On this page you will find instructions on how to set up a Trust Router APC on RedHat, CentOS or Scientific Linux. It also installs and configures the Trust Router client.
Contents
System Preparation
Install CentOS
The first thing that is required is a CentOS machine - this can be physical or virtual.
- Install the operating system via usual mechanism (e.g., net boot CD, ISO in VMware/VirtualBox or the DVD image).
- Choose the following server install options: "Basic server”.
- Create/choose a secure root password and an initial system user account.
- Once installed, make sure you run a
yum makecache
andyum update
to ensure your system is fully up to date.
Tip
We would recommend using LVM when disk partitioning to allow easier partition/disk expansion on a live system.
Warning
After install, you will want to secure/lockdown the server as best practice dictates - for both the server and any extra software installed. This is beyond the remit of this guide but there are many guides available that provide information on how to secure your CentOS servers and applications.
Configure CentOS
Next, there are a few CentOS configuration options that need to be set in advance.
Networking configuration
For production deployments, it is recommended that the machine be assigned a static IP address.
For CentOS networking information please refer to the official Red Hat guide:
Firewall configuration
The following ports are required to be accessible from the outside world, both in the local firewall and in any external firewalls:
- 2083/tcp (for RadSec connections to other Moonshot entities)
- 12309/tcp (for Trust Router client connections - if using the Trust Router to broker trust relationships between entities)
Here are sample firewall rules that establish incoming and outgoing rules to both the Test and Live (Jisc Assent) Moonshot trust router infrastructures. If you connect to another Trust Router, adjust these rules to suit:
IP Tables sample firewall rules (Jisc Assent)
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m tcp -p tcp -s 0/0 --dst <IdP/RP Proxy IP address> --dport 2083 -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m tcp -p tcp -s <IdP/RP Proxy IP address> --dst 0/0 --dport 2083 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m tcp -p tcp -s 212.219.179.130,212.219.179.131,212.219.179.138,212.219.179.146 --dst <IdP/RP Proxy IP address> --dport 12309 -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m tcp -p tcp -s <IdP/RP Proxy IP address> --dst 212.219.179.130,212.219.179.131,212.219.179.138,212.219.179.146 --dport 12309 -j ACCEPT
IP Tables sample firewall rules (Test Network)
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m tcp -p tcp -s 0/0 --dst <IdP/RP Proxy IP address> --dport 2083 -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m tcp -p tcp -s <IdP/RP Proxy IP address> --dst 0/0 --dport 2083 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m tcp -p tcp -s 13.79.134.211,13.79.128.103,52.169.31.104 --dst <IdP/RP Proxy IP address> --dport 12309 -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m tcp -p tcp -s <IdP/RP Proxy IP address> --dst 13.79.134.211,13.79.128.103,52.169.31.104 --dport 12309 -j ACCEPT
Add the Required Repositories
Supported versions
At the moment, CentOS/RHEL/SL 7 and 8 are supported.
Moonshot requires three yum
repositories to be added to the system - EPEL and the Shibboleth repositories (home of some required dependencies), and the Moonshot repository itself.
Install EPEL by running the following command:
yum install epel-release
Depending on your platform, the
epel-release
package is part of one of the optional repositories.On CentOS, it is part of the Extras repository. On RHEL, you must enable both the Optional and Extras repositories. For more information, visit the EPEL homepage.
On newer releases of Scientific Linux 7, the
epel-release
package does not exist. Useyum install yum-conf-epel
instead. For more information, see the Scientific Linux 7.2 release notes.Install the Moonshot repository information running one of the the following commands depending on your CentOS version:
This installs the Yum repository, the current Moonshot GPG key, and a package that can update both. This is the preferred method of deploying repository information.
Verifying the Moonshot GPG key
If you wish to verify the Moonshot GPG key's validity and integrity, please see the Packaging GPG Key for further details.
