Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

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Creating a new CA backend for FreeIPA with the help of AI


-- 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.

Speakers

Thomas Woerner

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