Note

This documentation is for a prior release of Kinetica. For the latest documentation, click here.

Security Configuration

Kinetica comes equipped with several configuration options and some software to help secure and protect your data. Currently, there are several paths to securing the database in some fashion:

Note

The sections below describe how to manually configure the database for a secure setup. To enable HTTPD, SSL, and/or External Authentication automatically, see KAgent.

Prerequisites

Before configuring your Kinetica cluster using the sections below, the following requirements should be met:

  1. If using an external authentication system, ensure it is running

  2. Ensure GAdmin has been initialized per the instructions found in Validate Kinetica and the default username and password have been updated

  3. Stop host manager using:

    service gpudb_host_manager stop

  4. Update your firewall settings to allow HTTPD passthrough (i.e. 8082, 8443, 8444, 8445) and to disable inbound connections to all other ports. See Adjusting the Firewall for more information

  5. Update the database configuration file (/opt/gpudb/core/etc/gpudb.conf) for the following:

    1. Update the following settings, using the table below as a guide:

      # Require authentication.
require_authentication = true

# Enable authorization checks.
enable_authorization = true

    2. Optionally, update the http_allow_origin setting. The default value for this setting (*) allows access from all domains. This setting controls which domains outside of your Kinetica cluster that can access the database, e.g., if you only wanted to allow access to the database from http://myapp.com, update the setting to http_allow_origin = http://myapp.com (comma-separated for multiple domains)

      http_allow_origin = <domain1>,<domain2>

Authentication/Authorization Scenarios

Configuration Typerequire_authenticationenable_authorizationDescription
No authfalsefalseAll users will be logged in as anonymous and have no restrictions (default)
AuthenticatedtruefalseAll users are required to have an account to login and will be given Admin role privileges upon logging in
AuthorizedfalsetrueUsers with an account will be given their designated roles. Users without an account will be given Public role privileges
Authenticated / AuthorizedtruetrueAll users are required to have an account to login and will be given their designated roles. No guest account access available.

HTTPD

This section outlines how to configure the database to use the packaged Apache HTTPD proxy solution.

Database Configuration

In /opt/gpudb/core/etc/gpudb.conf:

  1. Update the following setting to true to enable an HTTPD proxy:

    enable_httpd_proxy = true

Verification

  1. Restart host manager and the database using:

    service gpudb_host_manager start
service gpudb start

  2. Run a Host Manager status check:

    service gpudb_host_manager status

  3. Verify the output shows HTTPD is running:

    ...
Httpd            : Running (14250 14277 14278 14279 14280 14282)
...

  4. Ensure HTTPD is working:

    curl <hostname>:8082

  5. Ensure Kinetica is running properly:

    curl <hostname>:8082/gpudb-0

HTTPD + SSL

This section outlines how to configure the database to use the packaged Apache HTTPD proxy solution with SSL.

General Configuration

  1. Ensure a valid SSL key and certificate have been created. It is recommended you create them in /opt/gpudb/certs

  2. Ensure the SSL certificate has been added to OpenSSL's trust store:

    ln -s <path/to/cert.pem> `openssl x509 -hash -noout -in <path/to/cert.pem>`.0

  3. Import an SSL certificate into a Java truststore using the following command:

    keytool -import -trustcacerts -file <path/to/cert/file> -alias cert_alias -keystore <desired/path/for/keystore.jks>

Database Configuration

In /opt/gpudb/core/etc/gpudb.conf:

  1. Update the following setting to true to enable an HTTPD proxy:

    enable_httpd_proxy = true

  2. Update the following setting to true to force HTTPD to use HTTPS:

    httpd_proxy_use_https = true

HTTPD "Data" Configuration

  1. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/data.conf and uncomment the following settings, ensuring you replace the SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile setting values with the proper file paths. Read the Apache HTTPD SSL Docs for more information

    SSLEngine On
...
SSLCertificateFile </path/to/cert>
SSLCertificateKeyFile </path/to/key>
SSLProxyEngine On
RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"

Important

The following settings are optional but provide greater security. Depending on what version of OpenSSL is installed on the system, the TLS version should be updated. Note that TLS version 1.1 is being retired after the first part of 2020. The SSLCipherSuite setting can also be upgraded, e.g., SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:

SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.2
SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM
Header edit Set-Cookie ^(.*)$ $1;HttpOnly;Secure
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Methods "POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT"
Header set Access-Control-Max-Age "1000"
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Headers "x-requested-with, Content-Type, origin, authorization, accept, client-security-token"

