diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc2b9af13..24740e064 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -186,98 +186,10 @@ All registry demo data can be found at:
Initially you can use two type of users: admin users and EPP users.
-### CA
+### Certificates setup
-Go to registry shared folder and setup CA directory tree:
-```
-mkdir ca
-cd ca
-mkdir certs crl newcerts private csrs
-chmod 700 private
-touch index.txt
-echo 1000 > serial
-echo 1000 > crlnumber
-```
+* [Certificates setup](/doc/certificates.md)
-Generate the root key (prompts for pass phrase):
-```
-openssl genrsa -aes256 -out private/ca.key.pem 4096
-```
-
-Configure OpenSSL:
-```
-sudo su -
-cd /etc/ssl/
-cp openssl.cnf openssl.cnf.bak
-nano openssl.cnf
-exit
-```
-
-Make sure the following options are in place:
-```
-[ CA_default ]
-# Where everything is kept
-dir = /home/registry/registry/shared/ca
-
-[ usr_cert ]
-# These extensions are added when 'ca' signs a request.
-basicConstraints=CA:FALSE
-keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
-nsComment = "OpenSSL Generated Certificate"
-subjectKeyIdentifier=hash
-authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid,issuer
-
-[ v3_ca ]
-# Extensions for a typical CA
-subjectKeyIdentifier=hash
-authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid:always,issuer
-basicConstraints = CA:true
-keyUsage = cRLSign, keyCertSign
-
-# For the CA policy
-[ policy_match ]
-countryName = optional
-stateOrProvinceName = optional
-organizationName = optional
-organizationalUnitName = optional
-commonName = supplied
-emailAddress = optional
-```
-
-Issue the root certificate (prompts for additional data):
-```
-openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key private/ca.key.pem -sha256 -extensions v3_ca -out certs/ca.crt.pem
-chmod 444 certs/ca.crt.pem
-```
-
-Create a CSR for the webclient:
-```
-openssl genrsa -out private/webclient.key.pem 4096
-chmod 400 private/webclient.key.pem
-openssl req -sha256 -new -key private/webclient.key.pem -out csrs/webclient.csr.pem
-```
-
-Sign the request and create certificate:
-```
-openssl ca -keyfile private/ca.key.pem -cert certs/ca.crt.pem -extensions usr_cert -notext -md sha256 -in csrs/webclient.csr.pem -out certs/webclient.crt.pem
-```
-
-Create certificate revocation list (prompts for pass phrase):
-```
-openssl ca -keyfile private/ca.key.pem -cert certs/ca.crt.pem -gencrl -out crl/crl.pem
-```
-
-Certificates for API Users are generated via the user interface. CSR must be uploaded for each API User.
-
-Private key and certificate must be packaged to pkcs12 and added to the browser.
-
-Make sure application configuration files contain correct paths to certificates.
-
-In test environment it's important to set unique_subject option to false.
-In CA directory:
-```
-echo "unique_subject = no" > index.txt.attr
-```
### EPP web client
diff --git a/doc/certificate.md b/doc/certificate.md
index d0a2f78cd..c1131ed61 100644
--- a/doc/certificate.md
+++ b/doc/certificate.md
@@ -1,149 +1,151 @@
-Setting up certificates
------------------------
+Certificates setup
+------------------
-Go to registry shared folder and setup CA directory tree:
-```
-mkdir ca
-cd ca
-mkdir certs crl newcerts private csrs
-chmod 700 private
-touch index.txt
-echo 1000 > serial
-echo 1000 > crlnumber
-```
+Certificates for API Users are generated via registnry admin user interface.
+CSR must be uploaded for each API User.
+
+Private key and certificate must be packaged to pkcs12 and added to user browser.
+
+
+### Registry setup
+
+Setup CA directory tree:
+
+ cd /home/registry/registry/shared
+ mkdir ca
+ cd ca
+ mkdir certs crl newcerts private csrs
+ chmod 700 private
+ touch index.txt
+ echo 1000 > serial
+ echo 1000 > crlnumber
Generate the root key (prompts for pass phrase):
-```
-openssl genrsa -aes256 -out private/ca.key.pem 4096
-```
+
+ openssl genrsa -aes256 -out private/ca.key.pem 4096
Configure OpenSSL:
-```
-sudo su -
-cd /etc/ssl/
-cp openssl.cnf openssl.cnf.bak
-nano openssl.cnf
-exit
-```
+
+ sudo su -
+ cd /etc/ssl/
+ cp openssl.cnf openssl.cnf.bak
+ nano openssl.cnf
+ exit
Make sure the following options are in place:
-```
-crl_extensions = crl_ext
-[ CA_default ]
-# Where everything is kept
-dir = /home/registry/registry/shared/ca
+ crl_extensions = crl_ext
-[ usr_cert ]
-# These extensions are added when 'ca' signs a request.
-basicConstraints=CA:FALSE
-keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
-nsComment = "OpenSSL Generated Certificate"
-subjectKeyIdentifier=hash
-authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid,issuer
+ [ CA_default ]
+ # Where everything is kept
+ dir = /home/registry/registry/shared/ca
-[ v3_ca ]
-# Extensions for a typical CA
-subjectKeyIdentifier=hash
-authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid:always,issuer
-basicConstraints = CA:true
-keyUsage = cRLSign, keyCertSign
+ [ usr_cert ]
+ # These extensions are added when 'ca' signs a request.
