changed encoding of structs

controllers/server.go

@@ -176,10 +176,30 @@ func register(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	caBytes, err := config.ConvertCertToBytes(*ca)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Log(0, "failed to encode CA cert ", err.Error())
+		errorResponse := models.ErrorResponse{
+			Code: http.StatusInternalServerError, Message: err.Error(),
+		}
+		returnErrorResponse(w, r, errorResponse)
+		return
+	}
+
+	certBytes, err := config.ConvertCertToBytes(*cert)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Log(0, "failed to encode CA cert ", err.Error())
+		errorResponse := models.ErrorResponse{
+			Code: http.StatusInternalServerError, Message: err.Error(),
+		}
+		returnErrorResponse(w, r, errorResponse)
+		return
+	}
+
 	response := config.RegisterResponse{
-		Key:  *key,
-		CA:   *ca,
-		Cert: *cert,
+		Key:       *key,
+		CABytes:   caBytes,
+		CertBytes: certBytes,
 	}
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response)

netclient/config/config.go

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	//"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -46,10 +48,33 @@ type RegisterRequest struct {
 	Key ed25519.PublicKey
 }
 
+// ConvertStructToByte - util to convert bytes to a key to use elsewhere
+func ConvertCertToBytes(cert x509.Certificate) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	var enc = gob.NewEncoder(&buffer)
+	if err := enc.Encode(cert); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// ConvertStructToByte - util to convert bytes to a key to use elsewhere
+func ConvertBytesToCert(data []byte) (x509.Certificate, error) {
+	var buffer = bytes.NewBuffer(data)
+	var dec = gob.NewDecoder(buffer)
+	var result = new(x509.Certificate)
+	var err = dec.Decode(result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return *result, err
+	}
+	return *result, nil
+}
+
+// RegisterResponse - the response to register function
 type RegisterResponse struct {
-	Key  ed25519.PrivateKey
-	CA   x509.Certificate
-	Cert x509.Certificate
+	Key       ed25519.PrivateKey
+	CABytes   []byte
+	CertBytes []byte
 }
 
 // Write - writes the config of a client to disk

netclient/functions/register.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/tls"
 )
 
+// Register - the function responsible for registering with the server and acquiring certs
 func Register(cfg *config.ClientConfig) error {
 	if cfg.Server.Server == "" {
 		return errors.New("no server provided")
@@ -62,10 +63,19 @@ func Register(cfg *config.ClientConfig) error {
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(response.Body).Decode(&resp); err != nil {
 		return errors.New("unmarshal cert error " + err.Error())
 	}
-	if err := tls.SaveCert(ncutils.GetNetclientPath()+cfg.Server.Server+"/", "root.pem", &resp.CA); err != nil {
+	responseCA, err := config.ConvertBytesToCert(resp.CABytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("could not acquire CA from response " + err.Error())
+	}
+	responseCert, err := config.ConvertBytesToCert(resp.CertBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("could not acquire client certificate from response " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if err := tls.SaveCert(ncutils.GetNetclientPath()+cfg.Server.Server+"/", "root.pem", &responseCA); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := tls.SaveCert(ncutils.GetNetclientPath()+cfg.Server.Server+"/", "client.pem", &resp.Cert); err != nil {
+	if err := tls.SaveCert(ncutils.GetNetclientPath()+cfg.Server.Server+"/", "client.pem", &responseCert); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := tls.SaveKey(ncutils.GetNetclientPath(), "client.key", private); err != nil {