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edchandr
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Table of Contents:

1. Reference URLs

2. Type of Certificates

3. Regenerate certificates that have no CTL/ITL impact [no phone impact]

4. Regenerate certificates that have CTL/ITL impact [medium phone impact]

5. Step to delete expired certificates to silent “expired” certs alert in RTMT

6. Setup RTMT to send alert 90 days before next certificate expiration

7. Other Observations

 

1.     Reference URLs:

  • Certificate type and function:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/200199-CUCM-Certificate-Regeneration-Renewal-Pr.html

  • How to renew a certificate:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/117299-problemsolution-product-00-html.html

 

2.     Type of Certificates:

 

CallManager

Unity Connection

CTL/ITL Impact

Tomcat Certificates:

Cisco Tomcat Certificate is leveraged by https web services to access callmanager/CUC webpages  (Administration, OS Admin and user GUI). It does not have any functional impact if the certificate expires, only web access to the above services will be affected that users will be prompted about expired SSL certificates.

X

X

-

IPSec Certificates:

IP Security certificates are vital for DRF services DRF and also used to provide secure services between nodes in the cluster. DRS backup and restore can fail if IPSec certificates are not synchronized (or when expired) between nodes.

It has no impact in a single node CUC cluster or when DRF is only set to back up the primary Publisher node.

It is also used for SRTP (Secure RTP) encryption towards voice gateways.

X

X

-

Call Manager Certificate:

CallManager certificate is a self-signed root certificate which is generated by the system. It provides server identification including server name and GUID and is used for integration with multiple applications and devices such as secure DSP farm, CUPS, Unity Connection etc. Expiration of this certificate will result in loss of trust and secure communication between Call Manager, applications and devices.

X

-

X

CAPF Certificate:

CUCM CAPF certificate is leveraged for secure endpoint communication and phone authentication (802.1x). It enables creation of certificate trusted list (CTL) and LSC certificates, which is used by the endpoints for authentication and encryption. Expiry of this certificate may lead to encryption not working and LSC not issued to the phones.

X

-

X

TVS Certificate:

The Trusted Verification Service (TVS) is the main component of Security by Default and is activated by default. It authenticates certificates on behalf of the phone. TVS certificate and a few key certificates are bundled in a new ITL file and gets downloaded by the phone. If the TVS certificate expires, the IP phones will not be able to trust any other certificates other than the ones they already have.

X

-

X

 

  • Certificates need to be renewed when they are: expiring/expired, hostname/ip address change, node add/deletion, and certain DRF restore scenarios.
  • Phone uses either CTL or TVS Trust List to validate phone config file hash (based of CallManager certificate)

 

3. Regenerate certificates that have no CTL/ITL impact [no phone impact] – on all the nodes:

Certificate Type

Certificate Regeneration Steps

Remark

Tomcat

1.     SSH to each node with expired certificate

set cert regen tomcat

utils service restart Cisco Tomcat

2.     Renewing 3rd party CA signed Tomcat certificate [separate steps not covered in this doc]

Webpage won’t be available for up to 30 minutes

IPSec

1.     SSH to each node with expired certificate

set cert regen ipsec

2.     Restart Cisco DRF Master (on Publisher)

utils service restart Cisco DRF Master

3.     Restart Cisco DRF Local (on all nodes)

utils service restart Cisco DRF Local

Only Pub’s IPSec is used by DRF.

Other nodes’ IPSec regeneration is to suppress expiration alert in RTMT.

 

4.  Regenerate certificates that have CTL/ITL impact [medium phone impact] – for “usb token”-based mixed-mode cluster:

<Do not use for Soft-Token [non-usb] mixed-mode cluster. Step adjustments will be needed for non-usb and non mixed mode clusters>

 

Prerequisite:

  1. Verify number of registered devices via RTMT
  2. Verify a valid recent DRF backup is available
  3. Make note of current CTL/ITL content (on the phone > Settings > Security > Trust List) – see sample below:

Phone Type

CTL Signature

ITL Signature

 

CTL is signed by both USB e-tokens and contains CallManager and TFTP certificates – shown below by red arrow.

 

CAPF Server id – signed by usb eToken is shown in the red box below.

ITL is signed TVS certificate that is derived from CallManager certificate on the same node with TVS service – shown below by red arrow.

78xx/88xx

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79xx with ITL Support

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79xx Legacy

[exclude 79x1/79x5/797x]

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No ITL support

 

CTL signatures are of different values when comparing between 78xx/88xx vs 79xx legacy phones.