(Optional - Not required if you install the
noshib
versions) Install the official Shibboleth repository using one of the following commands, according to your CentOS version:
1. Install the Software
We’re now ready to install the Moonshot software and its required dependencies. Install the software by running the following command:
yum install moonshot freeradius-abfab freeradius-utils
ABRT (Automatic Bug Reporting Tool) issues
The trust_router
binaries intentionally terminate child processes by sending the SIGABRT
signal. This is interpreted by the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) as an error, generating a report and notifying the user when enabled. As a work around, we recommend editing the /etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf
file and adding trust_router
to the list of blacklisted modules. The resulting file would look similar to the following:
SELinux issues
There are still a few issues with SELinux and a Moonshot-enabled FreeRadius server. In order to allow it to work, the radiusd_t
type must be set into Permissive
mode. For doing so, use the following command:
semanage permissive -a radiusd_t
You can learn more about the semanage permissive
command in http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/semanage-permissive.8.html
2. Configure the Moonshot APC
Next, we need to configure the Moonshot APC.
2.1. Configure FreeRADIUS
Certificates
We need to get FreeRADIUS to create some private and public keys to use for its RadSec connections. Create and install the certificates by doing the following (as root).
Change into the
/etc/raddb/certs
directorycd /etc/raddb/certs
Edit the certificate generation properties in client.cnf, server.cnf, and ca.cnf as follows:
- In the
ca.cnf
file:- In the
[ req ]
section, addencrypt_key = no
In the
[CA_default]
section, change the default_days from 60 to a higher number (this is how long the certificates you create will be valid for). When the certificates expire, you will have to recreate them.in the
[ certificate_authority ]
section, change all of the parameters to match those of your organisation. e.g.[certificate_authority] countryName = GB stateOrProvinceName = England localityName = Camford organizationName = Camford University emailAddress = support@camford.ac.uk commonName = "Camford University FR Certificate Authority"
- In the
In the
server.cnf
file:- In the
[ req ]
section, addencrypt_key = no
- In the
[CA_default]
section, change the default_days from 60 to a higher number (this is how long the certificates you create will be valid for). When the certificates expire, you will have to recreate them. in the
[ server ]
section, change all of the parameters to match those of your organisation. e.g.[server] countryName = GB stateOrProvinceName = England localityName = Camford organizationName = Camford University emailAddress = support@camford.ac.uk commonName = "Camford University FR Server Certificate"
When changing passwords in the
[ req ]
section of the server.cnf file, you must also update theprivate_key_password
option in the FreeRADIUSmods-available/eap
file with the same password.We recommend that you do not change these defaults.
- In the
In the
client.cnf
file:- In the
[ req ]
section, addencrypt_key = no
- In the
[CA_default]
section, change the default_days from 60 to a higher number (this is how long the certificates you create will be valid for). When the certificates expire, you will have to recreate them. in the
[ client ]
section, change all of the parameters to match those of your organisation. e.g.[client] countryName = GB stateOrProvinceName = England localityName = Camford organizationName = Camford University emailAddress = support@camford.ac.uk commonName = "Camford University FR Client Certificate"
All of the organisation parameters (countryName
,localityName
, etc) need to match in the three .cnf files but thecommonName
must be unique in each file)
- In the
- In the
Clear out any old certificates in the directory:
make destroycerts
Run the bootstrap script to generate the certificates
./bootstrap
Create a file that is the concatenation of the certificate and private key of the client.
openssl x509 -in client.crt > client.pem ; cat client.key >> client.pem
Because the above command was run as root, the keys and certificates created will not be readable by the FreeRADIUS user by default, and FreeRADIUS will not be able to start. To fix this, reset the group for the files:
chgrp radiusd {client,server,ca,dh}*
OpenSSL settings (CentOS 6 only)
By default, FreeRADIUS attempts to detect the version of OpenSSL that is installed to block vulnerable versions. However, RedHat/CentOS/Scientific Linux patch existing versions, which may lead FreeRADIUS to believe that the installed version is unsafe. This setting overrides the check.
- Open
/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf
for editing:- Search for the
allow_vulnerable_openssl
setting in the security { } section. Edit it like so:
# allow_vulnerable_openssl = no allow_vulnerable_openssl = 'CVE-2016-6304'
- Search for the
RadSec
Next, we need to configure RadSec. We do this by creating a file at /etc/radsec.conf
with the following:
realm gss-eap { type = "TLS" cacertfile = "/etc/raddb/certs/ca.pem" certfile = "/etc/raddb/certs/client.pem" certkeyfile = "/etc/raddb/certs/client.key" disable_hostname_check = yes server { hostname = "127.0.0.1" service = "2083" secret = "radsec" } }
Dynamic Realm support
We need to tell your FreeRADIUS server to support dynamic lookup of realms.
