[SERVER-2019] ssl-util can only load pkcs #1 formated keys, not pkcs #8 - Puppet Tickets

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CS Priority:
Normal
CS Frequency:
2 - 5-25% of Customers
CS Severity:
3 - Serious
CS Business Value:
4 - $$$$$
CS Impact:

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The intermediate CA setup is difficult from the start, and then to run into autosigning not working, not great.

The large users who want intermediate CAs are also quite likely to want autosigning. Many of them will have some sort of automated provisioning which need this functionality.

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The intermediate CA setup is difficult from the start, and then to run into autosigning not working, not great. The large users who want intermediate CAs are also quite likely to want autosigning. Many of them will have some sort of automated provisioning which need this functionality.
Zendesk Ticket IDs:
33090
Zendesk Ticket Count:
1

Release Notes:
Bug Fix
Release Notes Summary:
Puppet Server's CA can now handle keys in the PKCS#8 format, which is required when running in FIPS mode.

Important caveats for reproduction:

Puppet server configured as intermediate CA to on-site root CA
Using this module: https://github.com/dnase/autosign
When piping a CSR into the script manually, everything works fine. Exit code 0
Also tested autosign script using puppetserver jruby (/opt/puppetlabs/server/bin/puppetserver ruby)
puppet.conf on the MoM is set with autosign = /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/autosign.rb
pe-puppet owns autosign.rb, permissions are 700

Conditions:

No errors show in the logs
CSRs do not get autosigned
`puppet cert sign` works fine, but signing certificates through the console does not work.

relates to

PUP-7877 Future Work for Intermediate CA Improvements