diff --git a/doc/sphinx/Pacemaker_Explained/acls.rst b/doc/sphinx/Pacemaker_Explained/acls.rst index c3de39d0de..2beb7475c7 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx/Pacemaker_Explained/acls.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx/Pacemaker_Explained/acls.rst @@ -1,460 +1,476 @@ .. index:: single: Access Control List (ACL) .. _acl: Access Control Lists (ACLs) --------------------------- By default, the ``root`` user or any user in the |CRM_DAEMON_GROUP| group can modify Pacemaker's CIB without restriction. Pacemaker offers *access control lists (ACLs)* to provide more fine-grained authorization. .. important:: Being able to modify the CIB's resource section allows a user to run any executable file as root, by configuring it as an LSB resource with a full path. ACL Prerequisites ################# In order to use ACLs: * The ``enable-acl`` :ref:`cluster option ` must be set to true. * Desired users must have user accounts in the |CRM_DAEMON_GROUP| group on all cluster nodes in the cluster. * If your CIB was created before Pacemaker 1.1.12, it might need to be updated to the current schema (using ``cibadmin --upgrade`` or a higher-level tool equivalent) in order to use the syntax documented here. * Prior to the 2.1.0 release, the Pacemaker software had to have been built with ACL support. If you are using an older release, your installation supports ACLs only if the output of the command ``pacemakerd --features`` contains ``acls``. In newer versions, ACLs are always enabled. +.. important:: + + ``enable-acl`` should be set either by the root user, or as part of a batch + of CIB changes including roles and users. Otherwise, the user setting it + might lock themselves out from making any further changes. + .. index:: single: Access Control List (ACL); acls pair: acls; XML element ACL Configuration ################# ACLs are specified within an ``acls`` element of the CIB. The ``acls`` element may contain any number of ``acl_role``, ``acl_target``, and ``acl_group`` elements. .. index:: single: Access Control List (ACL); acl_role pair: acl_role; XML element ACL Roles ######### An ACL *role* is a collection of permissions allowing or denying access to particular portions of the CIB. A role is configured with an ``acl_role`` element in the CIB ``acls`` section. .. table:: **Properties of an acl_role element** :widths: 1 3 +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Attribute | Description | +==================+===========================================================+ | id | .. index:: | | | single: acl_role; id (attribute) | | | single: id; acl_role attribute | | | single: attribute; id (acl_role) | | | | | | A unique name for the role *(required)* | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | description | .. index:: | | | single: acl_role; description (attribute) | | | single: description; acl_role attribute | | | single: attribute; description (acl_role) | | | | | | Arbitrary text (not used by Pacemaker) | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ An ``acl_role`` element may contain any number of ``acl_permission`` elements. .. index:: single: Access Control List (ACL); acl_permission pair: acl_permission; XML element .. table:: **Properties of an acl_permission element** :widths: 1 3 +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Attribute | Description | +==================+===========================================================+ | id | .. index:: | | | single: acl_permission; id (attribute) | | | single: id; acl_permission attribute | | | single: attribute; id (acl_permission) | | | | | | A unique name for the permission *(required)* | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | description | .. index:: | | | single: acl_permission; description (attribute) | | | single: description; acl_permission attribute | | | single: attribute; description (acl_permission) | | | | | | Arbitrary text (not used by Pacemaker) | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | kind | .. index:: | | | single: acl_permission; kind (attribute) | | | single: kind; acl_permission attribute | | | single: attribute; kind (acl_permission) | | | | | | The access being granted. Allowed values are ``read``, | | | ``write``, and ``deny``. A value of ``write`` grants both | | | read and write access. | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | object-type | .. index:: | | | single: acl_permission; object-type (attribute) | | | single: object-type; acl_permission attribute | | | single: attribute; object-type (acl_permission) | | | | | | The name of an XML element in the CIB to which the | | | permission applies. (Exactly one of ``object-type``, | | | ``xpath``, and ``reference`` must be specified for a | | | permission.) | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | attribute | .. index:: | | | single: acl_permission; attribute (attribute) | | | single: attribute; acl_permission attribute | | | single: attribute; attribute (acl_permission) | | | | | | If specified, the permission applies only to | | | ``object-type`` elements that have this attribute set (to | | | any value). If not specified, the permission applies to | | | all ``object-type`` elements. May only be used with | | | ``object-type``. | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | reference | .. index:: | | | single: acl_permission; reference (attribute) | | | single: reference; acl_permission attribute | | | single: attribute; reference (acl_permission) | | | | | | The ID of an XML element in the CIB to which the | | | permission applies. (Exactly one of ``object-type``, | | | ``xpath``, and ``reference`` must be specified for a | | | permission.) | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | xpath | .. index:: | | | single: acl_permission; xpath (attribute) | | | single: xpath; acl_permission attribute | | | single: attribute; xpath (acl_permission) | | | | | | An `XPath `_ | | | specification selecting an XML element in the CIB to | | | which the permission applies. Attributes may be specified | | | in the XPath to select particular elements, but the | | | permissions apply to the entire element. (Exactly one of | | | ``object-type``, ``xpath``, and ``reference`` must be | | | specified for a permission.) | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ .. important:: * Permissions are applied to the selected XML element's entire XML subtree (all elements enclosed within it). * Write permission grants the ability to create, modify, or remove the element and its subtree, and also the ability to create any "scaffolding" elements (enclosing elements that do not have attributes other than an ID). * Permissions for more specific matches (more deeply nested elements) take precedence over more general ones. * If multiple