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Cephx Config Reference
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The ``cephx`` protocol is enabled by default. Cryptographic authentication has
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some computational costs, though they should generally be quite low. If the
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network environment connecting your client and server hosts is very safe and
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you cannot afford authentication, you can turn it off. **This is not generally
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recommended**.
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.. note:: If you disable authentication, you are at risk of a man-in-the-middle
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attack altering your client/server messages, which could lead to disastrous
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security effects.
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For creating users, see `User Management`_. For details on the architecture
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of Cephx, see `Architecture - High Availability Authentication`_.
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Deployment Scenarios
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====================
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There are two main scenarios for deploying a Ceph cluster, which impact
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how you initially configure Cephx. Most first time Ceph users use
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``ceph-deploy`` to create a cluster (easiest). For clusters using
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other deployment tools (e.g., Chef, Juju, Puppet, etc.), you will need
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to use the manual procedures or configure your deployment tool to
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bootstrap your monitor(s).
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ceph-deploy
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When you deploy a cluster with ``ceph-deploy``, you do not have to bootstrap the
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monitor manually or create the ``client.admin`` user or keyring. The steps you
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execute in the `Storage Cluster Quick Start`_ will invoke ``ceph-deploy`` to do
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that for you.
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When you execute ``ceph-deploy new {initial-monitor(s)}``, Ceph will create a
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monitor keyring for you (only used to bootstrap monitors), and it will generate
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an initial Ceph configuration file for you, which contains the following
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authentication settings, indicating that Ceph enables authentication by
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default::
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auth_cluster_required = cephx
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auth_service_required = cephx
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auth_client_required = cephx
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When you execute ``ceph-deploy mon create-initial``, Ceph will bootstrap the
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initial monitor(s), retrieve a ``ceph.client.admin.keyring`` file containing the
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key for the ``client.admin`` user. Additionally, it will also retrieve keyrings
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that give ``ceph-deploy`` and ``ceph-disk`` utilities the ability to prepare and
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activate OSDs and metadata servers.
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When you execute ``ceph-deploy admin {node-name}`` (**note:** Ceph must be
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installed first), you are pushing a Ceph configuration file and the
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``ceph.client.admin.keyring`` to the ``/etc/ceph`` directory of the node. You
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will be able to execute Ceph administrative functions as ``root`` on the command
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line of that node.
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Manual Deployment
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When you deploy a cluster manually, you have to bootstrap the monitor manually
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and create the ``client.admin`` user and keyring. To bootstrap monitors, follow
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the steps in `Monitor Bootstrapping`_. The steps for monitor bootstrapping are
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the logical steps you must perform when using third party deployment tools like
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Chef, Puppet, Juju, etc.
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Enabling/Disabling Cephx
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Enabling Cephx requires that you have deployed keys for your monitors,
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OSDs and metadata servers. If you are simply toggling Cephx on / off,
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you do not have to repeat the bootstrapping procedures.
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Enabling Cephx
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When ``cephx`` is enabled, Ceph will look for the keyring in the default search
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path, which includes ``/etc/ceph/$cluster.$name.keyring``. You can override
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this location by adding a ``keyring`` option in the ``[global]`` section of
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your `Ceph configuration`_ file, but this is not recommended.
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Execute the following procedures to enable ``cephx`` on a cluster with
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authentication disabled. If you (or your deployment utility) have already
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generated the keys, you may skip the steps related to generating keys.
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#. Create a ``client.admin`` key, and save a copy of the key for your client
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host::
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ceph auth get-or-create client.admin mon 'allow *' mds 'allow *' osd 'allow *' -o /etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
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**Warning:** This will clobber any existing
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``/etc/ceph/client.admin.keyring`` file. Do not perform this step if a
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deployment tool has already done it for you. Be careful!
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#. Create a keyring for your monitor cluster and generate a monitor
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secret key. ::
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ceph-authtool --create-keyring /tmp/ceph.mon.keyring --gen-key -n mon. --cap mon 'allow *'
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#. Copy the monitor keyring into a ``ceph.mon.keyring`` file in every monitor's
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``mon data`` directory. For example, to copy it to ``mon.a`` in cluster ``ceph``,
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use the following::
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cp /tmp/ceph.mon.keyring /var/lib/ceph/mon/ceph-a/keyring
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#. Generate a secret key for every OSD, where ``{$id}`` is the OSD number::
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ceph auth get-or-create osd.{$id} mon 'allow rwx' osd 'allow *' -o /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-{$id}/keyring
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#. Generate a secret key for every MDS, where ``{$id}`` is the MDS letter::
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ceph auth get-or-create mds.{$id} mon 'allow rwx' osd 'allow *' mds 'allow *' -o /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{$id}/keyring
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#. Enable ``cephx`` authentication by setting the following options in the
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``[global]`` section of your `Ceph configuration`_ file::
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auth cluster required = cephx
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auth service required = cephx
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auth client required = cephx
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#. Start or restart the Ceph cluster. See `Operating a Cluster`_ for details.
