The document discusses IBM Spectrum Scale protocol authentication. It provides an overview of configuring file protocol authentication with Active Directory using RFC2307 ID mapping. It also discusses configuring object protocol authentication with a local user database. The authentication configuration is managed using the mmuserauth service command, which allows creating, listing, checking, and removing authentication configurations for file and object access protocols.
This document discusses authentication and ID mapping in IBM Spectrum Scale. It provides an overview of authentication basics, UNIX and Windows authentication, and ID mapping. It then describes authentication and ID mapping in IBM Spectrum Scale, including supported authentication methods, ID mapping methods, and configuration prerequisites. Active Directory authentication with automatic, RFC2307, and LDAP ID mapping is explained in more detail.
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The document provides an overview of IBM Spectrum Scale Active File Management (AFM). AFM allows data to be accessed globally across multiple clusters as if it were local by automatically managing asynchronous replication. It describes the various AFM modes including read-only caching, single-writer, and independent writer. It also covers topics like pre-fetching data, cache eviction, cache states, expiration of stale data, and the types of data transferred between home and cache sites.
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The document provides an overview of key concepts covered in a GPFS 4.1 system administration course, including backups using mmbackup, SOBAR integration, snapshots, quotas, clones, and extended attributes. The document includes examples of commands and procedures for administering these GPFS functions.
IBM Spectrum scale object deep dive trainingSmita Raut
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This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on object storage capabilities in IBM Spectrum Scale. The summary includes:
1. The agenda covers object protocol, administration including installation methods, object authentication, storage policies, unified file and object, multiregion, S3, creating containers/buckets and objects, and problem determination.
2. Administration of object protocol can be done through the Spectrum Scale installation toolkit or CLI commands. This includes enabling features like S3 and multiregion.
3. Authentication for object access can be configured with options like Active Directory, LDAP, local authentication, or an external Keystone service.
This document provides an overview of installing and configuring a 3 node GPFS cluster. It discusses using 8 shared LUNs across the 3 servers to simulate having disks from 2 different V7000 storage arrays for redundancy. The disks will be divided into 2 failure groups, with hdisk1-4 in one failure group representing one simulated array, and hdisk5-8 in the other failure group representing the other simulated array. This is to ensure redundancy in case of failure of an entire storage array.
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IBM Spectrum Scale can be used as both the source and destination for backup and archiving. As a source, Spectrum Scale data can be backed up to products like Spectrum Protect, Spectrum Archive, and third-party backup software. As a destination, Spectrum Protect can use Spectrum Scale and ESS storage for storing backed up or archived data, providing scalability, performance, and cost benefits over other solutions. Case studies demonstrate how large enterprises and regional hospital networks have consolidated backup infrastructure and improved availability, capacity, and backup/restore speeds by combining Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Protect.
This document discusses authentication and ID mapping in IBM Spectrum Scale. It provides an overview of authentication basics, UNIX and Windows authentication, and ID mapping. It then describes authentication and ID mapping in IBM Spectrum Scale, including supported authentication methods, ID mapping methods, and configuration prerequisites. Active Directory authentication with automatic, RFC2307, and LDAP ID mapping is explained in more detail.
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The document provides an overview of IBM Spectrum Scale Active File Management (AFM). AFM allows data to be accessed globally across multiple clusters as if it were local by automatically managing asynchronous replication. It describes the various AFM modes including read-only caching, single-writer, and independent writer. It also covers topics like pre-fetching data, cache eviction, cache states, expiration of stale data, and the types of data transferred between home and cache sites.
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The document provides an overview of key concepts covered in a GPFS 4.1 system administration course, including backups using mmbackup, SOBAR integration, snapshots, quotas, clones, and extended attributes. The document includes examples of commands and procedures for administering these GPFS functions.
IBM Spectrum scale object deep dive trainingSmita Raut
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This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on object storage capabilities in IBM Spectrum Scale. The summary includes:
1. The agenda covers object protocol, administration including installation methods, object authentication, storage policies, unified file and object, multiregion, S3, creating containers/buckets and objects, and problem determination.
