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Version: 2.7.6

The Kerberos Service

The Kerberos Service​

Configurations​

kerberos-env​

kdc_type​

The type of KDC being used.

Possible Values:

  • none
    • Ambari is not to integrate with a KDC. In this case, it is expected that the Kerberos identities will be created and the keytab files are distributed manually
  • mit-kdc
    • Ambari is to integrate with an MIT KDC
  • active-directory
    • Ambari is to integrate with an Active Directory
  • ipa
    • Ambari is to integrate with a FreeIPA server
manage_identities​

Indicates whether the Ambari-specified user and service Kerberos identities (principals and keytab files) should be managed (created, deleted, updated, etc...) by Ambari (true) or managed manually by the user (false).

Possible Values: true, false

create_ambari_principal​

Indicates whether the Ambari Kerberos identity (principal and keytab file used by Ambari, itself, and its views) should be managed (created, deleted, updated, etc...) by Ambari (true) or managed manually by the user (false).

Possible Values: true, false

This property is dependent on the value of manage_identities, where as if manage_identities is false, create_ambari_principal will assumed to be false as well.

manage_auth_to_local​

Indicates whether the Hadoop auth-to-local rules should be managed by Ambari (true) or managed manually by the user (false).

Possible Values: true, false

install_packages​

Indicates whether Ambari should install the Kerberos client packages (true) or not (false). If not, it is expected that Kerberos utility programs installed by the user (such as kadmin, kinit, klist, and kdestroy) are compatible with MIT Kerberos 5 version 1.10.3 in command line options and behaviors.

Possible Values: true, false

ldap_url​

The URL to the Active Directory LDAP Interface. This value must indicate a secure channel using LDAPS since it is required for creating and updating passwords for Active Directory accounts.

Example: ldaps://ad.example.com:636

If the kdc_type is active-directory, this property is mandatory.

container_dn​

The distinguished name (DN) of the container used store the Ambari-managed user and service principals within the configured Active Directory

Example: OU=hadoop,DC=example,DC=com

If the kdc_type is active-directory, this property is mandatory.

encryption_types​

The supported (space-delimited) list of session key encryption types that should be returned by the KDC.

Default value: aes des3-cbc-sha1 rc4 des-cbc-md5

realm​

The default realm to use when creating service principals

Example: EXAMPLE.COM

This value is expected to be in all uppercase characters.

kdc_hosts​

A comma-delimited list of IP addresses or FQDNs for the list of relevant KDC hosts. Optionally a port number may be included for each entry.

Example: kdc.example.com, kdc1.example.com

Example: kdc.example.com:88, kdc1.example.com:88

admin_server_host​

The IP address or FQDN for the Kerberos administrative host. Optionally a port number may be included.

Example: kadmin.example.com

Example: kadmin.example.com:88

If the kdc_type is mit-kdc or ipa, the value must be the FQDN of the Kerberos administrative host.

master_kdc​

The IP address or FQDN of the master KDC host in a master-slave KDC deployment. Optionally a port number may be included.

Example: kadmin.example.com

Example: kadmin.example.com:88

executable_search_paths​

A comma-delimited list of search paths to use to find Kerberos utilities like kadmin and kinit.

Default value: /usr/bin, /usr/kerberos/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/lib/mit/bin, /usr/lib/mit/sbin

password_length​

The length required length for generated passwords.

Default value: 20

password_min_lowercase_letters​

The minimum number of lowercase letters (a-z) required in generated passwords

Default value: 1

password_min_uppercase_letters​

The minimum number of uppercase letters (A-Z) required in generated passwords

Default value: 1

password_min_digits​

The minimum number of digits (0-9) required in generated passwords

Default value: 1

password_min_punctuation​

The minimum number of punctuation characters (?.!$%^*()-_+=~) required in generated passwords

Default value: 1

password_min_whitespace​

The minimum number of whitespace characters required in generated passwords

Default value: 0

service_check_principal_name​

The principal name to use when executing the Kerberos service check

Example: ${cluster_name}-${short_date}

case_insensitive_username_rules​

Force principal names to resolve to lowercase local usernames in auth-to-local rules

Possible values: true, false

Default value: false

ad_create_attributes_template​

A Velocity template to use to generate a JSON-formatted document containing the set of attribute names and values needed to create a new Kerberos identity in the relevant Active Directory.

