Chapter 4. Endpoint authentication mechanisms Data Grid Server can use custom SASL and HTTP authentication mechanisms for Hot Rod and REST endpoints. 4.1. Data Grid Server authentication Authentication restricts user access to endpoints as well as the Data Grid Console and Command Line Interface (CLI). Data Grid Server includes a "default" security realm that enforces user authentication. Default authentication uses a property realm with user credentials stored in the server/conf/users.properties file. Data Grid Server also enables security authorization by default so you must assign users with permissions stored in the server/conf/groups.properties file. Tip Use the user create command with the Command Line Interface (CLI) to add users and assign permissions. Run user create --help for examples and more information. 4.2. Configuring Data Grid Server authentication mechanisms You can explicitly configure Hot Rod and REST endpoints to use specific authentication mechanisms. Configuring authentication mechanisms is required only if you need to explicitly override the default mechanisms for a security realm. Note Each endpoint section in your configuration must include hotrod-connector and rest-connector elements or fields. For example, if you explicitly declare a hotrod-connector you must also declare a rest-connector even if it does not configure an authentication mechanism. Prerequisites Add security realms to your Data Grid Server configuration as required. Procedure Open your Data Grid Server configuration for editing. Add an endpoint element or field and specify the security realm that it uses with the security-realm attribute. Add a hotrod-connector element or field to configure the Hot Rod endpoint. Add an authentication element or field. Specify SASL authentication mechanisms for the Hot Rod endpoint to use with the sasl mechanisms attribute. If applicable, specify SASL quality of protection settings with the qop attribute. Specify the Data Grid Server identity with the server-name attribute if necessary. Add a rest-connector element or field to configure the REST endpoint. Add an authentication element or field. Specify HTTP authentication mechanisms for the REST endpoint to use with the mechanisms attribute. Save the changes to your configuration. Authentication mechanism configuration The following configuration specifies SASL mechanisms for the Hot Rod endpoint to use for authentication: XML <server xmlns="urn:infinispan:server:14.0"> <endpoints> <endpoint socket-binding="default" security-realm="my-realm"> <hotrod-connector> <authentication> <sasl mechanisms="SCRAM-SHA-512 SCRAM-SHA-384 SCRAM-SHA-256 SCRAM-SHA-1 DIGEST-SHA-512 DIGEST-SHA-384 DIGEST-SHA-256 DIGEST-SHA DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN" server-name="infinispan" qop="auth"/> </authentication> </hotrod-connector> <rest-connector> <authentication mechanisms="DIGEST BASIC"/> </rest-connector> </endpoint> </endpoints> </server> JSON { "server": { "endpoints": { "endpoint": { "socket-binding": "default", "security-realm": "my-realm", "hotrod-connector": { "authentication": { "security-realm": "default", "sasl": { "server-name": "infinispan", "mechanisms": ["SCRAM-SHA-512", "SCRAM-SHA-384", "SCRAM-SHA-256", "SCRAM-SHA-1", "DIGEST-SHA-512", "DIGEST-SHA-384", "DIGEST-SHA-256", "DIGEST-SHA", "DIGEST-MD5", "PLAIN"], "qop": ["auth"] } } }, "rest-connector": { "authentication": { "mechanisms": ["DIGEST", "BASIC"], "security-realm": "default" } } } } } } YAML server: endpoints: endpoint: socketBinding: "default" securityRealm: "my-realm" hotrodConnector: authentication: securityRealm: "default" sasl: serverName: "infinispan" mechanisms: - "SCRAM-SHA-512" - "SCRAM-SHA-384" - "SCRAM-SHA-256" - "SCRAM-SHA-1" - "DIGEST-SHA-512" - "DIGEST-SHA-384" - "DIGEST-SHA-256" - "DIGEST-SHA" - "DIGEST-MD5" - "PLAIN" qop: - "auth" restConnector: authentication: mechanisms: - "DIGEST" - "BASIC" securityRealm: "default" 4.2.1. Disabling authentication In local development environments or on isolated networks you can configure Data Grid to allow unauthenticated client requests. When you disable user authentication you should also disable authorization in your Data Grid security configuration. Procedure Open your Data Grid Server configuration for editing. Remove the security-realm attribute from the endpoints element or field. Remove any authorization elements from the security configuration for the cache-container and each cache configuration. Save the changes to your configuration. XML <server xmlns="urn:infinispan:server:14.0"> <endpoints socket-binding="default"/> </server> JSON { "server": { "endpoints": { "endpoint": { "socket-binding": "default" } } } } YAML server: endpoints: endpoint: socketBinding: "default" 4.3. Data Grid Server authentication mechanisms Data Grid Server automatically configures