NETCONF Working Group K. Watsen
Internet-Draft Juniper Networks
Intended status: Standards Track J. Schoenwaelder
Expires: September 17, 2016 Jacobs University Bremen
March 16, 2016

NETCONF Server and RESTCONF Server Configuration Models
draft-ietf-netconf-server-model-09

Abstract

This draft defines a NETCONF server configuration data model and a RESTCONF server configuration data model. These data models enable configuration of the NETCONF and RESTCONF services themselves, including which transports are supported, what ports the servers listen on, call-home parameters, client authentication, and related parameters.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

This draft defines a NETCONF [RFC6241] server configuration data model and a RESTCONF [draft-ietf-netconf-restconf] server configuration data model. These data models enable configuration of the NETCONF and RESTCONF services themselves, including which transports are supported, what ports the servers listen on, call-home parameters, client authentication, and related parameters.

1.1. Terminology

The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

1.2. Tree Diagrams

A simplified graphical representation of the data models is used in this document. The meaning of the symbols in these diagrams is as follows:

2. Objectives

The primary purpose of the YANG modules defined herein is to enable the configuration of the NETCONF and RESTCONF services on a network element. This scope includes the following objectives:

2.1. Support all NETCONF and RESTCONF transports

The YANG module should support all current NETCONF and RESTCONF transports, namely NETCONF over SSH [RFC6242], NETCONF over TLS [RFC7589], and RESTCONF over TLS [draft-ietf-netconf-restconf], and to be extensible to support future transports as necessary.

Because implementations may not support all transports, the module should use YANG "feature" statements so that implementations can accurately advertise which transports are supported.

2.2. Enable each transport to select which keys to use

Servers may have a multiplicity of host-keys or server-certificates from which subsets may be selected for specific uses. For instance, a NETCONF server may want to use one set of SSH host-keys when listening on port 830, and a different set of SSH host-keys when calling home. The data models provided herein should enable configuration of which keys to use on a per-use basis.

2.3. Support authenticating NETCONF/RESTCONF clients certificates

When a certificate is used to authenticate a NETCONF or RESTCONF client, there is a need to configure the server to know how to authenticate the certificates. The server should be able to authenticate the client's certificate either by using path-validation to a configured trust anchor or by matching the client-certificate to one previously configured.

2.4. Support mapping authenticated NETCONF/RESTCONF client certificates to usernames

When a client certificate is used for TLS client authentication, the NETCONF/RESTCONF server must be able to derive a username from the authenticated certificate. Thus the modules defined herein should enable this mapping to be configured.

2.5. Support both listening for connections and call home

The NETCONF and RESTCONF protocols were originally defined as having the server opening a port to listen for client connections. More recently the NETCONF working group defined support for call-home ([draft-ietf-netconf-call-home]), enabling the server to initiate the connection to the client, for both the NETCONF and RESTCONF protocols. Thus the modules defined herein should enable configuration for both listening for connections and calling home. Because implementations may not support both listening for connections and calling home, YANG "feature" statements should be used so that implementation can accurately advertise the connection types it supports.

2.6. For Call Home connections

The following objectives only pertain to call home connections.

2.6.1. Support more than one NETCONF/RESTCONF client

A NETCONF/RESTCONF server may be managed by more than one NETCONF/RESTCONF client. For instance, a deployment may have one client for provisioning and another for fault monitoring. Therefore, when it is desired for a server to initiate call home connections, it should be able to do so to more than one client.

2.6.2. Support NETCONF/RESTCONF clients having more than one endpoint

An NETCONF/RESTCONF client managing a NETCONF/RESTCONF server may implement a high-availability strategy employing a multiplicity of active and/or passive endpoint. Therefore, when it is desired for a server to initiate call home connections, it should be able to connect to any of the client's endpoints.

2.6.3. Support a reconnection strategy

Assuming a NETCONF/RESTCONF client has more than one endpoint, then it becomes necessary to configure how a NETCONF/RESTCONF server should reconnect to the client should it lose its connection to one the client's endpoints. For instance, the NETCONF/RESTCONF server may start with first endpoint defined in a user-ordered list of endpoints or with the last endpoints it was connected to.

2.6.4. Support both persistent and periodic connections

NETCONF/RESTCONF clients may vary greatly on how frequently they need to interact with a NETCONF/RESTCONF server, how responsive interactions need to be, and how many simultaneous connections they can support. Some clients may need a persistent connection to servers to optimize real-time interactions, while others prefer periodic interactions in order to minimize resource requirements. Therefore, when it is necessary for server to initiate connections, it should be configurable if the connection is persistent or periodic.

2.6.5. Reconnection strategy for periodic connections

The reconnection strategy should apply to both persistent and periodic connections. How it applies to periodic connections becomes clear when considering that a periodic "connection" is a logical connection to a single server. That is, the periods of unconnectedness are intentional as opposed to due to external reasons. A periodic "connection" should always reconnect to the same server until it is no longer able to, at which time the reconnection strategy guides how to connect to another server.

2.6.6. Keep-alives for persistent connections

If a persistent connection is desired, it is the responsibility of the connection initiator to actively test the "aliveness" of the connection. The connection initiator must immediately work to reestablish a persistent connection as soon as the connection is lost. How often the connection should be tested is driven by NETCONF/RESTCONF client requirements, and therefore keep-alive settings should be configurable on a per-client basis.

2.6.7. Customizations for periodic connections

If a periodic connection is desired, it is necessary for the NETCONF/RESTCONF server to know how often it should connect. This frequency determines the maximum amount of time a NETCONF/RESTCONF client may have to wait to send data to a server. A server may connect to a client before this interval expires if desired (e.g., to send data to a client).

3. High-Level Design

The solution presented in this document defines a configurable keychain object, reusable groupings for SSH and TLS based servers, and, finally, the configurable NETCONF and RESTCONF server objects, which are the primary purpose for this draft. Each of these are defined in a distinct YANG module, thus a total of five YANG modules are defined in this document. The relationship between these five YANG modules is illustrated by the tree diagram below.

               +--------------------+                 
               |ietf-system-keychain|                 
               +--------------------+                 
                      ^    ^
                      |    |
           <leafref>  |    |  <leafref>
         +------------+    +------------+ 
         |                              |
  +---------------+            +------------------+ 
  |ietf-ssh-server|            | ietf-tls-server  | 
  +---------------+            +------------------+
    ^                               ^       ^      
    | <uses>                        |       |      
    |            <augments>         |       |      
    |          +--------------------+       | <augments>     
    |          |                            |      
+-------------------+         +--------------------+
|ietf-netconf-server|         |ietf-restconf-server|
+-------------------+         +--------------------+

4. Solution

Each of the following five sections relate to one of the YANG modules depicted by the figure above.

4.1. The System Keychain Model

The system keychain model defined in this section provides a configurable object having the following characteristics:

4.1.1. Tree Diagram

module: ietf-system-keychain
   +--rw keychain
      +--rw private-keys
      |  +--rw private-key* [name]
      |  |  +--rw name                                    string
      |  |  +--ro algorithm?                              kc:algorithms
      |  |  +--ro key-length?                             uint32
      |  |  +--ro public-key                              binary
      |  |  +--rw certificate-chains
      |  |  |  +--rw certificate-chain* [name]
      |  |  |     +--rw name           string
      |  |  |     +--rw certificate*   binary
      |  |  +---x generate-certificate-signing-request
      |  |     +---w input
      |  |     |  +---w subject       binary
      |  |     |  +---w attributes?   binary
      |  |     +--ro output
      |  |        +--ro certificate-signing-request    binary
      |  +---x generate-private-key
      |  |  +---w input
      |  |     +---w name          string
      |  |     +---w key-usage?    enumeration
      |  |     +---w algorithm     kc:algorithms
      |  |     +---w key-length?   uint32
      |  +---x load-private-key
      |     +---w input
      |        +---w name           string
      |        +---w private-key    binary
      +--rw trusted-certificates* [name]
         +--rw name                   string
         +--rw description?           string
         +--rw trusted-certificate* [name]
            +--rw name           string
            +--rw certificate?   binary
notifications:
   +---n certificate-expiration
      +--ro certificate        instance-identifier
      +--ro expiration-date    yang:date-and-time

4.1.2. Example Usage

The following example illustrates the "generate-private-key" action in use with the RESTCONF protocol and JSON encoding.

REQUEST
-------

  ['\' line wrapping added for formatting only]
  
  POST https://example.com/restconf/data/ietf-system-keychain:keychain/\
  private-keys/generate-private-key HTTP/1.1
  HOST: example.com
  Content-Type: application/yang.operation+json
  
  {
    "ietf-system-keychain:input" : {
      "name" : "ex-key-sect571r1",
      "algorithm" : "sect571r1"
    }
  }


RESPONSE
--------

  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
  Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2015 11:01:00 GMT
  Server: example-server

The following example illustrates the "load-private-key" action in use with the RESTCONF protocol and JSON encoding.

REQUEST
-------

  ['\' line wrapping added for formatting only]
  
  POST https://example.com/restconf/data/ietf-system-keychain:keychain/\
  private-keys/generate-private-key HTTP/1.1
  HOST: example.com
  Content-Type: application/yang.operation+xml
  
  <input xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system-keychain">
    <name>ex-key-sect571r1</name>
    <private-key>
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      25PZnpZNEhONApXY0pTaUpZK2xtYWs3RTRORUZXZS9RdGp4NUlXZmdvN2\
      WpiMjB2WlhoaGJYQnNaUzVqY215aU9L=
    </private-key>
  </input>


RESPONSE
--------

  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
  Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2015 11:01:00 GMT
  Server: example-server

The following example illustrates the "generate-certificate-signing-request" action in use with the NETCONF protocol.

REQUEST
-------

  <rpc message-id="101"
    xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
    <action xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:1">
      <keychain 
        xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system-keychain">
        <private-keys>
          <private-key>
            <name>ex-key-sect571r1</name>
            <generate-certificate-signing-request>
              <subject>
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              </subject>
              <attributes>
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               arnZvO3NkZmJpdmhzZGZpbHVidjtvc2lkZmhidml1bHNkYm
               Z2aXNiZGZpYmhzZG87ZmJvO3NkZ25iO29pLmC6Rhp=
              </attributes>
            </generate-certificate-signing-request>
          </private-key>
        </private-keys>
      </keychain>
    </action>
  </rpc>


RESPONSE
--------

  <rpc-reply message-id="101"
     xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
     <certificate-signing-request
       xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system-keychain">
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     </certificate-signing-request>
  </rpc-reply>

The following example illustrates what a fully configured keychain object might look like. The private-key shown below is consistent with the generate-private-key and generate-certificate-signing-request examples above. This example also assumes that the resulting CA-signed certificate has been configured back onto the server. Lastly, this example shows that three lists of trusted certificates having been configured.

