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+========================
+ Cephx Config Reference
+========================
+
+The ``cephx`` protocol is enabled by default. Cryptographic authentication has
+some computational costs, though they should generally be quite low. If the
+network environment connecting your client and server hosts is very safe and
+you cannot afford authentication, you can turn it off. **This is not generally
+recommended**.
+
+.. note:: If you disable authentication, you are at risk of a man-in-the-middle
+ attack altering your client/server messages, which could lead to disastrous
+ security effects.
+
+For creating users, see `User Management`_. For details on the architecture
+of Cephx, see `Architecture - High Availability Authentication`_.
+
+
+Deployment Scenarios
+====================
+
+There are two main scenarios for deploying a Ceph cluster, which impact
+how you initially configure Cephx. Most first time Ceph users use
+``ceph-deploy`` to create a cluster (easiest). For clusters using
+other deployment tools (e.g., Chef, Juju, Puppet, etc.), you will need
+to use the manual procedures or configure your deployment tool to
+bootstrap your monitor(s).
+
+ceph-deploy
+-----------
+
+When you deploy a cluster with ``ceph-deploy``, you do not have to bootstrap the
+monitor manually or create the ``client.admin`` user or keyring. The steps you
+execute in the `Storage Cluster Quick Start`_ will invoke ``ceph-deploy`` to do
+that for you.
+
+When you execute ``ceph-deploy new {initial-monitor(s)}``, Ceph will create a
+monitor keyring for you (only used to bootstrap monitors), and it will generate
+an initial Ceph configuration file for you, which contains the following
+authentication settings, indicating that Ceph enables authentication by
+default::
+
+ auth_cluster_required = cephx
+ auth_service_required = cephx
+ auth_client_required = cephx
+
+When you execute ``ceph-deploy mon create-initial``, Ceph will bootstrap the
+initial monitor(s), retrieve a ``ceph.client.admin.keyring`` file containing the
+key for the ``client.admin`` user. Additionally, it will also retrieve keyrings
+that give ``ceph-deploy`` and ``ceph-volume`` utilities the ability to prepare and
+activate OSDs and metadata servers.
+
+When you execute ``ceph-deploy admin {node-name}`` (**note:** Ceph must be
+installed first), you are pushing a Ceph configuration file and the
+``ceph.client.admin.keyring`` to the ``/etc/ceph`` directory of the node. You
+will be able to execute Ceph administrative functions as ``root`` on the command
+line of that node.
+
+
+Manual Deployment
+-----------------
+
+When you deploy a cluster manually, you have to bootstrap the monitor manually
+and create the ``client.admin`` user and keyring. To bootstrap monitors, follow
+the steps in `Monitor Bootstrapping`_. The steps for monitor bootstrapping are
+the logical steps you must perform when using third party deployment tools like
+Chef, Puppet, Juju, etc.
+
+
+Enabling/Disabling Cephx
+========================
+
+Enabling Cephx requires that you have deployed keys for your monitors,
+OSDs and metadata servers. If you are simply toggling Cephx on / off,
+you do not have to repeat the bootstrapping procedures.
+
+
+Enabling Cephx
+--------------
+
+When ``cephx`` is enabled, Ceph will look for the keyring in the default search
+path, which includes ``/etc/ceph/$cluster.$name.keyring``. You can override
+this location by adding a ``keyring`` option in the ``[global]`` section of
+your `Ceph configuration`_ file, but this is not recommended.
+
+Execute the following procedures to enable ``cephx`` on a cluster with
+authentication disabled. If you (or your deployment utility) have already
+generated the keys, you may skip the steps related to generating keys.
+
+#. Create a ``client.admin`` key, and save a copy of the key for your client
+ host::
+
+ ceph auth get-or-create client.admin mon 'allow *' mds 'allow *' mgr 'allow *' osd 'allow *' -o /etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
+
+ **Warning:** This will clobber any existing
+ ``/etc/ceph/client.admin.keyring`` file. Do not perform this step if a
+ deployment tool has already done it for you. Be careful!