HTTPD "NoAuth" Configuration

  1. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/noauth.conf and uncomment the following settings, ensuring you replace the SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile setting values with the proper file paths. Read the Apache HTTPD SSL Docs for more information

    SSLEngine On
...
SSLCertificateFile </path/to/cert>
SSLCertificateKeyFile </path/to/key>
SSLProxyEngine On
RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"

Important

The following settings are optional but provide greater security. Depending on what version of OpenSSL is installed on the system, the TLS version should be updated. Note that TLS version 1.1 is being retired after the first part of 2020. The SSLCipherSuite setting can also be upgraded, e.g., SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:

SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.2
SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM
Header edit Set-Cookie ^(.*)$ $1;HttpOnly;Secure

Kinetica Components Configuration

Reveal

  1. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/connectors/reveal/etc/default.json and update the url setting:

    "gadmin": {
  "url": "https://localhost:8443/gadmin"
},

GAdmin

  1. Navigate to the /opt/gpudb/tomcat/webapps/gadmin/js/settings.js file and update the REVEAL_PORT variable to the secured Reveal port (default 8444):

    var REVEAL_PORT = '8444';

  2. Navigate to the /opt/gpudb/tomcat/webapps/gadmin/WEB-INF/classes/gaia.properties file and update the following settings to https, ensuring the host is correct for your setup

    gpudb_ext_url = https://<hostname>:8082/gpudb-0

...
gpudb_ext_hm_url = https://<hostname>:8082/gpudb-host-manager

  3. In the /opt/gpudb/tomcat/conf/catalina.properties file at the bottom:

    1. Add the trustStore setting value with the proper file path to the keystore:

      javax.net.ssl.trustStore=</path/to/keystore>

    2. Add the trust store password to the file using one of the following methods:

      • Add the following setting with the plain-text password for an unencrypted password:

        javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=<your-keystore-password>

      • Encrypt the password using the /opt/gpudb/core/bin/gpudb_encrypt.sh utility (see Obfuscating Plain-Text Passwords for details), then provide the following setting with the encrypted password value and the file path to the gpudb_decrypt.sh script (located in /opt/gpudb/core/bin/ by default):

        ssl_truststore_password_script=/opt/gpudb/core/bin/gpudb_decrypt.sh <encrypted-password>

Important

A keystore being added to catalina.properties will prevent security settings from being overwritten during a Kinetica upgrade

Verification

  1. Restart host manager and the database using:

    service gpudb_host_manager start
service gpudb start

  2. Run a Host Manager status check:

    service gpudb_host_manager status

  3. Verify the output shows HTTPD is running:

    ...
Httpd            : Running (14250 14277 14278 14279 14280 14282)
...

  4. Ensure Kinetica is running properly:

    curl -k https://<hostname>:8082/gpudb-0

  5. Verify the output shows Kinetica is running:

    Kinetica is running!

  6. Login to GAdmin at https://<hostname>:8443

  7. Login to Reveal at https://<hostname>:8444

  8. Login to Workbench at https://<hostname>:8445

HTTPD + External Authentication

This section outlines how to configure the database to use an external authentication source with the packaged Apache HTTPD proxy solution.

Database Configuration

In /opt/gpudb/core/etc/gpudb.conf:

  1. Update the following setting to true to enable an HTTPD proxy:

    enable_httpd_proxy = true

  2. Update the following settings to true:

    # IMPORTANT: DO NOT ENABLE unless external access to GPUdb ports
# has been blocked via firewall AND the authentication proxy is
# configured to block REMOTE_USER HTTP headers passed in from clients.
enable_external_authentication = true

# Automatically create accounts for externally-authenticated users.
# If enable_external_authentication is false, this setting has no effect.
# Note that accounts are not automatically deleted if users are removed
# from the external authentication provider and will be orphaned.
auto_create_external_users = true

External Authentication Configuration

External authentication data store integration with Kinetica is accomplished through an Apache HTTPD proxy. This proxy comes packaged with Kinetica and can be found in /opt/gpudb/httpd. Since this portion is controlled by Apache HTTP not Kinetica, see the Apache documentation for further details. External authentication can be configured for Kinetica with or without SSL.

Kinetica currently supports the following external authentication sources:

Important

See Obfuscating Plain-Text Passwords for an example of obfuscating the plain-text LDAP/AD password in the HTTPD configuration file.

Note

For testing purposes, Kinetica is packaged with an OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) that already includes several sample users. It can be started & initialized manually, using the commands:

1
2

$ sudo /opt/gpudb/httpd/gpudb-openldap.sh start
$ /opt/gpudb/httpd/openldap/openldap-init.sh

Only run /opt/gpudb/httpd/openldap/openldap-init.sh the first time the included OpenLDAP instance is started.

