Key Management System for Tendermint applications such as Cosmos Validators.
Provides isolated, optionally HSM-backed signing key management for Tendermint applications including validators, oracles, IBC relayers, and other transaction signing applications.
This repository contains tmkms, a key management service intended to be deployed
in conjunction with Tendermint applications (ideally on separate physical hosts)
which provides the following:
- High-availability access to validator signing keys
- Double-signing prevention even in the event the validator process is compromised
- Hardware security module storage for validator keys which can survive host compromise
Tendermint KMS is currently beta quality. It has undergone one security audit with only one low-severity finding.
Tendermint KMS implements beta quality double signing detection. It has undergone some testing, however we do not (yet) recommend using the KMS in conjunction with multiple simultaneously active validators on the same network for prolonged periods of time.
In particular, there is presently no double signing defense in the case that multiple KMS instances are running simultaneously and connecting to multiple validators on the same network.
You MUST select one or more signing provider(s) when compiling the KMS,
passed as the argument to the --features flag (see below for more
instructions on how to build Tendermint KMS).
The following signing backend providers are presently supported:
- YubiHSM2 (gated under the
yubihsmcargo feature. See README.yubihsm.md for more info) - Ledger (gated under the
ledgercargo feature)
softsignbackend which uses ed25519-dalek
tmkms should build on any supported Rust platform which is also supported
by libusb, however there are some platforms which meet those criteria which
are unsuitable for cryptography purposes due to lack of constant-time CPU
instructions. Below are some of the available tier 1, 2, and 3 Rust platforms
which meet our minimum criteria for KMS use.
NOTE: tmkms is presently tested on Linux/x86_64. We don't otherwise guarantee
support for any of the platforms below, but they theoretically meet the necessary
prerequisites for support.
- Linux (recommended)
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
- macOS
x86_64(recommended)arm(32-bit ARM)aarch64(64-bit ARM)riscv32(32-bit RISC-V)riscv64(64-bit RISC-V)
You will need the following prerequisites:
- Rust (stable; 1.56+): https://rustup.rs/
- C compiler: e.g. gcc, clang
- pkg-config
- libusb (1.0+). Install instructions for common platforms:
- Debian/Ubuntu:
apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev - RedHat/CentOS:
yum install libusb1-devel - macOS (Homebrew):
brew install libusb
- Debian/Ubuntu:
NOTE (x86_64 only): Configure RUSTFLAGS environment variable:
export RUSTFLAGS=-Ctarget-feature=+aes,+ssse3
There are two ways to install tmkms: either compiling the source code after
cloning it from git, or using Rust's cargo install command.
tmkms can be compiled directly from the git repository source code using the
following method.
The following example adds --features=yubihsm to enable YubiHSM 2 support.
$ git clone https://github.com/iqlusioninc/tmkms.git && cd tmkms
[...]
$ cargo build --release --features=yubihsm
Alternatively, substitute --features=ledger to enable Ledger support.
If successful, this will produce a tmkms executable located at
./target/release/tmkms
With Rust (1.56+) installed, you can install tmkms with the following:
cargo install tmkms --features=yubihsm
Or to install a specific version (recommended):
cargo install tmkms --features=yubihsm --version=0.4.0
Alternatively, substitute --features=ledger to enable Ledger support.
The tmkms init command can be used to generate a directory containing
the configuration files needed to run the KMS. Run the following:
$ tmkms init /path/to/kms/home
This will output a tmkms.toml file, a kms-identity.key (used to authenticate
the KMS to the validator), and create secrets and state subdirectories.
Please look through tmkms.toml after it's generated, as various sections
will require some customization.
The tmkms init command also accepts a -n or --networks argument which can
be used to specify certain well-known Tendermint chains to initialize:
$ tmkms init -n cosmoshub,irishub,columbus /path/to/kms/home
After creading the configuration, start tmkms with the following:
$ tmkms start
This will read the configuration from the tmkms.toml file in the current
working directory.
To explicitly specify the path to the configuration, use the -c flag:
$ tmkms start -c /path/to/tmkms.toml
The following are instructions for setting up a development environment. They assume you've already followed steps 1 & 2 from the Installation section above.
- Install rustfmt:
rustup component add rustfmt - Install clippy:
rustup component add clippy
Alternatively, you can build a Docker image from the Dockerfile in the top level of the repository, which is what is used to run tests in CI.
Before opening a pull request, please run the checks below:
Run the test suite with:
cargo test --all-features -- --test-threads 1
Make sure your code is well-formatted by running:
cargo fmt
Lint your code (i.e. check it for common issues) with:
cargo clippy
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