- Open
/etc/raddb/proxy.conf
for editing:- Towards the top of the file is a stanza beginning "
proxy server {
". Find this. Below this, add
dynamic = yes
, like so:proxy server { dynamic = yes
- Towards the top of the file is a stanza beginning "
2.1.1. Realm
We next need to configure your realm in the FreeRADIUS server so that it knows not to send any requests for your own users off to another server.
- Configure your realm in
/etc/raddb/proxy.conf
- Open the file for editing and find the line
realm example.com {
Above this, add the following, where YOUR_APC_REALM should be substituted by your APC realm (e.g. apc.moonshot.ja.net):
realm YOUR_APC_REALM { # Intentionally left blank }
- Open the file for editing and find the line
2.1.2. Channel Binding Support
We next need to configure your FreeRADIUS server to support channel bindings.
- Open
/etc/raddb/sites-available/abfab-tls
for editing:- Scroll to the
client default
stanza at the bottom of the file Edit the stanza to match the below:
client default { ipaddr = 0.0.0.0/0 proto = tls gss_acceptor_realm_name = "your APC realm here" trust_router_coi = "your APC realm here" }
- If you have any other client definitions here, for example to distinguish between internal and external clients, also apply the change to them.
- Scroll to the
2.1.3. Returning the User-Name
The APC must return the User-Name attribute in its RADIUS response:
- As root, find the
post-auth
section in the/etc/raddb/sites-available/inner-tunnel
file.Make sure the following files are uncommented:
# # If you want the Access-Accept to contain the inner # User-Name, uncomment the following lines. # update outer.session-state { User-Name := &User-Name }
- Save the file.
3. Resource Provider Authentication
All Resource Providers in the Trust Router network, including all IdPs and RP Proxies and the Trust Router itself, need to authenticate themselves to the APC using Moonshot. This means that for every service or organisation, you must provision a credential on the APC.
In a production environment, we recommend you use a method of Resource Provider Authentication that integrates well with your chosen method of managing your Trust Router infrastructure.
See Configuring FreeRADIUS to Use a Local Identity Store for options to define credentials.
We recommend using an automatic means to provision credential files, such as an online portal.
3.1. Defining the APC credential
During testing, we recommend using the FreeRADIUS users file to define credentials that your Resource Providers can use to authenticate to the APC. We will create a user with username testapc
and password testing
.
Open
/etc/raddb/users
for editing and put the following at the top of the file:testapc Cleartext-Password := "testing" Reply-Message = "Hello test user. You have authenticated!"
The formatting of the stanza above is very important. There should be a line break before the Reply-Message.
3.2. Provisioning the APC credential
For the APC credential you defined in the previous step, create a Moonshot credential XML file:
- Set the
<user>
tag to the credential you defined in the previous step, e.g.testapc
- Set the
<password>
tag to its appropriate password. You may wish to base64-encode the password. - Set the
<realm>
tag toYOUR_APC_REALM
. - You can leave the
<services>
tag out. You should set the
<selection-rules>
tag to:selection-rules<selection-rules> <rule> <pattern>trustidentity/*</pattern> <always-confirm>false</always-confirm> </rule> </selection-rules>
Define either of the two trust anchors as per the moonshot-webp XML Format documentation.
For simple test infrastructures, you may leave out the trust anchors, but it is not recommended
Save the file, then deploy it onto the Trust Router that you are connecting to this APC (see Section 3.2.2 of Install a Trust Router).
4. Configure the Trust Router connection
The APC is fundamental to a Trust Router network, so the next step involves configuring the Trust Router client software and configuring its connection to a Trust Router.
4.1. Configure TIDS
The IdP also runs the Temporary ID Server (TIDS).