 

WARNING:

  1. recommended not to carry out Week #0 [CTL update] and Week #1 [TVS update] back to back on same day. This to ensure phones can still trust either CTL or ITL at any given time.
  2. if CallManager and/or CAPF certificates are changed, CTL client update is required to restore config update and/or encryption capability respectively.

 

Week #0 CallManager+CAPF certificates regeneration and CTL Client update – follow top down:

Certificate Type

Certificate Regeneration Steps

Remark

CallManager

SSH to each node with expired CallManager’s certificate

set cert regen CallManager

a.      Phones will soft reset and “Trust List Updated” in phone status message

b.     Phones will register back to its original ccm node

c.      Phones that support ITL will have an update to its ITL signature. CTL signature stay the same.

d.     Phones that do not support ITL will reject any config changes (File Auth Fail in phone status message)

CAPF

SSH to the Publisher with expired CAPF’s certificate

set cert regen CAPF

 

a.      Phones will soft reset and “Trust List Updated” in phone status message

b.     Phones will register back to its original ccm node

c.      Phones that support ITL will have an update to its ITL signature. CTL signature stay the same.

Update CTL Client

1.     Run CTL client application on a Windows PC

2.     Select “CTL Update”

3.     Click Next and input the proper usb token password [after 15 incorrect pw entry, usb token will be self delete and unusable]

4.     Click “Finish” at the screen where it shows all the CCM and TFTP nodes:

5.     Restart TFTP services (on all nodes)

6.     Restart CallManager Services (on all nodes)

7.     Restart CTI Manager Services if secure CTI is used (on all nodes)

8.     Reset the phones in groups (either via device pool or bulk tool) – to ensure that all phones reset and download new updated CTL Trust List. Especially needed for legacy 7940 and 7960 phones that do not support ITL.

9.     Verify new CTL is updated the phone – ”CAPF server id” will be changed from prior value.

At step “6. Restart CallManager Services (on all nodes)” – the following will happen:

a.      some phones might switch to SRST mode and might take up to 5 minutes before they switch back to CallManager

b.     Newer phones 78xx and 88xx will auto soft reset and download update to their CTL Trust List

c.      Older phones 79XX will require a phone reset (step 8) to initiate download of updated CTL Trust List

 

As CTL is updated with new CallManager and CAPF certificates, phones will start accepting configuration changes delivered via its xml config file.

 

Week #1 TVS certificate regeneration – follow top down:

Certificate Type

Certificate Regeneration Steps

Remark

TVS

1.     Verify that CTL Trust List has been updated properly and phones configuration can be changed with no issue

2.     SSH to each node with expired TVS’s certificate

set cert regen TVS

3.     Verify new ITL updated on phones

a.      Phones that register to this node will soft reset and “Trust List Updated” in phone status message

b.     Phones will register back to its original ccm node

c.      Phones that support ITL will have an update to its ITL signature. CTL signature stay the same.

 

 

5. Step to delete expired certificates to silent “expired” certs alert in RTMT

  1. Stop “Cisco Certificate Change Notification” service on all nodes
  2. Remove old trust certificates from all nodes that have them
  3. Wait 30 minutes then start “Cisco Certificate Change Notification” service on all nodes

 

6Setup RTMT to send alert 90 days before next certificate expiration

  1. /cmplatform > Security > Certificate Monitor
  2. Change the “Notification Start Time” to 90 days [max is 90]
  3. Click “Save”

 

7Other Observations

Scenarios

No CTL/ITL

CTL phones

CTL + ITL phones

Phone Models

793X, IP Communicator

7940, 7960, Jabber

7941, 7945, 7961, 7965, 797X, 78XX, 88XX

CallManager, CAPF, TVS has impact on phones?

No

Yes

Yes

Impact of callmanager certificate regeneration (same node with TFTP server) without CTL update?

TVS and CAPF stay the same

No

Yes – subsequent config update is rejected

No – TVS will be use to validate config update

Impact of callmanager certificate regeneration (and TFTP server on different node) without CTL update?

TVS and CAPF stay the same

No

No – provided TFTP node did not have callmanager certificate changed

No

Impact of only CAPF certificate regeneration without CTL client update. CallManager and TVS are unchanged

No

No – phone can register and accept config update

No – phone can register and accept config update

Impact of callmanager + CAPF certificate regeneration with CTL update?

No

Phone reset and restored config update capability

No

Phone reset required after CTL Client update?

No

Yes

No – auto update/soft reset

Impact of TVS certificate regeneration and cluster is mixed mode with USB Token

No

No

No – provided CTL Trust List is valid.

 

Hope the above helps other in their journey to update the certificates.

 

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