From 49602ef5805a8ded33aec15468fa27a505571573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cnauroth Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:05:18 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] HADOOP-11031. Design Document for Credential Provider API. Contributed by Larry McCay. (cherry picked from commit 8ab7658025616d154decd97578de3327ec6f9109) (cherry picked from commit b4c4f30fa4fdb3bd9adcf669932b8633ab11fd25) --- .../hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt | 3 + .../site/markdown/CredentialProviderAPI.md | 132 ++++++++++++++++++ hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml | 1 + .../site/markdown/tools/hadoop-aws/index.md | 45 ++++++ 4 files changed, 181 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CredentialProviderAPI.md diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt index b0226725ba8..1476ca60869 100644 --- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt +++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt @@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED HADOOP-12776. Remove getaclstatus call for non-acl commands in getfacl. (Brahma Reddy Battula via vinayakumarb) + HADOOP-11031. Design Document for Credential Provider API. + (Larry McCay via cnauroth) + OPTIMIZATIONS HADOOP-11785. Reduce the number of listStatus operation in distcp diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CredentialProviderAPI.md b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CredentialProviderAPI.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..eccc20511db --- /dev/null +++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/CredentialProviderAPI.md @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ + + +CredentialProvider API Guide +===================== + +--- + + - [Overview](#Overview) + - [Usage](#Usage) + - [Usage Overview](#Usage_Overview) + - [Supported Features](#Supported_Features) + - [Credential Management](#Credential_Management) + - [The hadoop credential Command](#The_hadoop_credential_Command) + +--- + +Overview +-------- + + The CredentialProvider API is an SPI framework for plugging in extensible + credential providers. Credential providers are used to separate the use of + sensitive tokens, secrets and passwords from the details of their storage and + management. The ability to choose various storage mechanisms for protecting + these credentials allows us to keep such sensitive assets out of clear text, + away from prying eyes and potentially to be managed by third party solutions. + + This document aims to describe the design of the CredentialProvider API, the + out of the box implementations, where they are used and how to adopt their use. + +Usage +----- +### Usage Overview +Let's provide a quick overview of the use of the credential provider framework for protecting passwords or other sensitive tokens in hadoop. + +##### Why is it used? +There are certain deployments that are very sensitive to how sensitive tokens like passwords are stored and managed within the cluster. For instance, there may be security best practices and policies in place that require such things to never be stored in clear text, for example. Enterprise deployments may be required to use a preferred solution for managing credentials and we need a way to plug in integrations for them. + +##### General Usage Pattern +There are numerous places within the Hadoop project and ecosystem that can leverage the credential provider API today and the number continues to grow. In general, the usage pattern consists of the same requirements and flow. + +1. Provision credentials within provider specific stores. This provisioning may be accomplished through the hadoop credential command or possibly through provider specific management tools. +2. Configure the credential provider path property. The provider path property `hadoop.security.credential.provider.path` is a comma separated list of one or more credential provider URIs that is traversed while trying to resolve a credential alias. + - This property may be configured within core-site.xml or a component specific configuration file that is merged with core-site.xml. + - For command line interfaces, such as that for DistCp, the property can be added with a hadoop system property ("-D *property=value*") and dynamically added to the Configuration. +3. Features or components that leverage the new [Configuration.getPassword](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.html#getPassword-java.lang.String-) method to resolve their credentials will automatically pick up support for the credential provider API. + - By using the same property names as are used for existing clear text passwords, this mechanism allows for the migration to credential providers while providing backward compatibility for clear text. + - The entire credential provider path is interrogated before falling back to clear text passwords in config. +4. Features or components that do not use the hadoop Configuration class for config or have other internal uses for the credential providers may choose to write to the CredentialProvider API itself. An example of its use will be included in this document but may also be found within [Configuration.getPassword](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.html#getPassword-java.lang.String-) and within the unit tests of features that have added support and need to provision credentials for the tests. + +##### Provision Credentials +Example: ssl.server.keystore.password + +``` + hadoop credential create ssl.server.keystore.password -value 123 + -provider localjceks://file/home/lmccay/aws.jceks +``` + +Note that the alias names are the same as the configuration properties that were used to get the +credentials from the Configuration.get method. Reusing these names allows for intuitive +migration to the use of credential providers and fall back logic for backward compatibility. + +##### Configuring the Provider Path +Now, we need to make sure that this provisioned credential store is known at runtime by the +[Configuration.getPassword](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.html#getPassword-java.lang.String-) method. If there is no credential provider path configuration then +getPassword will skip the credential provider API interrogation. So, it is important that the +following be configured within core-site.xml or your component's equivalent. + +``` + + hadoop.security.credential.provider.path + localjceks://file/home/lmccay/aws.jceks + Path to interrogate for protected credentials. + +``` + +A couple additional things to note about the provider path: + +1. The scheme is used to indicate the type of provider in the above case the + localjceks provider does not have a dependency on the Hadoop fs abstraction + and is needed sometimes to avoid a