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Add certificate posture check - #1038

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    • Added a guide to certificate-based posture checks, covering CA-chain validation, private-key proof, policy setup, supported certificate stores and key options, verification logs, reevaluation, and unsupported use cases.
    • Updated the posture-check overview with platform support, version requirements, four-hour challenge renewal, and mobile-device limitations.
    • Added a “Requiring a device certificate” link under Access Control → Posture Checks.

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The posture-check documentation now covers device certificate checks, including certificate requirements, setup, platform support, evaluation timing, and limitations. A navigation entry links to the new guide.

Changes: Device Certificate Posture Checks

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Overview and documentation entry point
src/pages/manage/access-control/posture-checks/index.mdx, src/components/NavigationDocs.jsx
The overview describes certificate requirements, supported versions and platforms, challenge timing, and mobile-device limitations. The navigation adds a link to the guide.
Certificate configuration and platform setup
src/pages/manage/access-control/posture-checks/device-certificates.mdx
The guide describes policy setup, certificate and key requirements, platform provisioning, verification, refresh behavior, and failure cases.

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Suggested reviewers: lixmal

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The new certificate posture check docs could lead administrators to leave Linux private-key files readable by other local users. They also state a 0.81.0 prerequisite that may not yet be installable as a stable release. Both are small documentation fixes to make before or soon after merge.

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- Line 61: Update the macOS System keychain guidance in the device certificate
documentation to explain that the private key’s access list must allow the
NetBird binary to sign; document allowing it when importing the identity or
setting AllowAllAppsAccess in the MDM certificate payload, while preserving the
existing guidance for other stores and keychains.

Review comments at @src/pages/manage/access-control/posture-checks/index.mdx:
- Line 96: Update the Certificate check prerequisite to clarify that stable
version 0.81.0 is forthcoming, or specify a supported 0.81.0 preview build. Keep
the existing requirements for both the management server and client, and the
mobile-platform limitation unchanged.
- Line 8: Update the Posture Checks description to say that a device must
present a certificate issued by the organization’s certificate authority and
prove possession of its private key, without claiming this binds access to
managed hardware. Mention TPM-backed keys separately only if the existing
documentation supports that distinction.

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- Line 171: Remove the standalone “ther” text between the heading and table,
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- Line 142: Update the link fragment in the `SecKeyCreateSignature` table entry
to use the heading’s decamelized `mac-os` slug, so it points to the existing
macOS section.
- Line 75: Update the `security import` command in the device certificate
instructions to omit the `-P` passphrase option so macOS prompts securely, and
preserve the `-T` option that allows NetBird to use the imported key.
- Line 119: Update the device certificate installation instructions to clarify
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…and a hardware claim in the certificate docs
- The 1-hour prompt back-off applies on macOS only (collect_darwin.go)
- Key files are refused as symlinks too, not only certificate files
- Geo and network range checks use the server-observed IP, so "most"
  checks read device-reported data, not "every other"
- State the refresh as 4 hours consistently
- Grammar: "are covered", "Red Hat-based", "in the clear", passphrase phrasing

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- Line 93: Update the file-based private-key requirements in the device
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in addition to root ownership and restricted writes; preserve the existing
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emrcbrn deleted the feature/certificate-posture branch October 15, 2026 07:29
SunsetDrifter added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 15, 2026
posture-checks-02.png and posture-checks-certificate.png from #1038 were
1x captures (614x621, 616x728) at 1.1 MB and 1.3 MB. Retaken on macOS at
retina (1326x1338, 1330x1532) and compressed to 54 KB and 80 KB. The CA
shown is a throwaway Corp Root CA, matching the guide's running example.

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