Chapter 5. Securing a Service Registry deployment

This chapter explains how to configure security settings for your Service Registry deployment on OpenShift:

Service Registry supports authentication for the Service Registry web console and core REST API using Red Hat Single Sign-On, based on Open ID Connect (OIDC). You can enable this by installing the Red Hat Single Sign-On Operator, or using Service Registry configuration options.

Service Registry provides role-based authentication and authorization in Red Hat Single Sign-On. Service Registry also provides content-based authorization at the schema or API level, where only the artifact creator has write access. You can also configure an HTTPS connection to Service Registry from inside or outside an OpenShift cluster.

Additional resources

5.1. Securing the Service Registry API and web console using Red Hat Single Sign-On

The following procedure shows how to configure a Service Registry deployment to be protected by Red Hat Single Sign-On.

Important

The example configuration in this procedure is intended for development and testing only. To keep the procedure simple, it does not use HTTPS and other defenses recommended for a production environment. For more details, see the Red Hat Single Sign-On documentation.

Service Registry supports the following user roles:

Table 5.1. Service Registry user roles

NameCapabilities

sr-admin

Full access, no restrictions.

sr-developer

Create artifacts and configure artifact rules. Cannot modify global rules, perform import/export, or use /admin REST API endpoint.

sr-readonly

View and search only. Cannot modify artifacts or rules, perform import/export, or use /admin REST API endpoint.

Note

There is a related configuration option in the ApicurioRegistry CRD that you can use to set the web console to read-only mode. However, this configuration does not affect the REST API.

Prerequisites

  • You must have already installed the Service Registry Operator.
  • You must install the Red Hat Single Sign-On Operator or have Red Hat Single Sign-On accessible from your OpenShift cluster.

Procedure

  1. In the OpenShift web console, click Installed Operators and Red Hat Single Sign-On Operator, and then the Keycloak tab.
  2. Click Create Keycloak to provision a new Red Hat Single Sign-On instance for securing a Service Registry deployment. You can use the default value, for example:

    apiVersion: keycloak.org/v1alpha1
    kind: Keycloak
    metadata:
      name: example-keycloak
      labels:
        app: sso
    spec:
      instances: 1
      externalAccess:
        enabled: True
      podDisruptionBudget:
        enabled: True
  3. Wait until the instance has been created, and click Networking and then Routes to access the new route for the keycloak instance.
  4. Click the Location URL and copy the displayed ../auth URL value for later use when deploying Service Registry.
  5. Click Installed Operators and Red Hat Single Sign-On Operator, and click the Keycloak Realm tab, and then Create Keycloak Realm to create a registry example realm:

    apiVersion: keycloak.org/v1alpha1
    kind: KeycloakRealm
    metadata:
      name: registry-keycloakrealm
    spec:
      instanceSelector:
        matchLabels:
          app: sso
      realm:
        displayName: Registry
        enabled: true
        id: registry
        realm: registry
        sslRequired: none
        roles:
          realm:
            - name: sr-admin
            - name: sr-developer
            - name: sr-readonly
        clients:
          - clientId: registry-client-ui
            implicitFlowEnabled: true
            redirectUris:
              - '*'
            standardFlowEnabled: true
            webOrigins:
              - '*'
            publicClient: true
          - clientId: registry-client-api
            implicitFlowEnabled: true
            redirectUris:
              - '*'
            standardFlowEnabled: true
            webOrigins:
              - '*'
            publicClient: true
        users:
          - credentials:
              - temporary: false
                type: password
                value: changeme
            enabled: true
            realmRoles:
              - sr-admin
            username: registry-admin
          - credentials:
              - temporary: false
                type: password
                value: changeme
            enabled: true
            realmRoles:
              - sr-developer
            username: registry-developer
          - credentials:
              - temporary: false
                type: password
                value: changeme
            enabled: true
            realmRoles:
              - sr-readonly
            username: registry-user
    Important

    You must customize this KeycloakRealm resource with values suitable for your environment if you are deploying to production. You can also create and manage realms using the Red Hat Single Sign-On web console.

