data.

       --maxearlydata=num The maximum early data size to accept.  This
       option takes an integer number as its argument.  The value of num
       is constrained to being:
           in the range 1 through 2147483648

       --nocookie Don't require cookie on DTLS sessions.

       -g, --generate Generate Diffie-Hellman parameters.

       -q, --quiet Suppress some messages.

       --nodb Do not use a resumption database.

       --http Act as an HTTP server.

       --echo Act as an Echo server.

       --crlf Do not replace CRLF by LF in Echo server mode.

       -u, --udp Use DTLS (datagram TLS) over UDP.

       --mtu=num Set MTU for datagram TLS.  This option takes an integer
       number as its argument.  The value of num is constrained to
       being:
           in the range 0 through 17000

       --srtp-profiles=str Offer SRTP profiles.

       -a, --disable-client-cert Do not request a client certificate.
       This option must not appear in combination with any of the
       following options: require-client-cert.

       -r, --require-client-cert Require a client certificate.

       This option before 3.6.0 used to imply --verify-client-cert.
       Since 3.6.0 it will no longer verify the certificate by default.

       --verify-client-cert If a client certificate is sent then verify
       it.

       Do not require, but if a client certificate is sent then verify
       it and close the connection if invalid.

       --compress-cert=str Compress certificate.  This option may appear
       an unlimited number of times.

       This option sets a supported compression method for certificate
       compression.

       -b, --heartbeat Activate heartbeat support.

       Regularly ping client via heartbeat extension messages

       --x509fmtder Use DER format for certificates to read from.

       --priority=str Priorities string.

       TLS algorithms and protocols to enable. You can use predefined
       sets of ciphersuites such as PERFORMANCE, NORMAL, SECURE128,
       SECURE256. The default is NORMAL.

       Check  the  GnuTLS  manual  on  section  “Priority strings” for
       more information on allowed keywords

       --dhparams=file DH params file to use.

       --x509cafile=str Certificate file or PKCS #11 URL to use.

       --x509crlfile=file CRL file to use.

       --pgpkeyfile=file PGP Key file to use.

       NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --x509keyfile=str X.509 key file or PKCS #11 URL to use.  This
       option may appear an unlimited number of times.

       Specify the private key file or URI to use; it must correspond to
       the certificate specified in --x509certfile. Multiple keys and
       certificates can be specified with this option and in that case
       each occurrence of keyfile must be followed by the corresponding
       x509certfile or vice-versa.

       --x509certfile=str X.509 Certificate file or PKCS #11 URL to use.
       This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

       Specify the certificate file or URI to use; it must correspond to
       the key specified in --x509keyfile. Multiple keys and
       certificates can be specified with this option and in that case
       each occurrence of keyfile must be followed by the corresponding
       x509certfile or vice-versa.

       --x509dsakeyfile This is an alias for the --x509keyfile option.

       NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --x509dsacertfile This is an alias for the --x509certfile option.

       NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --x509ecckeyfile This is an alias for the --x509keyfile option.

       NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --x509ecccertfile This is an alias for the --x509certfile option.

       NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --rawpkkeyfile=str Private key file (PKCS #8 or PKCS #12) or PKCS
       #11 URL to use.  This option may appear an unlimited number of
       times.

       Specify the private key file or URI to use; it must correspond to
       the raw public-key specified in --rawpkfile. Multiple key pairs
       can be specified with this option and in that case each
       occurrence of keyfile must be followed by the corresponding
       rawpkfile or vice-versa.

       In order to instruct the application to negotiate raw public keys
       one must enable the respective certificate types via the priority
       strings (i.e. CTYPE-CLI-* and CTYPE-SRV-* flags).

       Check  the  GnuTLS  manual  on  section  “Priority strings” for
       more information on how to set certificate types.

       --rawpkfile=str Raw public-key file to use.  This option may
       appear an unlimited number of times.  This option must appear in
       combination with the following options: rawpkkeyfile.

       Specify the raw public-key file to use; it must correspond to the
       private key specified in --rawpkkeyfile. Multiple key pairs can
       be specified with this option and in that case each occurrence of
       keyfile must be followed by the corresponding rawpkfile or
       vice-versa.

       In order to instruct the application to negotiate raw public keys
       one must enable the respective certificate types via the priority
       strings (i.e. CTYPE-CLI-* and CTYPE-SRV-* flags).