LDAP

  1. Before making configuration changes, ensure host manager is stopped:

    service gpudb_host_manager stop

  2. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/data.conf, uncomment the following settings, and update them as necessary. Read more about the HTTPD LDAP settings in the Apache HTTPD LDAP documentation:

    # Clear the REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES headers, so that they
# cannot be passed through by the client.
Header unset REMOTE_USER
Header unset KINETICA_ROLES

## The following is an example configuration for authenticating Kinetica
## users against an LDAP server. Please refer to the Apache httpd
## configuration manual for assistance. Note that in order to use LDAP
## authentication, enable_external_authentication must be set to true in
## gpudb.conf.
AuthName "Kinetica Authentication"

## LDAP server URL and full LDAP path to users directory with search
## parameters. If an attribute other than "uid" is used for the user ID,
## update it below.
AuthLDAPUrl ldap://<ldap-hostname:ldap-port>/dc=gpudb,dc=com?uid?sub

## Valid LDAP user to use for search during bind
AuthLDAPBindDN cn=admin,dc=gpudb,dc=com
## Password of user for search during bind
AuthLDAPBindPassword admin

AuthType Basic
## The following (AuthBasicAllowAnonymous) is a custom httpd configuration
## parameter which will allow failed LDAP lookups to trickle through to
## GPUdb, where it can attempt an internal authentication and/or reach
## endpoints without credentials if auth is not required.  This can be
## turned off when internal users are not being used, and no anonymous
## access is desired.
AuthBasicAllowAnonymous on
AuthBasicProvider ldap

## To attempt authentication, uncomment the following
## <LimitExcept>..</LimitExcept> block.  Once authentication is enabled,
## you can also limit access to gpudb and translate LDAP groups to
## Kinetica Roles...
##
## To prevent users outside certain LDAP groups from accessing the
## system, uncomment the <RequireAny> block within the <LimitExcept>
## block below, and list each accepted LDAP group, one per
## Require ldap-group entry, in the format:
##
##     <RequireAny>
##         Require ldap-group <ldap-group1-cn>
##         ...
##         Require ldap-group <ldap-groupN-cn>
##     </RequireAny>
##
## If membership in all groups is required, rather than any one of the
## groups, change the RequireAny tags to RequireAll tags.
##
## To translate membership in LDAP groups to membership in Kinetica
## roles, uncomment the <RequireAll> block within the <LimitExcept>
## block below, and replace the example mappings with mappings in the
## format:
##
##     <RequireAll>
##         Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping <kinetica-role1-to-grant> <ldap-group1-cn>
##         ...
##         Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping <kinetica-roleN-to-grant> <ldap-groupN-cn>
##     </RequireAll>
##
## Note that access is not restricted to users in these groups (use
## Require ldap-group, demonstrated above, to enforce group
## restrictions). Also note that enable_authorization,
## auto_grant_external_roles and potentially auto_revoke_external_roles
## must be set to true in gpudb.conf to enable role mappings.

<LimitExcept OPTIONS>
    <RequireAll>
        #<RequireAny>
        #    Require ldap-group cn=group1,dc=gpudb,dc=com
        #    Require ldap-group cn=group2,dc=gpudb,dc=com
        #</RequireAny>
        <RequireAny>
            #<RequireAll>
            #    Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping kinetica-role-1 cn=group1,dc=gpudb,dc=com
            #    Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping kinetica-role-2 cn=group2,dc=gpudb,dc=com
            #</RequireAll>
            Require valid-user
        </RequireAny>
    </RequireAll>
</LimitExcept>

...

## Add REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES HTTP headers, and do not pass
## through any AUTHORIZATION header containing LDAP credentials. Update
## the first line below if an attribute other than "uid" is used for the
## user ID.
RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER %{AUTHENTICATE_uid}e env=AUTHENTICATE_uid
RequestHeader set KINETICA_ROLES %{KINETICA_ROLES}e env=KINETICA_ROLES
RequestHeader unset AUTHORIZATION env=REMOTE_USER

    Important

    If you have groups you want to map to Kinetica roles, edit the LimitExcept tag, noted above.

