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Introduction
The article is focused on configuration items used for HTTPS Server and Client Authentication. For a complete overview of settings see JS7 - Controller Configuration Items and JS7 - Agent Configuration Items,
- HTTPS Server Authentication is preferably used in combination with Client Authentication (mutual authentication) as this allows a secure configuration without the use of passwords.
- The purpose of Server Authentication is to secure the identity of an HTTP server and to encrypt the communication between client and server.
- The purpose of Client Authentication is to prove the identity of a client. Without proof of identity any http HTTP client could perform a man-in-the-middle attack e.g. by by, for example, pretending to be a Controller that connects to an Agent.
- Consider the communication scheme between JS7 components products as explained from in the JS7 - System Architecture article:
- User browsers acting as HTTP clients establish connections to the JOC Cockpit as an HTTP server.
- The JOC Cockpit acting as an HTTP client establishes connections to Controller instances acting as HTTP servers.
- Controller instances acting as HTTP clients establish connections to Agents acting as HTTP servers.
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Location of Configuration
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Files
In the following the JS7_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_DIR
placeholder specifies the configuration directory of the Controller. The JS7_AGENT_HOME
, JS7_AGENT_CONFIG_DIR
placeholders specify the directories where the Agent is installed and configured.
JS7_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_DIR
is the Controller's configuration directory that is specified during installation:<extraction-directory/controller/var/config
(default on Unix/Windows for JS7 - Controller - Headless Installation on Linux and Windows)C:\ProgramData\sos-berlin.com\js7\controller\config
(default on Windows for JS7 - Controller - Installation Using the Windows Graphical Installer)
JS7_AGENT_HOME
is the installation path that is specified during the JobScheduler Agent installation:<extraction-directory>/agent
(default on Unix/Windows for JS7 - Agent - Headless Installation on Unix and Windows)C:\Program Files\sos-berlin.com\js7\agent
(default on Windows for JS7 - Agent - Installation Using the Windows Graphical Installer)
JS7_AGENT_CONFIG_DIR
is the Agent's configuration directory that is specified during Agent installation:<extraction-directory>/agent/var_<port>/config
(default on Unix/Windows for JS7 - Agent - Headless Installation on Unix and Windows)C:\ProgramData\sos-berlin.com\js7\agent\config
(default on Windows for JS7 - Agent - Installation Using the Windows Graphical Installer)
Controller Configuration
Configuration File: JS7_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_DIR/private/private.conf
Find an example for Controller configuration for download
Configuration File: private.conf
Download: private.conf
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js7 { auth { # User accounts for HTTPS connections users { # Controller ID for connections by primary/secondary controller instance Controller { distinguished-names=[ "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=controller-2-0-secondary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE" ] } # History account (used to release events) History { distinguished-names=[ "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=joc-2-0-primary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE", "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=joc-2-0-secondary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE" ] password="sha512:B793649879D61613FD3F711B68F7FF3DB19F2FE2D2C136E8523ABC87612219D5AECB4A09035AD88D544E227400A0A56F02BC990CF0D4CB348F8413DE00BCBF08" } # JOC account (requires UpdateRepo permission for deployment) JOC { distinguished-names=[ "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=joc-2-0-primary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE", "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=joc-2-0-secondary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE" ] password="sha512:3662FD6BF84C6B8385FC15F66A137AB75C755147A81CC7AE64092BFE8A18723A7C049D459AB35C059B78FD6028BB61DCFC55801AE3894D2B52401643F17A07FE" permissions=[ UpdateItem ] } } } configuration { # directory for trusted public keys and certificates used with signatures trusted-signature-keys { PGP=${js7.config-directory}"/private/trusted-pgp-keys" X509=${js7.config-directory}"/private/trusted-x509-keys" } } journal { # allow History account to release unused journals users-allowed-to-release-events=[ History ] } web { # keystore and truststore location for https connections https { keystore { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-keystore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-keystore.p12" key-password="jobscheduler" store-password="jobscheduler" # store-password=jobscheduleralias } truststores=[ { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12" store-password="jobscheduler" # alias= } ] } } } |
Explanation:
- The configuration file is located with the sos-berlin.com/js7/controller/config/in the
JS7_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_DIR/private
folder. - Consider Note that the above configuration has to be deployed to both Controller instances should if a Controller Cluster be is being used.
- Find below explanations about The configuration items from the above example relevant to mutual authentication from the example above are described below.
Authentication with pairing Controller instances and JOC Cockpit instances
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js7 { auth { # User accounts for HTTPS connections users { # Controller ID for connections by primary/secondary controller instance Controller { distinguished-names=[ "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=controller-2-0-secondary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE" ] } } } } |
Explanation:
- This setting applies if The setting listed above applies for a Controller Cluster is used. In this situation a Primary Controller requires the above setting to allow access from a Secondary Controller and vice versa.
