[openstack-dev] Barbican : Unable to execute the curl command for uploading/retrieving the secrets with the latest Barbican code.

Asha Seshagiri asha.seshagiri at gmail.com
Fri May 15 20:41:55 UTC 2015


Thanks John for providing the pointer to the fix and also thank all
contributors for providing  the quick fix.

Thanks and Regards,
Asha Seshagiri

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:30 PM, John Vrbanac <john.vrbanac at rackspace.com>
wrote:

> Asha,
> We landed the fix in: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/183391/
> Hopefully, that should address the problem you've been seeing.
>
> Thanks!
>
> John Vrbanac
>
>
> On Thu, 2015-05-14 at 18:14 -0500, Douglas Mendizábal wrote:
> > Hi Asha,
> >
> > The reason we support an Unauthenticated Context in Barbican is purely
> > for development purposes.  We recommend that all production Barbican
> > deployments use Keystone or an alternative AuthN/AuthZ service in
> > front of Barbican.
> >
> > Setting up a working Keystone environment just to hack on Barbican is
> > a steep requirement, which is why we need the Unauthenticated Context
> > to work.
> >
> > - Douglas Mendizabal
> >
> > On 5/14/15 6:07 PM, Asha Seshagiri wrote:
> > > Thanks a lot John for your response. But would like to know why do
> > > would we have to fix the issue for creating the secret for
> > > unauthenticated context for Barbican since it would be good to have
> > > access control mechanism  enforced to access secrets , orders and
> > > other entities from Barbican.
> > >
> > > This should be the expected behavior from security perspective .And
> > > also we are able to access secrets by providing the right token
> > > from the Identity service (Keystone ). Looking forward for your
> > > response.
> > >
> > > Thanks and Regards, Asha Seshagiri
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:43 PM, John Vrbanac
> > > <john.vrbanac at rackspace.com <mailto:john.vrbanac at rackspace.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > __ Asha, I spent some time looking into this, It looks to be a
> > > regression that occurred a few days ago when a CR was merged that
> > > moved us over to oslo_context. I have reported the issue here:
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/barbican/+bug/1455247
> > >
> > > I have a couple ideas on how to fix it, so keep your eyes out for
> > > a CR to resolve the issue.
> > >
> > > John Vrbanac
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2015-05-14 at 12:26 -0500, Asha Seshagiri wrote:
> > >> Hi all ,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> We are able to execute the curl commands on new barbican code
> > >> provided we integrated it with keystone . I ran into this issue
> > >> because I was trying to configure localhost to actual IP on a
> > >> plain barbican server so that I would get the response and
> > >> request objects with the actual IP rather than the local host .
> > >> This configuration was required for seting up HA proxy for
> > >> Barbican.
> > >>
> > >> And then I thought of integrating with the keystone and
> > >> configure Babrican server to https.
> > >>
> > >> *Its a good learning to know that the latest code drop of
> > >> Barbican enforces the authentication mechanism with the keystone
> > >> which would not allow us to execute the curl command without
> > >> providing the token of Identity service (Keystone ) in the
> > >> request unlike the previous Barbican versions*
> > >>
> > >> Please find the curl command request and responses for
> > >> uploading/reteriving the secets on Barbican Server
> > >>
> > >> root at Clientfor-HAProxy barbican]# curl -X POST -H
> > >> 'content-type:application/json' -H 'X-Project-Id:12345' \
> > >>> -H "X-Auth-Token:c9ac81784e1e4e089fccbca19f862be2" -d
> > >> '{"payload": "my-secret-here","payload_content_type":
> > >> "text/plain"}' \
> > >>> -k https://localhost:9311/v1/secrets
> > >> {"secret_ref":
> > >> "https://localhost:9311/v1/secrets/02336016-623b-4deb-bca5-caedc0bf0e
> > 35"}[root at Clientfor-HAProxy
> > >>
> > >>
> > barbican]#
> > >>
> > >> [root at Clientfor-HAProxy barbican]# curl -H 'Accept:
> > >> application/json' -H 'X-Project-Id:12345' \
> > >>> -H "X-Auth-Token:c9ac81784e1e4e089fccbca19f862be2" -k
> > >> https://localhost:9311/v1/secrets {"secrets": [{"status":
> > >> "ACTIVE", "secret_type": "opaque", "updated":
> > >> "2015-05-14T16:35:44.109536", "name": null, "algorithm": null,
> > >> "created": "2015-05-14T16:35:44.103982", "secret_ref":
> > >> "https://localhost:9311/v1/secrets/02336016-623b-4deb-bca5-caedc0bf0e
> > 35",
> > >>
> > >>
> > "content_types": {"default": "text/plain"}, "creator_id":