       Check  the  GnuTLS  manual  on  section  “Priority strings” for
       more information on how to set certificate types.

       --srppasswd=file SRP password file to use.

       --srppasswdconf=file SRP password configuration file to use.

       --pskpasswd=file PSK password file to use.

       --pskhint=str PSK identity hint to use.

       --ocsp-response=str The OCSP response to send to client.  This
       option may appear an unlimited number of times.

       If the client requested an OCSP response, return data from this
       file to the client.

       --ignore-ocsp-response-errors Ignore any errors when setting the
       OCSP response.

       That option instructs gnutls to not attempt to match the provided
       OCSP responses with the certificates.

       -p num, --port=num The port to connect to.  This option takes an
       integer number as its argument.

       -l, --list Print a list of the supported algorithms and modes.

       Print a list of the supported algorithms and modes. If a priority
       string is given then only the enabled ciphersuites are shown.

       --provider=file Specify the PKCS #11 provider library.

       This will override the default options in /etc/gnutls/pkcs11.conf

       --keymatexport=str Label used for exporting keying material.

       --keymatexportsize=num Size of the exported keying material.
       This option takes an integer number as its argument.

       --recordsize=num The maximum record size to advertise.  This
       option takes an integer number as its argument.  The value of num
       is constrained to being:
           in the range 0 through 16384

       --httpdata=file The data used as HTTP response.

       --timeout=num The timeout period for server.  This option takes
       an integer number as its argument.

       --attime=timestamp Perform validation at the timestamp instead of
       the system time.

       timestamp is an instance in time encoded as Unix time or in a
       human
        readable timestring such as "29 Feb 2004", "2004-02-29".  Full
       documentation available at
       <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Date-input-formats.html>
       or locally via info '(coreutils) date invocation'.

       -v arg, --version=arg Output version of program and exit.  The
       default mode is `v', a simple version.  The `c' mode will print
       copyright information and `n' will print the full copyright
       notice.

       -h, --help Display usage information and exit.

       -!, --more-help Pass the extended usage information through a
       pager.

EXAMPLES         top

              Running your own TLS server based on GnuTLS can be useful
              when debugging clients and/or GnuTLS itself.  This section
              describes how to use gnutls-serv as a simple HTTPS server.

              The most basic server can be started as:

                  gnutls-serv --http --priority "NORMAL:+ANON-ECDH:+ANON-DH"

              It will only support anonymous ciphersuites, which many
              TLS clients refuse to use.

              The next step is to add support for X.509.  First we
              generate a CA:

                  $ certtool --generate-privkey > x509-ca-key.pem
                  $ echo 'cn = GnuTLS test CA' > ca.tmpl
                  $ echo 'ca' >> ca.tmpl
                  $ echo 'cert_signing_key' >> ca.tmpl
                  $ certtool --generate-self-signed --load-privkey x509-ca-key.pem   --template ca.tmpl --outfile x509-ca.pem

              Then generate a server certificate.  Remember to change
              the dns_name value to the name of your server host, or
              skip that command to avoid the field.

                  $ certtool --generate-privkey > x509-server-key.pem
                  $ echo 'organization = GnuTLS test server' > server.tmpl
                  $ echo 'cn = test.gnutls.org' >> server.tmpl
                  $ echo 'tls_www_server' >> server.tmpl
                  $ echo 'encryption_key' >> server.tmpl
                  $ echo 'signing_key' >> server.tmpl
                  $ echo 'dns_name = test.gnutls.org' >> server.tmpl
                  $ certtool --generate-certificate --load-privkey x509-server-key.pem   --load-ca-certificate x509-ca.pem --load-ca-privkey x509-ca-key.pem   --template server.tmpl --outfile x509-server.pem

              For use in the client, you may want to generate a client
              certificate as well.

                  $ certtool --generate-privkey > x509-client-key.pem
                  $ echo 'cn = GnuTLS test client' > client.tmpl
                  $ echo 'tls_www_client' >> client.tmpl
                  $ echo 'encryption_key' >> client.tmpl
                  $ echo 'signing_key' >> client.tmpl
                  $ certtool --generate-certificate --load-privkey x509-client-key.pem   --load-ca-certificate x509-ca.pem --load-ca-privkey x509-ca-key.pem   --template client.tmpl --outfile x509-client.pem

              To be able to import the client key/certificate into some
              applications, you will need to convert them into a PKCS#12
              structure.  This also encrypts the security sensitive key
              with a password.