endpoints with authentication mechanisms that match your security realm configuration. For example, if you add a Kerberos security realm then Data Grid Server enables the GSSAPI and GS2-KRB5 authentication mechanisms for the Hot Rod endpoint. Important Currently, you cannot use the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) protocol with the DIGEST or SCRAM authentication mechanisms, because these mechanisms require access to specific hashed passwords. Hot Rod endpoints Data Grid Server enables the following SASL authentication mechanisms for Hot Rod endpoints when your configuration includes the corresponding security realm: Security realm SASL authentication mechanism Property realms and LDAP realms SCRAM-*, DIGEST-*, SCRAM-* Token realms OAUTHBEARER Trust realms EXTERNAL Kerberos identities GSSAPI, GS2-KRB5 SSL/TLS identities PLAIN REST endpoints Data Grid Server enables the following HTTP authentication mechanisms for REST endpoints when your configuration includes the corresponding security realm: Security realm HTTP authentication mechanism Property realms and LDAP realms DIGEST Token realms BEARER_TOKEN Trust realms CLIENT_CERT Kerberos identities SPNEGO SSL/TLS identities BASIC 4.3.1. SASL authentication mechanisms Data Grid Server supports the following SASL authentications mechanisms with Hot Rod endpoints: Authentication mechanism Description Security realm type Related details PLAIN Uses credentials in plain-text format. You should use PLAIN authentication with encrypted connections only. Property realms and LDAP realms Similar to the BASIC HTTP mechanism. DIGEST-* Uses hashing algorithms and nonce values. Hot Rod connectors support DIGEST-MD5 , DIGEST-SHA , DIGEST-SHA-256 , DIGEST-SHA-384 , and DIGEST-SHA-512 hashing algorithms, in order of strength. Property realms and LDAP realms Similar to the Digest HTTP mechanism. SCRAM-* Uses salt values in addition to hashing algorithms and nonce values. Hot Rod connectors support SCRAM-SHA , SCRAM-SHA-256 , SCRAM-SHA-384 , and SCRAM-SHA-512 hashing algorithms, in order of strength. Property realms and LDAP realms Similar to the Digest HTTP mechanism. GSSAPI Uses Kerberos tickets and requires a Kerberos Domain Controller. You must add a corresponding kerberos server identity in the realm configuration. In most cases, you also specify an ldap-realm to provide user membership information. Kerberos realms Similar to the SPNEGO HTTP mechanism. GS2-KRB5 Uses Kerberos tickets and requires a Kerberos Domain Controller. You must add a corresponding kerberos server identity in the realm configuration. In most cases, you also specify an ldap-realm to provide user membership information. Kerberos realms Similar to the SPNEGO HTTP mechanism. EXTERNAL Uses client certificates. Trust store realms Similar to the CLIENT_CERT HTTP mechanism. OAUTHBEARER Uses OAuth tokens and requires a token-realm configuration. Token realms Similar to the BEARER_TOKEN HTTP mechanism. 4.3.2. SASL quality of protection (QoP) If SASL mechanisms support integrity and privacy protection (QoP) settings, you can add them to your Hot Rod endpoint configuration with the qop attribute. QoP setting Description auth Authentication only. auth-int Authentication with integrity protection. auth-conf Authentication with integrity and privacy protection. 4.3.3. SASL policies SASL policies provide fine-grain control over Hot Rod authentication mechanisms. Tip Data Grid cache authorization restricts access to caches based on roles and permissions. Configure cache authorization and then set <no-anonymous value=false /> to allow anonymous login and delegate access logic to cache authorization. Policy Description Default value forward-secrecy Use only SASL mechanisms that support forward secrecy between sessions. This means that breaking into one session does not automatically provide information for breaking into future sessions. false pass-credentials Use only SASL mechanisms that require client credentials. false no-plain-text Do not use SASL mechanisms that are susceptible to simple plain passive attacks. false no-active Do not use SASL mechanisms that are susceptible to active, non-dictionary, attacks. false no-dictionary Do not use SASL mechanisms that are susceptible to passive dictionary attacks. false no-anonymous Do not use SASL mechanisms that accept anonymous logins. true SASL policy configuration In the following configuration the Hot Rod endpoint uses the GSSAPI mechanism for authentication because it is the only mechanism that complies with all SASL policies: XML <server xmlns="urn:infinispan:server:14.0"> <endpoints> <endpoint socket-binding="default" security-realm="default"> <hotrod-connector> <authentication> <sasl mechanisms="PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 GSSAPI EXTERNAL" server-name="infinispan" qop="auth" policy="no-active