Elasticsearch with LDAP Authentication XPack Security

anjalo · January 15, 2020, 4:29am

Hi, My name is Halim.
I am trying to connect the elasticsearch using LDAP user authentication.
I follow the documentation here [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ldap-realm.html]
I am already add the user in both ldap and elasticsearch but still it can't connect to elasticsearch. i got this error message

[elastic@elasticsearch elasticsearch-7.5.1]$ curl -X GET "192.168.49.6:9200/_security/user?pretty" -u indra
Enter host password for user 'indra':
{
  "error" : {
    "root_cause" : [
      {
        "type" : "security_exception",
        "reason" : "unable to authenticate user [indra] for REST request [/_security/user?pretty]",
        "header" : {
          "WWW-Authenticate" : "Basic realm=\"security\" charset=\"UTF-8\""
        }
      }
    ],
    "type" : "security_exception",
    "reason" : "unable to authenticate user [indra] for REST request [/_security/user?pretty]",
    "header" : {
      "WWW-Authenticate" : "Basic realm=\"security\" charset=\"UTF-8\""
    }
  },
  "status" : 401
}

here's my elasticsearch.yml config

cluster.name: itgroup
node.name: master
node.attr.zone: 1
node.master: true
node.data: true
node.ingest: true
network.host: ["192.168.49.6"]
discovery.seed_hosts: ["192.168.49.6"]
discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 1
xpack.security.enabled: true
discovery.type: single-node
xpack:
  security:
    authc:
      realms:
        ldap:
          ldap1:
            order: 0
            url: "ldaps://192.168.49.5:389"
            metadata: cn
            bind_dn: "cn=admin, dc=halim, dc=local"
            user_search:
              base_dn: "dc=halim,dc=local"
              filter: "(cn={0})"
            group_search:
              base_dn: "dc=halim,dc=local"
            files:
              role_mapping: "/home/elastic/elasticsearch-7.5.1/config/role_mapping.yml"
            unmapped_groups_as_roles: false

and for the role_mapping.yml i already added the realms.

monitoring:
  - "cn=admin,dc=halim,dc=local"
user:
  - "cn=admin,dc=halim,dc=local"
  - "cn=indra,ou=People,dc=halim,dc=local"

Can anyone help me tell what could possibly the reason i cannot login using the ldap user ?
any wrong config on the ldap realms ?

Thank You,

TimV · January 15, 2020, 7:29am

What do your elasticsearch logs say?

anjalo · January 15, 2020, 7:46am

It looks like this.