> > >> "cedd848a8a9e410196793c601c03b99a", "mode": null, "bit_length":
> > >> null, "expiration": null}], "total": 1}[root at Clientfor-HAProxy
> > >> barbican]#
> > >>
> > >> Thanks and Regards, Asha Seshagiri
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Asha Seshagiri
> > >> <asha.seshagiri at gmail.com <mailto:asha.seshagiri at gmail.com>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi all ,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> When I started  debugging ,we find that default group  is not
> > >> used instead oslo_policy would be used
> > >>
> > >> Please find the logs below :
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *2015-05-13 15:59:34.393 13210 WARNING oslo_config.cfg [-] Option
> > >> "policy_default_rule" from group "DEFAULT" is deprecated. Use
> > >> option "policy_default_rule" from group "oslo_policy".*
> > >> *2015-05-13 15:59:34.394 13210 WARNING oslo_config.cfg [-] Option
> > >> "policy_file" from group "DEFAULT" is deprecated. Use option
> > >> "policy_file" from group "oslo_policy".* 2015-05-13 15:59:34.395
> > >> 13210 DEBUG oslo_policy.openstack.common.fileutils
> > >> [req-0c6d2db4-bc15-4752-93ca-5203cf742d79 - 12345 - - -]
> > >> Reloading cached file /etc/barbican/policy.json read_cached_file
> > >> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/oslo_policy/openstack/common/fileuti
> > ls.py:64
> > >>
> > >>
> > 2015-05-13 15:59:34.398 13210 DEBUG oslo_policy.policy
> > >> [req-0c6d2db4-bc15-4752-93ca-5203cf742d79 - 12345 - - -] Reloaded
> > >> policy file: /etc/barbican/policy.json _load_policy_file
> > >> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/oslo_policy/policy.py:424
> > >> 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 ERROR barbican.api.controllers
> > >> [req-0c6d2db4-bc15-4752-93ca-5203cf742d79 - 12345 - - -] Secret
> > >> creation attempt not allowed - please review your user/project
> > >> privileges 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE
> > >> barbican.api.controllers Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >> 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE barbican.api.controllers File
> > >> "/root/barbican/barbican/api/controllers/__init__.py", line 104,
> > >> in handler 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE
> > >> barbican.api.controllers     return fn(inst, *args, **kwargs)
> > >> 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE barbican.api.controllers File
> > >> "/root/barbican/barbican/api/controllers/__init__.py", line 85,
> > >> in enforcer 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE
> > >> barbican.api.controllers     _do_enforce_rbac(inst,
> > >> pecan.request, action_name, ctx, **kwargs) 2015-05-13
> > >> 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE barbican.api.controllers File
> > >> "/root/barbican/barbican/api/controllers/__init__.py", line 68,
> > >> in _do_enforce_rbac 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE
> > >> barbican.api.controllers     credentials, do_raise=True)
> > >> 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE barbican.api.controllers File
> > >> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/oslo_policy/policy.py", line
> > >> 493, in enforce 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE
> > >> barbican.api.controllers     raise PolicyNotAuthorized(rule,
> > >> target, creds) 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE
> > >> barbican.api.controllers PolicyNotAuthorized: secrets:post on
> > >> {u'payload': u'my-secret-here', u'payload_content_type':
> > >> u'text/plain'} by {'project': '12345', 'user': None, 'roles': []}
> > >> disallowed by policy 2015-05-13 15:59:34.399 13210 TRACE
> > >> barbican.api.controllers 2015-05-13 15:59:34.400 13210 INFO
> > >> barbican.api.middleware.context
> > >> [req-0c6d2db4-bc15-4752-93ca-5203cf742d79 - 12345 - - -]
> > >> req-556e8733-aea2-4acf-ac8b-30bc671a6f22 | Processed request: 403
> > >> Forbidden - POST http://localhost:9311/v1/secrets {address space
> > >> usage: 364666880 bytes/347MB} {rss usage: 65622016 bytes/62MB}
> > >> [pid: 13210|app: 0|req: 1/1] 127.0.0.1 () {30 vars in 358 bytes}
> > >> [Wed May 13 15:59:34 2015] POST /v1/secrets => generated 134
> > >> bytes in 7 msecs (HTTP/1.1 403) 4 headers in 179 bytes (1
> > >> switches on core 0) announcing my loyalty to the Emperor... Wed
> > >> May 13 15:59:34 2015 - [emperor] vassal barbican-api.ini is now
> > >> loyal
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hence I tried changing  policy_default_rule value in the
> > >> barbican.conf file to oslo_policy instead of default  and then
> > >> restarting it .It did not work . Please find the rule below :
