"Creating a new CA backend for FreeIPA with the help of AI" ( 2026 )

Sunday at 16:30, 25 minutes, H.2214, H.2214, Identity and Access Management Thomas Woerner , slides , video

-- At first it was a funny idea to give AI a try --

With the help of Claude a new light weight CA backend for FreeIPA has been created. It is written in Python and uses python-cryptography. The the goal is full dogtag compatibility for use with FreeIPA.

The talk will show the journey: The experience with AI, the good and also not so good steps and results. In the end the actual state will be shown.