recursive dependency. Another provider + represented by jceks, does use the Hadoop fs abstraction and therefore has + support for keystores provisioned within HDFS. A third provider type is the + user type. This provider can manage credentials stored within the Credentials + file for a process. +2. The path configuration accepts a comma separated path of providers or + credential stores. The [Configuration.getPassword](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.html#getPassword-java.lang.String-) method will walk through + all of the providers until it resolves the alias or exhausts the list. + Depending on the runtime needs for credentials, we may need to configure + a chain of providers to check. + +In summary, first, provision the credentials into a provider then configure the provider for use by a feature or component and it will often just be picked up through the use of the [Configuration.getPassword](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.html#getPassword-java.lang.String-) method. + +##### Supported Features +| Feature\Component | Description | Link | +|:---- |:---- |:---| +|LDAPGroupsMapping |LDAPGroupsMapping is used to look up the groups for a given user in LDAP. The CredentialProvider API is used to protect the LDAP bind password and those needed for SSL.|TODO| +|SSL Passwords |FileBasedKeyStoresFactory leverages the credential provider API in order to resolve the SSL related passwords.|TODO| +|HDFS |DFSUtil leverages Configuration.getPassword method to use the credential provider API and/or fallback to the clear text value stored in ssl-server.xml.|TODO| +|YARN |WebAppUtils uptakes the use of the credential provider API through the new method on Configuration called getPassword. This provides an alternative to storing the passwords in clear text within the ssl-server.xml file while maintaining backward compatibility.|TODO| +|AWS
S3/S3A |Uses Configuration.getPassword to get the S3 credentials. They may be resolved through the credential provider API or from the config for backward compatibility.|[AWS S3/S3A Usage](../../hadoop-aws/tools/hadoop-aws/index.html)| +|Apache
Accumulo|The trace.password property is used by the Tracer to authenticate with Accumulo and persist the traces in the trace table. The credential provider API is used to acquire the trace.password from a provider or from configuration for backward compatibility.|TODO| +|Apache
Slider |A capability has been added to Slider to prompt the user for needed passwords and store them using CredentialProvider so they can be retrieved by an app later.|TODO| +|Apache
Hive |Protection of the metastore password, SSL related passwords and JDO string password has been added through the use of the Credential Provider API|TODO| +|Apache
HBase |The HBase RESTServer is using the new Configuration.getPassword method so that the credential provider API will be checked first then fall back to clear text - when allowed.|TODO| +|Apache
Oozie |Protects SSL, email and JDBC passwords using the credential provider API.|TODO| +|Apache
Ranger |Protects database, trust and keystore passwords using the credential provider API.|TODO| + +### Credential Management + +#### The hadoop credential Command + +Usage: `hadoop credential [options]` + +See the command options detail in the [Commands Manual](CommandsManual.html#credential) + +Utilizing the credential command will often be for provisioning a password or secret to a particular credential store provider. In order to explicitly indicate which provider store to use the `-provider` option should be used. + +Example: `hadoop credential create ssl.server.keystore.password jceks://file/tmp/test.jceks` + +In order to indicate a particular provider type and location, the user must provide the `hadoop.security.credential.provider.path` configuration element in core-site.xml or use the command line option `-provider` on each of the credential management commands. This provider path is a comma-separated list of URLs that indicates the type and location of a list of providers that should be consulted. For example, the following path: `user:///,jceks://file/tmp/test.jceks,jceks://hdfs@nn1.example.com/my/path/test.jceks` indicates that the current user's credentials file should be consulted through the User Provider, that the local file located at `/tmp/test.jceks` is a Java Keystore Provider and that the file located within HDFS at `nn1.example.com/my/path/test.jceks` is also a store for a Java Keystore Provider. diff --git a/hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml b/hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml index a22e94cab84..466d974db8f 100644 --- a/hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml +++ b/hadoop-project/src/site/site.xml @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ + diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/site/markdown/tools/hadoop-aws/index.md b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/site/markdown/tools/hadoop-aws/index.md index 2f3352ba892..2d1c02958b1 100644 --- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/site/markdown/tools/hadoop-aws/index.md +++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/site/markdown/tools/hadoop-aws/index.md @@ -154,6 +154,51 @@ If you do any of these: change your credentials immediately! AWS secret key. Omit for Role-based authentication. +#### Protecting the AWS Credentials in S3A + +To protect these credentials from prying eyes, it is recommended that you use +the credential provider framework securely storing them and accessing them + through configuration. The following describes its use for AWS credentials +in S3A FileSystem. + +For additional reading on the credential provider API see: +[Credential Provider API](../../../hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/CredentialProviderAPI.html). + +##### End to End Steps for Distcp and S3 with Credential Providers + +###### provision + +``` +% hadoop credential create fs.s3a.access.key -value 123 + -provider localjceks://file/home/lmccay/aws.jceks +``` + +``` +% hadoop credential create fs.s3a.secret.key -value 456 + -provider localjceks://file/home/lmccay/aws.jceks +``` + +###### configure core-site.xml or command line system property + +``` + + hadoop.security.credential.provider.path + localjceks://file/home/lmccay/aws.jceks + Path to interrogate for protected credentials. + +``` +###### distcp + +``` +% hadoop distcp + [-D hadoop.security.credential.provider.path=localjceks://file/home/lmccay/aws.jceks] + hdfs://hostname:9001/user/lmccay/007020615 s3a://lmccay/ +``` + +NOTE: You may optionally add the provider path property to the distcp command line instead of +added job specific configuration to a generic core­site.xml. The square brackets above illustrate +this capability. + ### Other properties