2. Administration of object protocol can be done through the Spectrum Scale installation toolkit or CLI commands. This includes enabling features like S3 and multiregion.
3. Authentication for object access can be configured with options like Active Directory, LDAP, local authentication, or an external Keystone service.
This document provides an overview of installing and configuring a 3 node GPFS cluster. It discusses using 8 shared LUNs across the 3 servers to simulate having disks from 2 different V7000 storage arrays for redundancy. The disks will be divided into 2 failure groups, with hdisk1-4 in one failure group representing one simulated array, and hdisk5-8 in the other failure group representing the other simulated array. This is to ensure redundancy in case of failure of an entire storage array.
Ibm spectrum scale_backup_n_archive_v03_ashAshutosh Mate
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IBM Spectrum Scale can be used as both the source and destination for backup and archiving. As a source, Spectrum Scale data can be backed up to products like Spectrum Protect, Spectrum Archive, and third-party backup software. As a destination, Spectrum Protect can use Spectrum Scale and ESS storage for storing backed up or archived data, providing scalability, performance, and cost benefits over other solutions. Case studies demonstrate how large enterprises and regional hospital networks have consolidated backup infrastructure and improved availability, capacity, and backup/restore speeds by combining Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Protect.
IBM Spectrum Scale for File and Object StorageTony Pearson
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This document discusses IBM Spectrum Scale, which provides universal access to files and objects across data centers. It can scale to support up to 18 quintillion files per file system and 256 file systems per cluster. IBM Spectrum Scale provides high performance, proven reliability, and flexible access to data through various file and object protocols. It can be deployed as software on various systems, as pre-built systems, or as cloud services. The document outlines the various capabilities and uses of IBM Spectrum Scale, such as file management policies, caching, encryption, protocol servers, integration with Hadoop and backup/disaster recovery.
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The document provides instructions for installing and configuring Spectrum Scale 4.1. Key steps include: installing Spectrum Scale software on nodes; creating a cluster using mmcrcluster and designating primary/secondary servers; verifying the cluster status with mmlscluster; creating Network Shared Disks (NSDs); and creating a file system. The document also covers licensing, system requirements, and IBM and client responsibilities for installation and maintenance.
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This document provides an overview of Spectrum Scale 4.1 system administration. It describes the Elastic Storage Server options and components, Spectrum Scale native RAID (GNR), and tips for best practices. GNR implements sophisticated data placement and error correction algorithms using software RAID to provide high reliability and performance without additional hardware. It features auto-rebalancing, low rebuild overhead through declustering, and end-to-end data checksumming.
This document provides an overview of Active Directory (AD) in Windows Server 2019. It describes what AD is, when and why it is used, and how to configure and manage it. Key components of AD are discussed such as domains, organizational units, group policy, backups. AD services like certificate services, domain services, and federation services are also summarized. The document provides best practices for using group policy and designing the AD structure.
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This document provides information about replication and stretch clusters in IBM Spectrum Scale. It defines replication as synchronously copying file system data across failure groups for redundancy. While replication improves availability, it reduces performance and increases storage usage. Stretch clusters combine two or more clusters to create a single large cluster, typically using replication between sites. Replication policies and failure group configuration are important to ensure effective data duplication.
Data Sharing using Spectrum Scale Active File ManagementTrishali Nayar
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IBM Spectrum Scale with Active File Management (AFM) allows storing data safely across geographically distributed sites using a clustered file system cache. AFM moves data between the home cluster where data is primarily stored and cache clusters where data is made available on demand or periodically to increase availability. Modes like read-only, single-writer, and independent-writer define how data is cached, modified, and synchronized between sites.
Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows users to access files over a network as if they were on a local disk. NFS was originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984 and is now maintained by the IETF. NFS uses RPC calls to issue requests from clients to servers and maintains a stateless design to simplify crash recovery. While easy to set up and administer, NFS has limitations regarding performance, scalability, security and file locking.
Real Time Analytics: Algorithms and SystemsArun Kejariwal
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In this tutorial, an in-depth overview of streaming analytics -- applications, algorithms and platforms -- landscape is presented. We walk through how the field has evolved over the last decade and then discuss the current challenges -- the impact of the other three Vs, viz., Volume, Variety and Veracity, on Big Data streaming analytics.