<keychain xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system-keychain">

  <!-- private keys and associated certificates -->
  <private-keys>
    <private-key>
      <name>tpm-protected-key</name>
      <algorithm>sect571r1</algorithm>
      <public-key>
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        JvO3NkZ25iO29pLmR6Zgo=
      </public-key>
      <certificate-chains>
        <certificate-chain>
          <name>default-idevid-chain</name>
          <certificate>
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          </certificate>
          <certificate>
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          </certificate>
        </certificate-chain>
        <certificate-chain>
          <name>my-ldevid-chain</name>
          <certificate>
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          </certificate>
        </certificate-chain>
      </certificate-chains>
    </private-key>
  </private-keys>

  <!-- trusted netconf/restconf client certificates -->
  <trusted-certificates>
    <name>explicitly-trusted-client-certs</name>
    <description>
      Specific client authentication certificates that are to be
      explicitly trusted NETCONF/RESTCONF clients.  These are 
      needed for client certificates not signed by our CA.
    </description>
    <trusted-certificate>
      <name>George Jetson</name>
      <certificate>
        QmdOVkJBWVRBbFZUTVJBd0RnWURWUVFLRXdkbAplR0Z0Y0d4bE1RNHdEQ
        MkF6a3hqUDlVQWtHR0dvS1U1eUc1SVR0Wm0vK3B0R2FieXVDMjBRd2kvZ
        25PZnpZNEhONApXY0pTaUpZK2xtYWs3RTRORUZXZS9RdGp4NUlXZmdvN2
        RV0JCU2t2MXI2SFNHeUFUVkpwSmYyOWtXbUU0NEo5akJrQmdOVkhTTUVY
        VEJiZ0JTWEdlbUEKMnhpRHVOTVkvVHFLNWd4cFJBZ1ZOYUU0cERZd05ER
        UxNQWtHQTFVRUJoTUNWVk14RURBT0JnTlZCQW9UQjJWNApZVzF3YkdVeE
        V6QVJCZ05WQkFNVENrTlNUQ0JKYzNOMVpYS0NDUUNVRHBNSll6UG8zREF
        NQmdOVkhSTUJBZjhFCkFqQUFNQTRHQTFVZER3RUIvd1FFQXdJSGdEQnBC
        Z05WSFI4RVlqQmdNRjZnSXFBZ2hoNW9kSFJ3T2k4dlpYaGgKYlhCc1pTN
        WpiMjB2WlhoaGJYQnNaUzVqY215aU9LUTJNRFF4Q3pBSkJnTlZCQVlUQW
        xWVE1SQXdEZ1lEVlFRSwpFd2RsZUdGdGNHeGxNUk13RVFZRFZRUURFd3B
        EVWt3Z1NYTnpkV1Z5TUEwR0NTcUdTSWIzRFFFQkJRVUFBNEdCCkFFc3BK
        WmdsK2gyTTg3QmtGMjhWbW1CdFFVaWc3OEgrRkYyRTFwdSt4ZVRJbVFFM
        TQzcjFZSjk0M1FQLzV5eGUKN2QxMkxCV0dxUjUrbEl5N01YL21ka2M4al
        zSFNwSDdwVXBCYnA4dmtNanFtZjJma3RqZHBxeFppUUtTbndWZTF2Zwot
        LS0tLUVORCBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tCg==
      </certificate>
    </trusted-certificate>
    <trusted-certificate>
      <name>Fred Flintstone</name>
      <certificate>
        VlEVlFRREV3Vm9ZWEJ3ZVRDQm56QU5CZ2txaGtpRzl3MEJBUUVGQUFPQm
        pRQXdnWWtDCmdZRUE1RzRFSWZsS1p2bDlXTW44eUhyM2hObUFRaUhVUzV
        rRUpPQy9hSFA3eGJXQW1ra054ZStUa2hrZnBsL3UKbVhsTjhSZUd1ODhG
        NGcEk3UE90cnNFVjRwTUNBd0VBQWFPQ0FSSXdnZ0VPCk1CMEdBMVVkRGd
        VEJiZ0JTWEdlbUEKMnhpRHVOTVkvVHFLNWd4cFJBZ1ZOYUU0cERZd05ER
        V6QVJCZ05WQkFNVENrTlNUQ0JKYzNOMVpYS0NDUUNVRHBNSll6UG8zREF
        NQmdOVkhSTUJBZjhFCkFqQUFNQTRHQTFVZER3RUIvd1FFQXdJSGdEQnBC
        Z05WSFI4RVlqQmdNRjZnSXFBZ2hoNW9kSFJ3T2k4dlpYaGgKYlhCc1pTN
        WpiMjB2WlhoaGJYQnNaUzVqY215aU9LUTJNRFF4Q3pBSkJnTlZCQVlUQW
        xWVE1SQXdEZ1lEVlFRSwpFd2RsZUdGdGNHeGxNUk13RVFZRFZRUURFd3B
        EVWt3Z1NYTnpkV1Z5TUEwR0NTcUdTSWIzRFFFQkJRVUFBNEdCCkFFc3BK
        WmdsK2gyTTg3QmtGMjhWbW1CdFFVaWc3OEgrRkYyRTFwdSt4ZVRJbVFFM
        lLQllsdWpOcjFTMnRLR05EMUc2OVJpK2FWNGw2NTdZNCtadVJMZgpRYjk
        zSFNwSDdwVXBCYnA4dmtNanFtZjJma3RqZHBxeFppUUtTbndWZTF2Zwot
        QWtUOCBDRVUUZJ0RUF==
      </certificate>
    </trusted-certificate>
  </trusted-certificates>

  <!-- trust anchors for netconf/restconf clients -->
  <trusted-certificates>
    <name>deployment-specific-ca-certs</name>
    <description>
      Trust anchors used only to authenticate NETCONF/RESTCONF
      client connections.  Since our security policy only allows
      authentication for clients having a certificate signed by
      our CA, we only configure its certificate below.
    </description>
    <trusted-certificate>
      <name>ca.example.com</name>
      <certificate>
        WmdsK2gyTTg3QmtGMjhWbW1CdFFVaWc3OEgrRkYyRTFwdSt4ZVRJbVFFM
        lLQllsdWpOcjFTMnRLR05EMUc2OVJpK2FWNGw2NTdZNCtadVJMZgpRYjk
        zSFNwSDdwVXBCYnA4dmtNanFtZjJma3RqZHBxeFppUUtTbndWZTF2Zwot
        NGcEk3UE90cnNFVjRwTUNBd0VBQWFPQ0FSSXdnZ0VPCk1CMEdBMVVkRGd
        VEJiZ0JTWEdlbUEKMnhpRHVOTVkvVHFLNWd4cFJBZ1ZOYUU0cERZd05ER
        V6QVJCZ05WQkFNVENrTlNUQ0JKYzNOMVpYS0NDUUNVRHBNSll6UG8zREF
        NQmdOVkhSTUJBZjhFCkFqQUFNQTRHQTFVZER3RUIvd1FFQXdJSGdEQnBC
        Z05WSFI4RVlqQmdNRjZnSXFBZ2hoNW9kSFJ3T2k4dlpYaGgKYlhCc1pTN
        WpiMjB2WlhoaGJYQnNaUzVqY215aU9LUTJNRFF4Q3pBSkJnTlZCQVlUQW
        QmdOVkJBWVRBbFZUTVJBd0RnWURWUVFLRXdkbAplR0Z0Y0d4bE1RNHdEQ
        MkF6a3hqUDlVQWtHR0dvS1U1eUc1SVR0Wm0vK3B0R2FieXVDMjBRd2kvZ
        25PZnpZNEhONApXY0pTaUpZK2xtYWs3RTRORUZXZS9RdGp4NUlXZmdvN2
        RJSUJQFRStS0Cg==
      </certificate>
    </trusted-certificate>
  </trusted-certificates>

  <!-- trust anchors for random HTTPS servers on Internet -->
  <trusted-certificates>
    <name>common-ca-certs</name>
    <description>
      Trusted certificates to authenticate common HTTPS servers.
      These certificates are similar to those that might be
      shipped with a web browser.
    </description>
    <trusted-certificate>
      <name>ex-certificate-authority</name>
      <certificate>
        NGcEk3UE90cnNFVjRwTUNBd0VBQWFPQ0FSSXdnZ0VPCk1CMEdBMVVkRGd
        VEJiZ0JTWEdlbUEKMnhpRHVOTVkvVHFLNWd4cFJBZ1ZOYUU0cERZd05ER
        V6QVJCZ05WQkFNVENrTlNUQ0JKYzNOMVpYS0NDUUNVRHBNSll6UG8zREF
        Z05WSFI4RVlqQmdNRjZnSXFBZ2hoNW9kSFJ3T2k4dlpYaGgKYlhCc1pTN
        QmdOVkJBWVRBbFZUTVJBd0RnWURWUVFLRXdkbAplR0Z0Y0d4bE1RNHdEQ
        MkF6a3hqUDlVQWtHR0dvS1U1eUc1SVR0Wm0vK3B0R2FieXVDMjBRd2kvZ
        NQmdOVkhSTUJBZjhFCkFqQUFNQTRHQTFVZER3RUIvd1FFQXdJSGdEQnBC
        WmdsK2gyTTg3QmtGMjhWbW1CdFFVaWc3OEgrRkYyRTFwdSt4ZVRJbVFFM
        lLQllsdWpOcjFTMnRLR05EMUc2OVJpK2FWNGw2NTdZNCtadVJMZgpRYjk
        zSFNwSDdwVXBCYnA4dmtNanFtZjJma3RqZHBxeFppUUtTbndWZTF2Zwot
        25PZnpZNEhONApXY0pTaUpZK2xtYWs3RTRORUZXZS9RdGp4NUlXZmdvN2
        WpiMjB2WlhoaGJYQnNaUzVqY215aU9L=
      </certificate>
    </trusted-certificate>
  </trusted-certificates>

</keychain>

The following example illustrates a "certificate-expiration" notification in XML.

['\' line wrapping added for formatting only]

<notification
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0">
  <eventTime>2016-07-08T00:01:00Z</eventTime>
  <certificate-expiration 
    xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system-keychain">
    <certificate>
      /kc:keychain/kc:private-keys/kc:private-key/kc:certificate-chains\
      /kc:certificate-chain/kc:certificate[3]
    </certificate>
    <expiration-date>2016-08-08T14:18:53-05:00</expiration-date>
  </certificate-expiration>
</notification>

4.1.3. YANG Model

This YANG module makes extensive use of data types defined in [RFC5280] and [RFC5958].


<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-system-keychain@2016-03-16.yang"

module ietf-system-keychain {
  yang-version 1.1;

  namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system-keychain";
  prefix "kc";

  import ietf-yang-types {     // RFC 6991
    prefix yang;
  }

  organization
   "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";

  contact
   "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
    WG List:  <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>

    WG Chair: Mehmet Ersue
              <mailto:mehmet.ersue@nsn.com>

    WG Chair: Mahesh Jethanandani
              <mailto:mjethanandani@gmail.com>

    Editor:   Kent Watsen
              <mailto:kwatsen@juniper.net>";


  description
   "This module defines a keychain to centralize management of
    security credentials.

    Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
    authors of the code. All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
    without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
    to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD
    License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
    Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
    (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

    This version of this YANG module is part of RFC VVVV; see
    the RFC itself for full legal notices.";

  revision "2016-03-16" {
    description
     "Initial version";
    reference
     "RFC VVVV: NETCONF Server and RESTCONF Server Configuration 
                Models";
  }

  typedef algorithms {
    type enumeration {
      enum rsa { description "The RSA algorithm."; }
      enum secp192r1 { description "The secp192r1 algorithm."; }
      enum secp256r1 { description "The secp256r1 algorithm."; }
      enum secp384r1 { description "The secp384r1 algorithm."; }
      enum secp521r1 { description "The secp521r1 algorithm."; }
      // what about ecdh_x25519 and ecdh_x448 in TLS 1.3?
    }
    description
      "Asymmetric key algorithms.  This list has been trimmed down
       to the minimal subset of algorithms recommended by the IETF.
       Please see the Design Consideration section in RFC VVVV for
       more information about this.";
  }

  container keychain {
    description
      "A list of private-keys and their associated certificates, as
       well as lists of trusted certificates for client certificate 
       authentication.  RPCs are provided to generate a new private
       key and to generate a certificate signing requests.";

    container private-keys {
      description
        "A list of private key maintained by the keychain.";
      list private-key {
        key name;
        description
          "A private key.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for the private key.";
        }
        leaf algorithm {
          type kc:algorithms;
          config false;
          description
            "The algorithm used by the private key.";
        }
        leaf key-length {
          type uint32;
          config false;
          description
            "The key-length used by the private key.";
        }
        leaf public-key {
          type binary;
          config false;
          mandatory true;
          description
            "An OneAsymmetricKey 'publicKey' structure as specified
             by RFC 5958, Section 2 encoded using the ASN.1 
             distinguished encoding rules (DER), as specified
             in ITU-T X.690.";
          reference
            "RFC 5958:
                Asymmetric Key Packages
             ITU-T X.690:
                Information technology – ASN.1 encoding rules:
                Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), 
                Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished
                Encoding Rules (DER).";
        }
        container certificate-chains {
          description
            "Certificate chains associated with this private key.
             More than one chain per key is enabled to support,
             for instance, a TPM-protected key that has associated
             both IDevID and LDevID certificates.";
          list certificate-chain {
            key name;
            description
              "A certificate chain for this public key.";
            leaf name {
              type string;
              description
                "An arbitrary name for the certificate chain.";
            }
            leaf-list certificate {
              type binary;
              ordered-by user;
              description
                "An X.509 v3 certificate structure as specified by RFC
                 5280, Section 4 encoded using the ASN.1 distinguished
                 encoding rules (DER), as specified in ITU-T X.690. 
                 The list of certificates that run from the server
                 certificate towards the trust anchor.  The chain MAY
                 include the trust anchor certificate itself.";
              reference
                "RFC 5280:
                   Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate
                   and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile.
                 ITU-T X.690:
                    Information technology – ASN.1 encoding rules:
                    Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER),
                    Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished
                    Encoding Rules (DER).";
            }
          }
        }
        action generate-certificate-signing-request {
          description
            "Generates a certificate signing request structure for
             the associated private key using the passed subject and
             attribute values.  Please review both the Security
             Considerations and Design Considerations sections in
             RFC VVVV for more information regarding this action
             statement.";
          input {
            leaf subject {
              type binary;
              mandatory true;
              description
                "The 'subject' field from the CertificationRequestInfo
                 structure as specified by RFC 2986, Section 4.1 encoded
                 using the ASN.1 distinguished encoding rules (DER), as
                 specified in ITU-T X.690.";
              reference
                "RFC 2986:
                   PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification
                   Version 1.7.
                 ITU-T X.690:
                    Information technology – ASN.1 encoding rules:
                    Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), 
                    Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished
                    Encoding Rules (DER).";
            } 
            leaf attributes {
              type binary;
              description 
               "The 'attributes' field from the CertificationRequestInfo
                structure as specified by RFC 2986, Section 4.1 encoded
                using the ASN.1 distinguished encoding rules (DER), as
                specified in ITU-T X.690.";
              reference
                "RFC 2986:
                   PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification
                   Version 1.7.
                 ITU-T X.690:
                    Information technology – ASN.1 encoding rules:
                    Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), 
                    Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished
                    Encoding Rules (DER).";
            }
          }
          output {
            leaf certificate-signing-request {
              type binary;
              mandatory true;
              description
                "A CertificationRequest structure as specified by RFC
                 2986, Section 4.1 encoded using the ASN.1 distinguished
                 encoding rules (DER), as specified in ITU-T X.690.";
              reference
                "RFC 2986:
                   PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification
                   Version 1.7.
                 ITU-T X.690:
                    Information technology – ASN.1 encoding rules:
                    Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), 
                    Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished
                    Encoding Rules (DER).";

            }
          }
        }
      }

      action generate-private-key {
        description
          "Requests the device to generate a private key using the
           specified algorithm and key length.";
        input {
          leaf name {
            type string;
            mandatory true;
            description
              "The name this private-key should have when listed
               in /keychain/private-keys.  As such, the passed 
               value must not match any existing 'name' value.";
          }
          leaf key-usage {
            type enumeration {
              enum signing    { description "signing"; }
              enum encryption { description "encryption"; }
              // unclear if these should be somehow more
              // specific or varied.
            }
            description
              "An optional parameter further restricting the use of
               this key.  Some algorithms inherently restrict use
               (DH for signing) whereas others can support more than
               one use (RSA).  This flag forces the device to only
               allow the key to be used for the indicated purposes.";
          }
          leaf algorithm {
            type kc:algorithms;
            mandatory true;
            description
              "The algorithm to be used when generating the key.";
          }
          leaf key-length {
            type uint32;
            description
              "For algorithms that need a key length specified
               when generating the key.";
          }
        }
      }

      action load-private-key {
        description
          "Requests the device to load a private key";
        input {
          leaf name {
            type string;
            mandatory true;
            description
              "The name this private-key should have when listed
               in /keychain/private-keys.  As such, the passed 
               value must not match any existing 'name' value.";
          }
          leaf private-key {
            type binary;
            mandatory true;
              description
                "An OneAsymmetricKey structure as specified by RFC
                 5958, Section 2 encoded using the ASN.1 distinguished
                 encoding rules (DER), as specified in ITU-T X.690.
                 Note that this is the raw private with no shrouding
                 to protect it.  The strength of this private key
                 MUST NOT be greater than the strength of the secure
                 connection over which it is communicated.  Devices
                 SHOULD fail this request if ever that happens.";
              reference
                "RFC 5958:
                    Asymmetric Key Packages
                 ITU-T X.690:
                    Information technology – ASN.1 encoding rules:
                    Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), 
                    Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished
                    Encoding Rules (DER).";
          }
        }
      }
    }

    list trusted-certificates {
      key name;
      description
        "A list of trusted certificates.  Each list SHOULD be specific
         to a purpose.  For instance, there could be one list for
         authenticating NETCONF/RESTCONF client certificates, and
         another list for authenticating manufacturer-signed data,
         and yet another list for authenticated web servers.";
      leaf name {
        type string;
        description
          "An arbitrary name for this list of trusted certificates.";
      }
      leaf description {
        type string;
        description
          "An arbitrary description for this list of trusted
           certificates.";
      }
      list trusted-certificate {
        key name;
        description
          "A trusted certificate for a specific use.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for this trusted certificate.";
        }
        leaf certificate {
          type binary;
          description
            "An X.509 v3 certificate structure as specified by RFC
             5280, Section 4 encoded using the ASN.1 distinguished
             encoding rules (DER), as specified in ITU-T X.690.";
          reference
            "RFC 5280:
               Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate
               and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile.
             ITU-T X.690:
                Information technology – ASN.1 encoding rules:
                Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), 
                Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished
                Encoding Rules (DER).";
        }
      }
    }
  }
  notification certificate-expiration {
    description
      "A notification indicating that a configured certificate is 
       either about to expire or has already expired.  When to send
       notifications is an implementation specific decision, but
       it is RECOMMENDED that a notification be sent once a month
       for 3 months, then once a week for four weeks, and then once
       a day thereafter.";
    leaf certificate {
      type instance-identifier;
      mandatory true;
      description
        "Identifies which certificate is expiring or is expired.";
    }
    leaf expiration-date {
      type yang:date-and-time;
      mandatory true;
      description
        "Identifies the expiration date on the certificate.";
    }
  }
}


<CODE ENDS>

4.2. The SSH Server Model

The SSH Server model presented in this section presents two YANG groupings, one for a server that opens a socket to accept TCP connections on, and another for a server that has had the TCP connection opened for it already (e.g., inetd).

The SSH Server model (like the TLS Server model presented below) is provided as a grouping so that it can be used in different contexts. For instance, the NETCONF Server model presented in Section 4.4 uses one grouping to configure a NETCONF server listening for connections and the other grouping to configure NETCONF call home.

A shared characteristic between both groupings is the ability to configure which host key is presented to clients, the private key for which is held in the keychain configuration presented before. Another shared characteristic is the ability to configure which trusted CA or client certificates the server should be used to authenticate clients when using X.509 based client certificates [RFC6187].

4.2.1. Tree Diagram

The following tree diagram represents the data model for the grouping used to configure an SSH server to listen for TCP connections. The tree diagram for the other grouping is not provided, but it is the same except without the "address" and "port" fields.

NOTE: the diagram below shows "listening-ssh-server" as a YANG container (not a grouping). This temporary container was created only to enable the `pyang` tool to output the tree diagram, as groupings by themselves have no protocol accessible nodes, and hence `pyang` would output an empty tree diagram.

module: ietf-ssh-server
   +--rw listening-ssh-server
      +--rw address?            inet:ip-address
      +--rw port                inet:port-number
      +--rw host-keys
      |  +--rw host-key* [name]
      |     +--rw name           string
      |     +--rw (type)?
      |        +--:(public-key)
      |        |  +--rw public-key?    -> /kc:keychain/private-keys/pri
vate-key/name
      |        +--:(certificate)
      |           +--rw certificate?   -> /kc:keychain/private-keys/pri
vate-key/certificate-chains/certificate-chain/certificate {ssh-x509-cer
ts}?
      +--rw client-cert-auth {ssh-x509-certs}?
         +--rw trusted-ca-certs?       -> /kc:keychain/trusted-certific
ates/name
         +--rw trusted-client-certs?   -> /kc:keychain/trusted-certific
ates/name

4.2.2. Example Usage

This section shows how it would appear if the temporary listening-ssh-server container just mentioned above were populated with some data. This example is consistent with the examples presented earlier in this document.

