libpcp, qa: allow distinct client and server certificates

[jasonk000]

The OpenSSL migration in 3e8b61a left the client certificate
selection in an else-if chain. When client-specific files were
configured, the generic server certificate could still be loaded,
causing the subsequent client key to fail the certificate/key match.

Commit fe8e9f8 later commented out QA 712 coverage for separate
client and server certificates without documenting the reason.

This change restores that coverage and selects the client certificate
and key as a pair. Reject partial client-specific configuration.

Tested with QA 712 on macOS in Tart.

Related Issues

#1633 , #662 , fe8e9f8, 3e8b61a

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📝 Summary

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved TLS client-certificate handling by requiring both the client certificate and private key to be configured together.
  • Prevented incomplete certificate configurations from creating client connections.
  • Corrected certificate selection when separate client and server certificates are used.

• Tests

  • Enabled coverage for separate client/server certificate authentication.
  • Verified successful connections using both client and server certificates.

Walkthrough

The TLS client setup now requires client certificate and key files to be configured together. It uses a shared flag to select client or server certificate loading. QA now verifies separate client and server certificate mode.

Changes

TLS certificate handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate and load TLS certificates src/libpcp/src/secureconnect.c, src/libpcp3/src/secureconnect.c	Both implementations reject incomplete client certificate configuration. They use use_client_cert to load client certificates and to exclude server certificate fallback paths.
Verify separate certificate mode qa/712	The test enables separate client and server certificates, restarts pmcd, and verifies a secure pminfo request.

Suggested reviewers: kmcdonell

Poem

A rabbit checks the key and cert,
Paired paths make the handshake work.
Client and server roles align,
Secure requests now cross the line.
The test hops on, then reports green.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 50c2f

Separate client and server TLS certificates are now supported, but the test can report success when the secure request fails and a failed partial configuration may affect later connection attempts. These issues should be corrected before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: support for distinct client and server certificates in libpcp and QA coverage.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the certificate-selection fix, partial-configuration validation, restored QA 712 coverage, and test execution.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
In `@qa/712`:
- Line 140: Update the pminfo pipeline in the QA flow to capture and explicitly
validate pminfo’s exit status rather than relying on _filter_tls’s status.
Preserve the existing tee and filtering behavior while ensuring failed pminfo
requests cause the check to fail.

In `@src/libpcp/src/secureconnect.c`:
- Around line 629-636: Reset the secure configuration before every configuration
read by calling __pmFreeSecureConfig(&tls.cfg) immediately before
__pmGetSecureConfig(&tls.cfg) in both src/libpcp/src/secureconnect.c lines
629-636 and src/libpcp3/src/secureconnect.c lines 629-636. This must clear stale
certificate and key paths before retrying initialization; no direct change is
needed to the client certificate/key validation block itself.

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[natoscott]

LGTM, thanks @jasonk000 - the reasons for commenting that test out is a mystery to me, looks like probably an accidental leftover as part of the openssl transition.