  6. If your cluster does not have a valid HTTPS certificate configured, you can create the following HTTP Service and Ingress resources as a temporary workaround:

    1. Click Networking and then Services, and click Create Service using the following example:

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Service
      metadata:
        name: keycloak-http
        labels:
          app: keycloak
      spec:
        ports:
          - name: keycloak-http
            protocol: TCP
            port: 8080
            targetPort: 8080
        selector:
          app: keycloak
          component: keycloak
        type: ClusterIP
        sessionAffinity: None
      status:
        loadBalancer: {}
    2. Click Networking and then Ingresses, and click Create Ingress using the following example::

      apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
      kind: Ingress
      metadata:
        name: keycloak-http
        labels:
          app: keycloak
      spec:
        rules:
          - host: keycloak-http.local
            http:
              paths:
                - path: /
                  pathType: ImplementationSpecific
                  backend:
                    serviceName: keycloak-http
                    servicePort: 8080

      Modify the host value to create a route accessible for the Service Registry user, and use it instead of the HTTPS route created by Red Hat Single Sign-On Operator.

  7. Click the Service Registry Operator, and on the ApicurioRegistry tab, click Create ApicurioRegistry, using the following example, but replace your values in the keycloak section.

    apiVersion: registry.apicur.io/v1
    kind: ApicurioRegistry
    metadata:
      name: example-apicurioregistry-kafkasql-keycloak
    spec:
      configuration:
        security:
          keycloak:
            url: "http://keycloak-http-<namespace>.apps.<cluster host>/auth"
            # ^ Required
            # Keycloak server URL, must end with `/auth`.
            # Use an HTTP URL in development.
            realm: "registry"
            # apiClientId: "registry-client-api"
            # ^ Optional (default value)
            # uiClientId: "registry-client-ui"
            # ^ Optional (default value)
        persistence: 'kafkasql'
        kafkasql:
          bootstrapServers: '<my-cluster>-kafka-bootstrap.<namespace>.svc:9092'

5.2. Service Registry authentication and authorization configuration options

This section describes the authentication and authorization options for Service Registry using Red Hat Single Sign-On.

You can enable authentication for the Service Registry web console and core REST API using Red Hat Single Sign-On. The same Red Hat Single Sign-On realm and users are federated across the Service Registry web console and core REST API using Open ID Connect (OIDC) so that you only require one set of credentials.

Service Registry provides role-based authorization for default admin, write, and read-only user roles. Service Registry also provides content-based authorization at the schema or API level, where only the creator of the registry artifact can update or delete it. Service Registry authentication and authorization options are disabled by default.

Prerequisites

  • Red Hat Single Sign-On is installed and running, and configured with a Red Hat Single Sign-On realm and a user. For more details, see Getting Started with Red Hat Single Sign-On.
  • Service Registry is installed and running.

Service Registry authentication using Red Hat Single Sign-On

You can set the following environment variables to configure authentication for the Service Registry web console and API using Red Hat Single Sign-On:

Table 5.2. Configuration for Service Registry authentication options

Environment variableDescriptionTypeDefault

AUTH_ENABLED

When set to true, the environment variables that follow are required.

String

false

KEYCLOAK_URL

The URL of the Red Hat Single Sign-On authentication server to use. Must end with /auth.

String

-

KEYCLOAK_REALM

The Red Hat Single Sign-On realm used for authentication.

String

-

KEYCLOAK_API_CLIENT_ID

The client ID for the Service Registry REST API.

String

registry-api

KEYCLOAK_UI_CLIENT_ID

The client ID for the Service Registry web console.

String

apicurio-registry

Service Registry user roles in Red Hat Single Sign-On

When Service Registry authentication is enabled, you must assign Service Registry users to at least one of the following user roles in Red Hat Single Sign-On:

Table 5.3. Service Registry roles for authentication and authorization

RoleRead artifactsWrite artifactsGlobal rulesDescription

sr-admin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Full access to all create, read, update, and delete operations.

sr-developer

Yes

Yes

No

Access to create, read, update, and delete operations, except configuring global rules and import/export. This role can configure artifact rules only.

sr-readonly

Yes

No

No

Access to read and search operations only. This role cannot configure any rules.

Service Registry artifact owner-only authorization option

Set the following option to true to enable owner-only authorization for updates to schema and API artifacts in Service Registry:

Table 5.4. Configuration for owner-only authorization

Environment variableJava system propertyTypeDefault value

REGISTRY_AUTH_OWNER_ONLY_AUTHORIZATION

registry.auth.owner-only-authorization

Boolean

false

Additional resources

5.3. Configuring an HTTPS connection to Service Registry from inside the OpenShift cluster

The following procedure shows how to configure Service Registry deployment to expose a port for HTTPS connections from inside the OpenShift cluster.

