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VM-CASINO-PKISVR01 — Certificate Authority Server

VM-CASINO-PKISVR01 — Certificate Authority Server

Overview

Field Value
VM Name VM-CASINO-PKISVR01
Role Microsoft PKI — Intermediate / Issuing Certificate Authority
Environment Production
Location Casino Floor Data Center — Rack C3
vCenter vcenter.casino.local
Cluster SEC-CLUSTER-01
Host esxi-host-05.casino.local
VM UUID 422ecj45-8b2e-11ec-l2ff-000c29a1b3dc
Hardware Version VMware Hardware v19

Hardware Configuration

Component Specification
vCPUs 4
CPU Sockets 2
Cores per Socket 2
RAM 8 GB
Memory Reservation 4 GB
CPU Reservation 1000 MHz

Storage

Datastore Disk Size Type Format
SEC-SAN-DS01 Hard Disk 1 (OS) 80 GB VMDK Thin Provisioned
SEC-SAN-DS01 Hard Disk 2 (CA DB) 50 GB VMDK Thick Eager Zeroed

Networking

Adapter Type Port Group VLAN MAC Address IP Address
NIC 1 VMXNET3 PG-MGMT-100 100 00:50:56:a1:12:01 10.10.100.120

Guest OS

Field Value
OS Windows Server 2022 Standard
Build 20348.2340
VMware Tools 12.3.0 (Current)
Computer Name CASINO-PKISVR01
Domain casino.local
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time

PKI Configuration

Field Value
CA Type Enterprise Subordinate (Issuing) CA
Parent CA CASINO-ROOT-CA (offline)
CA Name Casino Issuing CA 1
Key Algorithm RSA 4096-bit
Hash Algorithm SHA-256
CRL Publication Weekly / Delta: Daily
CRL Location http://pki.casino.local/crl
OCSP http://pki.casino.local/ocsp
Validity Period Issued certs: 1 year (servers), 2 years (user)

Certificate Templates Active

Template Purpose Validity
WebServer IIS / web services SSL 1 year
WorkstationAuth Machine authentication 1 year
UserAuth Smart card / user auth 2 years
CodeSigning Internal code signing 1 year
DomainController DC authentication 1 year

Backup & Recovery

Field Value
Backup Tool Veeam + Windows CA Backup
CA DB Backup Daily 03:30 AM
VM Backup Daily 03:30 AM
Retention 30 days
RTO Target 2 hours
RPO Target 24 hours

Notes

  • Root CA is offline (air-gapped physical server in vault) — do not power on except for CRL renewal
  • CA private key backed up to encrypted USB stored in physical safe — see PKI Runbook
  • Certificate expiry monitoring via AppViewX — alert at 60/30/14 days
  • Patching window: Last Saturday of month 02:00–04:00 AM
  • Contact: Infrastructure Team / Security Team