This document discusses best practices for backup and recovery planning. It covers common backup and recovery topics like different backup methods and topologies, the backup process, and managing backups. It also provides an overview of a typical backup application and the importance of backup reports and catalogs. The document is made up of multiple lessons intended to describe backup and recovery concepts and considerations.
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is Microsoft's directory service that provides identity and access management technologies. It stores identity information and authenticates users and computers. The Active Directory data store contains objects like users, groups, computers and policies. Domain controllers host the data store and authenticate access. AD DS supports features like authentication, authorization, single sign-on, certificate services, information protection and more through technologies like Active Directory, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services, Active Directory Certificate Services, Active Directory Rights Management Services, and Active Directory Federation Services.
Network File System (NFS) allows users to access and share files located on remote computers. It builds on ONC RPC and has evolved through several versions. NFS uses a client-server model where the client makes RPC requests to access files on the NFS server's file system. This allows for flexible sharing of resources but introduces some security and performance disadvantages compared to a local file system. Overall NFS is a widely used distributed file system protocol.
Samba allows Linux servers to communicate with Windows machines using the SMB protocol. It lets Linux systems act as file and print servers for Windows clients on a network. Samba consists of client and server components that allow Linux machines to access Windows shares and Windows machines to access shared resources on Linux servers. The Samba configuration file smb.conf is used to define global parameters and shares. Windows machines can then browse and connect to the shared folders and printers using the SMB protocol.
This document provides an overview of Virtual SAN design and architecture. It discusses Virtual SAN components such as disk groups, datastores, and objects. It describes how data is distributed across disks groups and hosts using techniques like striping and mirroring. It also covers storage policies and how they determine the layout and number of components for distributed objects. Use cases like all-flash configurations, ROBO solutions, and stretched clusters are explained at a high level.
Guardian Healthcare Services migrated their IT infrastructure from an outsourced hosted solution to an in-house virtualized infrastructure using VMware. They consolidated 14 remote nursing home facilities across 3 states onto VMware servers and HP hardware in their own datacenter. This allowed them to gain more control over their systems and realize cost savings. The document describes their project planning, infrastructure design, server consolidation, migration process, and benefits realized from the new virtualized environment.
In this PowerPoint, learn how a security policy can be your first line of defense. Servers running AIX and other operating systems are frequent targets of cyberattacks, according to the Data Breach Investigations Report. From DoS attacks to malware, attackers have a variety of strategies at their disposal. Having a security policy in place makes it easier to ensure you have appropriate controls in place to protect mission-critical data.
This document provides an overview of OpenStack, including:
- The major components of OpenStack and how they work together through REST APIs and a message queue.
- Key concepts such as tenant virtual networks, private and floating IP addresses, virtual machine instance creation, block volumes, and template image registration.
- Examples of command line operations for the Keystone authentication service.
This document provides an overview and demonstration of using open source tools for security information and event management (SIEM). It begins with an introduction to SIEM and the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for data aggregation, correlation, alerting and dashboards. The document demonstrates using Logstash to parse Apache logs and load them into Elasticsearch. It also discusses clustering and sizing requirements. Finally, it introduces Wazuh as an open source SIEM solution built on OSSEC and the ELK stack.
This document provides an overview of techniques for penetrating and escalating privileges within an Active Directory environment. It begins with reconnaissance of the AD infrastructure using unauthenticated methods like DNS queries and network scans. Initial access is often gained via exploiting vulnerabilities like EternalBlue to compromise systems. Further enumeration of user accounts, groups, and service principal names is used to identify high-privileged accounts. The document specifically describes Kerberoasting as a method to crack hashed passwords of service accounts, allowing access to escalated privileges without detection.
This document provides an overview of Windows authentication concepts including:
- Authentication verifies a user or object's identity while authorization determines what resources they can access.
- Accounts identify principals like users and services and are assigned to security groups which grant permissions.
- Logons authenticate users and applications, with interactive logons initiated by Winlogon and application logons for services.