  3. After making configuration changes, start the database:

    service gpudb start

Microsoft Active Directory

  1. Before making configuration changes, ensure host manager is stopped:

    service gpudb_host_manager stop

  2. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/data.conf, uncomment the following settings, and update them as necessary, ensuring you replace any instances of uid with samaccountname:

    # Clear the REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES headers, so that they
# cannot be passed through by the client.
Header unset REMOTE_USER
Header unset KINETICA_ROLES

## The following is an example configuration for authenticating Kinetica
## users against an LDAP server. Please refer to the Apache httpd
## configuration manual for assistance. Note that in order to use LDAP
## authentication, enable_external_authentication must be set to true in
## gpudb.conf.
AuthName "Kinetica Authentication"

## LDAP server URL and full LDAP path to users directory with search
## parameters. If an attribute other than "uid" is used for the user ID,
## update it below.
AuthLDAPUrl ldap://127.0.0.1:9009/dc=gpudb,dc=com?samaccountname?sub

## Valid LDAP user to use for search during bind
AuthLDAPBindDN cn=admin,dc=gpudb,dc=com
## Password of user for search during bind
AuthLDAPBindPassword admin

AuthType Basic
## The following (AuthBasicAllowAnonymous) is a custom httpd configuration
## parameter which will allow failed LDAP lookups to trickle through to
## GPUdb, where it can attempt an internal authentication and/or reach
## endpoints without credentials if auth is not required.  This can be
## turned off when internal users are not being used, and no anonymous
## access is desired.
AuthBasicAllowAnonymous on
AuthBasicProvider ldap

## To attempt authentication, uncomment the following
## <LimitExcept>..</LimitExcept> block.  Once authentication is enabled,
## you can also limit access to gpudb and translate LDAP groups to
## Kinetica Roles...
##
## To prevent users outside certain LDAP groups from accessing the
## system, uncomment the <RequireAny> block within the <LimitExcept>
## block below, and list each accepted LDAP group, one per
## Require ldap-group entry, in the format:
##
##     <RequireAny>
##         Require ldap-group <ldap-group1-cn>
##         ...
##         Require ldap-group <ldap-groupN-cn>
##     </RequireAny>
##
## If membership in all groups is required, rather than any one of the
## groups, change the RequireAny tags to RequireAll tags.
##
## To translate membership in LDAP groups to membership in Kinetica
## roles, uncomment the <RequireAll> block within the <LimitExcept>
## block below, and replace the example mappings with mappings in the
## format:
##
##     <RequireAll>
##         Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping <kinetica-role1-to-grant> <ldap-group1-cn>
##         ...
##         Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping <kinetica-roleN-to-grant> <ldap-groupN-cn>
##     </RequireAll>
##
## Note that access is not restricted to users in these groups (use
## Require ldap-group, demonstrated above, to enforce group
## restrictions). Also note that enable_authorization,
## auto_grant_external_roles and potentially auto_revoke_external_roles
## must be set to true in gpudb.conf to enable role mappings.

<LimitExcept OPTIONS>
    <RequireAll>
        #<RequireAny>
        #    Require ldap-group cn=group1,dc=gpudb,dc=com
        #    Require ldap-group cn=group2,dc=gpudb,dc=com
        #</RequireAny>
        <RequireAny>
            #<RequireAll>
            #    Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping kinetica-role-1 cn=group1,dc=gpudb,dc=com
            #    Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping kinetica-role-2 cn=group2,dc=gpudb,dc=com
            #</RequireAll>
            Require valid-user
        </RequireAny>
    </RequireAll>
</LimitExcept>

...

## Add REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES HTTP headers, and do not pass
## through any AUTHORIZATION header containing LDAP credentials. Update
## the first line below if an attribute other than "uid" is used for the
## user ID.
RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER %{AUTHENTICATE_samaccountname}e env=AUTHENTICATE_samaccountname
RequestHeader set KINETICA_ROLES %{KINETICA_ROLES}e env=KINETICA_ROLES
RequestHeader unset AUTHORIZATION env=REMOTE_USER

    Important

    If you have groups you want to map to Kinetica roles, edit the LimitExcept tag, noted above.

  3. After making configuration changes, start the database:

    service gpudb start

Kerberos

  1. Before making configuration changes, ensure host manager is stopped:

    service gpudb_host_manager stop

  2. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/data.conf, uncomment the following settings, and update them as necessary:

    # Clear the REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES headers, so that they
# cannot be passed through by the client.
Header unset REMOTE_USER
Header unset KINETICA_ROLES

## The following is an example configuration for authenticating Kinetica
## users against an LDAP server. Please refer to the Apache httpd
## configuration manual for assistance. Note that in order to use LDAP
## authentication, enable_external_authentication must be set to true in
## gpudb.conf.
AuthName "Kinetica Authentication"