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *# Rule checked when requested rule is not found (string value)*
> > >> *policy_default_rule=oslo_policy*
> > >>
> > >> *[root at Clientfor-HAProxy ~]# curl -X POST -H
> > >> 'content-type:application/json' -H 'X-Project-Id:12345' -d
> > >> '{"payload": "my-secret-here", "payload_content_type":
> > >> "text/plain"}' http://localhost:9311/v1/secrets* *{"code": 403,
> > >> "description": "Secret creation attempt not allowed - please
> > >> review your user/project privileges", "title": "Forbidden"}*
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> It would be great if some one could help me out with this.Any
> > >> help would be highly appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thanks and Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Asha Seshagiri
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Asha Seshagiri
> > >> <asha.seshagiri at gmail.com <mailto:asha.seshagiri at gmail.com>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi All ,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Installed the barbican today taking the source from github and
> > >> executed the basic curl commands for retrieving and uploading the
> > >> secrets.
> > >>
> > >> Was unable to  execute the curl commands for retrieving and
> > >> uploading the secrets. Please find the request and response for
> > >> the command :
> > >>
> > >> [root at Clientfor-HAProxy ~]# curl -X POST -H
> > >> 'content-type:application/json' -H 'X-Project-Id:12345' -d
> > >> '{"payload": "my-secret-here", "payload_content_type":
> > >> "text/plain"}' http://localhost:9311/v1/secrets *{"code": 403,
> > >> "description": "Secret creation attempt not allowed - please
> > >> review your user/project privileges", "title": "Forbidden"}*
> > >> [root at Clientfor-HAProxy ~]# curl -H 'X-Project-Id: 12345'
> > >> http://localhost:9311/v1/secrets *{"code": 403, "description":
> > >> "Secret(s) retrieval attempt not allowed - please review your
> > >> user/project privileges", "title": "Forbidden"}*
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Would like to know the changes that needs to be done in order to
> > >> execute the basic curl commands for Barbican.
> > >>
> > >> Also noticed that admin config files are not loaded and only the
> > >> APi file is loaded .Please find the logs below :
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *** Operational MODE: single process *** *** uWSGI is running in
> > >> multiple interpreter mode *** spawned uWSGI master process (pid:
> > >> 9299) Tue May 12 16:23:09 2015 - [emperor] vassal
> > >> barbican-api.ini has been spawned spawned uWSGI worker 1 (pid:
> > >> 9300, cores: 1) *Loading paste environment:
> > >> config:/etc/barbican/barbican-api-paste.ini* 2015-05-12
> > >> 16:23:11.036 9300 INFO barbican.model.repositories [-] Setting up
> > >> database engine and session factory 2015-05-12 16:23:11.044 9300
> > >> DEBUG sqlalchemy.pool.NullPool [-] Created new connection
> > >> <sqlite3.Connection object at 0x53d8dc8> __connect
> > >> /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py:540
> > >> 2015-05-12 16:23:11.045 9300 DEBUG sqlalchemy.pool.NullPool [-]
> > >> Connection <sqlite3.Connection object at 0x53d8dc8> checked out
> > >> from pool checkout
> > >> /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py:458
> > >> 2015-05-12 16:23:11.046 9300 DEBUG sqlalchemy.pool.NullPool [-]
> > >> Connection <sqlite3.Connection object at 0x53d8dc8> being
> > >> returned to pool _finalize_fairy
> > >> /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py:562
> > >> 2015-05-12 16:23:11.046 9300 DEBUG sqlalchemy.pool.NullPool [-]
> > >> Connection <sqlite3.Connection object at 0x53d8dc8>
> > >> rollback-on-return _reset
> > >> /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py:698
> > >> 2015-05-12 16:23:11.046 9300 DEBUG sqlalchemy.pool.NullPool [-]
> > >> Closing connection <sqlite3.Connection object at 0x53d8dc8>
> > >> _close_connection
> > >> /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool.py:248
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *Any help would be highly appreciated since this would impact my
> > >> work on setting up HA proxy for Barbican*
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance !
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> /Thanks and Regards,/
> > >>
> > >> /Asha Seshagiri/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> /Thanks and Regards,/
> > >>
> > >> /Asha Seshagiri/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -- /Thanks and Regards,/ /Asha Seshagiri/
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*Asha Seshagiri*
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