- Authorization uses security tokens containing group memberships and privileges to determine resource access.
IBM Spectrum Scale for File and Object StorageTony Pearson
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This document discusses IBM Spectrum Scale, which provides universal access to files and objects across data centers. It can scale to support up to 18 quintillion files per file system and 256 file systems per cluster. IBM Spectrum Scale provides high performance, proven reliability, and flexible access to data through various file and object protocols. It can be deployed as software on various systems, as pre-built systems, or as cloud services. The document outlines the various capabilities and uses of IBM Spectrum Scale, such as file management policies, caching, encryption, protocol servers, integration with Hadoop and backup/disaster recovery.
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The document provides instructions for installing and configuring Spectrum Scale 4.1. Key steps include: installing Spectrum Scale software on nodes; creating a cluster using mmcrcluster and designating primary/secondary servers; verifying the cluster status with mmlscluster; creating Network Shared Disks (NSDs); and creating a file system. The document also covers licensing, system requirements, and IBM and client responsibilities for installation and maintenance.
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This document provides an overview of Spectrum Scale 4.1 system administration. It describes the Elastic Storage Server options and components, Spectrum Scale native RAID (GNR), and tips for best practices. GNR implements sophisticated data placement and error correction algorithms using software RAID to provide high reliability and performance without additional hardware. It features auto-rebalancing, low rebuild overhead through declustering, and end-to-end data checksumming.
This document provides an overview of Active Directory (AD) in Windows Server 2019. It describes what AD is, when and why it is used, and how to configure and manage it. Key components of AD are discussed such as domains, organizational units, group policy, backups. AD services like certificate services, domain services, and federation services are also summarized. The document provides best practices for using group policy and designing the AD structure.
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This document provides information about replication and stretch clusters in IBM Spectrum Scale. It defines replication as synchronously copying file system data across failure groups for redundancy. While replication improves availability, it reduces performance and increases storage usage. Stretch clusters combine two or more clusters to create a single large cluster, typically using replication between sites. Replication policies and failure group configuration are important to ensure effective data duplication.
Data Sharing using Spectrum Scale Active File ManagementTrishali Nayar
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IBM Spectrum Scale with Active File Management (AFM) allows storing data safely across geographically distributed sites using a clustered file system cache. AFM moves data between the home cluster where data is primarily stored and cache clusters where data is made available on demand or periodically to increase availability. Modes like read-only, single-writer, and independent-writer define how data is cached, modified, and synchronized between sites.
Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows users to access files over a network as if they were on a local disk. NFS was originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984 and is now maintained by the IETF. NFS uses RPC calls to issue requests from clients to servers and maintains a stateless design to simplify crash recovery. While easy to set up and administer, NFS has limitations regarding performance, scalability, security and file locking.
Real Time Analytics: Algorithms and SystemsArun Kejariwal
Ā
In this tutorial, an in-depth overview of streaming analytics -- applications, algorithms and platforms -- landscape is presented. We walk through how the field has evolved over the last decade and then discuss the current challenges -- the impact of the other three Vs, viz., Volume, Variety and Veracity, on Big Data streaming analytics.
This document discusses best practices for backup and recovery planning. It covers common backup and recovery topics like different backup methods and topologies, the backup process, and managing backups. It also provides an overview of a typical backup application and the importance of backup reports and catalogs. The document is made up of multiple lessons intended to describe backup and recovery concepts and considerations.
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is Microsoft's directory service that provides identity and access management technologies. It stores identity information and authenticates users and computers. The Active Directory data store contains objects like users, groups, computers and policies. Domain controllers host the data store and authenticate access. AD DS supports features like authentication, authorization, single sign-on, certificate services, information protection and more through technologies like Active Directory, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services, Active Directory Certificate Services, Active Directory Rights Management Services, and Active Directory Federation Services.
Network File System (NFS) allows users to access and share files located on remote computers. It builds on ONC RPC and has evolved through several versions. NFS uses a client-server model where the client makes RPC requests to access files on the NFS server's file system. This allows for flexible sharing of resources but introduces some security and performance disadvantages compared to a local file system. Overall NFS is a widely used distributed file system protocol.