  3. Add the following settings below the settings you just uncommented, ensuring you replace the Kerberos realm and service name as well as the path to the keytab file with the appropriate values:

    Allow from ALL
AuthType Kerberos
KrbAuthRealms <kerberos-realm-name>
KrbServiceName <kerberos-service-name>
Krb5Keytab </path/to/file.keytab>
KrbMethodNegotiate On
KrbMethodK5Passwd On
KrbVerifyKDC Off
KrbLocalUserMapping On
Require valid-user
RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER %{REMOTE_USER}s
RequestHeader unset AUTHORIZATION env=REMOTE_USER

  4. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and add the following line to the end of the file:

    LoadModule auth_kerb_module /opt/gpudb/httpd/modules/mod_auth_kerb.so

  5. After making configuration changes, start the database:

    service gpudb start

User Management

Once Kinetica is connected to an external authentication source, the external users can be used for all Kinetica administration. First, a user with administrative permissions that can be tied to an external user will need to be created within Kinetica:

  • Log into Kinetica Administration Application (GAdmin) with an internal Kinetica administration account
  • From the Security menu, select Users
  • Click the New button
  • For Authentication, select External
  • Enter an external user's username, preceded by @. This marks the user as an externally authenticated user
  • For System Level Permission, select System Admin

Note

Although external users are created with the username @<username>, they will log in with their regular username, without the @.

Verification

  1. Restart host manager and the database using:

    service gpudb_host_manager start
service gpudb start

  2. Run a Host Manager status check:

    service gpudb_host_manager status

  3. Verify the output shows HTTPD is running:

    ...
Httpd            : Running (14250 14277 14278 14279 14280 14282)
...

  4. Ensure HTTPD is working:

    curl <hostname>:8082

  5. Ensure Kinetica is running properly:

    curl <hostname>:8082/gpudb-0

  6. Verify both internal and external users can login to GAdmin at http://<hostname>:8080

  7. Verify both internal and external users can login to Reveal at http://<hostname>:8088

  8. Verify both internal and external users can login to Workbench at http://<hostname>:8000

HTTPD + SSL + External Authentication

This section outlines how to configure the database to use an external authentication source with the packaged Apache HTTPD proxy solution and SSL.

Database Configuration

In /opt/gpudb/core/etc/gpudb.conf:

  1. Update the following setting to true to enable an HTTPD proxy:

    enable_httpd_proxy = true

  2. Update the following setting to true:

    httpd_proxy_use_https = true

  3. Update the following settings to true:

    # IMPORTANT: DO NOT ENABLE unless external access to GPUdb ports
# has been blocked via firewall AND the authentication proxy is
# configured to block REMOTE_USER HTTP headers passed in from clients.
enable_external_authentication = true

# Automatically create accounts for externally-authenticated users.
# If enable_external_authentication is false, this setting has no effect.
# Note that accounts are not automatically deleted if users are removed
# from the external authentication provider and will be orphaned.
auto_create_external_users = true

HTTPD "Data" Configuration

  1. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/data.conf and uncomment the following settings, ensuring you replace the SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile setting values with the proper file paths. Read the Apache HTTPD SSL Docs for more information

    SSLEngine On
...
SSLCertificateFile </path/to/cert>
SSLCertificateKeyFile </path/to/key>
SSLProxyEngine On
RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"

Important

The following settings are optional but provide greater security. Depending on what version of OpenSSL is installed on the system, the TLS version should be updated. Note that TLS version 1.1 is being retired after the first part of 2020. The SSLCipherSuite setting can also be upgraded, e.g., SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:

SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.2
SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM
Header edit Set-Cookie ^(.*)$ $1;HttpOnly;Secure
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Methods "POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT"
Header set Access-Control-Max-Age "1000"
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Headers "x-requested-with, Content-Type, origin, authorization, accept, client-security-token"

HTTPD "NoAuth" Configuration

  1. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/noauth.conf and uncomment the following settings, ensuring you replace the SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile setting values with the proper file paths. Read the Apache HTTPD SSL Docs for more information

    SSLEngine On
...
SSLCertificateFile </path/to/cert>
SSLCertificateKeyFile </path/to/key>
SSLProxyEngine On
RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"

Important

The following settings are optional but provide greater security. Depending on what version of OpenSSL is installed on the system, the TLS version should be updated. Note that TLS version 1.1 is being retired after the first part of 2020. The SSLCipherSuite setting can also be upgraded, e.g., SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:

SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.2
SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM
Header edit Set-Cookie ^(.*)$ $1;HttpOnly;Secure

