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+import requests
+import os
+import subprocess
+import argparse
+import sys
+import re
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+# Disable SSL warnings
+requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
+
+# Configuration constants
+RSA_KEY_SIZE = 2048
+CERT_VALIDITY_DAYS = 365
+
+def parse_args():
+    """Parse command line arguments"""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Fortanix KMIP Application Setup')
+    parser.add_argument('--email', required=True, help='Email for Fortanix login')
+    parser.add_argument('--password', required=True, help='Password for Fortanix login')
+    parser.add_argument('--dsm-url', default='https://eu.smartkey.io', help='Fortanix DSM URL')
+    parser.add_argument('--api-url', default='https://api.eu.smartkey.io', help='Fortanix API URL')
+    parser.add_argument('--app-name', default='TestingMySQL', help='Application name')
+    parser.add_argument('--group-name', default='TestingMySQL', help='Group name')
+    parser.add_argument('--cert-dir', default='./cert_dir', help='Certificate directory')
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help='Verbose output')
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def api_request(method, endpoint, token=None, payload=None, cert=None, base_url=None, verbose=False):
+    """Make API request with error handling"""
+    url = f"{base_url}{endpoint}" if endpoint.startswith('/') else f"{base_url}/{endpoint}"
+    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+
+    if token:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"{method} {url}")
+
+    try:
+        response = requests.request(method, url, headers=headers, json=payload, cert=cert, verify=False)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        return response.json() if response.content else {}
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+        error_msg = f"API request failed: {e}"
+        if hasattr(e, 'response') and e.response is not None:
+            error_msg += f" (Status: {e.response.status_code}, Body: {e.response.text})"
+        raise Exception(error_msg)
+
+
+def authenticate(args):
+    """Authenticate and select account"""
+    if args.verbose:
+        print("\n1. Authenticating...")
+
+    # Login
+    auth = api_request('POST', '/sys/v1/session/auth',
+                       payload={"method": "password", "email": args.email, "password": args.password},
+                       base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+    if not auth:
+        raise Exception("Authentication failed: Empty response from server")
+    token = auth.get('access_token')
+    if not token:
+        raise Exception("Authentication failed: No access token in response")
+    print(f"Authenticated")
+
+    # Get and select account
+    accounts = api_request('GET', '/sys/v1/accounts', token=token,
+                           base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+    if not accounts:
+        raise Exception("No accounts found for this user")
+    account_id = accounts[0]['acct_id']
+
+    api_request('POST', '/sys/v1/session/select_account',
+                token=token, payload={"acct_id": account_id},
+                base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+    print(f"Account: {account_id}")
+
+    return token, account_id
+
+
+def get_or_create_group(token, args):
+    """Get group ID by name, create if not exists"""
+    groups = api_request('GET', '/sys/v1/groups', token=token,
+                         base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+    group = next((g for g in groups if g.get('name') == args.group_name), None)
+
+    if group:
+        print(f"Group found: {group['group_id']}")
+        return group['group_id']
+
+    # Create group if not found
+    if args.verbose:
+        print(f"Group '{args.group_name}' not found, creating...")
+
+    new_group = api_request('POST', '/sys/v1/groups', token=token,
+                            payload={"name": args.group_name, "description": f"Auto-created group for {args.app_name}"},
+                            base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+
+    print(f"Group created: {new_group['group_id']}")
+    return new_group['group_id']
+
+
+def setup_app(token, group_id, args):
+    """Create or recreate application"""
+    if args.verbose:
+        print("\n2. Setting up application...")
+
+    # Delete existing app if present
+    apps = api_request('GET', '/sys/v1/apps', token=token,
+                       base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+    existing = next((a for a in apps if a.get('name') == args.app_name), None)
+
+    if existing:
+        api_request('DELETE', f"/sys/v1/apps/{existing['app_id']}", token=token,
+                    base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+        print(f"Deleted existing app")
+
+    # Create new app
+    app = api_request('POST', '/sys/v1/apps', token=token,
+                      payload={
+                          "name": args.app_name,
+                          "auth_type": "Secret",
+                          "description": "Application for Percona MySQL encryption",
+                          "add_groups": [group_id],
+                          "default_group": group_id
+                      },
+                      base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+
+    print(f"Created app: {app['app_id']}")
+    return app['app_id']
+
+
+def generate_certs(app_id, args):
+    """Generate client certificates"""
+    if args.verbose:
+        print("\n3. Generating certificates...")