<listening-ssh-server
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ssh-server">
  <port>830</port>
  <host-keys>
    <host-key>
      <name>deployment-specific-certificate</name>
      <certificate>ex-key-sect571r1-cert</certificate>
    </host-key>
  </host-keys>
  </certificates>
  <client-cert-auth>
    <trusted-ca-certs>
      deployment-specific-ca-certs
    </trusted-ca-certs>
    <trusted-client-certs>
      explicitly-trusted-client-certs
    </trusted-client-certs>
  </client-cert-auth>
</listening-ssh-server>

4.2.3. YANG Model

This YANG module has a normative reference to [RFC4253].


<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-ssh-server@2016-03-16.yang"

module ietf-ssh-server {
  yang-version 1.1;

  namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ssh-server";
  prefix "ts";

  import ietf-inet-types {           // RFC 6991
    prefix inet;
  }
  import ietf-system-keychain {
    prefix kc;                       // RFC VVVV
    revision-date 2016-03-16;
  }

  organization
   "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";

  contact
   "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
    WG List:  <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>

    WG Chair: Mehmet Ersue
              <mailto:mehmet.ersue@nsn.com>

    WG Chair: Mahesh Jethanandani
              <mailto:mjethanandani@gmail.com>

    Editor:   Kent Watsen
              <mailto:kwatsen@juniper.net>";


  description
   "This module defines a reusable grouping for a SSH server that
    can be used as a basis for specific SSH server instances.

    Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
    authors of the code. All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
    without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
    to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD
    License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
    Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
    (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

    This version of this YANG module is part of RFC VVVV; see
    the RFC itself for full legal notices.";

  revision "2016-03-16" {
    description
     "Initial version";
    reference
     "RFC VVVV: NETCONF Server and RESTCONF Server Configuration
                Models";
  }

  // features
  feature ssh-x509-certs {
    description
      "The ssh-x509-certs feature indicates that the NETCONF 
       server supports RFC 6187";
    reference
      "RFC 6187: X.509v3 Certificates for Secure Shell 
       Authentication";
  }

  // grouping
  grouping non-listening-ssh-server-grouping {
    description
      "A reusable grouping for a SSH server that can be used as a
       basis for specific SSH server instances.";

    container host-keys {
      description
        "The list of host-keys the SSH server will present when
         establishing a SSH connection.";
      list host-key {
        key name;
        min-elements 1;
        ordered-by user;
        description
          "An ordered list of host keys the SSH server will use to
           construct its ordered list of algorithms, when sending
           its SSH_MSG_KEXINIT message, as defined in Section 7.1
           of RFC 4253.";
        reference
          "RFC 4253: The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          mandatory true;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for this host-key";
        }
        choice type {
          description
            "The type of host key being specified";
          leaf public-key {
            type leafref {
              path "/kc:keychain/kc:private-keys/kc:private-key/"
                   + "kc:name";
            }
            description
              "The public key is actually identified by the name of
               its cooresponding private-key in the keychain.";
          }
          leaf certificate {
            if-feature ssh-x509-certs;
            type leafref {
              path "/kc:keychain/kc:private-keys/kc:private-key/"
                   + "kc:certificate-chains/kc:certificate-chain/"
                   + "kc:certificate";
            }
            description
              "The name of a certificate in the keychain.";
          }
        }
      }
    }

    container client-cert-auth {
      if-feature ssh-x509-certs;
      description
        "A reference to a list of trusted certificate authority (CA)
         certificates and a reference to a list of trusted client
         certificates.";
      leaf trusted-ca-certs {
        type leafref {
          path "/kc:keychain/kc:trusted-certificates/kc:name";
        }
        description
          "A reference to a list of certificate authority (CA) 
           certificates used by the SSH server to authenticate
           SSH client certificates.";
      }
  
      leaf trusted-client-certs {
        type leafref {
          path "/kc:keychain/kc:trusted-certificates/kc:name";
        }
        description
          "A reference to a list of client certificates used by 
           the SSH server to authenticate SSH client certificates.
           A clients certificate is authenticated if it is an
           exact match to a configured trusted client certificate.";
      }
    }
  }


  grouping listening-ssh-server-grouping {
    description
      "A reusable grouping for a SSH server that can be used as a
       basis for specific SSH server instances.";
    leaf address {
      type inet:ip-address;
      description
       "The IP address of the interface to listen on. The SSH 
        server will listen on all interfaces if no value is
        specified.";
    }
    leaf port {
      type inet:port-number;
      mandatory true;  // will a default augmented in work?
      description
       "The local port number on this interface the SSH server 
        listens on.";
    }
    uses non-listening-ssh-server-grouping;
  }

  container listening-ssh-server {
    description
      "This container will be removed by the RFC Editor. This
       container is currently only present in order to enable
       the `pyang` tool to generate tree diagram output of this
       module (used in the draft) as it otherwise would not
       contain any protocol accessible nodes to output.";

       uses listening-ssh-server-grouping;
  }
}



<CODE ENDS>

4.3. The TLS Server Model

The TLS Server model presented in this section presents two YANG groupings, one for a server that opens a socket to accept TCP connections on, and another for a server that has had the TCP connection opened for it already (e.g., inetd).

The TLS Server model (like the SSH Server model presented above) is provided as a grouping so that it can be used in different contexts. For instance, the NETCONF Server model presented in Section 4.4 uses one grouping to configure a NETCONF server listening for connections and the other grouping to configure NETCONF call home.

A shared characteristic between both groupings is the ability to configure which server certificate is presented to clients, the private key for which is held in the keychain model presented in Section 4.1. Another shared characteristic is the ability to configure which trusted CA or client certificates the server should be used to authenticate clients.

4.3.1. Tree Diagram

The following tree diagram represents the data model for the grouping used to configure an TLS server to listen for TCP connections. The tree diagram for the other grouping is not provided, but it is the same except without the "address" and "port" fields.

NOTE: the diagram below shows "listening-ssh-server" as a YANG container (not a grouping). This temporary container was created only to enable the `pyang` tool to output the tree diagram, as groupings by themselves have no protocol accessible nodes, and hence `pyang` would output an empty tree diagram.

module: ietf-tls-server
   +--rw listening-tls-server
      +--rw address?        inet:ip-address
      +--rw port            inet:port-number
      +--rw certificates
      |  +--rw certificate* [name]
      |     +--rw name    -> /kc:keychain/private-keys/private-key/cert
ificate-chains/certificate-chain/certificate
      +--rw client-auth
         +--rw trusted-ca-certs?       -> /kc:keychain/trusted-certific
ates/name
         +--rw trusted-client-certs?   -> /kc:keychain/trusted-certific
ates/name

4.3.2. Example Usage

<listening-tls-server
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-tls-server">
  <port>6513</port>
  <certificates>
    <certificate>
      <name>ex-key-sect571r1-cert</name>
    </certificate>
  </certificates>
  <client-auth>
    <trusted-ca-certs>
      deployment-specific-ca-certs
    </trusted-ca-certs>
    <trusted-client-certs>
      explicitly-trusted-client-certs
    </trusted-client-certs>
  </client-auth>
</listening-tls-server>

4.3.3. YANG Model


<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-tls-server@2016-03-16.yang"

module ietf-tls-server {
  yang-version 1.1;

  namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-tls-server";
  prefix "ts";

  import ietf-inet-types {           // RFC 6991
    prefix inet;
  }
  import ietf-system-keychain {
    prefix kc;                       // RFC VVVV
    revision-date 2016-03-16;
  }

  organization
   "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";

  contact
   "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
    WG List:  <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>

    WG Chair: Mehmet Ersue
              <mailto:mehmet.ersue@nsn.com>

    WG Chair: Mahesh Jethanandani
              <mailto:mjethanandani@gmail.com>

    Editor:   Kent Watsen
              <mailto:kwatsen@juniper.net>";


  description
   "This module defines a reusable grouping for a TLS server that
    can be used as a basis for specific TLS server instances.

    Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
    authors of the code. All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
    without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
    to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD
    License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
    Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
    (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

    This version of this YANG module is part of RFC VVVV; see
    the RFC itself for full legal notices.";

  revision "2016-03-16" {
    description
     "Initial version";
    reference
     "RFC VVVV: NETCONF Server and RESTCONF Server Configuration
                Models";
  }


  // grouping
  grouping non-listening-tls-server-grouping {
    description
      "A reusable grouping for a TLS server that can be used as a
       basis for specific TLS server instances.";
    container certificates {
      description
        "The list of certificates the TLS server will present when
         establishing a TLS connection in its Certificate message,
         as defined in Section 7.4.2 in RRC 5246.";
      reference
        "RFC 5246:
           The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2";
      list certificate {
        key name;
        min-elements 1;
        description
          "An unordered list of certificates the TLS server can pick 
           from when sending its Server Certificate message.";
        reference
          "RFC 5246: The TLS Protocol, Section 7.4.2";
        leaf name {
          type leafref {
            path "/kc:keychain/kc:private-keys/kc:private-key/"
                 + "kc:certificate-chains/kc:certificate-chain/"
                 + "kc:certificate";
          }
          description
            "The name of the certificate in the keychain.";
        }
      }
    }

    container client-auth {
      description
        "A reference to a list of trusted certificate authority (CA)
         certificates and a reference to a list of trusted client
         certificates.";
      leaf trusted-ca-certs {
        type leafref {
          path "/kc:keychain/kc:trusted-certificates/kc:name";
        }
        description
          "A reference to a list of certificate authority (CA) 
           certificates used by the TLS server to authenticate
           TLS client certificates.";
      }
  
      leaf trusted-client-certs {
        type leafref {
          path "/kc:keychain/kc:trusted-certificates/kc:name";
        }
        description
          "A reference to a list of client certificates used by 
           the TLS server to authenticate TLS client certificates.
           A clients certificate is authenticated if it is an
           exact match to a configured trusted client certificate.";
      }
    }
  }


  grouping listening-tls-server-grouping {
    description
      "A reusable grouping for a TLS server that can be used as a
       basis for specific TLS server instances.";
    leaf address {
      type inet:ip-address;
      description
       "The IP address of the interface to listen on. The TLS
        server will listen on all interfaces if no value is
        specified.";
    }
    leaf port {
      type inet:port-number;
      mandatory true;  // will a default augmented in work?
      description
       "The local port number on this interface the TLTLS server
        listens on.";
    }
    uses non-listening-tls-server-grouping;
  }

  container listening-tls-server {
    description
      "This container will be removed by the RFC Editor. This
       container is currently only present in order to enable
       the `pyang` tool to generate tree diagram output of this
       module (used in the draft) as it otherwise would not
       contain any protocol accessible nodes to output.";

       uses listening-tls-server-grouping;
  }
}



<CODE ENDS>

4.4. The NETCONF Server Model

The NETCONF Server model presented in this section supports servers both listening for connections to accept as well as initiating call-home connections. This model also supports both the SSH and TLS transport protocols, using the SSH Server and TLS Server groupings presented in Section 4.2 and Section 4.3 respectively. All private keys and trusted certificates are held in the keychain model presented in Section 4.1. YANG feature statements are used to enable implementations to advertise which parts of the model the NETCONF server supports.