Kinetica Components Configuration

Reveal

  1. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/connectors/reveal/etc/default.json and update the url setting:

    "gadmin": {
  "url": "https://localhost:8443/gadmin"
},

GAdmin

  1. Navigate to the /opt/gpudb/tomcat/webapps/gadmin/js/settings.js file and update the REVEAL_PORT variable to the secured Reveal port (default 8444):

    var REVEAL_PORT = '8444';

  2. Navigate to the /opt/gpudb/tomcat/webapps/gadmin/WEB-INF/classes/gaia.properties file and update the following settings to https, ensuring the host is correct for your setup

    gpudb_ext_url = https://<hostname>:8082/gpudb-0

...
gpudb_ext_hm_url = https://<hostname>:8082/gpudb-host-manager

  3. In the /opt/gpudb/tomcat/conf/catalina.properties file at the bottom:

    1. Add the trustStore setting value with the proper file path to the keystore:

      javax.net.ssl.trustStore=</path/to/keystore>

    2. Add the trust store password to the file using one of the following methods:

      • Add the following setting with the plain-text password for an unencrypted password:

        javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=<your-keystore-password>

      • Encrypt the password using the /opt/gpudb/core/bin/gpudb_encrypt.sh utility (see Obfuscating Plain-Text Passwords for details), then provide the following setting with the encrypted password value and the file path to the gpudb_decrypt.sh script (located in /opt/gpudb/core/bin/ by default):

        ssl_truststore_password_script=/opt/gpudb/core/bin/gpudb_decrypt.sh <encrypted-password>

Important

A keystore being added to catalina.properties will prevent security settings from being overwritten during a Kinetica upgrade

External Authentication Configuration

External authentication data store integration with Kinetica is accomplished through an Apache HTTPD proxy. This proxy comes packaged with Kinetica and can be found in /opt/gpudb/httpd. Since this portion is controlled by Apache HTTP not Kinetica, see the Apache documentation for further details. External authentication can be configured for Kinetica with or without SSL.

Kinetica currently supports the following external authentication sources:

Important

See Obfuscating Plain-Text Passwords for an example of obfuscating the plain-text LDAP/AD password in the HTTPD configuration file.

Note

For testing purposes, Kinetica is packaged with an OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) that already includes several sample users. It can be started & initialized manually, using the commands:

1
2

$ sudo /opt/gpudb/httpd/gpudb-openldap.sh start
$ /opt/gpudb/httpd/openldap/openldap-init.sh

Only run /opt/gpudb/httpd/openldap/openldap-init.sh the first time the included OpenLDAP instance is started.

LDAP

  1. Before making configuration changes, ensure host manager is stopped:

    service gpudb_host_manager stop

  2. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/data.conf, uncomment the following settings, and update them as necessary. Read more about the HTTPD LDAP settings in the Apache HTTPD LDAP documentation:

    # Clear the REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES headers, so that they
# cannot be passed through by the client.
Header unset REMOTE_USER
Header unset KINETICA_ROLES

## The following is an example configuration for authenticating Kinetica
## users against an LDAP server. Please refer to the Apache httpd
## configuration manual for assistance. Note that in order to use LDAP
## authentication, enable_external_authentication must be set to true in
## gpudb.conf.
AuthName "Kinetica Authentication"

## LDAP server URL and full LDAP path to users directory with search
## parameters. If an attribute other than "uid" is used for the user ID,
## update it below.
AuthLDAPUrl ldap://<ldap-hostname:ldap-port>/dc=gpudb,dc=com?uid?sub

## Valid LDAP user to use for search during bind
AuthLDAPBindDN cn=admin,dc=gpudb,dc=com
## Password of user for search during bind
AuthLDAPBindPassword admin

AuthType Basic
## The following (AuthBasicAllowAnonymous) is a custom httpd configuration
## parameter which will allow failed LDAP lookups to trickle through to
## GPUdb, where it can attempt an internal authentication and/or reach
## endpoints without credentials if auth is not required.  This can be
## turned off when internal users are not being used, and no anonymous
## access is desired.
AuthBasicAllowAnonymous on
AuthBasicProvider ldap

