15.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider
15.3.1. Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Interactive Setup)
The ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap extension allows users to customize their external directory setup easily. The ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap extension supports many different LDAP server types, and an interactive setup script is provided to assist you with the setup for most LDAP types.
If the LDAP server type is not listed in the interactive setup script, or you want to do more customization, you can manually edit the configuration files. See Section 15.3.3, “Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Manual Method)” for more information.
For an Active Directory example, see Section 15.3.2, “Attaching an Active Directory”.
Prerequisites:
- You must know the domain name of the DNS or the LDAP server.
- To set up secure connection between the LDAP server and the Manager, ensure that a PEM-encoded CA certificate has been prepared.
- Have at least one set of account name and password ready to perform search and login queries to the LDAP server.
Configuring an External LDAP Provider
On the Red Hat Virtualization Manager, install the LDAP extension package:
# yum install ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup
Run
ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup
to start the interactive setup:# ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup
Select an LDAP type by entering the corresponding number. If you are not sure which schema your LDAP server is, select the standard schema of your LDAP server type. For Active Directory, follow the procedure at Section 15.3.2, “Attaching an Active Directory”.
Available LDAP implementations: 1 - 389ds 2 - 389ds RFC-2307 Schema 3 - Active Directory 4 - IBM Security Directory Server 5 - IBM Security Directory Server RFC-2307 Schema 6 - IPA 7 - Novell eDirectory RFC-2307 Schema 8 - OpenLDAP RFC-2307 Schema 9 - OpenLDAP Standard Schema 10 - Oracle Unified Directory RFC-2307 Schema 11 - RFC-2307 Schema (Generic) 12 - RHDS 13 - RHDS RFC-2307 Schema 14 - iPlanet Please select:
Press
Enter
to accept the default and configure domain name resolution for your LDAP server name:It is highly recommended to use DNS resolution for LDAP server. If for some reason you intend to use hosts or plain address disable DNS usage. Use DNS (Yes, No) [Yes]:
Select a DNS policy method:
- For option 1, the DNS servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf are used to resolve the IP address. Check that the /etc/resolv.conf file is updated with the correct DNS servers.
For option 2, enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or the IP address of the LDAP server. You can use the
dig
command with the SRV record to find out the domain name. An SRV record takes the following format:_service._protocol.domain_name
Example:
dig _ldap._tcp.redhat.com SRV
.- For option 3, enter a space-separated list of LDAP servers. Use either the FQDN or IP address of the servers. This policy provides load-balancing between the LDAP servers. Queries are distributed among all LDAP servers according to the round-robin algorithm.
For option 4, enter a space-separated list of LDAP servers. Use either the FQDN or IP address of the servers. This policy defines the first LDAP server to be the default LDAP server to respond to queries. If the first server is not available, the query will go to the next LDAP server on the list.
1 - Single server 2 - DNS domain LDAP SRV record 3 - Round-robin between multiple hosts 4 - Failover between multiple hosts Please select:
Select the secure connection method your LDAP server supports and specify the method to obtain a PEM-encoded CA certificate:
-
File
allows you to provide the full path to the certificate. -
URL
allows you to specify a URL for the certificate. -
Inline
allows you to paste the content of the certificate in the terminal. -
System
allows you to specify the default location for all CA files. Insecure
skips certificate validation, but the connection is still encrypted using TLS.NOTE: It is highly recommended to use secure protocol to access the LDAP server. Protocol startTLS is the standard recommended method to do so. Only in cases in which the startTLS is not supported, fallback to non standard ldaps protocol. Use plain for test environments only. Please select protocol to use (startTLS, ldaps, plain) [startTLS]: startTLS Please select method to obtain PEM encoded CA certificate (File, URL, Inline, System, Insecure): Please enter the password:
NoteLDAPS stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Over Secure Socket Links. For SSL connections, select the
ldaps
option.
-
Enter the search user distinguished name (DN). The user must have permissions to browse all users and groups on the directory server. The search user must be specified in LDAP annotation. If anonymous search is allowed, press
Enter
without any input.Enter search user DN (for example uid=username,dc=example,dc=com or leave empty for anonymous):
uid=user1,ou=Users,ou=department-1,dc=example,dc=com
Enter search user password:Enter the base DN:
Please enter base DN (dc=redhat,dc=com) [dc=redhat,dc=com]: ou=department-1,dc=redhat,dc=com
Select
Yes
if you intend to configure single sign-on for virtual machines. Note that the feature cannot be used with single sign-on to the Administration Portal feature. The script reminds you that the profile name must match the domain name. You will still need to follow the instructions in Configuring Single Sign-On for Virtual Machines in the Virtual Machine Management Guide.Are you going to use Single Sign-On for Virtual Machines (Yes, No) [Yes]:
Specify a profile name. The profile name is visible to users on the login page. This example uses
redhat.com
.NoteTo rename the profile after the domain has been configured, edit the
ovirt.engine.aaa.authn.profile.name
attribute in the /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/redhat.com-authn.properties file. Restart theovirt-engine
service for the changes to take effect.Please specify profile name that will be visible to users: redhat.com
Figure 15.1. The Administration Portal Login Page
NoteUsers must select the profile from the drop-down list when logging in for the first time. The information is stored in browser cookies and preselected the next time the user logs in.
