NIFI-3020:

- Introducing a strategy for identifying users.
- Fixing issue with the referral strategy error message.
- Adding code to shutdown the application when the authorizer or login identity provider are not initialized successfully.

NIFI-3020:
- Updating the admin guide to document the identity strategy.

NIFI-3020:
- Ensuring the request replicator attempts to shutdown regardless of whether the flow service properly terminates.

This closes #1236

nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/administration-guide.adoc

@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ Below is an example and description of configuring a Login Identity Provider tha
     <property name="User Search Base"></property>
     <property name="User Search Filter"></property>
 
+    <property name="Identity Strategy">USE_DN</property>
     <property name="Authentication Expiration">12 hours</property>
 </provider>
 ----
@@ -326,6 +327,8 @@ nifi.security.user.login.identity.provider=ldap-provider
 |`Url` | Url of the LDAP servier (i.e. ldap://<hostname>:<port>).
 |`User Search Base` | Base DN for searching for users (i.e. CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com).
 |`User Search Filter` | Filter for searching for users against the 'User Search Base'. (i.e. sAMAccountName={0}). The user specified name is inserted into '{0}'.
+|`Identity Strategy` | Strategy to identify users. Possible values are USE_DN and USE_USERNAME. The default functionality if this property is missing is USE_DN in order to retain backward
+compatibility. USE_DN will use the full DN of the user entry if possible. USE_USERNAME will use the username the user logged in with.
 |`Authentication Expiration` | The duration of how long the user authentication is valid for. If the user never logs out, they will be required to log back in following this duration.
 |==================================================================================================================================================
 

nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/conf/login-identity-providers.xml

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
         'User Search Filter' - Filter for searching for users against the 'User Search Base'.
             (i.e. sAMAccountName={0}). The user specified name is inserted into '{0}'.
 
+        'Identity Strategy' - Strategy to identify users. Possible values are USE_DN and USE_USERNAME.
+            The default functionality if this property is missing is USE_DN in order to retain
+            backward compatibility. USE_DN will use the full DN of the user entry if possible.
+            USE_USERNAME will use the username the user logged in with.
         'Authentication Expiration' - The duration of how long the user authentication is valid
             for. If the user never logs out, they will be required to log back in following
             this duration.
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@
         <property name="User Search Base"></property>
         <property name="User Search Filter"></property>
 
+        <property name="Identity Strategy">USE_DN</property>
         <property name="Authentication Expiration">12 hours</property>
     </provider>
     To enable the ldap-provider remove 2 lines. This is 2 of 2. -->

nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/contextlistener/ApplicationStartupContextListener.java

@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.nifi.web.contextlistener;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
+import org.apache.nifi.authentication.LoginIdentityProvider;
-
+import org.apache.nifi.authorization.Authorizer;
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
-
 import org.apache.nifi.cluster.coordination.http.replication.RequestReplicator;
 import org.apache.nifi.controller.FlowController;
 import org.apache.nifi.controller.repository.RepositoryPurgeException;
@@ -33,6 +30,10 @@ import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils;
 
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * Application context listener for starting the application. If the application is configured for a standalone environment or the application is a node in a clustered environment then a flow
  * controller is created and managed. Otherwise, we assume the application is running as the cluster manager in a clustered environment. In this case, the cluster manager is created and managed.
@@ -80,16 +81,16 @@ public class ApplicationStartupContextListener implements ServletContextListener
                 logger.info("Flow Controller started successfully.");
             }
         } catch (BeansException | RepositoryPurgeException | IOException e) {
-            // ensure the flow service is terminated
+            shutdown(flowService, ctx.getBean("requestReplicator", RequestReplicator.class));
-            if (flowService != null && flowService.isRunning()) {
+            throw new NiFiCoreException("Unable to start Flow Controller.", e);
-                flowService.stop(false);
+        }
-            }
-
-            final RequestReplicator requestReplicator = ctx.getBean("requestReplicator", RequestReplicator.class);
-            if (requestReplicator != null) {
-                requestReplicator.shutdown();
-            }
 
+        try {
+            // attempt to get a few beans that we want to to ensure properly created since they are lazily initialized
+            ctx.getBean("loginIdentityProvider", LoginIdentityProvider.class);
+            ctx.getBean("authorizer", Authorizer.class);
+        } catch (final BeansException e) {
+            shutdown(flowService, ctx.getBean("requestReplicator", RequestReplicator.class));
             throw new NiFiCoreException("Unable to start Flow Controller.", e);
         }
     }
@@ -97,23 +98,34 @@ public class ApplicationStartupContextListener implements ServletContextListener
     @Override
     public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent sce) {
         ApplicationContext ctx = WebApplicationContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(sce.getServletContext());
-        try {
-            logger.info("Initiating shutdown of flow service...");
 
