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Chapter 7. Configuring Authentication

Application users must authenticate with Data Grid clusters. Data Grid Operator generates default credentials or you can add your own.

7.1. Default Credentials
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Data Grid Operator generates base64-encoded default credentials stored in an authentication secret named example-rhdatagrid-generated-secret

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developer

Default application user.

operator

Internal user that interacts with Data Grid clusters.

7.2. Retrieving Credentials
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Get credentials from authentication secrets to access Data Grid clusters.

Procedure

  • Retrieve credentials from authentication secrets, as in the following example: 

    $ oc get secret example-rhdatagrid-generated-secret
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    Base64-decode credentials. 

    $ oc get secret example-rhdatagrid-generated-secret \
-o jsonpath="{.data.identities\.yaml}" | base64 --decode

credentials:
- username: developer
  password: dIRs5cAAsHIeeRIL
- username: operator
  password: uMBo9CmEdEduYk24
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7.3. Adding Custom Credentials
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Add custom credentials to an authentication secret.

Procedure

  1. Create an identities.yaml file that contains credentials for application users and the operator user for Data Grid Operator, for example: 

    credentials:
- username: testuser
  password: testpassword
- username: operator
  password: supersecretoperatorpassword
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  2. Create an authentication secret with identities.yaml as follows: 

    $ oc create secret generic --from-file=identities.yaml connect-secret
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  3. Specify the authentication secret with spec.security.endpointSecretName in your Infinispan CR and then apply the changes. 

    spec:
  ...
  security:
    endpointSecretName: connect-secret
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    specifies the authentication secret.
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