Test the login function to ensure your LDAP server is connected to your Red Hat Virtualization environment properly. For the login query, enter your
user name
andpassword
:NOTE: It is highly recommended to test drive the configuration before applying it into engine. Login sequence is executed automatically, but it is recommended to also execute Search sequence manually after successful Login sequence. Please provide credentials to test login flow: Enter user name: Enter user password: [ INFO ] Executing login sequence... ... [ INFO ] Login sequence executed successfully
Check that the user details are correct. If the user details are incorrect, select
Abort
:Please make sure that user details are correct and group membership meets expectations (search for PrincipalRecord and GroupRecord titles). Abort if output is incorrect. Select test sequence to execute (Done, Abort, Login, Search) [Abort]:
Manually testing the Search function is recommended. For the search query, select
Principal
for user accounts orGroup
for group accounts. SelectYes
toResolve Groups
if you want the group account information for the user account to be returned. Three configuration files are created and displayed in the screen output.Select test sequence to execute (Done, Abort, Login, Search) [Search]: Search Select entity to search (Principal, Group) [Principal]: Term to search, trailing '*' is allowed: testuser1 Resolve Groups (Yes, No) [No]:
Select
Done
to complete the setup:Select test sequence to execute (Done, Abort, Login, Search) [Abort]: Done [ INFO ] Stage: Transaction setup [ INFO ] Stage: Misc configuration [ INFO ] Stage: Package installation [ INFO ] Stage: Misc configuration [ INFO ] Stage: Transaction commit [ INFO ] Stage: Closing up CONFIGURATION SUMMARY Profile name is: redhat.com The following files were created: /etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/redhat.com.properties /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/redhat.com.properties /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/redhat.com-authn.properties [ INFO ] Stage: Clean up Log file is available at /tmp/ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup-20171004101225-mmneib.log: [ INFO ] Stage: Pre-termination [ INFO ] Stage: Termination
Restart the
ovirt-engine
service. The profile you have created is now available on the Administration Portal and the VM Portal login pages. To assign the user accounts on the LDAP server appropriate roles and permissions, for example, to log in to the VM Portal, see Section 15.6, “Administering User Tasks From the Administration Portal”.# systemctl restart ovirt-engine.service
For more information, see the LDAP authentication and authorization extension README file at /usr/share/doc/ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-version.
15.3.2. Attaching an Active Directory
Prerequisites
You need to know the Active Directory forest name. The forest name is also known as the root domain name.
NoteExamples of the most common Active Directory configurations, which cannot be configured using the ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup tool, are provided in
/usr/share/ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap/examples/README.md
.- You need to either add the DNS server that can resolve the Active Directory forest name to the /etc/resolv.conf file on the Manager, or note down the Active Directory DNS servers and enter them when prompted by the interactive setup script.
- To set up secure connection between the LDAP server and the Manager, ensure a PEM-encoded CA certificate has been prepared. See Section D.2, “Setting Up Encrypted Communication between the Manager and an LDAP Server” for more information.
- Unless anonymous search is supported, a user with permissions to browse all users and groups must be available on the Active Directory to be used as the search user. Note down the search user’s distinguished name (DN). Do not use the administrative user for the Active Directory.
- You must have at least one account name and password ready to perform search and login queries to the Active Directory.
-
If your Active Directory deployment spans multiple domains, be aware of the limitation described in the
/usr/share/ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap/profiles/ad.properties
file.
Configuring an External LDAP Provider
On the Red Hat Virtualization Manager, install the LDAP extension package:
# yum install ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup
Run
ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup
to start the interactive setup:# ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup
Select an LDAP type by entering the corresponding number. The LDAP-related questions after this step are different for different LDAP types.
Available LDAP implementations: 1 - 389ds 2 - 389ds RFC-2307 Schema 3 - Active Directory 4 - IBM Security Directory Server 5 - IBM Security Directory Server RFC-2307 Schema 6 - IPA 7 - Novell eDirectory RFC-2307 Schema 8 - OpenLDAP RFC-2307 Schema 9 - OpenLDAP Standard Schema 10 - Oracle Unified Directory RFC-2307 Schema 11 - RFC-2307 Schema (Generic) 12 - RHDS 13 - RHDS RFC-2307 Schema 14 - iPlanet Please select: 3
Enter the Active Directory forest name. If the forest name is not resolvable by your Manager’s DNS, the script prompts you to enter a space-separated list of Active Directory DNS server names.
