Configuring an HTPasswd identity provider
To define an HTPasswd identity provider you must perform the following steps:
Create an
htpasswd
file to store the user and password information. Instructions are provided for Linux and ..
Creating an HTPasswd file using Linux
To use the HTPasswd identity provider, you must generate a flat file that contains the user names and passwords for your cluster by using htpasswd
.
Prerequisites
- Have access to the
htpasswd
utility. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux this is available by installing thehttpd-tools
package.
Procedure
Create or update your flat file with a user name and hashed password:
The command generates a hashed version of the password.
For example:
$ htpasswd -c -B -b users.htpasswd user1 MyPassword!
Example output
Adding password for user user1
Continue to add or update credentials to the file:
$ htpasswd -B -b </path/to/users.htpasswd> <user_name> <password>
To use the HTPasswd identity provider, you must generate a flat file that contains the user names and passwords for your cluster by using .
Prerequisites
- Have access to
htpasswd.exe
. This file is included in the\bin
directory of many Apache httpd distributions.
Procedure
Create or update your flat file with a user name and hashed password:
> htpasswd.exe -c -B -b <\path\to\users.htpasswd> <user_name> <password>
The command generates a hashed version of the password.
For example:
> htpasswd.exe -c -B -b users.htpasswd user1 MyPassword!
Example output
Adding password for user user1
Continue to add or update credentials to the file:
> htpasswd.exe -b <\path\to\users.htpasswd> <user_name> <password>
Creating the HTPasswd secret
Prerequisites
- Create an HTPasswd file.
Procedure
Create a
Secret
object that contains the HTPasswd users file:1 The secret key containing the users file for the —from-file
argument must be namedhtpasswd
, as shown in the above command.
The following custom resource (CR) shows the parameters and acceptable values for an HTPasswd identity provider.
HTPasswd CR
apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
kind: OAuth
metadata:
name: cluster
spec:
identityProviders:
- name: my_htpasswd_provider (1)
mappingMethod: claim (2)
type: HTPasswd
htpasswd:
fileData:
name: htpass-secret (3)
1 | This provider name is prefixed to provider user names to form an identity name. |
2 | Controls how mappings are established between this provider’s identities and User objects. |
3 | An existing secret containing a file generated using . |
Additional resources
- See Identity provider parameters for information on parameters, such as
mappingMethod
, that are common to all identity providers.
Adding an identity provider to your clusters
After you install your cluster, add an identity provider to it so your users can authenticate.
Prerequisites
Create an OKD cluster.
Create the custom resource (CR) for your identity providers.
You must be logged in as an administrator.
Procedure
Apply the defined CR:
$ oc apply -f </path/to/CR>
Log in to the cluster as a user from your identity provider, entering the password when prompted.
$ oc login -u <username>
Confirm that the user logged in successfully, and display the user name.
$ oc whoami
You can add or remove users from an existing HTPasswd identity provider.
Prerequisites
You have created a
Secret
object that contains the HTPasswd user file. This procedure assumes that it is namedhtpass-secret
.You have configured an HTPasswd identity provider. This procedure assumes that it is named .
Procedure
Retrieve the HTPasswd file from the
htpass-secret
Secret
object and save the file to your file system:$ oc get secret htpass-secret -ojsonpath={.data.htpasswd} -n openshift-config | base64 --decode > users.htpasswd
Add or remove users from the
users.htpasswd
file.To add a new user:
$ htpasswd -bB users.htpasswd <username> <password>
Example output
To remove an existing user:
$ htpasswd -D users.htpasswd <username>
Example output
Deleting password for user <username>
Replace the
htpass-secret
Secret
object with the updated users in theusers.htpasswd
file:$ oc create secret generic htpass-secret --from-file=htpasswd=users.htpasswd --dry-run=client -o yaml -n openshift-config | oc replace -f -
You can alternatively apply the following YAML to replace the secret:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: htpass-secret
namespace: openshift-config
type: Opaque
data:
htpasswd: <base64_encoded_htpasswd_file_contents>
If you removed one or more users, you must additionally remove existing resources for each user.
Delete the
User
object:$ oc delete user <username>
Example output
user.user.openshift.io "<username>" deleted
Be sure to remove the user, otherwise the user can continue using their token as long as it has not expired.
Delete the
Identity
object for the user:Example output
Configuring identity providers using the web console
Configure your identity provider (IDP) through the web console instead of the CLI.
Prerequisites
- You must be logged in to the web console as a cluster administrator.
Procedure
Navigate to Administration → Cluster Settings.
Under the Global Configuration tab, click OAuth.
Under the Identity Providers section, select your identity provider from the Add drop-down menu.