[2020-01-15T02:06:51,303][INFO ][o.e.x.s.a.AuthenticationService] [master] Authentication of [kibana] was terminated by realm [reserved]
- failed to authenticate user [kibana]
[2020-01-15T02:06:51,307][INFO ][o.e.x.s.a.AuthenticationService] [master] Authentication of [kibana] was terminated by realm [reserved]
- failed to authenticate user [kibana]
[2020-01-15T02:06:51,322][ERROR][o.e.x.s.a.e.ReservedRealm] [master] failed to retrieve password hash for reserved user [kibana]
org.elasticsearch.action.UnavailableShardsException: at least one primary shard for the index [.security-7] is unavailable
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.support.SecurityIndexManager.getUnavailableReason(SecurityIndexManager.java:182) ~[x-pack-sec
urity-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.esnative.NativeUsersStore.getReservedUserInfo(NativeUsersStore.java:525) [x-pack-securi
ty-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.esnative.ReservedRealm.getUserInfo(ReservedRealm.java:212) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7
.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.esnative.ReservedRealm.doAuthenticate(ReservedRealm.java:93) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar
:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.support.CachingUsernamePasswordRealm.authenticateWithCache(CachingUsernamePasswordRealm
.java:166) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.support.CachingUsernamePasswordRealm.authenticate(CachingUsernamePasswordRealm.java:103
) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$consumeToken$15(AuthenticationService.java:3
65) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.common.IteratingActionListener.run(IteratingActionListener.java:102) [x-pack-core-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1
]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.consumeToken(AuthenticationService.java:408) [x-pac
k-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$extractToken$11(AuthenticationService.java:3
35) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.extractToken(AuthenticationService.java:345) [x-pac
k-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$checkForApiKey$3(AuthenticationService.java:
288) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener$1.onResponse(ActionListener.java:63) [elasticsearch-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.ApiKeyService.authenticateWithApiKeyIfPresent(ApiKeyService.java:328) [x-pack-security-
7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.checkForApiKey(AuthenticationService.java:269) [x-p
ack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$authenticateAsync$0(AuthenticationService.ja
va:252) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener$1.onResponse(ActionListener.java:63) [elasticsearch-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.TokenService.getAndValidateToken(TokenService.java:390) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.
1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$authenticateAsync$2(AuthenticationService.ja
va:248) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$lookForExistingAuthentication$6(Authenticati
onService.java:306) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lookForExistingAuthentication(AuthenticationService
.java:317) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.authenticateAsync(AuthenticationService.java:244) [
x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.access$000(AuthenticationService.java:196) [x-pack-
security-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService.authenticate(AuthenticationService.java:122) [x-pack-security-7.5
.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.rest.SecurityRestFilter.handleRequest(SecurityRestFilter.java:55) [x-pack-security-7.5.1.jar:
7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController.dispatchRequest(RestController.java:222) [elasticsearch-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController.tryAllHandlers(RestController.java:295) [elasticsearch-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController.dispatchRequest(RestController.java:166) [elasticsearch-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.http.AbstractHttpServerTransport.dispatchRequest(AbstractHttpServerTransport.java:322) [elasticsearch-7.5.1.
jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.http.AbstractHttpServerTransport.handleIncomingRequest(AbstractHttpServerTransport.java:372) [elasticsearch-
7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.http.AbstractHttpServerTransport.incomingRequest(AbstractHttpServerTransport.java:301) [elasticsearch-7.5.1.
jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpRequestHandler.channelRead0(Netty4HttpRequestHandler.java:69) [transport-netty4-client
-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpRequestHandler.channelRead0(Netty4HttpRequestHandler.java:31) [transport-netty4-client
-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler.channelRead(SimpleChannelInboundHandler.java:99) [netty-transport-4.1.43.Final.ja
r:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:374) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:360) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352) [netty-transport-4.1.43
.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpPipeliningHandler.channelRead(Netty4HttpPipeliningHandler.java:58) [transport-netty4-c
lient-7.5.1.jar:7.5.1]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:374) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:360) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352) [netty-transport-4.1.43
.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:102) [netty-codec-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1
.43.Final]
        at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageCodec.channelRead(MessageToMessageCodec.java:111) [netty-codec-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.43.
Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:374) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:360) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352) [netty-transport-4.1.43
.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:102) [netty-codec-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1
.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:374) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:360) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352) [netty-transport-4.1.43
.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:102) [netty-codec-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1
.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:374) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:360) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352) [netty-transport-4.1.43
.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.fireChannelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:326) [netty-codec-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.4
3.Final]
        at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:300) [netty-codec-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Fi
nal]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:374) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:360) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352) [netty-transport-4.1.43
.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateHandler.channelRead(IdleStateHandler.java:287) [netty-handler-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:374) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:360) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352) [netty-transport-4.1.43
.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1422) [netty-transport-4.1.43.Fina
l.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:374) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:360) [netty-transport-4.1.
43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:931) [netty-transport-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1
.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:163) [netty-transport-4.1.43.Final.
jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:700) [netty-transport-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysPlain(NioEventLoop.java:600) [netty-transport-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Fin
al]
        at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:554) [netty-transport-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:514) [netty-transport-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$6.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:1050) [netty-common-4.1.43.Final.jar:4
.1.43.Final]
        at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) [netty-common-4.1.43.Final.jar:4.1.43.Final]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:830) [?:?]

ikakavas · January 15, 2020, 11:13am

These logs are not relevant to the issue you described in your original post. These are logs from when something ( probably your Kibana instance ) attempted to authenticate to Elasticsearch and couldn't because your security index is not available. That could also be an indication of other issues but to the problem at hand, please share with us the logs from when you attempt to authenticate as indra as you showed above.

anjalo · January 16, 2020, 3:33am

I already made it works. The problem is in role mapping.
I need to run a query to make a role mapping using this :

curl -X POST "elastic:password@192.168.49.6:9200/_security/role_mapping/indra?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
{
  "roles": [ "superuser" ],
  "enabled": true,
  "rules": {
    "any": [
      {
        "field": {
          "username": "indra"
        }
      },
      {
        "field": {
          "groups": "cn=admins,dc=halim,dc=local"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
'

I once add it manually at config/role_mapping.yml. Now its work

Thank you

TimV · January 16, 2020, 5:14am

I'm glad you got it working, but it wasn't failing due to a missing role mapping.
The original error was an authentication error (401) which is unrelated to role mappings.

system · February 13, 2020, 5:24am

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