Samba allows Linux servers to communicate with Windows machines using the SMB protocol. It lets Linux systems act as file and print servers for Windows clients on a network. Samba consists of client and server components that allow Linux machines to access Windows shares and Windows machines to access shared resources on Linux servers. The Samba configuration file smb.conf is used to define global parameters and shares. Windows machines can then browse and connect to the shared folders and printers using the SMB protocol.
This document provides an overview of Virtual SAN design and architecture. It discusses Virtual SAN components such as disk groups, datastores, and objects. It describes how data is distributed across disks groups and hosts using techniques like striping and mirroring. It also covers storage policies and how they determine the layout and number of components for distributed objects. Use cases like all-flash configurations, ROBO solutions, and stretched clusters are explained at a high level.
Guardian Healthcare Services migrated their IT infrastructure from an outsourced hosted solution to an in-house virtualized infrastructure using VMware. They consolidated 14 remote nursing home facilities across 3 states onto VMware servers and HP hardware in their own datacenter. This allowed them to gain more control over their systems and realize cost savings. The document describes their project planning, infrastructure design, server consolidation, migration process, and benefits realized from the new virtualized environment.
In this PowerPoint, learn how a security policy can be your first line of defense. Servers running AIX and other operating systems are frequent targets of cyberattacks, according to the Data Breach Investigations Report. From DoS attacks to malware, attackers have a variety of strategies at their disposal. Having a security policy in place makes it easier to ensure you have appropriate controls in place to protect mission-critical data.
This document provides an overview of OpenStack, including:
- The major components of OpenStack and how they work together through REST APIs and a message queue.
- Key concepts such as tenant virtual networks, private and floating IP addresses, virtual machine instance creation, block volumes, and template image registration.
- Examples of command line operations for the Keystone authentication service.
This document provides an overview and demonstration of using open source tools for security information and event management (SIEM). It begins with an introduction to SIEM and the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for data aggregation, correlation, alerting and dashboards. The document demonstrates using Logstash to parse Apache logs and load them into Elasticsearch. It also discusses clustering and sizing requirements. Finally, it introduces Wazuh as an open source SIEM solution built on OSSEC and the ELK stack.
This document provides an overview of techniques for penetrating and escalating privileges within an Active Directory environment. It begins with reconnaissance of the AD infrastructure using unauthenticated methods like DNS queries and network scans. Initial access is often gained via exploiting vulnerabilities like EternalBlue to compromise systems. Further enumeration of user accounts, groups, and service principal names is used to identify high-privileged accounts. The document specifically describes Kerberoasting as a method to crack hashed passwords of service accounts, allowing access to escalated privileges without detection.
This document provides an overview of Windows authentication concepts including:
- Authentication verifies a user or object's identity while authorization determines what resources they can access.
- Accounts identify principals like users and services and are assigned to security groups which grant permissions.
- Logons authenticate users and applications, with interactive logons initiated by Winlogon and application logons for services.
- Authorization uses security tokens containing group memberships and privileges to determine resource access.
Security is more critical than ever with new computing environments in the cloud and expanding access to the Internet. There are a number of security protection mechanisms available for MongoDB to ensure you have a stable and secure architecture for your deployment. We'll walk through general security threats to databases and specifically how they can be mitigated for MongoDB deployments.
Srs document for identity based secure distributed data storage schemesSahithi Naraparaju
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This document provides a software requirements specification for an identity based secure distributed data storage scheme. It includes sections on introduction, overall description, system features, external interface requirements, and other non-functional requirements. The overall description provides an overview of the two proposed schemes - one that is secure against chosen plaintext attacks and another that is secure against chosen ciphertext attacks. It describes the user classes, operating environment, and design constraints. The system features section outlines the four main modules - data owner, proxy server, receiver, and data storage.
Enter The Matrix Securing Azureās AssetsBizTalk360
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This talk is mainly on the security aspects of Azure, in any context. youāll get an overview on where security is handled, some practices and how to monitor and act accordingly to certain threats and issues. It will focus on IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. As security is an integral part of an environment, the integration aspect is not far away. Focus products include Azure and all related services.