4.4.1. Tree Diagram

The following tree diagram uses line-wrapping in order to comply with xml2rfc validation. This is annoying as I find that drafts (even txt drafts) look just fine with long lines - maybe xml2rfc should remove this warning? - or pyang could have an option to suppress printing leafref paths?

module: ietf-netconf-server
   +--rw netconf-server
      +--rw session-options
      |  +--rw hello-timeout?   uint16
      +--rw listen {(ssh-listen or tls-listen)}?
      |  +--rw max-sessions?   uint16
      |  +--rw idle-timeout?   uint16
      |  +--rw endpoint* [name]
      |     +--rw name    string
      |     +--rw (transport)
      |        +--:(ssh) {ssh-listen}?
      |        |  +--rw ssh
      |        |     +--rw address?            inet:ip-address
      |        |     +--rw port                inet:port-number
      |        |     +--rw host-keys
      |        |     |  +--rw host-key* [name]
      |        |     |     +--rw name           string
      |        |     |     +--rw (type)?
      |        |     |        +--:(public-key)
      |        |     |        |  +--rw public-key?    -> /kc:keychain/p
rivate-keys/private-key/name
      |        |     |        +--:(certificate)
      |        |     |           +--rw certificate?   -> /kc:keychain/p
rivate-keys/private-key/certificate-chains/certificate-chain/certificat
e {ssh-x509-certs}?
      |        |     +--rw client-cert-auth {ssh-x509-certs}?
      |        |        +--rw trusted-ca-certs?       -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
      |        |        +--rw trusted-client-certs?   -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
      |        +--:(tls) {tls-listen}?
      |           +--rw tls
      |              +--rw address?        inet:ip-address
      |              +--rw port            inet:port-number
      |              +--rw certificates
      |              |  +--rw certificate* [name]
      |              |     +--rw name    -> /kc:keychain/private-keys/p
rivate-key/certificate-chains/certificate-chain/certificate
      |              +--rw client-auth
      |                 +--rw trusted-ca-certs?       -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
      |                 +--rw trusted-client-certs?   -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
      |                 +--rw cert-maps
      |                    +--rw cert-to-name* [id]
      |                       +--rw id             uint32
      |                       +--rw fingerprint    x509c2n:tls-fingerpr
int
      |                       +--rw map-type       identityref
      |                       +--rw name           string
      +--rw call-home {(ssh-call-home or tls-call-home)}?
         +--rw netconf-client* [name]
            +--rw name                  string
            +--rw (transport)
            |  +--:(ssh) {ssh-call-home}?
            |  |  +--rw ssh
            |  |     +--rw endpoints
            |  |     |  +--rw endpoint* [name]
            |  |     |     +--rw name       string
            |  |     |     +--rw address    inet:host
            |  |     |     +--rw port?      inet:port-number
            |  |     +--rw host-keys
            |  |     |  +--rw host-key* [name]
            |  |     |     +--rw name           string
            |  |     |     +--rw (type)?
            |  |     |        +--:(public-key)
            |  |     |        |  +--rw public-key?    -> /kc:keychain/p
rivate-keys/private-key/name
            |  |     |        +--:(certificate)
            |  |     |           +--rw certificate?   -> /kc:keychain/p
rivate-keys/private-key/certificate-chains/certificate-chain/certificat
e {ssh-x509-certs}?
            |  |     +--rw client-cert-auth {ssh-x509-certs}?
            |  |        +--rw trusted-ca-certs?       -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
            |  |        +--rw trusted-client-certs?   -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
            |  +--:(tls) {tls-call-home}?
            |     +--rw tls
            |        +--rw endpoints
            |        |  +--rw endpoint* [name]
            |        |     +--rw name       string
            |        |     +--rw address    inet:host
            |        |     +--rw port?      inet:port-number
            |        +--rw certificates
            |        |  +--rw certificate* [name]
            |        |     +--rw name    -> /kc:keychain/private-keys/p
rivate-key/certificate-chains/certificate-chain/certificate
            |        +--rw client-auth
            |           +--rw trusted-ca-certs?       -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
            |           +--rw trusted-client-certs?   -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
            |           +--rw cert-maps
            |              +--rw cert-to-name* [id]
            |                 +--rw id             uint32
            |                 +--rw fingerprint    x509c2n:tls-fingerpr
int
            |                 +--rw map-type       identityref
            |                 +--rw name           string
            +--rw connection-type
            |  +--rw (connection-type)?
            |     +--:(persistent-connection)
            |     |  +--rw persistent!
            |     |     +--rw idle-timeout?   uint32
            |     |     +--rw keep-alives
            |     |        +--rw max-wait?       uint16
            |     |        +--rw max-attempts?   uint8
            |     +--:(periodic-connection)
            |        +--rw periodic!
            |           +--rw idle-timeout?        uint16
            |           +--rw reconnect_timeout?   uint16
            +--rw reconnect-strategy
               +--rw start-with?     enumeration
               +--rw max-attempts?   uint8

4.4.2. Example Usage

Configuring a NETCONF Server to listen for NETCONF client connections using both the SSH and TLS transport protocols, as well as configuring call-home to two NETCONF clients, one using SSH and the other using TLS.

This example is consistent with other examples presented in this document.

<netconf-server
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-server">
  <listen>

    <!-- listening for SSH connections -->
    <endpoint>
      <name>netconf/ssh</name>
      <ssh>
        <address>11.22.33.44</address>
        <host-keys>
          <host-key>
            <public-key>my-rsa-key</public-key>
          </host-key>
          <host-key>
            <certificate>TPM key</certificate>
          </host-key>
        </host-keys>
        <client-cert-auth>
          <trusted-ca-certs>
            deployment-specific-ca-certs
          </trusted-ca-certs>
          <trusted-client-certs>
            explicitly-trusted-client-certs
          </trusted-client-certs>
        </client-cert-auth>
      </ssh>
    </endpoint>

    <!-- listening for TLS connections -->
    <endpoint>
      <name>netconf/tls</name>
      <tls>
        <address>11.22.33.44</address>
        <certificates>
          <certificate>ex-key-sect571r1-cert</certificate>
        </certificates>
        <client-auth>
          <trusted-ca-certs>
            deployment-specific-ca-certs
          </trusted-ca-certs>
          <trusted-client-certs>
            explicitly-trusted-client-certs
          </trusted-client-certs>
          <cert-maps>
            <cert-to-name>
              <id>1</id>
              <fingerprint>11:0A:05:11:00</fingerprint>
              <map-type>x509c2n:san-any</map-type>
            </cert-to-name>
            <cert-to-name>
              <id>2</id>
              <fingerprint>B3:4F:A1:8C:54</fingerprint>
              <map-type>x509c2n:specified</map-type>
              <name>scooby-doo</name>
            </cert-to-name>
          </cert-maps>
        </client-auth>
      </tls>
    </endpoint>

  </listen>
  <call-home>

    <!-- calling home to an SSH-based NETCONF client -->
    <netconf-client>
      <name>config-mgr</name>
      <ssh>
        <endpoints>
          <endpoint>
            <name>east-data-center</name>
            <address>11.22.33.44</address>
          </endpoint>
          <endpoint>
            <name>west-data-center</name>
            <address>55.66.77.88</address>
          </endpoint>
        </endpoints>
        <host-keys>
          <host-key>
            <certificate>TPM key</certificate>
          </host-key>
        </host-keys>
        <client-cert-auth>
          <trusted-ca-certs>
            deployment-specific-ca-certs
          </trusted-ca-certs>
          <trusted-client-certs>
            explicitly-trusted-client-certs
          </trusted-client-certs>
        </client-cert-auth>
      </ssh>
      <connection-type>
        <periodic>
          <idle-timeout>300</idle-timeout>
          <reconnect-timeout>60</reconnect-timeout>
        </periodic>
      </connection-type>
      <reconnect-strategy>
        <start-with>last-connected</start-with>
        <max-attempts>3</max-attempts>
      </reconnect-strategy>
    </netconf-client>

    <!-- calling home to a TLS-based NETCONF client -->
    <netconf-client>
      <name>event-correlator</name>
      <tls>
        <endpoints>
          <endpoint>
            <name>east-data-center</name>
            <address>22.33.44.55</address>
          </endpoint>
          <endpoint>
            <name>west-data-center</name>
            <address>33.44.55.66</address>
          </endpoint>
        </endpoints>
        <certificates>
          <certificate>ex-key-sect571r1-cert</certificate>
        </certificates>
        <client-auth>
          <trusted-ca-certs>
            deployment-specific-ca-certs
          </trusted-ca-certs>
          <trusted-client-certs>
            explicitly-trusted-client-certs
          </trusted-client-certs>
          <cert-maps>
            <cert-to-name>
              <id>1</id>
              <fingerprint>11:0A:05:11:00</fingerprint>
              <map-type>x509c2n:san-any</map-type>
            </cert-to-name>
            <cert-to-name>
              <id>2</id>
              <fingerprint>B3:4F:A1:8C:54</fingerprint>
              <map-type>x509c2n:specified</map-type>
              <name>scooby-doo</name>
            </cert-to-name>
          </cert-maps>
        </client-auth>
      </tls>
      <connection-type>
        <persistent>
          <idle-timeout>300</idle-timeout>
          <keep-alives>
            <max-wait>30</max-wait>
            <max-attempts>3</max-attempts>
          </keep-alives>
        </persistent>
      </connection-type>
      <reconnect-strategy>
        <start-with>first-listed</start-with>
        <max-attempts>3</max-attempts>
      </reconnect-strategy>
    </netconf-client>

  </call-home>
</netconf-server>

4.4.3. YANG Model

This YANG module imports YANG types from [RFC6991] and [RFC7407].


<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-netconf-server@2016-03-16.yang"

module ietf-netconf-server {
  yang-version 1.1;

  namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-server";
  prefix "ncserver";

  import ietf-inet-types {           // RFC 6991
    prefix inet;
  }
  import ietf-x509-cert-to-name {    // RFC 7407
    prefix x509c2n;
  }  
  import ietf-ssh-server {           // RFC VVVV
    prefix ss;
    revision-date 2016-03-16;
  }
  import ietf-tls-server {           // RFC VVVV
    prefix ts;
    revision-date 2016-03-16;
  }

 
  organization
   "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";

  contact
   "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
    WG List:  <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>

    WG Chair: Mehmet Ersue
              <mailto:mehmet.ersue@nsn.com>

    WG Chair: Mahesh Jethanandani
              <mailto:mjethanandani@gmail.com>

    Editor:   Kent Watsen
              <mailto:kwatsen@juniper.net>";


  description
   "This module contains a collection of YANG definitions for
    configuring NETCONF servers.

    Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
    authors of the code. All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
    without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
    to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD
    License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
    Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
    (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

    This version of this YANG module is part of RFC VVVV; see
    the RFC itself for full legal notices.";

  revision "2016-03-16" {
    description
     "Initial version";
    reference
     "RFC VVVV: NETCONF Server and RESTCONF Server Configuration
                Models";
  }


  // Features

  feature ssh-listen {
    description
     "The ssh-listen feature indicates that the NETCONF server 
      supports opening a port to accept NETCONF over SSH 
      client connections."; 
    reference
     "RFC 6242: Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH)";
  }

  feature ssh-call-home {
    description
     "The ssh-call-home feature indicates that the NETCONF 
      server supports initiating a NETCONF over SSH call
      home connection to NETCONF clients.";
    reference
     "RFC YYYY: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home";
  }

  feature tls-listen {
    description
     "The tls-listen feature indicates that the NETCONF server 
      supports opening a port to accept NETCONF over TLS 
      client connections."; 
    reference
     "RFC 7589: Using the NETCONF Protocol over Transport
                Layer Security (TLS) with Mutual X.509
                Authentication";
  }

  feature tls-call-home {
    description
     "The tls-call-home feature indicates that the NETCONF 
      server supports initiating a NETCONF over TLS call
      home connection to NETCONF clients.";
    reference
     "RFC YYYY: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home";
  }

  feature ssh-x509-certs {
    description
      "The ssh-x509-certs feature indicates that the NETCONF
       server supports RFC 6187";
    reference
      "RFC 6187: X.509v3 Certificates for Secure Shell 
       Authentication";
  }


  // top-level container  (groupings below)
  container netconf-server {
    description
      "Top-level container for NETCONF server configuration.";

    container session-options {  // SHOULD WE REMOVE THIS ALTOGETHER?
      description
        "NETCONF session options, independent of transport
         or connection strategy.";
      leaf hello-timeout {
        type uint16;
        units "seconds";
        default 600;
        description
          "Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a SSH/TLS
           connection may wait for a hello message to be received.
           A connection will be dropped if no hello message is 
           received before this number of seconds elapses.  If set
           to zero, then the server will wait forever for a hello
           message.";
      }
    }

    container listen {
      if-feature "(ssh-listen or tls-listen)";
      description
        "Configures listen behavior";
      leaf max-sessions {
        type uint16;
        default 0;
        description
          "Specifies the maximum number of concurrent sessions
           that can be active at one time.  The value 0 indicates
           that no artificial session limit should be used.";
      }
      leaf idle-timeout {
        type uint16;
        units "seconds";
        default 3600; // one hour
        description
          "Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a NETCONF
           session may remain idle. A NETCONF session will be dropped
           if it is idle for an interval longer than this number of
           seconds.  If set to zero, then the server will never drop
           a session because it is idle.  Sessions that have a 
           notification subscription active are never dropped.";
      }
      list endpoint {
        key name;
        description
          "List of endpoints to listen for NETCONF connections on.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for the NETCONF listen endpoint.";
        }
        choice transport {
          mandatory true;
          description
            "Selects between available transports.";
          case ssh {
            if-feature ssh-listen;
            container ssh {
              description
                "SSH-specific listening configuration for inbound
                 connections.";
              uses ss:listening-ssh-server-grouping {
                refine port {
                  default 830;
                }
              }
            }
          }
          case tls {
            if-feature tls-listen;
            container tls {
              description
                "TLS-specific listening configuration for inbound
                 connections.";
              uses ts:listening-tls-server-grouping {
                refine port {
                  default 6513;
                }
                augment "client-auth" {
                  description
                    "Augments in the cert-to-name structure.";
                  uses cert-maps-grouping;
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }

    container call-home {
      if-feature "(ssh-call-home or tls-call-home)";
      description
        "Configures call-home behavior";
      list netconf-client {
        key name;
        description
          "List of NETCONF clients the NETCONF server is to initiate
           call-home connections to.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for the remote NETCONF client.";
        }
        choice transport {
          mandatory true;
          description
            "Selects between available transports.";
          case ssh {
            if-feature ssh-call-home;
            container ssh {
              description
                "Specifies SSH-specific call-home transport
                 configuration.";
              uses endpoints-container {
                refine endpoints/endpoint/port {
                  default 7777;
                }
              }
              uses ss:non-listening-ssh-server-grouping;
            }
          }
          case tls {
            if-feature tls-call-home;
            container tls {
              description
                "Specifies TLS-specific call-home transport
                 configuration.";
              uses endpoints-container {
                refine endpoints/endpoint/port {
                  default 8888;
                }
              }
              uses ts:non-listening-tls-server-grouping {
                augment "client-auth" {
                  description
                    "Augments in the cert-to-name structure.";
                  uses cert-maps-grouping;
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
        container connection-type {
          description
           "Indicates the kind of connection to use.";
          choice connection-type {
            description
              "Selects between available connection types.";
            case persistent-connection {
              container persistent {
                presence true;
                description
                 "Maintain a persistent connection to the NETCONF 
                  client. If the connection goes down, immediately 
                  start trying to reconnect to it, using the 
                  reconnection strategy.
    
                  This connection type minimizes any NETCONF client
                  to NETCONF server data-transfer delay, albeit at 
                  the expense of holding resources longer.";
                leaf idle-timeout {
                  type uint32;
                  units "seconds";
                  default 86400;  // one day;
                  description
                    "Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a 
                     a NETCONF session may remain idle. A NETCONF 
                     session will be dropped if it is idle for an 
                     interval longer than this number of seconds.  
                     If set to zero, then the server will never drop
                     a session because it is idle.  Sessions that 
                     have a notification subscription active are 
                     never dropped.";
                }
                container keep-alives {
                  description
                    "Configures the keep-alive policy, to proactively
                     test the aliveness of the SSH/TLS client.  An
                     unresponsive SSH/TLS client will be dropped after
                     approximately max-attempts * max-wait seconds.";
                  reference
                    "RFC YYYY: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call
                     Home, Section 3.1, item S6";
                  leaf max-wait {
                    type uint16 {
                      range "1..max";
                    }
                    units seconds;
                    default 30;
                    description
                     "Sets the amount of time in seconds after which 
                      if no data has been received from the SSH/TLS
                      client, a SSH/TLS-level message will be sent 
                      to test the aliveness of the SSH/TLS client.";
                  }
                  leaf max-attempts {
                    type uint8;
                    default 3;
                    description
                     "Sets the number of maximum number of sequential
                      keep-alive messages that can fail to obtain a
                      response from the SSH/TLS client before assuming
                      the SSH/TLS client is no longer alive.";
                  }
                }
              }
            }
            case periodic-connection {
              container periodic {
                presence true;
                description
                 "Periodically connect to the NETCONF client, so that
                  the NETCONF client may deliver messages pending for
                  the NETCONF server.  The NETCONF client is expected
                  to close the connection when it is ready to release
                  it, thus starting the NETCONF server's timer until
                  next connection.";
                leaf idle-timeout {
                  type uint16;
                  units "seconds";
                  default 300; // five minutes
                  description
                    "Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a 
                     a NETCONF session may remain idle. A NETCONF 
                     session will be dropped if it is idle for an 
                     interval longer than this number of seconds.  
                     If set to zero, then the server will never drop
                     a session because it is idle.  Sessions that 
                     have a notification subscription active are 
                     never dropped.";
                }
                leaf reconnect_timeout {
                  type uint16 {
                    range "1..max";
                  }
                  units minutes;
                  default 60;
                  description
                   "Sets the maximum amount of unconnected time the 
                    NETCONF server will wait before re-establishing
                    a connection to the NETCONF client.  The NETCONF
                    server may initiate a connection before this 
                    time if desired (e.g., to deliver an event
                    notification message).";
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
        container reconnect-strategy {
          description
           "The reconnection strategy guides how a NETCONF server 
            reconnects to a NETCONF client, after discovering its
            connection to the client has dropped.  The NETCONF 
            server starts with the specified endpoint and tries
            to connect to it max-attempts times before trying the
            next endpoint in the list (round robin).";
          leaf start-with {
            type enumeration {
              enum first-listed {
                description
                  "Indicates that reconnections should start with
                   the first endpoint listed.";
              }
              enum last-connected { 
                description
                  "Indicates that reconnections should start with
                   the endpoint last connected to.  If no previous
                   connection has ever been established, then the
                   first endpoint configured is used.   NETCONF 
                   servers SHOULD be able to remember the last 
                   endpoint connected to across reboots.";
              }
            }
            default first-listed;
            description
             "Specifies which of the NETCONF client's endpoints the
              NETCONF server should start with when trying to connect
              to the NETCONF client.";
          }
          leaf max-attempts {
            type uint8 {
              range "1..max";
            }
            default 3;
            description
             "Specifies the number times the NETCONF server tries to
              connect to a specific endpoint before moving on to the
              next endpoint in the list (round robin).";
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }


  grouping cert-maps-grouping {
    description
      "A grouping that defines a container around the
       cert-to-name structure defined in RFC 7407.";
    container cert-maps {
      uses x509c2n:cert-to-name;
      description
       "The cert-maps container is used by a TLS-based NETCONF
        server to map the NETCONF client's presented X.509
        certificate to a NETCONF username.  If no matching and
        valid cert-to-name list entry can be found, then the
        NETCONF server MUST close the connection, and MUST NOT
        accept NETCONF messages over it.";
      reference
        "RFC WWWW: NETCONF over TLS, Section 7";
    }
  }

 
  grouping endpoints-container {
    description
      "This grouping is used by both the ssh and tls containers
       for call-home configurations.";
    container endpoints {
      description
        "Container for the list of endpoints.";
      list endpoint {
        key name;
        min-elements 1;
        ordered-by user;
        description
          "User-ordered list of endpoints for this NETCONF client.
           Defining more than one enables high-availability.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for this endpoint.";
        }
        leaf address {
          type inet:host;
          mandatory true;
          description
           "The IP address or hostname of the endpoint.  If a 
            hostname is configured and the DNS resolution results
            in more than one IP address, the NETCONF server 
            will process the IP addresses as if they had been
            explicitly configured in place of the hostname.";
        }
        leaf port {
          type inet:port-number;
          description
           "The IP port for this endpoint. The NETCONF server will
            use the IANA-assigned well-known port if no value is 
            specified.";
        }
      }
    }
  }

}


<CODE ENDS>

4.5. The RESTCONF Server Model

The RESTCONF Server model presented in this section supports servers both listening for connections to accept as well as initiating call-home connections. This model supports the TLS transport only, as RESTCONF only supports HTTPS, using the TLS Server groupings presented in Section 4.3. All private keys and trusted certificates are held in the keychain model presented in Section 4.1. YANG feature statements are used to enable implementations to advertise which parts of the model the RESTCONF server supports.