                  $ certtool --to-p12 --load-ca-certificate x509-ca.pem   --load-privkey x509-client-key.pem --load-certificate x509-client.pem   --outder --outfile x509-client.p12

              For icing, we'll create a proxy certificate for the client
              too.

                  $ certtool --generate-privkey > x509-proxy-key.pem
                  $ echo 'cn = GnuTLS test client proxy' > proxy.tmpl
                  $ certtool --generate-proxy --load-privkey x509-proxy-key.pem   --load-ca-certificate x509-client.pem --load-ca-privkey x509-client-key.pem   --load-certificate x509-client.pem --template proxy.tmpl   --outfile x509-proxy.pem

              Then start the server again:

                  $ gnutls-serv --http             --x509cafile x509-ca.pem             --x509keyfile x509-server-key.pem             --x509certfile x509-server.pem

              Try connecting to the server using your web browser.  Note
              that the server listens to port 5556 by default.

              While you are at it, to allow connections using ECDSA, you
              can also create a ECDSA key and certificate for the
              server.  These credentials will be used in the final
              example below.

                  $ certtool --generate-privkey --ecdsa > x509-server-key-ecc.pem
                  $ certtool --generate-certificate --load-privkey x509-server-key-ecc.pem   --load-ca-certificate x509-ca.pem --load-ca-privkey x509-ca-key.pem   --template server.tmpl --outfile x509-server-ecc.pem

              The next step is to add support for SRP authentication.
              This requires an SRP password file created with srptool.
              To start the server with SRP support:

                  gnutls-serv --http --priority NORMAL:+SRP-RSA:+SRP             --srppasswdconf srp-tpasswd.conf             --srppasswd srp-passwd.txt

              Let's also start a server with support for PSK. This would
              require a password file created with psktool.

                  gnutls-serv --http --priority NORMAL:+ECDHE-PSK:+PSK             --pskpasswd psk-passwd.txt

              If you want a server with support for raw public-keys we
              can also add these credentials. Note however that there is
              no identity information linked to these keys as is the
              case with regular x509 certificates. Authentication must
              be done via different means. Also we need to explicitly
              enable raw public-key certificates via the priority
              strings.

                  gnutls-serv --http --priority NORMAL:+CTYPE-CLI-RAWPK:+CTYPE-SRV-RAWPK             --rawpkfile srv.rawpk.pem             --rawpkkeyfile srv.key.pem

              Finally, we start the server with all the earlier
              parameters and you get this command:

                  gnutls-serv --http --priority NORMAL:+PSK:+SRP:+CTYPE-CLI-RAWPK:+CTYPE-SRV-RAWPK             --x509cafile x509-ca.pem             --x509keyfile x509-server-key.pem             --x509certfile x509-server.pem             --x509keyfile x509-server-key-ecc.pem             --x509certfile x509-server-ecc.pem             --srppasswdconf srp-tpasswd.conf             --srppasswd srp-passwd.txt             --pskpasswd psk-passwd.txt             --rawpkfile srv.rawpk.pem             --rawpkkeyfile srv.key.pem

EXIT STATUS         top

       One of the following exit values will be returned:

       0  (EXIT_SUCCESS) Successful program execution.

       1  (EXIT_FAILURE) The operation failed or the command syntax was
       not valid.

SEE ALSO         top

              gnutls-cli-debug(1), gnutls-cli(1)

AUTHORS         top


COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright (C) 2020-2023 Free Software Foundation, and others all
       rights reserved.  This program is released under the terms of the
       GNU General Public License, version 3 or later

BUGS         top

       Please send bug reports to: bugs@gnutls.org

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the GnuTLS (GnuTLS Transport Layer Security
       Library) project.  Information about the project can be found at
       ⟨http://www.gnutls.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for this
       manual page, send it to bugs@gnutls.org.  This page was obtained
       from the tarball gnutls-3.8.5.tar.xz fetched from
       ⟨http://www.gnutls.org/download.html⟩ on 2024-06-14.  If you
       discover any rendering problems in this HTML version of the page,
       or you believe there is a better or more up-to-date source for
       the page, or you have corrections or improvements to the
       information in this COLOPHON (which is not part of the original
       manual page), send a mail to man-pages@man7.org

3.8.5                          04 Apr 2024                gnutls-serv(1)

Pages that refer to this page: gnutls-cli(1)gnutls-cli-debug(1)psktool(1)srptool(1)