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For details on bootstrapping a monitor manually, see `Manual Deployment`_.
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Disabling Cephx
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---------------
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The following procedure describes how to disable Cephx. If your cluster
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environment is relatively safe, you can offset the computation expense of
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running authentication. **We do not recommend it.** However, it may be easier
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during setup and/or troubleshooting to temporarily disable authentication.
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#. Disable ``cephx`` authentication by setting the following options in the
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``[global]`` section of your `Ceph configuration`_ file::
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auth cluster required = none
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auth service required = none
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auth client required = none
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#. Start or restart the Ceph cluster. See `Operating a Cluster`_ for details.
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Configuration Settings
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Enablement
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``auth cluster required``
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:Description: If enabled, the Ceph Storage Cluster daemons (i.e., ``ceph-mon``,
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``ceph-osd``, and ``ceph-mds``) must authenticate with
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each other. Valid settings are ``cephx`` or ``none``.
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:Type: String
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:Required: No
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:Default: ``cephx``.
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``auth service required``
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:Description: If enabled, the Ceph Storage Cluster daemons require Ceph Clients
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to authenticate with the Ceph Storage Cluster in order to access
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Ceph services. Valid settings are ``cephx`` or ``none``.
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:Type: String
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:Required: No
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:Default: ``cephx``.
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``auth client required``
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:Description: If enabled, the Ceph Client requires the Ceph Storage Cluster to
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authenticate with the Ceph Client. Valid settings are ``cephx``
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or ``none``.
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:Type: String
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:Required: No
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:Default: ``cephx``.
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.. index:: keys; keyring
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Keys
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When you run Ceph with authentication enabled, ``ceph`` administrative commands
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and Ceph Clients require authentication keys to access the Ceph Storage Cluster.
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The most common way to provide these keys to the ``ceph`` administrative
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commands and clients is to include a Ceph keyring under the ``/etc/ceph``
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directory. For Cuttlefish and later releases using ``ceph-deploy``, the filename
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is usually ``ceph.client.admin.keyring`` (or ``$cluster.client.admin.keyring``).
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If you include the keyring under the ``/etc/ceph`` directory, you don't need to
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specify a ``keyring`` entry in your Ceph configuration file.
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We recommend copying the Ceph Storage Cluster's keyring file to nodes where you
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will run administrative commands, because it contains the ``client.admin`` key.
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You may use ``ceph-deploy admin`` to perform this task. See `Create an Admin
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Host`_ for details. To perform this step manually, execute the following::
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sudo scp {user}@{ceph-cluster-host}:/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring /etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
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.. tip:: Ensure the ``ceph.keyring`` file has appropriate permissions set
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(e.g., ``chmod 644``) on your client machine.
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You may specify the key itself in the Ceph configuration file using the ``key``
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setting (not recommended), or a path to a keyfile using the ``keyfile`` setting.
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``keyring``
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:Description: The path to the keyring file.
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:Type: String
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:Required: No
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:Default: ``/etc/ceph/$cluster.$name.keyring,/etc/ceph/$cluster.keyring,/etc/ceph/keyring,/etc/ceph/keyring.bin``
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``keyfile``
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:Description: The path to a key file (i.e,. a file containing only the key).
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:Type: String
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:Required: No
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:Default: None
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``key``
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:Description: The key (i.e., the text string of the key itself). Not recommended.
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:Type: String
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:Required: No
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:Default: None
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Daemon Keyrings
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Administrative users or deployment tools (e.g., ``ceph-deploy``) may generate
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daemon keyrings in the same way as generating user keyrings. By default, Ceph
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stores daemons keyrings inside their data directory. The default keyring
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locations, and the capabilities necessary for the daemon to function, are shown
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below.
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``ceph-mon``
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:Location: ``$mon_data/keyring``
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:Capabilities: ``mon 'allow *'``
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``ceph-osd``
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:Location: ``$osd_data/keyring``
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:Capabilities: ``mon 'allow profile osd' osd 'allow *'``
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``ceph-mds``
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:Location: ``$mds_data/keyring``
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:Capabilities: ``mds 'allow' mon 'allow profile mds' osd 'allow rwx'``
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``radosgw``
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:Location: ``$rgw_data/keyring``
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:Capabilities: ``mon 'allow rwx' osd 'allow rwx'``
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.. note:: The monitor keyring (i.e., ``mon.``) contains a key but no
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capabilities, and is not part of the cluster ``auth`` database.
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The daemon data directory locations default to directories of the form::
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/var/lib/ceph/$type/$cluster-$id
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For example, ``osd.12`` would be::
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/var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-12
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You can override these locations, but it is not recommended.
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.. index:: signatures
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Signatures
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In Ceph Bobtail and subsequent versions, we prefer that Ceph authenticate all
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ongoing messages between the entities using the session key set up for that
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initial authentication. However, Argonaut and earlier Ceph daemons do not know
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how to perform ongoing message authentication. To maintain backward
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compatibility (e.g., running both Botbail and Argonaut daemons in the same
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cluster), message signing is **off** by default. If you are running Bobtail or
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later daemons exclusively, configure Ceph to require signatures.