4.5.1. Tree Diagram

The following tree diagram uses line-wrapping in order to comply with xml2rfc validation. This is annoying as I find that drafts (even txt drafts) look just fine with long lines - maybe xml2rfc should remove this warning? - or pyang could have an option to suppress printing leafref paths?

module: ietf-restconf-server
   +--rw restconf-server
      +--rw listen {tls-listen}?
      |  +--rw max-sessions?   uint16
      |  +--rw endpoint* [name]
      |     +--rw name    string
      |     +--rw (transport)
      |        +--:(tls) {tls-listen}?
      |           +--rw tls
      |              +--rw address?        inet:ip-address
      |              +--rw port            inet:port-number
      |              +--rw certificates
      |              |  +--rw certificate* [name]
      |              |     +--rw name    -> /kc:keychain/private-keys/p
rivate-key/certificate-chains/certificate-chain/certificate
      |              +--rw client-auth
      |                 +--rw trusted-ca-certs?       -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
      |                 +--rw trusted-client-certs?   -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
      |                 +--rw cert-maps
      |                    +--rw cert-to-name* [id]
      |                       +--rw id             uint32
      |                       +--rw fingerprint    x509c2n:tls-fingerpr
int
      |                       +--rw map-type       identityref
      |                       +--rw name           string
      +--rw call-home {tls-call-home}?
         +--rw restconf-client* [name]
            +--rw name                  string
            +--rw (transport)
            |  +--:(tls) {tls-call-home}?
            |     +--rw tls
            |        +--rw endpoints
            |        |  +--rw endpoint* [name]
            |        |     +--rw name       string
            |        |     +--rw address    inet:host
            |        |     +--rw port?      inet:port-number
            |        +--rw certificates
            |        |  +--rw certificate* [name]
            |        |     +--rw name    -> /kc:keychain/private-keys/p
rivate-key/certificate-chains/certificate-chain/certificate
            |        +--rw client-auth
            |           +--rw trusted-ca-certs?       -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
            |           +--rw trusted-client-certs?   -> /kc:keychain/t
rusted-certificates/name
            |           +--rw cert-maps
            |              +--rw cert-to-name* [id]
            |                 +--rw id             uint32
            |                 +--rw fingerprint    x509c2n:tls-fingerpr
int
            |                 +--rw map-type       identityref
            |                 +--rw name           string
            +--rw connection-type
            |  +--rw (connection-type)?
            |     +--:(persistent-connection)
            |     |  +--rw persistent!
            |     |     +--rw keep-alives
            |     |        +--rw max-wait?       uint16
            |     |        +--rw max-attempts?   uint8
            |     +--:(periodic-connection)
            |        +--rw periodic!
            |           +--rw reconnect-timeout?   uint16
            +--rw reconnect-strategy
               +--rw start-with?     enumeration
               +--rw max-attempts?   uint8

4.5.2. Example Usage

Configuring a RESTCONF Server to listen for RESTCONF client connections, as well as configuring call-home to one RESTCONF client.

This example is consistent with other examples presented in this document.

<restconf-server 
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-server">

  <!-- listening for TLS (HTTPS) connections -->
  <listen>
    <endpoint>
      <name>netconf/tls</name>
      <tls>
        <address>11.22.33.44</address>
        <certificates>
          <certificate>ex-key-sect571r1-cert</certificate>
        </certificates>
        <client-auth>
          <trusted-ca-certs>
            deployment-specific-ca-certs
          </trusted-ca-certs>
          <trusted-client-certs>
            explicitly-trusted-client-certs
          </trusted-client-certs>
          <cert-maps>
            <cert-to-name>
              <id>1</id>
              <fingerprint>11:0A:05:11:00</fingerprint>
              <map-type>x509c2n:san-any</map-type>
            </cert-to-name>
            <cert-to-name>
              <id>2</id>
              <fingerprint>B3:4F:A1:8C:54</fingerprint>
              <map-type>x509c2n:specified</map-type>
              <name>scooby-doo</name>
            </cert-to-name>
          </cert-maps>
        </client-auth>
      </tls>

    </endpoint>
  </listen>

  <!-- calling home to a RESTCONF client -->
  <call-home>
    <restconf-client>
      <name>config-manager</name>
      <tls>
        <endpoints>
          <endpoint>
            <name>east-data-center</name>
            <address>22.33.44.55</address>
          </endpoint>
          <endpoint>
            <name>west-data-center</name>
            <address>33.44.55.66</address>
          </endpoint>
        </endpoints>
        <certificates>
          <certificate>ex-key-sect571r1-cert</certificate>
        </certificates>
        <client-auth>
          <trusted-ca-certs>
            deployment-specific-ca-certs
          </trusted-ca-certs>
          <trusted-client-certs>
            explicitly-trusted-client-certs
          </trusted-client-certs>
          <cert-maps>
            <cert-to-name>
              <id>1</id>
              <fingerprint>11:0A:05:11:00</fingerprint>
              <map-type>x509c2n:san-any</map-type>
            </cert-to-name>
            <cert-to-name>
              <id>2</id>
              <fingerprint>B3:4F:A1:8C:54</fingerprint>
              <map-type>x509c2n:specified</map-type>
              <name>scooby-doo</name>
            </cert-to-name>
          </cert-maps>
        </client-auth>
      </tls>
      <connection-type>
        <periodic>
          <idle-timeout>300</idle-timeout>
          <reconnect-timeout>60</reconnect-timeout>
        </periodic>
      </connection-type>
      <reconnect-strategy>
        <start-with>last-connected</start-with>
        <max-attempts>3</max-attempts>
      </reconnect-strategy>
    </restconf-client>
  </call-home>

</restconf-server>

4.5.3. YANG Model

This YANG module imports YANG types from [RFC6991] and [RFC7407].


<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-restconf-server@2016-03-16.yang"

module ietf-restconf-server {
  yang-version 1.1;

  namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-server";
  prefix "rcserver";

  //import ietf-netconf-acm {
  //  prefix nacm;                     // RFC 6536
  //}
  import ietf-inet-types {           // RFC 6991
    prefix inet;
  }
  import ietf-x509-cert-to-name {    // RFC 7407
    prefix x509c2n;
  }
  import ietf-tls-server {           // RFC VVVV
    prefix ts;
    revision-date 2016-03-16;
  }

  organization
   "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";

  contact
   "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
    WG List:  <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>

    WG Chair: Mehmet Ersue
              <mailto:mehmet.ersue@nsn.com>

    WG Chair: Mahesh Jethanandani
              <mailto:mjethanandani@gmail.com>

    Editor:   Kent Watsen
              <mailto:kwatsen@juniper.net>";


  description
   "This module contains a collection of YANG definitions for
    configuring RESTCONF servers.

    Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
    authors of the code. All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
    without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
    to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD
    License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
    Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
    (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

    This version of this YANG module is part of RFC VVVV; see
    the RFC itself for full legal notices.";

  revision "2016-03-16" {
    description
     "Initial version";
    reference
     "RFC VVVV: NETCONF Server and RESTCONF Server Configuration
                Models";
  }


  // Features

  feature tls-listen {
    description
     "The listen feature indicates that the RESTCONF server 
      supports opening a port to listen for incoming RESTCONF
      client connections.";
    reference
     "RFC XXXX: RESTCONF Protocol";
  }

  feature tls-call-home {
    description
     "The call-home feature indicates that the RESTCONF server 
      supports initiating connections to RESTCONF clients.";
    reference
     "RFC YYYY: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home";
  }

  feature client-cert-auth {
    description
     "The client-cert-auth feature indicates that the RESTCONF
      server supports the ClientCertificate authentication scheme.";
    reference
     "RFC ZZZZ: Client Authentication over New TLS Connection";
  }


  // top-level container
  container restconf-server {
    description
      "Top-level container for RESTCONF server configuration.";

    container listen {
      if-feature tls-listen;
      description
        "Configures listen behavior";
      leaf max-sessions {
        type uint16;
        default 0;   // should this be 'max'?
        description
          "Specifies the maximum number of concurrent sessions
           that can be active at one time.  The value 0 indicates
           that no artificial session limit should be used.";
      }
      list endpoint {
        key name;
        description
          "List of endpoints to listen for RESTCONF connections on.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for the RESTCONF listen endpoint.";
        }
        choice transport {
          mandatory true;
          description
            "Selects between available transports.";
          case tls {
            if-feature tls-listen;
            container tls {
              description
                "TLS-specific listening configuration for inbound
                 connections.";
              uses ts:listening-tls-server-grouping {
                refine port {
                  default 443;
                }
                augment "client-auth" {
                  description
                    "Augments in the cert-to-name structure.";
                  uses cert-maps-grouping;
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }

    container call-home {
      if-feature tls-call-home;
      description
        "Configures call-home behavior";
      list restconf-client {
        key name;
        description
          "List of RESTCONF clients the RESTCONF server is to 
           initiate call-home connections to.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for the remote RESTCONF client.";
        }
        choice transport {
          mandatory true;
          description
            "Selects between TLS and any transports augmented in.";
          case tls {
            if-feature tls-call-home;
            container tls {
              description
                "Specifies TLS-specific call-home transport
                 configuration.";
              uses endpoints-container {
                refine endpoints/endpoint/port {
                  default 9999;
                }
              }
              uses ts:non-listening-tls-server-grouping {
                augment "client-auth" {
                  description
                    "Augments in the cert-to-name structure.";
                  uses cert-maps-grouping;
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
        container connection-type {
          description
           "Indicates the RESTCONF client's preference for how the
            RESTCONF server's connection is maintained.";
          choice connection-type {
            description
              "Selects between available connection types.";
            case persistent-connection {
              container persistent {
                presence true;
                description
                 "Maintain a persistent connection to the RESTCONF 
                  client. If the connection goes down, immediately 
                  start trying to reconnect to it, using the 
                  reconnection strategy.
    