Open the
/etc/sysconfig/tids
file for editing:TIDS_SERVER_IP="[your server IP]" # IP address that the TIDS is reachable on TIDS_SERVER_NAME="[your server hostname]" # The host name that the TIDS is known as TIDS_USER="trustrouter" # The user that the TIDS is running as TIDS_GROUP="trustrouter" # The group that the TIDS is running as TIDS_GSS_NAME="testapc@YOUR_APC_REALM" # The user name for the APC, defined in Section 4.1 ## Static variables that you can also adjust TIDS_PIDDIR="/var/run/trust_router" TIDS_LOGDIR="/var/log/trust_router"
5. Testing
Now that we have the Moonshot IdP installed and configured, we're now ready to test!
Tip
At this point you probably want three consoles open on the server, so that you can manually run various components separately.
5.1. Testing FreeRADIUS locally
The first test is to check whether FreeRADIUS is working in its most basic manner.
In window 1, run (as root user)
su --shell=/bin/bash radiusd radiusd -fxx -l stdout
In window 2, run (as root user)
radtest testapc@YOUR-APC-REALM testing localhost 2222 testing123
This uses the "radtest" utility which is used in the following way - radtest username password servername port shared-secret
If this is working correctly you should see something like the following:
In window 1 - FreeRADIUS server outputSending Access-Accept of id 57 from 127.0.0.1 port 1812 to 127.0.0.1 port 33363 Reply-Message = 'Hello test user. You have authenticated!' (1) Finished request 1. Waking up in 0.3 seconds. Waking up in 4.6 seconds. (1) Cleaning up request packet ID 57 with timestamp +94 Ready to process requests.
In window 2 - radtest client outputSending Access-Request of id 57 from 0.0.0.0 port 33363 to 127.0.0.1 port 1812 User-Name = 'testapc' User-Password = 'testing' NAS-IP-Address = 127.0.1.1 NAS-Port = 2222 Message-Authenticator = 0x00 rad_recv: Access-Accept packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 1812, id=57, length=61 Reply-Message = 'Hello test user. You have authenticated!'
5.2. Testing the Trust Router connection
To test the connection to Trust Router, we need to make sure the Temporary Identity Server (TIDS) software is running, then use the Temporary Identity Client (TIDC) software to simulate a connection to the Trust Router.
5.2.1. Starting the Temporary Identity Server (TIDS)
In window 3 (window 1 should still be still running the FreeRADIUS server and window 2 the radtest command), run the TIDS software:
tids --ip [your server IP] --hostname [your server hostname] testapc@YOUR-APC-REALM
testapc@YOUR-APC-REALM is the identity that the trust router will use when provisioning keys - this makes it easy to spot in your own log files.
Specifying your server's IP and hostname may seem redundant (and for single server deployments, it is!). You'll need to set the hostname and IP arguments a little differently if you want to enable some more advanced configurations (such as load balancing and key sharing).
When using Network Address Translation (NAT) or a firewall, you must specify your external IP address.
5.2.2. Run an APC authentication test
At this point, you must configure your trust router to use testapc@YOUR-APC-REALM as authentication.
- The trust router configuration must be updated with the test user associated with your trust router's rp_realm filter lines.
- The trust router configuration must be updated with your new APC designated as the APC for your trust router.
- The trust router must have its Moonshot credential store updated with the test user and its password. See Section 3.2.2 of install a trust router (RHEL/CentOS/SL 6 or Debian 7)
- The trust router must be restarted. At this point, the trust router will attempt to authenticate itself to the APC.
- In the FreeRADIUS console, you should see an Access-Accept response.
6. Next Steps
At this point, you now have a Moonshot APC that is working. Now for the next steps:
6.1. Automatically start the software
FreeRADIUS
To automatically start FreeRADIUS, issue the following command (as root):
If this is working correctly, you should see FreeRADIUS running as a daemon process.
6.1.1. TIDS
To automatically start TIDS, issue the following command (as root):
If this is working correctly, you should see TIDS running as a daemon process.
6.2. Configure a real source of Authentication
Your FreeRADIUS server can currently only authenticate a single user - "testapc". At this point, you will want to connect FreeRADIUS to your management database. The FreeRADIUS site has information and instructions for how to do this.