## To attempt authentication, uncomment the following
## <LimitExcept>..</LimitExcept> block.  Once authentication is enabled,
## you can also limit access to gpudb and translate LDAP groups to
## Kinetica Roles...
##
## To prevent users outside certain LDAP groups from accessing the
## system, uncomment the <RequireAny> block within the <LimitExcept>
## block below, and list each accepted LDAP group, one per
## Require ldap-group entry, in the format:
##
##     <RequireAny>
##         Require ldap-group <ldap-group1-cn>
##         ...
##         Require ldap-group <ldap-groupN-cn>
##     </RequireAny>
##
## If membership in all groups is required, rather than any one of the
## groups, change the RequireAny tags to RequireAll tags.
##
## To translate membership in LDAP groups to membership in Kinetica
## roles, uncomment the <RequireAll> block within the <LimitExcept>
## block below, and replace the example mappings with mappings in the
## format:
##
##     <RequireAll>
##         Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping <kinetica-role1-to-grant> <ldap-group1-cn>
##         ...
##         Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping <kinetica-roleN-to-grant> <ldap-groupN-cn>
##     </RequireAll>
##
## Note that access is not restricted to users in these groups (use
## Require ldap-group, demonstrated above, to enforce group
## restrictions). Also note that enable_authorization,
## auto_grant_external_roles and potentially auto_revoke_external_roles
## must be set to true in gpudb.conf to enable role mappings.

<LimitExcept OPTIONS>
    <RequireAll>
        #<RequireAny>
        #    Require ldap-group cn=group1,dc=gpudb,dc=com
        #    Require ldap-group cn=group2,dc=gpudb,dc=com
        #</RequireAny>
        <RequireAny>
            #<RequireAll>
            #    Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping kinetica-role-1 cn=group1,dc=gpudb,dc=com
            #    Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping kinetica-role-2 cn=group2,dc=gpudb,dc=com
            #</RequireAll>
            Require valid-user
        </RequireAny>
    </RequireAll>
</LimitExcept>

...

## Add REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES HTTP headers, and do not pass
## through any AUTHORIZATION header containing LDAP credentials. Update
## the first line below if an attribute other than "uid" is used for the
## user ID.
RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER %{AUTHENTICATE_uid}e env=AUTHENTICATE_uid
RequestHeader set KINETICA_ROLES %{KINETICA_ROLES}e env=KINETICA_ROLES
RequestHeader unset AUTHORIZATION env=REMOTE_USER

    Important

    If you have groups you want to map to Kinetica roles, edit the LimitExcept tag, noted above.

  3. After making configuration changes, start the database:

    service gpudb start

Microsoft Active Directory

  1. Before making configuration changes, ensure host manager is stopped:

    service gpudb_host_manager stop

  2. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/data.conf, uncomment the following settings, and update them as necessary, ensuring you replace any instances of uid with samaccountname:

    # Clear the REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES headers, so that they
# cannot be passed through by the client.
Header unset REMOTE_USER
Header unset KINETICA_ROLES

## The following is an example configuration for authenticating Kinetica
## users against an LDAP server. Please refer to the Apache httpd
## configuration manual for assistance. Note that in order to use LDAP
## authentication, enable_external_authentication must be set to true in
## gpudb.conf.
AuthName "Kinetica Authentication"

## LDAP server URL and full LDAP path to users directory with search
## parameters. If an attribute other than "uid" is used for the user ID,
## update it below.
AuthLDAPUrl ldap://127.0.0.1:9009/dc=gpudb,dc=com?samaccountname?sub

## Valid LDAP user to use for search during bind
AuthLDAPBindDN cn=admin,dc=gpudb,dc=com
## Password of user for search during bind
AuthLDAPBindPassword admin

AuthType Basic
## The following (AuthBasicAllowAnonymous) is a custom httpd configuration
## parameter which will allow failed LDAP lookups to trickle through to
## GPUdb, where it can attempt an internal authentication and/or reach
## endpoints without credentials if auth is not required.  This can be
## turned off when internal users are not being used, and no anonymous
## access is desired.
AuthBasicAllowAnonymous on
AuthBasicProvider ldap

## To attempt authentication, uncomment the following
## <LimitExcept>..</LimitExcept> block.  Once authentication is enabled,
## you can also limit access to gpudb and translate LDAP groups to
## Kinetica Roles...
##
## To prevent users outside certain LDAP groups from accessing the
## system, uncomment the <RequireAny> block within the <LimitExcept>
## block below, and list each accepted LDAP group, one per
## Require ldap-group entry, in the format:
##
##     <RequireAny>
##         Require ldap-group <ldap-group1-cn>
##         ...
##         Require ldap-group <ldap-groupN-cn>
##     </RequireAny>
##
## If membership in all groups is required, rather than any one of the
## groups, change the RequireAny tags to RequireAll tags.
##
## To translate membership in LDAP groups to membership in Kinetica
## roles, uncomment the <RequireAll> block within the <LimitExcept>
## block below, and replace the example mappings with mappings in the
## format:
##
##     <RequireAll>
##         Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping <kinetica-role1-to-grant> <ldap-group1-cn>
##         ...
##         Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping <kinetica-roleN-to-grant> <ldap-groupN-cn>
##     </RequireAll>
##
## Note that access is not restricted to users in these groups (use
## Require ldap-group, demonstrated above, to enforce group
## restrictions). Also note that enable_authorization,
## auto_grant_external_roles and potentially auto_revoke_external_roles
## must be set to true in gpudb.conf to enable role mappings.