SPSVB - Office 365 and Cloud Identity - What Does It Mean for Me?Scott Hoag
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Office 365 brings a host of productivity options, but one of the most overlooked components is how we'll authenticate to the Cloud. With Azure Active Directory (AAD) driving access and authentication to our Office 365 tenants, it is important to understand how we can interact with it. Join us as we explore Cloud Identity, Identity Federation, Directory Synchronization and most importantly Azure and its impacts on user experience and access of Office 365. Throughout this session, we'll answer the questions that impact you and how your decisions around identity shape your Office 365 experiences.
IRJET- Document Management System, Open Source and SecureIRJET Journal
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The document describes a proposed open source document management system that allows users to securely store, manage, and access documents. Key features of the system include encrypting documents using RSA encryption before transferring them to the cloud server for storage. It also provides version control of documents using Tortoise CVS, enables searching and compression of documents to reduce storage size, and implements user authentication and access controls using OAuth2. The system is designed to efficiently and securely manage documents for organizations in an open source environment.
Windows Azure SQL Database for Beginners (tips & tricks)
The document provides an overview and introduction to Windows Azure SQL Database including:
- Key features such as scalability, availability, data protection, and programmatic DBA functionality.
- Performance levels are described in DTU (database transaction units) with different tiers for Basic, Standard, and Premium databases.
- Limitations are discussed around database sizing, collations, logins/users, and compatibility with on-premises SQL Server features.
Asug84339 how to secure privacy data in a hybrid s4 hana landscapeDharma Atluri
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This document summarizes a presentation on securing privacy data in SAP S/4HANA hybrid landscapes. The presentation was given by Paul Young from Southern California Edison and Tong Zheng from SAP America from May 7-9, 2019. The presentation covered SAP S/4HANA security features such as user management, authorization, encryption, data masking, and auditing. It provided details on how SAP HANA supports encryption of data at rest and in transit. Options for masking and logging sensitive data in user interfaces were also discussed.
The document discusses cloud security and compliance. It defines cloud computing and outlines the essential characteristics and service models. It then discusses key considerations for cloud security including identity and access management, security threats and countermeasures, application security, operations and maintenance, and compliance. Chief information officer concerns around security, availability, performance and cost are also addressed.
The document discusses cloud security and compliance. It defines cloud computing and outlines the essential characteristics and service models. It then discusses key considerations for cloud security including identity and access management, security threats and countermeasures, application security, operations and maintenance, and compliance. Chief information officer concerns around security, availability, performance and cost are also addressed.
CIS13: Deploying an Identity Provider in a Complex, Federated and Siloed WorldCloudIDSummit
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The document discusses the challenges of deploying an identity provider in an environment with siloed and federated identity systems. It identifies challenges around authentication, which involves identifying users across multiple sources with different identifiers and credential formats. Authorization challenges include attributes and groups being distributed across different data sources. The document proposes addressing these challenges through a federated identity service that acts as a single identity source through identity aggregation, correlation, mapping attributes and groups across sources, and presenting virtualized identity views. This approach can enable single sign-on across applications while leveraging existing identity systems.
Make sure you exercise due diligence when selecting a cloud service provider.
Make sure the cloud environment supports the regulatory requirements of your industry and data.
Conduct data classification to understand the sensitivity of your data before moving to the cloud.
Clearly define who owns the data and how it will be āreturnedā to you and the timing in the event you cancel your agreement.
Understand if you are leveraging the cloud in IaaS, PaaS, SaaS or other model.
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3 provides concise security capabilities including:
1) Secure data at rest through encryption and secure deletion capabilities as well as support for NIST algorithms.
2) Secure data in transit with support for Kerberos, SSL/TLS, and configurable security levels for cluster communication.
3) Role-based access control and support for directory services like Active Directory for authentication and authorization.
4) Secure administration through SSH/TLS for commands and REST APIs, role-based access in the GUI, and limited admin nodes.
5) Additional features like file and object access control lists, firewall support, immutability mode for compliance, and audit logging.
