Enabling Security on the Management Station and Login Node

Omnia uses FreeIPA to enable security features like authorisation and access control.

Enabling Authentication on the Management Station:

Set the parameter 'enable_security_support' to true in base_vars.yml

Prerequisites Before Enabling Security:

Enter the relevant values in security_vars.yml:

Parameter Name	Default Value	Additional Information
domain_name	omnia.test	The domain name should not contain an underscore ( _ )
realm_name	OMNIA.TEST	The realm name should follow the following rules per https://www.freeipa.org/page/Deployment_Recommendations * The realm name must not conflict with any other existing Kerberos realm name (e.g. name used by Active Directory). * The realm name should be upper-case (EXAMPLE.COM) version of primary DNS domain name (example.com).
max_failures	3	Failures allowed before lockout. This value cannot currently be changed.
failure_reset_interval	60	Period (in seconds) after which the number of failed login attempts is reset Accepted Values: 30-60
lockout_duration	10	Period (in seconds) for which users are locked out. Accepted Values: 5-10
session_timeout	180	Period (in seconds) after which idle users get logged out automatically Accepted Values: 30-90
alert_email_address		Email address used for sending alerts in case of authentication failure If this variable is left blank, authentication failure alerts will be disabled.
allow_deny	Allow	This variable sets whether the user list is Allowed or Denied. Accepted Values: Allow, Deny
user		Array of users that are allowed or denied based on the `allow_deny` value. Multiple users must be separated by a space.

Enter the relevant values in login_vars.yml:

Parameter Name	Default Value	Additional Information
ms_directory_manager_password		Password of the Directory Manager with full access to the directory for system management tasks.
ms_ipa_admin_password		"admin" user password for the IPA server

Log Aggregation via Grafana

Loki is a datastore used to efficiently hold log data for security purposes. Using the promtail agent, logs are collated and streamed via a HTTP API.

Note: When control_plane.yml is run, Loki is automatically set up as a data source on the Grafana UI.

Querying Loki

Loki uses basic regex based syntax to filter for specific jobs, dates or timestamps.

Select the Explore tab to select control-plane-loki from the drop down.
Using LogQL queries, all logs in /var/log can be accessed using filters (Eg: {job=”Omnia”} )

Viewing Logs on the Dashboard

All log files can be viewed via the Dashboard tab (). The Default Dashboard displays omnia.log and syslog. Custom dashboards can be created per user requirements.

Below is a list of all logs available to Loki and can be accessed on the dashboard:

Name	Location	Purpose	Additional Information
Omnia Logs	/var/log/omnia.log	Omnia Log	This log is configured by Default
syslogs	/var/log/messages	System Logging	This log is configured by Default
Audit Logs	/var/log/audit/audit.log	All Login Attempts	This log is configured by Default
CRON logs	/var/log/cron	CRON Job Logging	This log is configured by Default
Pods logs	/var/log/pods/ * / * / * log	k8s pods	This log is configured by Default
Access Logs	/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-/access	Directory Server Utilization	This log is available when FreeIPA is set up ( ie when enable_security_support is set to 'true')
Error Log	/var/log/dirsrv/slapd-/errors	Directory Server Errors	This log is available when FreeIPA is set up ( ie when enable_security_support is set to 'true')
CA Transaction Log	/var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/transactions	FreeIPA PKI Transactions	This log is available when FreeIPA is set up ( ie when enable_security_support is set to 'true')
KRB5KDC	/var/log/krb5kdc.log	KDC Utilization	This log is available when FreeIPA is set up ( ie when enable_security_support is set to 'true')
Secure logs	/var/log/secure	Login Error Codes	This log is available when FreeIPA is set up ( ie when enable_security_support is set to 'true')
HTTPD logs	/var/log/httpd/*	FreeIPA API Call	This log is available when FreeIPA is set up ( ie when enable_security_support is set to 'true')
DNF logs	/var/log/dnf.log	Installation Logs	This log is configured on Rocky OS
Zypper Logs	/var/log/zypper.log	Installation Logs	This log is configured on Leap OS

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