permissions are configured for the same match (for example, in different roles applied to the same user), any ``deny`` permission takes precedence, then ``write``, then lastly ``read``. ACL Targets and Groups ###################### ACL targets correspond to user accounts on the system. .. index:: single: Access Control List (ACL); acl_target pair: acl_target; XML element .. table:: **Properties of an acl_target element** :widths: 1 3 +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Attribute | Description | +==================+===========================================================+ | id | .. index:: | | | single: acl_target; id (attribute) | | | single: id; acl_target attribute | | | single: attribute; id (acl_target) | | | | | | A unique identifier for the target (if ``name`` is not | | | specified, this must be the name of the user account) | | | *(required)* | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | name | .. index:: | | | single: acl_target; name (attribute) | | | single: name; acl_target attribute | | | single: attribute; name (acl_target) | | | | | | If specified, the user account name (this allows you to | | | specify a user name that is already used as the ``id`` | | | for some other configuration element) *(since 2.1.5)* | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ ACL groups correspond to groups on the system. Any role configured for these groups apply to all users in that group *(since 2.1.5)*. .. index:: single: Access Control List (ACL); acl_group pair: acl_group; XML element .. table:: **Properties of an acl_group element** :widths: 1 3 +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Attribute | Description | +==================+===========================================================+ | id | .. index:: | | | single: acl_group; id (attribute) | | | single: id; acl_group attribute | | | single: attribute; id (acl_group) | | | | | | A unique identifier for the group (if ``name`` is not | | | specified, this must be the group name) *(required)* | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | name | .. index:: | | | single: acl_group; name (attribute) | | | single: name; acl_group attribute | | | single: attribute; name (acl_group) | | | | | | If specified, the group name (this allows you to specify | | | a group name that is already used as the ``id`` for some | | | other configuration element) | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ Each ``acl_target`` and ``acl_group`` element may contain any number of ``role`` elements. .. note:: If the system users and groups are defined by some network service (such as LDAP), the cluster itself will be unaffected by outages in the service, but affected users and groups will not be able to make changes to the CIB. .. index:: single: Access Control List (ACL); role pair: role; XML element .. table:: **Properties of a role element** :widths: 1 3 +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Attribute | Description | +==================+===========================================================+ | id | .. index:: | | | single: role; id (attribute) | | | single: id; role attribute | | | single: attribute; id (role) | | | | | | The ``id`` of an ``acl_role`` element that specifies | | | permissions granted to the enclosing target or group. | +------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ .. important:: The ``root`` and |CRM_DAEMON_USER| user accounts always have full access to the CIB, regardless of ACLs. For all other user accounts, when ``enable-acl`` is true, permission to all parts of the CIB is denied by default (permissions must be explicitly granted). + +ACLs and Pacemaker Remote Nodes +############################### + +ACLs apply differently on Pacemaker Remote nodes, which are assumed to be +special-purpose hosts without typical user accounts. Instead, CIB modifications +coming from a Pacemaker Remote node use the node's name as the ACL user name, +and ``pacemaker-remote`` as the role. + + ACL Examples ############ .. code-block:: xml In the above example, the user ``alice`` has the minimal permissions necessary to run basic Pacemaker CLI tools, including using ``crm_mon`` to view the cluster status, without being able to modify anything. The user ``bob`` can view the entire configuration and status of the cluster, but not make any changes. The user ``carol`` can read everything, and change selected cluster properties as well as resource roles and location constraints. Finally, ``dave`` has full read and write access to the entire CIB. Looking at the ``minimal`` role in more depth, it is designed to allow read access to the ``cib`` tag itself, while denying access to particular portions of its subtree (which is the entire CIB). This is because the DC node is indicated in the ``cib`` tag, so ``crm_mon`` will not be able to report the DC otherwise. However, this does change the security model to allow by default, since any portions of the CIB not explicitly denied will be readable. The ``cib`` read access could be removed and replaced with read access to just the ``crm_config`` and ``status`` sections, for a safer approach at the cost of not seeing the DC in status output. For a simpler configuration, the ``minimal`` role allows read access to the entire ``crm_config`` section, which contains cluster properties. It would be possible to allow read access to specific properties instead (such as ``stonith-enabled``, ``dc-uuid``, ``have-quorum``, and ``cluster-name``) to restrict access further while still allowing status output, but cluster properties are unlikely to be considered sensitive. ACL Limitations ############### Actions performed via IPC rather than the CIB _____________________________________________ ACLs apply *only* to the CIB. That means ACLs apply to command-line tools that operate by reading or writing the CIB, such as ``crm_attribute`` when managing permanent node attributes, ``crm_mon``, and ``cibadmin``. However, command-line tools that communicate directly with Pacemaker daemons via IPC are not affected by ACLs. For example, users in the |CRM_DAEMON_GROUP| group may still do the following, regardless of ACLs: * Query transient node attribute values using ``crm_attribute`` and ``attrd_updater``. * Query basic node information using ``crm_node``. * Erase resource operation history using ``crm_resource``. * Query fencing configuration information, and execute fencing against nodes, using ``stonith_admin``. ACLs and Pacemaker Remote _________________________ ACLs apply to commands run on Pacemaker Remote nodes using the Pacemaker Remote node's name as the ACL user name. The idea is that Pacemaker Remote nodes (especially virtual machines and containers) are likely to be purpose-built and have different user accounts from full cluster nodes.