[jira] [Resolved] (AMBARI-18363) Ambari authentication with Kerberos token

["Robert Levas (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-18363?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Robert Levas resolved AMBARI-18363.
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    Resolution: Duplicate
      Assignee: Robert Levas

> Ambari authentication with Kerberos token
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>
>                 Key: AMBARI-18363
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-18363
>             Project: Ambari
>          Issue Type: Epic
>          Components: ambari-server
>    Affects Versions: 2.5.0
>            Reporter: Robert Levas
>            Assignee: Robert Levas
>              Labels: authentication, kerberos, security
>             Fix For: 2.5.0
>
>
> Users should be able to authenticate to use Ambari by providing a Kerberos token using SPNEGO - Simple and Protected GSSAPI Negotiation Mechanism.  This includes access to the Ambari REST API as well as the Ambari web-based UI. 
> The implementation should support the ability to perform the full SPNEGO handshake as well as access requests directly providing the appropriate HTTP header containing the Kerberos token. For example:
> {noformat}
> Authorization: Negotiate YIICcgY...r/vJcLO
> {noformat}
> In the full handshake model
> # The client requests access to a web resource
> # The server responds with an HTTP 401 status ({{Unauthorized}}), including the header {{WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate}}
> # The client generates the Kerberos data and creates a new request containing the authentication header - {{Authorization: Negotiate YIICcgY...r/vJcLO}}
> Since Ambari needs to generally return a HTTP status of 403 ({{Forbidden}}) when authentication is needed, a _hint_ must be sent along with the request indicate to Ambari that Kerberos authentication is desired.  If this _hint_ is received, then Ambari will respond with the appropriate status and header to initiate SPNEGO with the client. This _hint_ is an Ambari-specific header named "X-Authentication-Type" with the value of "kerberos":
> {noformat}
> X-Authentication-Type: kerberos
> {noformat}
> No matter what the handshake mechanism is (or lack of), once the Kerberos token is received by Ambari, Ambari is to parse and validate the token.  If a failure occurs, Ambari is to respond with the appropriate HTTP status and related header(s).  Upon success, the user's principal name is retrieved and converted into a _local_ user name.  The use of an auth-to-local rule set processor may be needed to perform this translation.  Using this _local_ username, an appropriate Ambari user account is located and used as the authenticated users identity - details, privileges, etc.... Failure to find an appropriate Ambari user account is to result in an authentication failure response.



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