Warning

This kind of connection is not directly available outside of the cluster. Routing is based on hostname, which is encoded in the case of an HTTPS connection. Therefore, edge termination or other configuration is still needed. See Section 5.4, “Configuring an HTTPS connection to Service Registry from outside the OpenShift cluster”.

Prerequisites

  • You must have already installed the Service Registry Operator.

Procedure

  1. Generate a keystore with a self-signed certificate. You can skip this step if you are using your own certificates.

    keytool -genkey -trustcacerts -keyalg RSA -keystore registry-keystore.jks -storepass password
  2. Create a new secret to hold the keystore and keystore password.

    1. In the left navigation menu of the OpenShift web console, click Workloads > Secrets > Create Key/Value Secret.
    2. Use the following values:
      Name: registry-keystore
      Key 1: keystore.jks
      Value 1: registry-keystore.jks (uploaded file)
      Key 2: password
      Value 2: password

      Note

      If you encounter a java.io.IOException: Invalid keystore format, the upload of the binary file did not work properly. As an alternative, encode the file as a base64 string using cat registry-keystore.jks | base64 -w0 > data.txt and edit the Secret resource as yaml to manually add the encoded file.

  3. Edit the Deployment resource of the Service Registry instance. You can find the correct name in a status field of the Service Registry Operator.

    1. Add the keystore secret as a volume:

      template:
        spec:
          volumes:
          - name: registry-keystore-secret-volume
            secret:
            secretName: registry-keystore
    2. Add a volume mount:

      volumeMounts:
        - name: registry-keystore-secret-volume
          mountPath: /etc/registry-keystore
          readOnly: true
    3. Add JAVA_OPTIONS and KEYSTORE_PASSWORD environment variables:

      - name: KEYSTORE_PASSWORD
        valueFrom:
          secretKeyRef:
            name: registry-keystore
            key: password
      - name: JAVA_OPTIONS
          value: >-
           -Dquarkus.http.ssl.certificate.key-store-file=/etc/registry-keystore/keystore.jks
           -Dquarkus.http.ssl.certificate.key-store-file-type=jks
           -Dquarkus.http.ssl.certificate.key-store-password=$(KEYSTORE_PASSWORD)
      Note

      Order is important when using string interpolation.

    4. Enable the HTTPS port:

      ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
          protocol: TCP
        - containerPort: 8443
          protocol: TCP
  4. Edit the Service resource of the Service Registry instance. You can find the correct name in a status field of the Service Registry Operator.

    ports:
      - name: http
        protocol: TCP
        port: 8080
        targetPort: 8080
      - name: https
        protocol: TCP
        port: 8443
        targetPort: 8443
  5. Verify that the connection is working:

    1. Connect into a pod on the cluster using SSH (you can use the Service Registry pod):

      oc rsh -n default example-apicurioregistry-deployment-vx28s-4-lmtqb
    2. Find the cluster IP of the Service Registry pod from the Service resource (see the Location column in the web console). Afterwards, execute a test request (we are using self-signed certificate, so an insecure flag is required):

      curl -k https://172.30.209.198:8443/health
      [...]

5.4. Configuring an HTTPS connection to Service Registry from outside the OpenShift cluster

The following procedure shows how to configure Service Registry deployment to expose an HTTPS edge-terminated route for connections from outside the OpenShift cluster.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Add a second Route in addition to the HTTP route created by the Service Registry Operator. See the following example:

    kind: Route
    apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1
    metadata:
      [...]
      labels:
        app: example-apicurioregistry
        [...]
    spec:
      host: example-apicurioregistry-default.apps.example.com
      to:
        kind: Service
        name: example-apicurioregistry-service-9whd7
        weight: 100
      port:
        targetPort: 8080
      tls:
        termination: edge
        insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: Redirect
      wildcardPolicy: None
    Note

    Make sure the insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: Redirect configuration property is set.

    If you do not specify a certificate, OpenShift will use a default. You can alternatively generate a custom self-signed certificate using the following commands:

    openssl genrsa 2048 > host.key &&
    openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha256 -days 365 -key host.key -out host.cert

    and then create a route using the OpenShift CLI:

    oc create route edge \
      --service=example-apicurioregistry-service-9whd7 \
      --cert=host.cert --key=host.key \
      --hostname=example-apicurioregistry-default.apps.example.com \
      --insecure-policy=Redirect \
      -n default