build system: Add support for embedded arbitrary binary or text files in .rodata

Simplifies examples of embedding a certificate file or a root cert.

This is a much cruder mechanism than the full flash filesystem we want
eventually, but still sometimes useful.

examples/04_https_request/main/cert.c

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/* This is the CA certificate for the CA trust chain of
-   www.howsmyssl.com in PEM format, as dumped via:
-
-   openssl s_client -showcerts -connect www.howsmyssl.com:443 </dev/null
-
-   The CA cert is the last cert in the chain output by the server.
-*/
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-/*
- 1 s:/C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
-   i:/O=Digital Signature Trust Co./CN=DST Root CA X3
- */
-const char *server_root_cert = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\n"
-"MIIEkjCCA3qgAwIBAgIQCgFBQgAAAVOFc2oLheynCDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADA/\r\n"
-"MSQwIgYDVQQKExtEaWdpdGFsIFNpZ25hdHVyZSBUcnVzdCBDby4xFzAVBgNVBAMT\r\n"
-"DkRTVCBSb290IENBIFgzMB4XDTE2MDMxNzE2NDA0NloXDTIxMDMxNzE2NDA0Nlow\r\n"
-"SjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFjAUBgNVBAoTDUxldCdzIEVuY3J5cHQxIzAhBgNVBAMT\r\n"
-"GkxldCdzIEVuY3J5cHQgQXV0aG9yaXR5IFgzMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOC\r\n"
-"AQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAnNMM8FrlLke3cl03g7NoYzDq1zUmGSXhvb418XCSL7e4S0EF\r\n"
-"q6meNQhY7LEqxGiHC6PjdeTm86dicbp5gWAf15Gan/PQeGdxyGkOlZHP/uaZ6WA8\r\n"
-"SMx+yk13EiSdRxta67nsHjcAHJyse6cF6s5K671B5TaYucv9bTyWaN8jKkKQDIZ0\r\n"
-"Z8h/pZq4UmEUEz9l6YKHy9v6Dlb2honzhT+Xhq+w3Brvaw2VFn3EK6BlspkENnWA\r\n"
-"a6xK8xuQSXgvopZPKiAlKQTGdMDQMc2PMTiVFrqoM7hD8bEfwzB/onkxEz0tNvjj\r\n"
-"/PIzark5McWvxI0NHWQWM6r6hCm21AvA2H3DkwIDAQABo4IBfTCCAXkwEgYDVR0T\r\n"
-"AQH/BAgwBgEB/wIBADAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMCAYYwfwYIKwYBBQUHAQEEczBxMDIG\r\n"
-"CCsGAQUFBzABhiZodHRwOi8vaXNyZy50cnVzdGlkLm9jc3AuaWRlbnRydXN0LmNv\r\n"
-"bTA7BggrBgEFBQcwAoYvaHR0cDovL2FwcHMuaWRlbnRydXN0LmNvbS9yb290cy9k\r\n"
-"c3Ryb290Y2F4My5wN2MwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUxKexpHsscfrb4UuQdf/EFWCFiRAw\r\n"
-"VAYDVR0gBE0wSzAIBgZngQwBAgEwPwYLKwYBBAGC3xMBAQEwMDAuBggrBgEFBQcC\r\n"
-"ARYiaHR0cDovL2Nwcy5yb290LXgxLmxldHNlbmNyeXB0Lm9yZzA8BgNVHR8ENTAz\r\n"
-"MDGgL6AthitodHRwOi8vY3JsLmlkZW50cnVzdC5jb20vRFNUUk9PVENBWDNDUkwu\r\n"
-"Y3JsMB0GA1UdDgQWBBSoSmpjBH3duubRObemRWXv86jsoTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF\r\n"
-"AAOCAQEA3TPXEfNjWDjdGBX7CVW+dla5cEilaUcne8IkCJLxWh9KEik3JHRRHGJo\r\n"
-"uM2VcGfl96S8TihRzZvoroed6ti6WqEBmtzw3Wodatg+VyOeph4EYpr/1wXKtx8/\r\n"
-"wApIvJSwtmVi4MFU5aMqrSDE6ea73Mj2tcMyo5jMd6jmeWUHK8so/joWUoHOUgwu\r\n"
-"X4Po1QYz+3dszkDqMp4fklxBwXRsW10KXzPMTZ+sOPAveyxindmjkW8lGy+QsRlG\r\n"
-"PfZ+G6Z6h7mjem0Y+iWlkYcV4PIWL1iwBi8saCbGS5jN2p8M+X+Q7UNKEkROb3N6\r\n"
-"KOqkqm57TH2H3eDJAkSnh6/DNFu0Qg==\r\n"
-"-----END CERTIFICATE-----\r\n";
-
-

examples/04_https_request/main/component.mk

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #
 # Main Makefile. This is basically the same as a component makefile.
 #
-# This Makefile should, at the very least, just include $(SDK_PATH)/make/component_common.mk. By default, 
-# this will take the sources in the src/ directory, compile them and link them into 
-# lib(subdirectory_name).a in the build directory. This behaviour is entirely configurable,
-# please read the ESP-IDF documents if you need to do this.
-#
+
+# embed files from the "certs" directory as binary data symbols
+# in the app
+COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES := server_root_cert.pem
 
 include $(IDF_PATH)/make/component_common.mk

examples/04_https_request/main/https_request_main.c

@@ -74,8 +74,18 @@ static const char *REQUEST = "GET " WEB_URL " HTTP/1.1\n"
     "User-Agent: esp-idf/1.0 esp32\n"
     "\n";
 
-/* Root cert for howsmyssl.com, found in cert.c */
-extern const char *server_root_cert;
+/* Root cert for howsmyssl.com, taken from server_root_cert.pem
+
+   The PEM file was extracted from the output of this command:
+   openssl s_client -showcerts -connect www.howsmyssl.com:443 </dev/null
+
+   The CA root cert is the last cert given in the chain of certs.
+
+   To embed it in the app binary, the PEM file is named
+   in the component.mk COMPONENT_EMBED_TXTFILES variable.
+*/
+extern const uint8_t server_root_cert_pem_start[] asm("_binary_server_root_cert_pem_start");
+extern const uint8_t server_root_cert_pem_end[]   asm("_binary_server_root_cert_pem_end");
 
 #ifdef MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C
 
@@ -191,7 +201,9 @@ static void https_get_task(void *pvParameters)
 
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Loading the CA root certificate...");
 
-    ret = mbedtls_x509_crt_parse(&cacert, (uint8_t*)server_root_cert, strlen(server_root_cert)+1);
+    ret = mbedtls_x509_crt_parse(&cacert, server_root_cert_pem_start,
+                                 server_root_cert_pem_end-server_root_cert_pem_start);
+
     if(ret < 0)
     {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "mbedtls_x509_crt_parse returned -0x%x\n\n", -ret);

examples/04_https_request/main/server_root_cert.pem

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----