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Like other parts of Ceph authentication, Ceph provides fine-grained control so
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you can enable/disable signatures for service messages between the client and
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Ceph, and you can enable/disable signatures for messages between Ceph daemons.
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``cephx require signatures``
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:Description: If set to ``true``, Ceph requires signatures on all message
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traffic between the Ceph Client and the Ceph Storage Cluster, and
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between daemons comprising the Ceph Storage Cluster.
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:Type: Boolean
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:Required: No
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:Default: ``false``
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``cephx cluster require signatures``
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:Description: If set to ``true``, Ceph requires signatures on all message
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traffic between Ceph daemons comprising the Ceph Storage Cluster.
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:Type: Boolean
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:Required: No
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:Default: ``false``
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``cephx service require signatures``
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:Description: If set to ``true``, Ceph requires signatures on all message
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traffic between Ceph Clients and the Ceph Storage Cluster.
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:Type: Boolean
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:Required: No
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:Default: ``false``
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``cephx sign messages``
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:Description: If the Ceph version supports message signing, Ceph will sign
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all messages so they cannot be spoofed.
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:Type: Boolean
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:Default: ``true``
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Time to Live
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``auth service ticket ttl``
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:Description: When the Ceph Storage Cluster sends a Ceph Client a ticket for
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authentication, the Ceph Storage Cluster assigns the ticket a
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time to live.
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:Type: Double
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:Default: ``60*60``
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Backward Compatibility
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For Cuttlefish and earlier releases, see `Cephx`_.
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In Ceph Argonaut v0.48 and earlier versions, if you enable ``cephx``
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authentication, Ceph only authenticates the initial communication between the
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client and daemon; Ceph does not authenticate the subsequent messages they send
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to each other, which has security implications. In Ceph Bobtail and subsequent
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versions, Ceph authenticates all ongoing messages between the entities using the
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session key set up for that initial authentication.
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We identified a backward compatibility issue between Argonaut v0.48 (and prior
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versions) and Bobtail (and subsequent versions). During testing, if you
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attempted to use Argonaut (and earlier) daemons with Bobtail (and later)
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daemons, the Argonaut daemons did not know how to perform ongoing message
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authentication, while the Bobtail versions of the daemons insist on
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authenticating message traffic subsequent to the initial
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request/response--making it impossible for Argonaut (and prior) daemons to
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interoperate with Bobtail (and subsequent) daemons.
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We have addressed this potential problem by providing a means for Argonaut (and
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prior) systems to interact with Bobtail (and subsequent) systems. Here's how it
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works: by default, the newer systems will not insist on seeing signatures from
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older systems that do not know how to perform them, but will simply accept such
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messages without authenticating them. This new default behavior provides the
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advantage of allowing two different releases to interact. **We do not recommend
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this as a long term solution**. Allowing newer daemons to forgo ongoing
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authentication has the unfortunate security effect that an attacker with control
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of some of your machines or some access to your network can disable session
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security simply by claiming to be unable to sign messages.
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.. note:: Even if you don't actually run any old versions of Ceph,
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the attacker may be able to force some messages to be accepted unsigned in the
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default scenario. While running Cephx with the default scenario, Ceph still
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authenticates the initial communication, but you lose desirable session security.
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If you know that you are not running older versions of Ceph, or you are willing
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to accept that old servers and new servers will not be able to interoperate, you
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can eliminate this security risk. If you do so, any Ceph system that is new
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enough to support session authentication and that has Cephx enabled will reject
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unsigned messages. To preclude new servers from interacting with old servers,
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include the following in the ``[global]`` section of your `Ceph
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configuration`_ file directly below the line that specifies the use of Cephx
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for authentication::
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cephx require signatures = true ; everywhere possible
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You can also selectively require signatures for cluster internal
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communications only, separate from client-facing service::
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cephx cluster require signatures = true ; for cluster-internal communication
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cephx service require signatures = true ; for client-facing service
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An option to make a client require signatures from the cluster is not
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yet implemented.
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**We recommend migrating all daemons to the newer versions and enabling the
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foregoing flag** at the nearest practical time so that you may avail yourself
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of the enhanced authentication.
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.. note:: Ceph kernel modules do not support signatures yet.
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.. _Storage Cluster Quick Start: ../../../start/quick-ceph-deploy/
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.. _Monitor Bootstrapping: ../../../install/manual-deployment#monitor-bootstrapping
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.. _Operating a Cluster: ../../operations/operating
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.. _Manual Deployment: ../../../install/manual-deployment
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.. _Cephx: http://docs.ceph.com/docs/cuttlefish/rados/configuration/auth-config-ref/
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.. _Ceph configuration: ../ceph-conf
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.. _Create an Admin Host: ../../deployment/ceph-deploy-admin
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.. _Architecture - High Availability Authentication: ../../../architecture#high-availability-authentication
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.. _User Management: ../../operations/user-management
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