<LimitExcept OPTIONS>
    <RequireAll>
        #<RequireAny>
        #    Require ldap-group cn=group1,dc=gpudb,dc=com
        #    Require ldap-group cn=group2,dc=gpudb,dc=com
        #</RequireAny>
        <RequireAny>
            #<RequireAll>
            #    Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping kinetica-role-1 cn=group1,dc=gpudb,dc=com
            #    Require kinetica-ldap-role-mapping kinetica-role-2 cn=group2,dc=gpudb,dc=com
            #</RequireAll>
            Require valid-user
        </RequireAny>
    </RequireAll>
</LimitExcept>

...

## Add REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES HTTP headers, and do not pass
## through any AUTHORIZATION header containing LDAP credentials. Update
## the first line below if an attribute other than "uid" is used for the
## user ID.
RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER %{AUTHENTICATE_samaccountname}e env=AUTHENTICATE_samaccountname
RequestHeader set KINETICA_ROLES %{KINETICA_ROLES}e env=KINETICA_ROLES
RequestHeader unset AUTHORIZATION env=REMOTE_USER

    Important

    If you have groups you want to map to Kinetica roles, edit the LimitExcept tag, noted above.

  3. After making configuration changes, start the database:

    service gpudb start

Kerberos

  1. Before making configuration changes, ensure host manager is stopped:

    service gpudb_host_manager stop

  2. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/data.conf, uncomment the following settings, and update them as necessary:

    # Clear the REMOTE_USER and KINETICA_ROLES headers, so that they
# cannot be passed through by the client.
Header unset REMOTE_USER
Header unset KINETICA_ROLES

## The following is an example configuration for authenticating Kinetica
## users against an LDAP server. Please refer to the Apache httpd
## configuration manual for assistance. Note that in order to use LDAP
## authentication, enable_external_authentication must be set to true in
## gpudb.conf.
AuthName "Kinetica Authentication"

  3. Add the following settings below the settings you just uncommented, ensuring you replace the Kerberos realm and service name as well as the path to the keytab file with the appropriate values:

    Allow from ALL
AuthType Kerberos
KrbAuthRealms <kerberos-realm-name>
KrbServiceName <kerberos-service-name>
Krb5Keytab </path/to/file.keytab>
KrbMethodNegotiate On
KrbMethodK5Passwd On
KrbVerifyKDC Off
KrbLocalUserMapping On
Require valid-user
RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER %{REMOTE_USER}s
RequestHeader unset AUTHORIZATION env=REMOTE_USER

  4. Navigate to /opt/gpudb/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and add the following line to the end of the file:

    LoadModule auth_kerb_module /opt/gpudb/httpd/modules/mod_auth_kerb.so

  5. After making configuration changes, start the database:

    service gpudb start

User Management

Once Kinetica is connected to an external authentication source, the external users can be used for all Kinetica administration. First, a user with administrative permissions that can be tied to an external user will need to be created within Kinetica:

  • Log into Kinetica Administration Application (GAdmin) with an internal Kinetica administration account
  • From the Security menu, select Users
  • Click the New button
  • For Authentication, select External
  • Enter an external user's username, preceded by @. This marks the user as an externally authenticated user
  • For System Level Permission, select System Admin

Note

Although external users are created with the username @<username>, they will log in with their regular username, without the @.

Verification

  1. Restart host manager and the database using:

    service gpudb_host_manager start
service gpudb start

  2. Run a Host Manager status check:

    service gpudb_host_manager status

  3. Verify the output shows HTTPD is running:

    ...
Httpd            : Running (14250 14277 14278 14279 14280 14282)
...

  4. Ensure Kinetica is running properly:

    curl -k https://<hostname>:8082/gpudb-0

  5. Verify the output shows Kinetica is running:

    Kinetica is running!

  6. Verify both internal and external users can login to GAdmin at https://<hostname>:8443

  7. Verify both internal and external users can login to Reveal at https://<hostname>:8444

  8. Verify both internal and external users can login to Workbench at http://<hostname>:8445