                  This connection type minimizes any RESTCONF client
                  to RESTCONF server data-transfer delay, albeit at 
                  the expense of holding resources longer.";

                container keep-alives {
                  description
                    "Configures the keep-alive policy, to proactively
                     test the aliveness of the TLS client.  An
                     unresponsive TLS client will be dropped after 
                     approximately (max-attempts * max-wait) seconds.";
                  reference
                    "RFC YYYY: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home,
                     Section 3.1, item S6";
                  leaf max-wait {
                    type uint16 {
                      range "1..max";
                    }
                    units seconds;
                    default 30;
                    description
                     "Sets the amount of time in seconds after which 
                      if no data has been received from the TLS
                      client, a TLS-level message will be sent to 
                      test the aliveness of the TLS client.";
                  }
                  leaf max-attempts {
                    type uint8;
                    default 3;
                    description
                     "Sets the number of sequential keep-alive messages
                      that can fail to obtain a response from the TLS
                      client before assuming the TLS client is no
                      longer alive.";  
                  }
                }
              }
            }
            case periodic-connection {
              container periodic {
                presence true;
                description
                 "Periodically connect to the RESTCONF client, so that
                  the RESTCONF client may deliver messages pending for
                  the RESTCONF server.  The RESTCONF client is expected
                  to close the connection when it is ready to release
                  it, thus starting the RESTCONF server's timer until
                  next connection.";
                leaf reconnect-timeout {
                  type uint16 {
                    range "1..max";
                  }
                  units minutes;
                  default 60;
                  description
                   "The maximum amount of unconnected time the RESTCONF
                    server will wait before re-establishing a connection 
                    to the RESTCONF client.  The RESTCONF server may 
                    initiate a connection before this time if desired 
                    (e.g., to deliver a notification).";
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
        container reconnect-strategy {
          description
           "The reconnection strategy guides how a RESTCONF server 
            reconnects to an RESTCONF client, after losing a connection
            to it, even if due to a reboot.  The RESTCONF server starts 
            with the specified endpoint and tries to connect to it 
            max-attempts times before trying the next endpoint in the 
            list (round robin).";
          leaf start-with {
            type enumeration {
              enum first-listed {
                description
                  "Indicates that reconnections should start with
                   the first endpoint listed.";
              }
              enum last-connected { 
                description
                  "Indicates that reconnections should start with
                   the endpoint last connected to.  If no previous
                   connection has ever been established, then the
                   first endpoint configured is used.   RESTCONF 
                   servers SHOULD be able to remember the last 
                   endpoint connected to across reboots.";
              }
            }
            default first-listed;
            description
             "Specifies which of the RESTCONF client's endpoints the
              RESTCONF server should start with when trying to connect
              to the RESTCONF client.";
          }
          leaf max-attempts {
            type uint8 {
              range "1..max";
            }
            default 3;
            description
             "Specifies the number times the RESTCONF server tries to
              connect to a specific endpoint before moving on to the 
              next endpoint in the list (round robin).";
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }


  grouping cert-maps-grouping {
    description
      "A grouping that defines a container around the
       cert-to-name structure defined in RFC 7407.";
    container cert-maps {
      uses x509c2n:cert-to-name;
      description
       "The cert-maps container is used by a TLS-based RESTCONF
        server to map the RESTCONF client's presented X.509
        certificate to a RESTCONF username.  If no matching and
        valid cert-to-name list entry can be found, then the
        RESTCONF server MUST close the connection, and MUST NOT
        accept RESTCONF messages over it.";
      reference
        "RFC XXXX: The RESTCONF Protocol";
    }
  }

 
  grouping endpoints-container {
    description
      "This grouping is used by tls container for call-home
       configurations.";
    container endpoints {
      description
        "Container for the list of endpoints.";
      list endpoint {
        key name;
        min-elements 1;
        ordered-by user;
        description
          "User-ordered list of endpoints for this RESTCONF client.
           Defining more than one enables high-availability.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "An arbitrary name for this endpoint.";
        }
        leaf address {
          type inet:host;
          mandatory true;
          description
           "The IP address or hostname of the endpoint.  If a 
            hostname is configured and the DNS resolution results
            in more than one IP address, the RESTCONF server 
            will process the IP addresses as if they had been
            explicitly configured in place of the hostname.";
        }
        leaf port {
          type inet:port-number;
          description
           "The IP port for this endpoint. The RESTCONF server will
            use the IANA-assigned well-known port if no value is 
            specified.";
        }
      }
    }
  }


}


<CODE ENDS>

5. Design Considerations

The manner that the both local and remote endpoints have been specified in the ietf-netconf-server and ietf-rest-server modules does not directly support virtual routing and forwarding (VRF), though they have been specified in such a way to enable external modules will augment in VRF designations when needed.

This document uses PKCS #10 [RFC2986] for the "generate-certificate-signing-request" action. The use of Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF) [RFC4211] was considered, but is was unclear if there was market demand for it, and so support for CRMF has been left out of this specification. If it is desired to support CRMF in the future, placing a "choice" statement in both the input and output statements, along with an "if-feature" statement on the CRMF option, would enable a backwards compatible solution.

This document puts a limit of the number of elliptical curves supported. This was done to match industry trends in IETF best practice (e.g., matching work being done in TLS 1.3). In additional algorithms are needed, they MAY be augmented in by another module, or added directly in a future version of this document.

Both this document and Key Chain YANG Data Model [draft-ietf-rtgwg-yang-key-chain] define keychain YANG modules. The authors looked at this and agree that they two modules server different purposes and hence not worth merging into one document. To underscore this further, this document renamed its module from "ietf-keychain" to "ietf-system-keychain" and that other document renamed its module from "ietf-key-chain" to "ietf-routing-key-chain".

For the trusted-certificates list, Trust Anchor Format [RFC5914] was evaluated and deemed inappropriate due to this document's need to also support pinning. That is, pinning a client-certificate to support NETCONF over TLS client authentication.

6. Security Considerations

This document defines a keychain mechanism that is entrusted with the safe keeping of private keys, and the safe keeping of trusted certificates. Nowhere in this API is there an ability to access (read out) a private key once it is known to the keychain. Further, associated public keys and attributes (e.g., algorithm name, key length, etc.) are read-only. That said, this document allows for the deletion of private keys and their certificates, as well the deletion of trusted certificates. Access control mechanisms (e.g., NACM [RFC6536]) MUST be in place so as to authorize such client actions. Further, whilst the data model allows for private keys and trusted certificates in general to be deleted, implementations should be well aware that some privates keys (e.g., those in a TPM) and some trusted certificates, should never be deleted, regardless if the authorization mechanisms would generally allow for such actions.

For the "generate-certificate-signing-request" action, it is RECOMMENDED that devices implement assert channel binding [RFC5056], so as to ensure that the application layer that sent the request is the same as the device authenticated in the secure transport layer was established.

This document defines a data model that includes a list of private keys. These private keys MAY be deleted using standard NETCONF or RESTCONF operations (e.g., <edit-config>). Implementations SHOULD automatically (without explicit request) zeroize these keys in the most secure manner available, so as to prevent the remnants of their persisted storage locations from being analyzed in any meaningful way.

The keychain module define within this document defines the "load-private-key" action enabling a device to load a client-supplied private key. This is a private key with no shrouding to protect it. The strength of this private key MUST NOT be greater than the strength of the underlying secure transport connection over which it is communicated. Devices SHOULD fail this request if ever the strength of the private key is greater then the strength of the underlying transport.

A denial of service (DoS) attack MAY occur if the NETCONF server limits the maximum number of NETCONF sessions it will accept (i.e. the 'max-sessions' field in the ietf-netconf-server module is not zero) and either the "hello-timeout" or "idle-timeout" fields in ietf-netconf-server module have been set to indicate the NETCONF server should wait forever (i.e. set to zero).

7. IANA Considerations

7.1. The IETF XML Registry

This document registers two URIs in the IETF XML registry [RFC2119]. Following the format in [RFC3688], the following registrations are requested:

   URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-server
   Registrant Contact: The NETCONF WG of the IETF.
   XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.

   URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-server
   Registrant Contact: The NETCONF WG of the IETF.
   XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.

7.2. The YANG Module Names Registry

This document registers five YANG modules in the YANG Module Names registry [RFC6020]. Following the format in [RFC6020], the the following registrations are requested:

   name:         ietf-system-keychain
   namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system-keychain
   prefix:       kc
   reference:    RFC VVVV

   name:         ietf-ssh-server
   namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ssh-server
   prefix:       ssvr
   reference:    RFC VVVV

   name:         ietf-tls-server
   namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-tls-server
   prefix:       tsvr
   reference:    RFC VVVV

   name:         ietf-netconf-server
   namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-server
   prefix:       ncsvr
   reference:    RFC VVVV

   name:         ietf-restconf-server
   namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-server
   prefix:       rcsvr
   reference:    RFC VVVV

8. Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank for following for lively discussions on list and in the halls (ordered by last name): Andy Bierman, Martin Bjorklund, Benoit Claise, Mehmet Ersue, David Lamparter, Alan Luchuk, Ladislav Lhotka, Radek Krejci, Tom Petch, Phil Shafer, Sean Turner, and Bert Wijnen.

Juergen Schoenwaelder and was partly funded by Flamingo, a Network of Excellence project (ICT-318488) supported by the European Commission under its Seventh Framework Programme.

9. References

9.1. Normative References

[draft-ietf-netconf-call-home] Watsen, K., "NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home", Internet-Draft draft-ieft-netconf-call-home-02, 2014.
[draft-ietf-netconf-restconf] Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M. and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF Protocol", Internet-Draft draft-ieft-netconf-restconf-04, 2014.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997.
[RFC2986] Nystrom, M. and B. Kaliski, "PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification Version 1.7", RFC 2986, DOI 10.17487/RFC2986, November 2000.
[RFC4253] Ylonen, T. and C. Lonvick, "The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol", RFC 4253, DOI 10.17487/RFC4253, January 2006.
[RFC5280] Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S., Housley, R. and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, DOI 10.17487/RFC5280, May 2008.
[RFC5958] Turner, S., "Asymmetric Key Packages", RFC 5958, DOI 10.17487/RFC5958, August 2010.
[RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020, DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010.
[RFC6187] Igoe, K. and D. Stebila, "X.509v3 Certificates for Secure Shell Authentication", RFC 6187, DOI 10.17487/RFC6187, March 2011.
[RFC6241] Enns, R., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J. and A. Bierman, "Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011.
[RFC6242] Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011.
[RFC6991] Schoenwaelder, J., "Common YANG Data Types", RFC 6991, DOI 10.17487/RFC6991, July 2013.
[RFC7407] Bjorklund, M. and J. Schoenwaelder, "A YANG Data Model for SNMP Configuration", RFC 7407, DOI 10.17487/RFC7407, December 2014.
[RFC7589] Badra, M., Luchuk, A. and J. Schoenwaelder, "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Mutual X.509 Authentication", RFC 7589, DOI 10.17487/RFC7589, June 2015.

9.2. Informative References

[draft-ietf-rtgwg-yang-key-chain] Lindem, A., Qu, Y., Yeung, D., Chen, I., Zhang, J. and Y. Yang, "Key Chain YANG Data Model", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-rtgwg-yang-key-chain, 2016.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688, DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004.
[RFC4211] Schaad, J., "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF)", RFC 4211, DOI 10.17487/RFC4211, September 2005.
[RFC5056] Williams, N., "On the Use of Channel Bindings to Secure Channels", RFC 5056, DOI 10.17487/RFC5056, November 2007.
[RFC5914] Housley, R., Ashmore, S. and C. Wallace, "Trust Anchor Format", RFC 5914, DOI 10.17487/RFC5914, June 2010.
[RFC6536] Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Access Control Model", RFC 6536, DOI 10.17487/RFC6536, March 2012.

Appendix A. Change Log

A.1. 00 to 01

A.2. 01 to 02

A.3. 02 to 03

A.4. 03 to 04

A.5. 04 to 05

A.6. 05 to 06

A.7. 06 to 07

A.8. 07 to 08

A.9. 08 to 09

Appendix B. Open Issues

Please see: https://github.com/netconf-wg/server-model/issues.

Authors' Addresses

Kent Watsen Juniper Networks EMail: kwatsen@juniper.net
Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen EMail: j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de