+
+#. Create a keyring for your monitor cluster and generate a monitor
+ secret key. ::
+
+ ceph-authtool --create-keyring /tmp/ceph.mon.keyring --gen-key -n mon. --cap mon 'allow *'
+
+#. Copy the monitor keyring into a ``ceph.mon.keyring`` file in every monitor's
+ ``mon data`` directory. For example, to copy it to ``mon.a`` in cluster ``ceph``,
+ use the following::
+
+ cp /tmp/ceph.mon.keyring /var/lib/ceph/mon/ceph-a/keyring
+
+#. Generate a secret key for every MGR, where ``{$id}`` is the MGR letter::
+
+ ceph auth get-or-create mgr.{$id} mon 'allow profile mgr' mds 'allow *' osd 'allow *' -o /var/lib/ceph/mgr/ceph-{$id}/keyring
+
+#. Generate a secret key for every OSD, where ``{$id}`` is the OSD number::
+
+ ceph auth get-or-create osd.{$id} mon 'allow rwx' osd 'allow *' -o /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-{$id}/keyring
+
+#. Generate a secret key for every MDS, where ``{$id}`` is the MDS letter::
+
+ ceph auth get-or-create mds.{$id} mon 'allow rwx' osd 'allow *' mds 'allow *' mgr 'allow profile mds' -o /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{$id}/keyring
+
+#. Enable ``cephx`` authentication by setting the following options in the
+ ``[global]`` section of your `Ceph configuration`_ file::
+
+ auth cluster required = cephx
+ auth service required = cephx
+ auth client required = cephx
+
+
+#. Start or restart the Ceph cluster. See `Operating a Cluster`_ for details.
+
+For details on bootstrapping a monitor manually, see `Manual Deployment`_.
+
+
+
+Disabling Cephx
+---------------
+
+The following procedure describes how to disable Cephx. If your cluster
+environment is relatively safe, you can offset the computation expense of
+running authentication. **We do not recommend it.** However, it may be easier
+during setup and/or troubleshooting to temporarily disable authentication.
+
+#. Disable ``cephx`` authentication by setting the following options in the
+ ``[global]`` section of your `Ceph configuration`_ file::
+
+ auth cluster required = none
+ auth service required = none
+ auth client required = none
+
+
+#. Start or restart the Ceph cluster. See `Operating a Cluster`_ for details.
+
+
+Configuration Settings
+======================
+
+Enablement
+----------
+
+
+``auth cluster required``
+
+:Description: If enabled, the Ceph Storage Cluster daemons (i.e., ``ceph-mon``,
+ ``ceph-osd``, ``ceph-mds`` and ``ceph-mgr``) must authenticate with
+ each other. Valid settings are ``cephx`` or ``none``.
+
+:Type: String
+:Required: No
+:Default: ``cephx``.
+
+
+``auth service required``
+
+:Description: If enabled, the Ceph Storage Cluster daemons require Ceph Clients
+ to authenticate with the Ceph Storage Cluster in order to access
+ Ceph services. Valid settings are ``cephx`` or ``none``.
+
+:Type: String
+:Required: No
+:Default: ``cephx``.
+
+
+``auth client required``
+
+:Description: If enabled, the Ceph Client requires the Ceph Storage Cluster to
+ authenticate with the Ceph Client. Valid settings are ``cephx``
+ or ``none``.
+
+:Type: String
+:Required: No
+:Default: ``cephx``.
+
+
+.. index:: keys; keyring
+
+Keys
+----
+
+When you run Ceph with authentication enabled, ``ceph`` administrative commands
+and Ceph Clients require authentication keys to access the Ceph Storage Cluster.
+
+The most common way to provide these keys to the ``ceph`` administrative
+commands and clients is to include a Ceph keyring under the ``/etc/ceph``
+directory. For Cuttlefish and later releases using ``ceph-deploy``, the filename
+is usually ``ceph.client.admin.keyring`` (or ``$cluster.client.admin.keyring``).
+If you include the keyring under the ``/etc/ceph`` directory, you don't need to
+specify a ``keyring`` entry in your Ceph configuration file.
+
+We recommend copying the Ceph Storage Cluster's keyring file to nodes where you
+will run administrative commands, because it contains the ``client.admin`` key.
+
+You may use ``ceph-deploy admin`` to perform this task. See `Create an Admin
+Host`_ for details. To perform this step manually, execute the following::
+
+ sudo scp {user}@{ceph-cluster-host}:/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring /etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
+
+.. tip:: Ensure the ``ceph.keyring`` file has appropriate permissions set
+ (e.g., ``chmod 644``) on your client machine.
+
+You may specify the key itself in the Ceph configuration file using the ``key``
+setting (not recommended), or a path to a keyfile using the ``keyfile`` setting.
+
+
+``keyring``
+
+:Description: The path to the keyring file.
+:Type: String
+:Required: No
+:Default: ``/etc/ceph/$cluster.$name.keyring,/etc/ceph/$cluster.keyring,/etc/ceph/keyring,/etc/ceph/keyring.bin``
+
+
+``keyfile``
+
+:Description: The path to a key file (i.e,. a file containing only the key).