+
+    # Setup directory
+    os.makedirs(args.cert_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # Clean existing certificate files only
+    key_path = os.path.join(args.cert_dir, "private.key")
+    cert_path = os.path.join(args.cert_dir, "certificate.crt")
+    for cert_file in [key_path, cert_path]:
+        if os.path.isfile(cert_file):
+            os.remove(cert_file)
+
+    # Generate certificate
+    cmd = [
+        "openssl", "req", "-newkey", f"rsa:{RSA_KEY_SIZE}", "-nodes",
+        "-keyout", key_path, "-x509", "-days", str(CERT_VALIDITY_DAYS),
+        "-out", cert_path, "-subj", f"/CN={app_id}"
+    ]
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        raise Exception(f"Certificate generation failed: {e.stderr}")
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        raise Exception("OpenSSL not found. Please install OpenSSL.")
+
+    print(f"Certificates generated")
+    return cert_path, key_path
+
+
+def enable_cert_auth(token, app_id, cert_path, args):
+    """Enable certificate authentication"""
+    if args.verbose:
+        print("\n4. Enabling certificate auth...")
+
+    with open(cert_path, 'r') as f:
+        cert_content = f.read()
+
+    # Clean certificate (remove headers and whitespace)
+    cert_body = re.sub(r'-----.*?-----|\s', '', cert_content)
+
+    api_request('PATCH', f'/sys/v1/apps/{app_id}', token=token,
+                payload={"auth_type": "Certificate", "credential": {"certificate": cert_body}},
+                base_url=args.dsm_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+
+    print("Certificate auth enabled")
+
+
+def test_cert_auth(cert_path, key_path, args):
+    """Test certificate authentication"""
+    if args.verbose:
+        print("\n5. Testing certificate auth...")
+
+    auth = api_request('POST', '/sys/v1/session/auth',
+                       cert=(cert_path, key_path),
+                       base_url=args.api_url, verbose=args.verbose)
+
+    token = auth.get('access_token')
+    if not token:
+        raise Exception("No access token received")
+
+    print(f"Certificate auth successful!")
+    return token
+
+
+def download_server_cert(args):
+    """Download server certificate"""
+    if args.verbose:
+        print("\n6. Downloading server certificate...")
+
+    # Extract hostname from DSM URL
+    hostname = urlparse(args.dsm_url).netloc
+
+    cmd = ["openssl", "s_client", "-connect", f"{hostname}:443", "-servername", hostname]
+
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            cmd, capture_output=True, text=True,
+            input="", timeout=10
+        )
+
+        # Extract certificate
+        match = re.search(r'-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----.*?-----END CERTIFICATE-----',
+                          result.stdout, re.DOTALL)
+
+        if match:
+            server_cert_path = os.path.join(args.cert_dir, "server.crt")
+            with open(server_cert_path, 'w') as f:
+                f.write(match.group(0))
+            print(f"Server certificate saved")
+        else:
+            print("Could not extract server certificate")
+
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        raise Exception("Server certificate download timed out")
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise Exception(f"Server certificate download failed: {e}")
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main execution"""
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    print("Fortanix KMIP Setup")
+
+    try:
+        # Step 1: Authenticate
+        token, account_id = authenticate(args)
+
+        # Get group
+        group_id = get_or_create_group(token, args)
+
+        # Step 2: Setup application
+        app_id = setup_app(token, group_id, args)
+
+        # Step 3: Generate certificates
+        cert_path, key_path = generate_certs(app_id, args)
+
+        # Step 4: Enable certificate auth
+        enable_cert_auth(token, app_id, cert_path, args)
+
+        # Step 5: Test certificate auth
+        test_cert_auth(cert_path, key_path, args)
+
+        # Step 6: Download server cert
+        download_server_cert(args)
+
+        print("\nSetup completed successfully!")
+        print(f"Certificates: {args.cert_dir}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\nError: {e}")
+        if args.verbose:
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()