no-plain-text"/> </authentication> </hotrod-connector> <rest-connector/> </endpoint> </endpoints> </server> JSON { "server": { "endpoints" : { "endpoint" : { "socket-binding" : "default", "security-realm" : "default", "hotrod-connector" : { "authentication" : { "sasl" : { "server-name" : "infinispan", "mechanisms" : [ "PLAIN","DIGEST-MD5","GSSAPI","EXTERNAL" ], "qop" : [ "auth" ], "policy" : [ "no-active","no-plain-text" ] } } }, "rest-connector" : "" } } } } YAML server: endpoints: endpoint: socketBinding: "default" securityRealm: "default" hotrodConnector: authentication: sasl: serverName: "infinispan" mechanisms: - "PLAIN" - "DIGEST-MD5" - "GSSAPI" - "EXTERNAL" qop: - "auth" policy: - "no-active" - "no-plain-text" restConnector: ~ 4.3.4. HTTP authentication mechanisms Data Grid Server supports the following HTTP authentication mechanisms with REST endpoints: Authentication mechanism Description Security realm type Related details BASIC Uses credentials in plain-text format. You should use BASIC authentication with encrypted connections only. Property realms and LDAP realms Corresponds to the Basic HTTP authentication scheme and is similar to the PLAIN SASL mechanism. DIGEST Uses hashing algorithms and nonce values. REST connectors support SHA-512 , SHA-256 and MD5 hashing algorithms. Property realms and LDAP realms Corresponds to the Digest HTTP authentication scheme and is similar to DIGEST-* SASL mechanisms. SPNEGO Uses Kerberos tickets and requires a Kerberos Domain Controller. You must add a corresponding kerberos server identity in the realm configuration. In most cases, you also specify an ldap-realm to provide user membership information. Kerberos realms Corresponds to the Negotiate HTTP authentication scheme and is similar to the GSSAPI and GS2-KRB5 SASL mechanisms. BEARER_TOKEN Uses OAuth tokens and requires a token-realm configuration. Token realms Corresponds to the Bearer HTTP authentication scheme and is similar to OAUTHBEARER SASL mechanism. CLIENT_CERT Uses client certificates. Trust store realms Similar to the EXTERNAL SASL mechanism.

Commands:
<server xmlns="urn:infinispan:server:14.0"> <endpoints> <endpoint socket-binding="default" security-realm="my-realm"> <hotrod-connector> <authentication> <sasl mechanisms="SCRAM-SHA-512 SCRAM-SHA-384 SCRAM-SHA-256 SCRAM-SHA-1 DIGEST-SHA-512 DIGEST-SHA-384 DIGEST-SHA-256 DIGEST-SHA DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN" server-name="infinispan" qop="auth"/> </authentication> </hotrod-connector> <rest-connector> <authentication mechanisms="DIGEST BASIC"/> </rest-connector> </endpoint> </endpoints> </server>
{ "server": { "endpoints": { "endpoint": { "socket-binding": "default", "security-realm": "my-realm", "hotrod-connector": { "authentication": { "security-realm": "default", "sasl": { "server-name": "infinispan", "mechanisms": ["SCRAM-SHA-512", "SCRAM-SHA-384", "SCRAM-SHA-256", "SCRAM-SHA-1", "DIGEST-SHA-512", "DIGEST-SHA-384", "DIGEST-SHA-256", "DIGEST-SHA", "DIGEST-MD5", "PLAIN"], "qop": ["auth"] } } }, "rest-connector": { "authentication": { "mechanisms": ["DIGEST", "BASIC"], "security-realm": "default" } } } } } }
server: endpoints: endpoint: socketBinding: "default" securityRealm: "my-realm" hotrodConnector: authentication: securityRealm: "default" sasl: serverName: "infinispan" mechanisms: - "SCRAM-SHA-512" - "SCRAM-SHA-384" - "SCRAM-SHA-256" - "SCRAM-SHA-1" - "DIGEST-SHA-512" - "DIGEST-SHA-384" - "DIGEST-SHA-256" - "DIGEST-SHA" - "DIGEST-MD5" - "PLAIN" qop: - "auth" restConnector: authentication: mechanisms: - "DIGEST" - "BASIC" securityRealm: "default"
<server xmlns="urn:infinispan:server:14.0"> <endpoints socket-binding="default"/> </server>
{ "server": { "endpoints": { "endpoint": { "socket-binding": "default" } } } }
server: endpoints: endpoint: socketBinding: "default"
<server xmlns="urn:infinispan:server:14.0"> <endpoints> <endpoint socket-binding="default" security-realm="default"> <hotrod-connector> <authentication> <sasl mechanisms="PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 GSSAPI EXTERNAL" server-name="infinispan" qop="auth" policy="no-active no-plain-text"/> </authentication> </hotrod-connector> <rest-connector/> </endpoint> </endpoints> </server>
{ "server": { "endpoints" : { "endpoint" : { "socket-binding" : "default", "security-realm" : "default", "hotrod-connector" : { "authentication" : { "sasl" : { "server-name" : "infinispan", "mechanisms" : [ "PLAIN","DIGEST-MD5","GSSAPI","EXTERNAL" ], "qop" : [ "auth" ], "policy" : [ "no-active","no-plain-text" ] } } }, "rest-connector" : "" } } } }
server: endpoints: endpoint: socketBinding: "default" securityRealm: "default" hotrodConnector: authentication: sasl: serverName: "infinispan" mechanisms: - "PLAIN" - "DIGEST-MD5" - "GSSAPI" - "EXTERNAL" qop: - "auth" policy: - "no-active" - "no-plain-text" restConnector: ~