Variables include:

  • principal_name - the components (primary and instance) portion of the principal
  • principal_primary - the primary component of the principal name
  • principal_instance - the instance component of the principal name
  • realm - the realm portion of the principal
  • realm_lowercase - the lowercase form of the realm of the principal
  • normalized_principal - the full principal value, including the component and realms parts
  • principal_digest - a binhexed-encoded SHA1 digest of the normalized principal
  • principal_digest_256 - a binhexed-encoded SHA256 digest of the normalized principal
  • principal_digest_512 - a binhexed-encoded SHA512 digest of the normalized principal
  • password - the generated password
  • is_service - true if the principal is a service principal, false if the principal is a user principal
  • container_dn - the kerberos-env/container_dn property value

Note: A principal is made up of the following parts: primary component, instances component (optional), and realm:

  • User principal: primary_component@realm
  • Service principal: primary_component/instance_component@realm

Default value:

{
"objectClass": ["top", "person", "organizationalPerson", "user"],
"cn": "$principal_name",
#if( $is_service )
"servicePrincipalName": "$principal_name",
#end
"userPrincipalName": "$normalized_principal",
"unicodePwd": "$password",
"accountExpires": "0",
"userAccountControl": "66048"
}

This property is mandatory and only used if the kdc_type is active-directory

kdc_create_attributes​

The set of attributes to use when creating a new Kerberos identity in the relevant (MIT) KDC.

Example: -requires_preauth max_renew_life=7d

This property is optional and only used if the kdc_type is mit-kdc

ipa_user_group​

The group in IPA that user principals should be a member of.

This property is optional and only used if the kdc_type is ipa

krb5-conf​

manage_krb5_conf​

Indicates whether the krb5.conf file should be managed (created, updated, etc...) by Ambari (true) or managed manually by the user (false).

Possible values: true, false

Default value: false

domains​

A comma-separated list of domain names used to map server host names to the realm name.

Example: host.example.com, example.com, .example.com

This property is optional

conf_dir​

The krb5.conf configuration directory Default value: /etc

content​

Customizable krb5.conf template (Jinja template engine)

Default value:

[libdefaults]
  renew_lifetime = 7d
  forwardable = true
  default_realm = {{realm}}
  ticket_lifetime = 24h
  dns_lookup_realm = false
  dns_lookup_kdc = false
  default_ccache_name = /tmp/krb5cc_%{uid}
  #default_tgs_enctypes = {{encryption_types}}
  #default_tkt_enctypes = {{encryption_types}}
{% if domains %}
[domain_realm]
{%- for domain in domains.split(',') %}
  {{domain|trim()}} = {{realm}}
{%- endfor %}
{% endif %}
[logging]
  default = FILE:/var/log/krb5kdc.log
  admin_server = FILE:/var/log/kadmind.log
  kdc = FILE:/var/log/krb5kdc.log

[realms]
  {{realm}} = {
{%- if master_kdc %}
    master_kdc = {{master_kdc|trim()}}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if kdc_hosts > 0 -%}
{%- set kdc_host_list = kdc_hosts.split(',')  -%}
{%- if kdc_host_list and kdc_host_list|length > 0 %}
    admin_server = {{admin_server_host|default(kdc_host_list[0]|trim(), True)}}
{%- if kdc_host_list -%}
{%- if master_kdc and (master_kdc not in kdc_host_list) %}
    kdc = {{master_kdc|trim()}}
{%- endif -%}
{% for kdc_host in kdc_host_list %}
    kdc = {{kdc_host|trim()}}
{%- endfor -%}
{% endif %}
{%- endif %}
{%- endif %}
  }

{# Append additional realm declarations below #}