Please enter Active Directory Forest name: ad-example.redhat.com [ INFO ] Resolving Global Catalog SRV record for ad-example.redhat.com [ INFO ] Resolving LDAP SRV record for ad-example.redhat.com
Select the secure connection method your LDAP server supports and specify the method to obtain a PEM-encoded CA certificate. The file option allows you to provide the full path to the certificate. The URL option allows you to specify a URL to the certificate. Use the inline option to paste the content of the certificate in the terminal. The system option allows you to specify the location for all CA files. The insecure option allows you to use startTLS in insecure mode.
NOTE: It is highly recommended to use secure protocol to access the LDAP server. Protocol startTLS is the standard recommended method to do so. Only in cases in which the startTLS is not supported, fallback to non standard ldaps protocol. Use plain for test environments only. Please select protocol to use (startTLS, ldaps, plain) [startTLS]: startTLS Please select method to obtain PEM encoded CA certificate (File, URL, Inline, System, Insecure): File Please enter the password:
NoteLDAPS stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Over Secure Socket Links. For SSL connections, select the
ldaps
option.For more information on creating a PEM-encoded CA certificate, see Section D.2, “Setting Up Encrypted Communication between the Manager and an LDAP Server”.
Enter the search user distinguished name (DN). The user must have permissions to browse all users and groups on the directory server. The search user must be of LDAP annotation. If anonymous search is allowed, press
Enter
without any input.Enter search user DN (empty for anonymous): cn=user1,ou=Users,dc=test,dc=redhat,dc=com Enter search user password:
Specify whether to use single sign-on for virtual machines. This feature is enabled by default, but cannot be used if single sign-on to the Administration Portal is enabled. The script reminds you that the profile name must match the domain name. You will still need to follow the instructions in Configuring Single Sign-On for Virtual Machines in the Virtual Machine Management Guide.
Are you going to use Single Sign-On for Virtual Machines (Yes, No) [Yes]:
Specify a profile name. The profile name is visible to users on the login page. This example uses
redhat.com
.Please specify profile name that will be visible to users:redhat.com
Figure 15.2. The Administration Portal Login Page
NoteUsers need to select the desired profile from the drop-down list when logging in for the first time. The information is then stored in browser cookies and preselected the next time the user logs in.
Test the search and login function to ensure your LDAP server is connected to your Red Hat Virtualization environment properly. For the login query, enter the account name and password. For the search query, select
Principal
for user accounts, and selectGroup
for group accounts. EnterYes
toResolve Groups
if you want the group account information for the user account to be returned. SelectDone
to complete the setup. Three configuration files are created and displayed in the screen output.NOTE: It is highly recommended to test drive the configuration before applying it into engine. Login sequence is executed automatically, but it is recommended to also execute Search sequence manually after successful Login sequence. Select test sequence to execute (Done, Abort, Login, Search) [Abort]: Login Enter search user name: testuser1 Enter search user password: [ INFO ] Executing login sequence... ... Select test sequence to execute (Done, Abort, Login, Search) [Abort]: Search Select entity to search (Principal, Group) [Principal]: Term to search, trailing '*' is allowed: testuser1 Resolve Groups (Yes, No) [No]: [ INFO ] Executing login sequence... ... Select test sequence to execute (Done, Abort, Login, Search) [Abort]: Done [ INFO ] Stage: Transaction setup [ INFO ] Stage: Misc configuration [ INFO ] Stage: Package installation [ INFO ] Stage: Misc configuration [ INFO ] Stage: Transaction commit [ INFO ] Stage: Closing up CONFIGURATION SUMMARY Profile name is: redhat.com The following files were created: /etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/redhat.com.properties /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/redhat.com-authz.properties /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/redhat.com-authn.properties [ INFO ] Stage: Clean up Log file is available at /tmp/ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-setup-20160114064955-1yar9i.log: [ INFO ] Stage: Pre-termination [ INFO ] Stage: Termination
- The profile you have created is now available on the Administration Portal and the VM Portal login pages. To assign the user accounts on the LDAP server appropriate roles and permissions, for example, to log in to the VM Portal, see Section 15.6, “Administering User Tasks From the Administration Portal”.
For more information, see the LDAP authentication and authorization extension README file at /usr/share/doc/ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-version.
15.3.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Manual Method)
The ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap
extension uses the LDAP protocol to access directory servers and is fully customizable. Kerberos authentication is not required unless you want to enable the single sign-on to the VM Portal or the Administration Portal feature.
If the interactive setup method in the previous section does not cover your use case, you can manually modify the configuration files to attach your LDAP server. The following procedure uses generic details. Specific values depend on your setup.