- Consider Note that the
Controller
element nameController
name is an example that has to be replaced by the Controller ID that is specified with the same value during installation of both Controller instances in a cluster. - This setting specifies the
distinguished-names
indicated with the partner Controllers' Client Authentication certificate. The distinguished name is given with the subject attribute of a Client Authentication certificate. The distinguished name is considered a replacement for a password.- A Primary Controller configuration specifies the distinguished name of the Secondary Controller's Client Authentication certificate.
- A Secondary Controller configuration specifies the distinguished name of the Primary Controller's Client Authentication certificate.
- Consider Note that the common name (CN) attribute of the distinguished name has to match the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the partner Controller's host.
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js7 { auth { # User accounts for HTTPS connections users { # History account (used to release events) History { distinguished-names=[ "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=joc-2-0-primary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE", "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=joc-2-0-secondary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE" ] password="sha512:B793649879D61613FD3F711B68F7FF3DB19F2FE2D2C136E8523ABC87612219D5AECB4A09035AD88D544E227400A0A56F02BC990CF0D4CB348F8413DE00BCBF08" } # JOC account (requires UpdateRepoUpdateItem permission for deployment) JOC { distinguished-names=[ "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=joc-2-0-primary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE", "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=joc-2-0-secondary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE" ] password="sha512:3662FD6BF84C6B8385FC15F66A137AB75C755147A81CC7AE64092BFE8A18723A7C049D459AB35C059B78FD6028BB61DCFC55801AE3894D2B52401643F17A07FE" permissions=[ UpdateItem ] } } } } |
Explanation:
- This The setting listed above applies to for the connection established from one or more JOC Cockpit instances to a Controller. The JOC Cockpit can be used with as a cluster including comprising two or more instances.
- This setting specifies the
distinguished-names
indicated with the respective relevant JOC Cockpit's Client Authentication certificate. The certificate is considered a replacement for a password. For each JOC Cockpit instance, the distinguished name is specified that which is stated with in the JOC Cockpit's certificate. - Two entries are available for
js7.auth.users.History
andjs7.auth.users.JOC
:History
represents the JS7 - History Service that receives state transition events for orders and log output of jobs and adds them to the JS7 database.JOC
represents the JOC Cockpit Proxy Service that establishes the connection to a Controller and that which is used to provide current information about orders to the JOC Cockpit GUI. In , in addition to e.g. , for example the deployment of workflows and submission of orders.- For both
History
andJOC
services a hashed password is specified by the JOC Cockpit. The password has no relevance for the security of the connection, instead . Instead it is used to distinguish the services that both are running with the same JOC Cockpit instance and therefore use the same Client Authentication certificate.
- In addition permissions are specified for JOC Cockpit services that indicate with the
UpdateItem
setting that the JOC Cockpit service is allowed to add/update/delete deployable objects such as workflows.
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- The Controller verifies the signature of deployable objects such as workflows. This can be performed for PGP signatures and X.509 signatures.
- The
trusted-signature-keys
setting specifies the location locations for PGP public keys and for X.509 certificates. - If no either PGP public keys are used or if no X.509 certificates are not used then the respective relevant setting should not be used specified as it expects implies that the indicated directory to will be populated with public keys or certificates respectivelyaccordingly.
Services entitled to release events from the Controller
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journal
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js7 { journal { # allow History account to release unused journals users-allowed-to-release-events=[ History ] } } |
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- The journal holds e.g. information about order state transitions. This information is consumed by the JS7 - History Service that updates the JS7 database from this information.
- The Controller's journal would grow if entries that have been consumed by the History Service could not be released. The
users-allowed-to-release-events
setting specifies the names, e.g.History
, of the accounts for which authentication settings are indicated from thejs7.auth.users
section. - A single
History
account is used For use with any number of JOC Cockpit instances a single accountHistory
is used. Should . If more than one consumer account was to be specified then all consumers would have to confirm having received order transition events before such events can could be removed from the journal.
HTTPS Keystore and Truststore
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js7 { web { # keystore and truststore location for https connections https { client-keystore { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-client-keystore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-client-keystore.p12" key-password="jobscheduler" store-password="jobscheduler" } keystore { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-keystore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-keystore.p12" key-password="jobscheduler" store-password="jobscheduler" # alias= } truststores=[ { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12" config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12" store-password="jobscheduler" # store-passwordalias=jobscheduler } ] } } } |
Explanation:
- HTTPS keystore keystores and truststore truststores are used to hold private keys and certificates
- Keystore and truststore settings accept the path to a file in PKCS12 format or in PEM format.
- A The keystore holds the Controller instance's private key and certificate. This information is used for:
- Server Authentication with JOC Cockpit and for
- Client Authentication with Agents.
- The A truststore holds the certificate(s) used to verify:
- Client Authentication certificates presented by JOC Cockpit and
- Server Authentication certificates presented by Agents.
- Any number of truststores can be used.