+:Type: String
+:Required: No
+:Default: None
+
+
+``key``
+
+:Description: The key (i.e., the text string of the key itself). Not recommended.
+:Type: String
+:Required: No
+:Default: None
+
+
+Daemon Keyrings
+---------------
+
+Administrative users or deployment tools (e.g., ``ceph-deploy``) may generate
+daemon keyrings in the same way as generating user keyrings. By default, Ceph
+stores daemons keyrings inside their data directory. The default keyring
+locations, and the capabilities necessary for the daemon to function, are shown
+below.
+
+``ceph-mon``
+
+:Location: ``$mon_data/keyring``
+:Capabilities: ``mon 'allow *'``
+
+``ceph-osd``
+
+:Location: ``$osd_data/keyring``
+:Capabilities: ``mgr 'allow profile osd' mon 'allow profile osd' osd 'allow *'``
+
+``ceph-mds``
+
+:Location: ``$mds_data/keyring``
+:Capabilities: ``mds 'allow' mgr 'allow profile mds' mon 'allow profile mds' osd 'allow rwx'``
+
+``ceph-mgr``
+
+:Location: ``$mgr_data/keyring``
+:Capabilities: ``mon 'allow profile mgr' mds 'allow *' osd 'allow *'``
+
+``radosgw``
+
+:Location: ``$rgw_data/keyring``
+:Capabilities: ``mon 'allow rwx' osd 'allow rwx'``
+
+
+.. note:: The monitor keyring (i.e., ``mon.``) contains a key but no
+ capabilities, and is not part of the cluster ``auth`` database.
+
+The daemon data directory locations default to directories of the form::
+
+ /var/lib/ceph/$type/$cluster-$id
+
+For example, ``osd.12`` would be::
+
+ /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-12
+
+You can override these locations, but it is not recommended.
+
+
+.. index:: signatures
+
+Signatures
+----------
+
+Ceph performs a signature check that provides some limited protection
+against messages being tampered with in flight (e.g., by a "man in the
+middle" attack).
+
+Like other parts of Ceph authentication, Ceph provides fine-grained control so
+you can enable/disable signatures for service messages between the client and
+Ceph, and you can enable/disable signatures for messages between Ceph daemons.
+
+Note that even with signatures enabled data is not encrypted in
+flight.
+
+``cephx require signatures``
+
+:Description: If set to ``true``, Ceph requires signatures on all message
+ traffic between the Ceph Client and the Ceph Storage Cluster, and
+ between daemons comprising the Ceph Storage Cluster.
+
+ Ceph Argonaut and Linux kernel versions prior to 3.19 do
+ not support signatures; if such clients are in use this
+ option can be turned off to allow them to connect.
+
+:Type: Boolean
+:Required: No
+:Default: ``false``
+
+
+``cephx cluster require signatures``
+
+:Description: If set to ``true``, Ceph requires signatures on all message
+ traffic between Ceph daemons comprising the Ceph Storage Cluster.
+
+:Type: Boolean
+:Required: No
+:Default: ``false``
+
+
+``cephx service require signatures``
+
+:Description: If set to ``true``, Ceph requires signatures on all message
+ traffic between Ceph Clients and the Ceph Storage Cluster.
+
+:Type: Boolean
+:Required: No
+:Default: ``false``
+
+
+``cephx sign messages``
+
+:Description: If the Ceph version supports message signing, Ceph will sign
+ all messages so they are more difficult to spoof.
+
+:Type: Boolean
+:Default: ``true``
+
+
+Time to Live
+------------
+
+``auth service ticket ttl``
+
+:Description: When the Ceph Storage Cluster sends a Ceph Client a ticket for
+ authentication, the Ceph Storage Cluster assigns the ticket a
+ time to live.
+
+:Type: Double
+:Default: ``60*60``
+
+
+.. _Storage Cluster Quick Start: ../../../start/quick-ceph-deploy/
+.. _Monitor Bootstrapping: ../../../install/manual-deployment#monitor-bootstrapping
+.. _Operating a Cluster: ../../operations/operating
+.. _Manual Deployment: ../../../install/manual-deployment
+.. _Ceph configuration: ../ceph-conf
+.. _Create an Admin Host: ../../deployment/ceph-deploy-admin
+.. _Architecture - High Availability Authentication: ../../../architecture#high-availability-authentication
+.. _User Management: ../../operations/user-management