def create_gid(self, xrn, uuid, pkey, CA=False, email=None):
hrn, type = urn_to_hrn(xrn)
if not type:
type = 'authority'
parent_hrn = get_authority(hrn)
# Using hrn_to_urn() here to make sure the urn is in the right format
# If xrn was a hrn instead of a urn, then the gid's urn will be
# of type None
urn = hrn_to_urn(hrn, type)
subject = self.get_subject(hrn)
if not subject:
subject = hrn
gid = GID(subject=subject, uuid=uuid, hrn=hrn, urn=urn, email=email)
# is this a CA cert
if hrn == self.config.SFA_INTERFACE_HRN or not parent_hrn:
# root or sub authority
gid.set_intermediate_ca(True)
elif type and 'authority' in type:
# authority type
gid.set_intermediate_ca(False)
elif CA:
gid.set_intermediate_ca(True)
else:
gid.set_intermediate_ca(False)
# set issuer
if not parent_hrn or hrn == self.config.SFA_INTERFACE_HRN:
# if there is no parent hrn, then it must be self-signed. this
# is where we terminate the recursion
gid.set_issuer(pkey, subject)
else:
# we need the parent's private key in order to sign this GID
parent_auth_info = self.get_auth_info(parent_hrn)
parent_gid = parent_auth_info.get_gid_object()
gid.set_issuer(parent_auth_info.get_pkey_object(), parent_gid.get_extended_subject())
gid.set_parent(parent_auth_info.get_gid_object())
gid.set_pubkey(pkey)
gid.encode()
gid.sign()
return gid