- Optionally a separate HTTPS client keystore can be used:
- The client keystore is used for HTTPS mutual authentication and holds a private key and certificate created for the
Client Auth
extended key usageClient Auth
. - When using HTTPS mutual authentication then:
- a single certificate can be used that is generated for both extended key usages
Server Auth
andClient Auth
extended key usages. In this case do not use the HTTPS client keystore but use the HTTPS keystore to hold the certificate. - separate certificates can be used with the certificate for key usage for
Server Auth
being key usage being stored with in the HTTPS keystore and the certificate forClient Auth
key usageClient Auth
being stored with in the HTTPS client keystore.
- a single certificate can be used that is generated for both extended key usages
- For details see
Jira server SOS JIRA columns key,summary,type,created,updated,due,assignee,reporter,priority,status,resolution serverId 6dc67751-9d67-34cd-985b-194a8cdc9602 key JS-1959
- The client keystore is used for HTTPS mutual authentication and holds a private key and certificate created for the
- Keystore and Truststore locations are specified. In addition for:
- the keystore a password for the private keys included in the keystore and a password for access to the keystore can be specified,
- the truststore a password for access to the truststore can be specified.
- Passwords for keystores and truststores have no tendency to improve keystore and truststore are not intended for security of the configuration: the passwords have to be specified as plain text and have to be in reach of the Controller. This mechanism is not too different from hiding the key under your doormat. In fact limiting ownership and access permissions for keystore and truststore files to the JS7 Controller's run-time account are more important than using a password, they are used to verify the integrity of certificate stores as the password used for creating and reading the certificate store must be the same.
- The
key-password
setting is used for access to a private key in a keystore. - The
store-password
setting is used for access to a keystore or to a truststore. - For PKCS12 (*.p12) keystores both settings have to use the same value. The settings can be omitted if no passwords are used.
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Agent Configuration
Configuration File: JS7_AGENT_CONFIG_DIR/private/private.conf
Download: Find an example for Agent configuration for download: private.conf
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js7 { auth { # User accounts for https connections users { # Controller ID for connections by primary/secondary Controller instance Controller { distinguished-names=[ "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=controller-2-0-primary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE", "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=controller-2-0-secondary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE" ] } } } configuration { # Locations of certificates and public keys used for signature verification trusted-signature-keys { PGP=${js7.config-directory}"/private/trusted-pgp-keys" X509=${js7.config-directory}"/private/trusted-x509-keys" } } job { # Enable script execution from signed workflows execution { signed-script-injection-allowed = yes } } web { # API Server URL api-server { url = "https://joc-2-0-secondary:4443" }} web { # Locations of keystore and truststore files for HTTPS connections https { keystore { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-keystore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-keystore.p12" key-password="jobscheduler" store-password="jobscheduler" # alias= } truststores=[ { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12/private/https-truststore.p12" store-password="jobscheduler" store-password=jobscheduler# alias= } ] } } } |
Explanation:
- The configuration file is located with the sos-berlin.com/js7/agent/config_<port>in the
JS7_AGENT_CONFIG_DIR/private
folder. - Consider Note that the
Controller
element nameController
is name is an example that has to be replaced by the Controller ID that which is specified with the same value during installation of both Controller instances in a cluster. - Consider Note that the above configuration has to be deployed to any all Agent instances.
- Find below explanations about above The configuration items relevant to mutual authentication from the example above are described below.
Client Authentication
Controller Connections
For explanations see see the JS7 - Agent Configuration Items#js7-auth-users-Controller article.
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js7 { auth { # User accounts for https connections users { # Controller ID for connections by primary/secondary Controller instance Controller { distinguished-names=[ "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=controller-2-0-primary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE", "DNQ=SOS CA, CN=controller-2-0-secondary, OU=IT, O=SOS, L=Berlin, ST=Berlin, C=DE" ] } } } } |
Server Authentication
HTTPS Keystore and Truststore Locations
For explanations see See the JS7 - Agent Configuration Items#js7-web-https-keystorehttps-keystore article for an explanation of the setting.
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js7 { web { # keystore and truststore location for https connections https { keystore { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-keystore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-keystore.p12" key-password="jobscheduler" store-password="jobscheduler" # alias= } truststores=[ { # Default: ${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12" file=${js7.config-directory}"/private/https-truststore.p12" store-password="jobscheduler" # alias= } ] } } } |
Signed Scheduling Objects
Locations of Public Keys and Certificates for Signature Verification
For explanations see See the JS7 - Agent Configuration Items#js7-configuration-trusted-signature-keys article for an explanation of the setting.
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# Security configuration js7 { configuration { # Locations of certificates and public keys used for signature verification trusted-signature-keys { PGP=${js7.config-directory}"/private/trusted-pgp-keys" X509=${js7.config-directory}"/private/trusted-x509-keys" } } |
Script Execution from Signed Workflows
For explanations see See the JS7 - Agent Configuration Items#js7-job-execution-signed-script-injection-allowed article for an explanation of the setting.
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# Allow http connections without authentication js7.job.execution.signed-script-injection-allowed = yes |
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