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Docker security configuration
Before deploying to a production environment, you should replace the demo security certificates and configuration YAML files with your own. With the tarball, you have direct access to the file system, but the Docker image requires modifying the Docker storage volumes to include the replacement files.
Additionally, you can set the Docker environment variable DISABLE_INSTALL_DEMO_CONFIG to true. This change completely disables the demo installer.
Sample Docker Compose file
version: '3'
services:
opensearch-node1:
image: opensearchproject/opensearch:1.1.0
container_name: opensearch-node1
environment:
- cluster.name=opensearch-cluster
- node.name=opensearch-node1
- discovery.seed_hosts=opensearch-node1,opensearch-node2
- cluster.initial_master_nodes=opensearch-node1,opensearch-node2
- bootstrap.memory_lock=true # along with the memlock settings below, disables swapping
- "OPENSEARCH_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m" # minimum and maximum Java heap size, recommend setting both to 50% of system RAM
- network.host=0.0.0.0 # required if not using the demo security configuration
ulimits:
memlock:
soft: -1
hard: -1
nofile:
soft: 65536 # maximum number of open files for the OpenSearch user, set to at least 65536 on modern systems
hard: 65536
volumes:
- opensearch-data1:/usr/share/opensearch/data
- ./root-ca.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/root-ca.pem
- ./node.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/node.pem
- ./node-key.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/node-key.pem
- ./admin.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/admin.pem
- ./admin-key.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/admin-key.pem
- ./custom-opensearch.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/config/opensearch.yml
- ./internal_users.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/internal_users.yml
- ./roles_mapping.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/roles_mapping.yml
- ./tenants.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/tenants.yml
- ./roles.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/roles.yml
- ./action_groups.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/action_groups.yml
ports:
- 9200:9200
- 9600:9600 # required for Performance Analyzer
networks:
- opensearch-net
opensearch-node2:
image: opensearchproject/opensearch:1.1.0
container_name: opensearch-node2
environment:
- cluster.name=opensearch-cluster
- node.name=opensearch-node2
- discovery.seed_hosts=opensearch-node1,opensearch-node2
- cluster.initial_master_nodes=opensearch-node1,opensearch-node2
- bootstrap.memory_lock=true
- "OPENSEARCH_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
- network.host=0.0.0.0
ulimits:
memlock:
soft: -1
hard: -1
nofile:
soft: 65536
hard: 65536
volumes:
- opensearch-data2:/usr/share/opensearch/data
- ./root-ca.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/root-ca.pem
- ./node.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/node.pem
- ./node-key.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/node-key.pem
- ./admin.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/admin.pem
- ./admin-key.pem:/usr/share/opensearch/config/admin-key.pem
- ./custom-opensearch.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/config/opensearch.yml
- ./internal_users.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/internal_users.yml
- ./roles_mapping.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/roles_mapping.yml
- ./tenants.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/tenants.yml
- ./roles.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/roles.yml
- ./action_groups.yml:/usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/action_groups.yml
networks:
- opensearch-net
opensearch-dashboards
image: opensearchproject/opensearch-dashboards:1.1.0
container_name: opensearch-dashboards
ports:
- 5601:5601
expose:
- "5601"
environment:
OPENSEARCH_HOSTS: '["https://opensearch-node1:9200","https://opensearch-node2:9200"]' # must be a string with no spaces when specified as an environment variable
volumes:
- ./custom-opensearch_dashboards.yml:/usr/share/opensearch-dashboards/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
networks:
- opensearch-net
volumes:
opensearch-data1:
opensearch-data2:
networks:
opensearch-net:
Then make your changes to opensearch.yml. For a full list of settings, see Security. This example adds (extremely) verbose audit logging:
plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemcert_filepath: node.pem
plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemkey_filepath: node-key.pem
plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemtrustedcas_filepath: root-ca.pem
plugins.security.ssl.transport.enforce_hostname_verification: false
plugins.security.ssl.http.enabled: true
plugins.security.ssl.http.pemcert_filepath: node.pem
plugins.security.ssl.http.pemkey_filepath: node-key.pem
plugins.security.ssl.http.pemtrustedcas_filepath: root-ca.pem
plugins.security.allow_default_init_securityindex: true
plugins.security.authcz.admin_dn:
- CN=A,OU=UNIT,O=ORG,L=TORONTO,ST=ONTARIO,C=CA
plugins.security.nodes_dn:
- 'CN=N,OU=UNIT,O=ORG,L=TORONTO,ST=ONTARIO,C=CA'
plugins.security.audit.type: internal_opensearch
plugins.security.enable_snapshot_restore_privilege: true
plugins.security.check_snapshot_restore_write_privileges: true
plugins.security.restapi.roles_enabled: ["all_access", "security_rest_api_access"]
cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled: false
opendistro_security.audit.config.disabled_rest_categories: NONE
opendistro_security.audit.config.disabled_transport_categories: NONE
Use this same override process to specify new authentication settings in /usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/config.yml, as well as new default internal users, roles, mappings, action groups, and tenants.
To start the cluster, run docker-compose up.
If you encounter any File /usr/share/opensearch/config/opensearch.yml has insecure file permissions (should be 0600) messages, you can use chmod to set file permissions before running docker-compose up. Docker Compose passes files to the container as-is.
Finally, you can reach OpenSearch Dashboards at http://localhost:5601, sign in, and use the Security panel to perform other management tasks.
Using certificates with Docker
To use your own certificates in your configuration, add all of the necessary certificates to the volumes section of the Docker Compose file:
volumes:
- ./root-ca.pem:/full/path/to/certificate.pem
- ./admin.pem:/full/path/to/certificate.pem
- ./admin-key.pem:/full/path/to/certificate.pem
#Add other certificates
After replacing the demo certificates with your own, you must also include a custom opensearch.yml in your setup, which you need to specify in the volumes section.
volumes:
#Add certificates here
- ./custom-opensearch.yml: /full/path/to/custom-opensearch.yml
Remember that the certificates you specify in your Docker Compose file must be the same as the certificates listed in your custom opensearch.yml file. At a minimum, you should replace the root, admin, and node certificates with your own. For more information about adding and using certificates, see Configure TLS certificates.
plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemcert_filepath: new-node-cert.pem
plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemkey_filepath: new-node-cert-key.pem
plugins.security.ssl.transport.pemtrustedcas_filepath: new-root-ca.pem
plugins.security.ssl.http.pemcert_filepath: new-node-cert.pem
plugins.security.ssl.http.pemkey_filepath: new-node-cert-key.pem
plugins.security.ssl.http.pemtrustedcas_filepath: new-root-ca.pem
plugins.security.authcz.admin_dn:
- CN=admin,OU=SSL,O=Test,L=Test,C=DE
To start the cluster, run docker-compose up as usual.