QA tests that use security need to use a trial license instead of a
basic license. Basic licenses do not enable security so these tests are
not running in the expected configuration. This can also lead to issues
that seem completely unrelated such as authentication failures right
after cluster formation.
The authentication failure right after cluster formation happens since
a request makes it past the authentication license checks and the
request starts the authentication process. During authentication the
cluster forms and the license is updated to a basic license, which
disables all realms. The request that is being authenticated then tries
to iterate over the realms, but the realms are empty and the request
cannot be authenticated. This results in a authentication failure even
though the credentials provided are correct.
Closes#30306
This commit increases the logging for authentication in the x-pack
multi-node qa test project. This is needed to assist in debugging HTTP
authorization failures in waiting for the second node in these tests.
See #30306
This commit makes x-pack a module and adds it to the default
distrubtion. It also creates distributions for zip, tar, deb and rpm
which contain only oss code.
jaymode
Jason Tedor
Ryan Ernst