-            FlowService flowService = ctx.getBean("flowService", FlowService.class);
+        logger.info("Initiating shutdown of flow service...");
-            if (flowService.isRunning()) {
+        shutdown(ctx.getBean("flowService", FlowService.class), ctx.getBean("requestReplicator", RequestReplicator.class));
+        logger.info("Flow service termination completed.");
+    }
+
+    private void shutdown(final FlowService flowService, final RequestReplicator requestReplicator) {
+        try {
+            // ensure the flow service is terminated
+            if (flowService != null && flowService.isRunning()) {
                 flowService.stop(false);
             }
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            final String msg = "Problem occurred ensuring flow controller or repository was properly terminated due to " + e;
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.warn(msg, e);
+            } else {
+                logger.warn(msg);
+            }
+        }
 
-            final RequestReplicator requestReplicator = ctx.getBean("requestReplicator", RequestReplicator.class);
+        try {
+            // ensure the request replicator is shutdown
             if (requestReplicator != null) {
                 requestReplicator.shutdown();
             }
-
-            logger.info("Flow service termination completed.");
-
         } catch (final Exception e) {
-            String msg = "Problem occurred ensuring flow controller or repository was properly terminated due to " + e;
+            final String msg = "Problem occurred ensuring request replicator was properly terminated due to " + e;
             if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 logger.warn(msg, e);
             } else {

nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-ldap-iaa-providers-bundle/nifi-ldap-iaa-providers/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/ldap/IdentityStrategy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.nifi.ldap;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public enum IdentityStrategy {
+
+    USE_DN,
+    USE_USERNAME;
+}

nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-ldap-iaa-providers-bundle/nifi-ldap-iaa-providers/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/ldap/LdapProvider.java

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class LdapProvider implements LoginIdentityProvider {
     private AbstractLdapAuthenticationProvider provider;
     private String issuer;
     private long expiration;
+    private IdentityStrategy identityStrategy;
 
     @Override
     public final void initialize(final LoginIdentityProviderInitializationContext initializationContext) throws ProviderCreationException {
@@ -195,7 +196,8 @@ public class LdapProvider implements LoginIdentityProvider {
                     rawReferralStrategy, StringUtils.join(ReferralStrategy.values(), ", ")));
         }
 
-        context.setReferral(referralStrategy.toString());
+        // using the value as this needs to be the lowercase version while the value is configured with the enum constant
+        context.setReferral(referralStrategy.getValue());
 
         // url
         final String url = configurationContext.getProperty("Url");
@@ -221,6 +223,24 @@ public class LdapProvider implements LoginIdentityProvider {
         final BindAuthenticator authenticator = new BindAuthenticator(context);
         authenticator.setUserSearch(userSearch);
 
+        // identity strategy
+        final String rawIdentityStrategy = configurationContext.getProperty("Identity Strategy");
+
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(rawIdentityStrategy)) {
+            logger.info(String.format("Identity Strategy is not configured, defaulting strategy to %s.", IdentityStrategy.USE_DN));
+
+            // if this value is not configured, default to use dn which was the previous implementation
+            identityStrategy = IdentityStrategy.USE_DN;
+        } else {
+            try {
+                // attempt to get the configured identity strategy
+                identityStrategy = IdentityStrategy.valueOf(rawIdentityStrategy);
+            } catch (final IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+                throw new ProviderCreationException(String.format("Unrecognized identity strategy '%s'. Possible values are [%s]",
+                        rawIdentityStrategy, StringUtils.join(IdentityStrategy.values(), ", ")));
+            }
+        }
+
         try {
             // handling initializing beans
             context.afterPropertiesSet();
@@ -260,10 +280,16 @@ public class LdapProvider implements LoginIdentityProvider {
             final UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken token = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(credentials.getUsername(), credentials.getPassword());
             final Authentication authentication = provider.authenticate(token);
 
-            // attempt to get the ldap user details to get the DN
+            // use dn if configured
-            if (authentication.getPrincipal() instanceof LdapUserDetails) {
+            if (IdentityStrategy.USE_DN.equals(identityStrategy)) {
-                final LdapUserDetails userDetails = (LdapUserDetails) authentication.getPrincipal();
+                // attempt to get the ldap user details to get the DN
-                return new AuthenticationResponse(userDetails.getDn(), credentials.getUsername(), expiration, issuer);
+                if (authentication.getPrincipal() instanceof LdapUserDetails) {
+                    final LdapUserDetails userDetails = (LdapUserDetails) authentication.getPrincipal();
+                    return new AuthenticationResponse(userDetails.getDn(), credentials.getUsername(), expiration, issuer);
+                } else {
+                    logger.warn(String.format("Unable to determine user DN for %s, using username.", authentication.getName()));
+                    return new AuthenticationResponse(authentication.getName(), credentials.getUsername(), expiration, issuer);
+                }
             } else {
                 return new AuthenticationResponse(authentication.getName(), credentials.getUsername(), expiration, issuer);
             }

nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-ldap-iaa-providers-bundle/nifi-ldap-iaa-providers/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/ldap/ReferralStrategy.java

@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ public enum ReferralStrategy {
         this.value = value;
     }
 
-    @Override
+    public String getValue() {
-    public String toString() {
         return value;
     }