+ basicConstraints=CA:FALSE
+ keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
+ nsComment = "OpenSSL Generated Certificate"
+ subjectKeyIdentifier=hash
+ authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid,issuer
-# For the CA policy
-[ policy_match ]
-countryName = optional
-stateOrProvinceName = optional
-organizationName = optional
-organizationalUnitName = optional
-commonName = supplied
-emailAddress = optional
-```
+ [ v3_ca ]
+ # Extensions for a typical CA
+ subjectKeyIdentifier=hash
+ authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid:always,issuer
+ basicConstraints = CA:true
+ keyUsage = cRLSign, keyCertSign
+
+ # For the CA policy
+ [ policy_match ]
+ countryName = optional
+ stateOrProvinceName = optional
+ organizationName = optional
+ organizationalUnitName = optional
+ commonName = supplied
+ emailAddress = optional
Issue the root certificate (prompts for additional data):
-```
-openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key private/ca.key.pem -sha256 -extensions v3_ca -out certs/ca.crt.pem
-chmod 444 certs/ca.crt.pem
-```
+
+ openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key private/ca.key.pem -sha256 -extensions v3_ca -out certs/ca.crt.pem
+ chmod 444 certs/ca.crt.pem
Create a CSR for the webclient:
-```
-openssl genrsa -out private/webclient.key.pem 4096
-chmod 400 private/webclient.key.pem
-openssl req -sha256 -new -key private/webclient.key.pem -out csrs/webclient.csr.pem
-```
+
+ openssl genrsa -out private/webclient.key.pem 4096
+ chmod 400 private/webclient.key.pem
+ openssl req -sha256 -new -key private/webclient.key.pem -out csrs/webclient.csr.pem
Sign the request and create certificate:
-```
-openssl ca -keyfile private/ca.key.pem -cert certs/ca.crt.pem -extensions usr_cert -notext -md sha256 -in csrs/webclient.csr.pem -out certs/webclient.crt.pem
-chmod 444 certs/webclient.crt.pem
-```
+
+ openssl ca -keyfile private/ca.key.pem -cert certs/ca.crt.pem -extensions usr_cert -notext -md sha256 -in csrs/webclient.csr.pem -out certs/webclient.crt.pem
+ chmod 444 certs/webclient.crt.pem
Create certificate revocation list (prompts for pass phrase):
-```
-openssl ca -keyfile private/ca.key.pem -cert certs/ca.crt.pem -gencrl -out crl/crl.pem
-```
+
+ openssl ca -keyfile private/ca.key.pem -cert certs/ca.crt.pem -gencrl -out crl/crl.pem
Configure EPP virtual host:
-```
-sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/epp.conf
-```
+
+ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/epp.conf
Replace this line:
-```
-SSLVerifyClient optional_no_ca
-```
+
+ SSLVerifyClient optional_no_ca
With these lines:
-```
- SSLVerifyClient require
- SSLVerifyDepth 1
- SSLCACertificateFile /home/registry/registry/shared/ca/certs/ca.crt.pem
- SSLCARevocationFile /home/registry/registry/shared/ca/crl/crl.pem
- # Uncomment this when upgrading to apache 2.4:
- # SSLCARevocationCheck chain
- RequestHeader set SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN "%{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN}s"
-```
+
+ SSLVerifyClient require
+ SSLVerifyDepth 1
+ SSLCACertificateFile /home/registry/registry/shared/ca/certs/ca.crt.pem
+ SSLCARevocationFile /home/registry/registry/shared/ca/crl/crl.pem
+ # Uncomment this when upgrading to apache 2.4:
+ # SSLCARevocationCheck chain
+ RequestHeader set SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN "%{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN}s"
Configure webclient virtual host:
-```
-sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/webclient.conf
-```
+
+ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/webclient.conf
Add these lines:
-```
- SSLVerifyClient none
- SSLVerifyDepth 1
- SSLCACertificateFile /home/registry/registry/shared/ca/certs/ca.crt.pem
- SSLCARevocationFile /home/registry/registry/shared/ca/crl/crl.pem
- # Uncomment this when upgrading to apache 2.4:
- # SSLCARevocationCheck chain
- RequestHeader set SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN ""
+ SSLVerifyClient none
+ SSLVerifyDepth 1
+ SSLCACertificateFile /home/registry/registry/shared/ca/certs/ca.crt.pem
+ SSLCARevocationFile /home/registry/registry/shared/ca/crl/crl.pem
+ # Uncomment this when upgrading to apache 2.4:
+ # SSLCARevocationCheck chain
-
- SSLVerifyClient require
- RequestHeader set SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN "%{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN}s"
-
-```
+ RequestHeader set SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN ""
+
+
+ SSLVerifyClient require
+ RequestHeader set SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN "%{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN}s"
+
Reload apache:
-```
-sudo a2enmod headers
-sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
-```
+
+ sudo a2enmod headers
+ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Configure registry and epp application.yml to match the CA settings:
-```
-ca_cert_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/certs/ca.crt.pem'
-ca_key_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/private/ca.key.pem'
-ca_key_password: 'registryalpha'
-crl_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/crl/crl.pem'
-webclient_ip: '54.154.91.240'
-```
+
+ ca_cert_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/certs/ca.crt.pem'
+ ca_key_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/private/ca.key.pem'
+ ca_key_password: 'registryalpha'
+ crl_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/crl/crl.pem'
+ webclient_ip: '54.154.91.240'
Configure webclient application.yml to match the CA settings:
-```
-cert_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/certs/webclient.crt.pem'
-key_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/private/webclient.key.pem'
-```
+ cert_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/certs/webclient.crt.pem'
+ key_path: '/home/registry/registry/shared/ca/private/webclient.key.pem'
+
+Development env
+---------------
+
+In development environment it's convenient to set unique_subject option to false,
+thus you can generate quickly as many certs as you wish.
+
+In CA directory:
+
+ echo "unique_subject = no" > index.txt.attr