[openstack-dev] [Fuel] API services available on public VIP

Matthew Mosesohn mmosesohn at mirantis.com
Mon Nov 16 15:34:21 UTC 2015


I haven't seen any more discussion on this topic. It looks like since we
default to enabling SSL/TLS on deployments, there's no reason to block
access to public API endpoints.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Vladimir Kuklin <vkuklin at mirantis.com>
wrote:

> Adam
>
> I think, the answer is realtively simple - if user does not want to expose
> those APIs, he can easily configure his infra to filter this traffic. We
> just need to mention this in Ops Guide.
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Adam Heczko <aheczko at mirantis.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello fuelers,
>>
>> today I'd like to raise a questions about Fuel deployment practice
>> related to Public (external) network.
>> Current approach is to expose by default over public IP openstack API
>> endpoints like nova, cinder, glance, neutron etc. These API services are
>> exposed through HAProxy with TLS support, so this approach seems to be
>> relatively secure.
>> OTOH industry practice is to don't expose over public IPs too much and
>> rather rely on user action / decision to expose API access to the public.
>> I'd like to ask for your opinions regarding this topic and approach taken
>> by Fuel.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> --
>> Adam Heczko
>> Security Engineer @ Mirantis Inc.
>>
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>
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