Configuring an External LDAP Provider Manually
On the Red Hat Virtualization Manager, install the LDAP extension package:
# yum install ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap
Copy the LDAP configuration template file into the /etc/ovirt-engine directory. Template files are available for active directories (ad) and other directory types (simple). This example uses the simple configuration template.
# cp -r /usr/share/ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap/examples/simple/. /etc/ovirt-engine
Rename the configuration files to match the profile name you want visible to users on the Administration Portal and the VM Portal login pages:
# mv /etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/profile1.properties /etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/example.properties # mv /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/profile1-authn.properties /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/example-authn.properties # mv /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/profile1-authz.properties /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/example-authz.properties
Edit the LDAP property configuration file by uncommenting an LDAP server type and updating the domain and passwords fields:
# vi /etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/example.properties
Example 15.1. Example profile: LDAP server section
# Select one # include = <openldap.properties> #include = <389ds.properties> #include = <rhds.properties> #include = <ipa.properties> #include = <iplanet.properties> #include = <rfc2307-389ds.properties> #include = <rfc2307-rhds.properties> #include = <rfc2307-openldap.properties> #include = <rfc2307-edir.properties> #include = <rfc2307-generic.properties> # Server # vars.server = ldap1.company.com # Search user and its password. # vars.user = uid=search,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=company,dc=com vars.password = 123456 pool.default.serverset.single.server = ${global:vars.server} pool.default.auth.simple.bindDN = ${global:vars.user} pool.default.auth.simple.password = ${global:vars.password}
To use TLS or SSL protocol to interact with the LDAP server, obtain the root CA certificate for the LDAP server and use it to create a public keystore file. Uncomment the following lines and specify the full path to the public keystore file and the password to access the file.
NoteFor more information on creating a public keystore file, see Section D.2, “Setting Up Encrypted Communication between the Manager and an LDAP Server”.
Example 15.2. Example profile: keystore section
# Create keystore, import certificate chain and uncomment # if using tls. pool.default.ssl.startTLS = true pool.default.ssl.truststore.file = /full/path/to/myrootca.jks pool.default.ssl.truststore.password = password
Review the authentication configuration file. The profile name visible to users on the Administration Portal and the VM Portal login pages is defined by ovirt.engine.aaa.authn.profile.name. The configuration profile location must match the LDAP configuration file location. All fields can be left as default.
# vi /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/example-authn.properties
Example 15.3. Example authentication configuration file
ovirt.engine.extension.name = example-authn ovirt.engine.extension.bindings.method = jbossmodule ovirt.engine.extension.binding.jbossmodule.module = org.ovirt.engine-extensions.aaa.ldap ovirt.engine.extension.binding.jbossmodule.class = org.ovirt.engineextensions.aaa.ldap.AuthnExtension ovirt.engine.extension.provides = org.ovirt.engine.api.extensions.aaa.Authn ovirt.engine.aaa.authn.profile.name = example ovirt.engine.aaa.authn.authz.plugin = example-authz config.profile.file.1 = ../aaa/example.properties
Review the authorization configuration file. The configuration profile location must match the LDAP configuration file location. All fields can be left as default.
# vi /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/example-authz.properties
Example 15.4. Example authorization configuration file
ovirt.engine.extension.name = example-authz ovirt.engine.extension.bindings.method = jbossmodule ovirt.engine.extension.binding.jbossmodule.module = org.ovirt.engine-extensions.aaa.ldap ovirt.engine.extension.binding.jbossmodule.class = org.ovirt.engineextensions.aaa.ldap.AuthzExtension ovirt.engine.extension.provides = org.ovirt.engine.api.extensions.aaa.Authz config.profile.file.1 = ../aaa/example.properties
Ensure that the ownership and permissions of the configuration profile are appropriate:
# chown ovirt:ovirt /etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/example.properties # chmod 600 /etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/example.properties
Restart the engine service:
# systemctl restart ovirt-engine.service
- The example profile you have created is now available on the Administration Portal and the VM Portal login pages. To give the user accounts on the LDAP server appropriate permissions, for example, to log in to the VM Portal, see Section 15.6, “Administering User Tasks From the Administration Portal”.
For more information, see the LDAP authentication and authorization extension README file at /usr/share/doc/ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-ldap-version.
15.3.4. Removing an External LDAP Provider
This procedure shows you how to remove an external configured LDAP provider and its users.
Removing an External LDAP Provider
Remove the LDAP provider configuration files, replacing the default name profile1:
# rm /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/profile1-authn.properties # rm /etc/ovirt-engine/extensions.d/profile1-authz.properties # rm /etc/ovirt-engine/aaa/profile1.properties
Restart the
ovirt-engine
service:# systemctl restart ovirt-engine
-
In the Administration Portal, in the Users resource tab, select the users of this provider (those whose
Authorization provider
is profile1-authz) and click Remove.