IRJET- Research Paper on Active DirectoryIRJET Journal
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The document discusses Active Directory, a directory service used by Microsoft to store information about network resources across a domain. It provides a hierarchical structure to organize users, groups, computers, printers and other objects. Active Directory allows for centralized management of these resources through group policy and enables single sign-on access. It uses protocols like LDAP and Kerberos and integrates with DNS. The document describes the various services provided by Active Directory like domain services, certificate services, and rights management. It also explains the logical structure of Active Directory including forests, trees, domains, partitions and flexible single master operations. Finally, it distinguishes between workgroups and domains.
[Mustafa Toroman, SaŔa Kranjac] More and more services we use every day are moving to cloud. This creates many challenges, especially if we look at things from security point of view. Taking services out of our datacenter, opens our data and services to new kind of threats but fortunately new tools are available to protect us. See from both perspectives how attackers can try to exploit our journey to cloud and how can we detect threats and stop attacks before they occur. We will show examples how Red Team attacks our Cloud and how Blue Team can detect and stop Red Team.
CIS13: How to Build a Federated Identity Service on Identity and Context Virt...CloudIDSummit
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Lisa Grady, Senior Solutions Architect, Radiant Logic
You've federated access, but what about identity? Lisa Grady, technical guru at Radiant Logic, will offer concrete solutions for deploying an identity provider in a complex, federated and siloed world.
OpenIDM 3.0 is ForgeRock's identity administration product for users, devices, and things. It features a lightweight, modular architecture built on RESTful principles with extensibility through scripting languages like JavaScript and Groovy. The core use case functionality includes basic CRUD, automated workflow processes, provisioning, password synchronization, identity data synchronization, reporting, self-service, and entitlement management. It has a flexible "plug and play" architecture where modular services can be used individually. Key features in 3.0 include role-based provisioning, an aggregated identity view, pass-through authentication, cloud connectors, user interface enhancements, product enhancements like clustering and high availability, and scripting language improvements.
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Proactive Threat Detection and Safeguarding of Data for Enhanced Cyber resili...Sandeep Patil
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IBM Storages like IBM Spectrum Scale/IBM CLoud Object storage System integrate with leading SIEM like IBM QRadar / SPLUNK for proactive threat detection and Cyber Resiliency
Genomics Deployments - How to Get Right with Software Defined StorageSandeep Patil
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This document discusses genomics workloads and the requirements for storage infrastructure to support them. It begins with an introduction to genomics and the growth of the field. It then examines the characteristics of genomic sequencing workloads, including the multi-step process and file-based nature. Key requirements for storage are outlined, such as high throughput, large ingestion of files, and support for POSIX and other access protocols. The document proposes a solution using a software-defined, clustered file system like IBM Spectrum Scale to provide scalable, high performance file storage as a building block of a composable infrastructure for genomics applications. It provides an example architecture and performance results for GATK-based analysis.
Analytics with unified file and object Sandeep Patil
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Presentation takes you through on way to achive in-place hadoop based analytics for your file and object data. Also give you example of storage integration with cloud congnitive services
In Place Analytics For File and Object DataSandeep Patil
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The document discusses IBM Spectrum Scale's unified file and object access feature. It introduces Spectrum Scale and its support for file and object access. The unified file and object access feature allows data to be accessed as both files and objects without copying, through a single management plane. Use cases like in-place analytics for object data and common identity management across file and object access are enabled. A demo is presented where a file is uploaded as an object, analytics is run on it, and the result downloaded as an object, without data movement.
Spectrum Scale Unified File and Object with WAN CachingSandeep Patil
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This document provides an overview of IBM Spectrum Scale's Active File Management (AFM) capabilities and use cases. AFM uses a home-and-cache model to cache data from a home site at local clusters for low-latency access. It expands GPFS' global namespace across geographical distances and provides automated namespace management. The document discusses AFM caching basics, global sharing, use cases like content distribution and disaster recovery. It also provides details on Spectrum Scale's protocol support, unified file and object access, using AFM with object storage, and configuration.
Introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale and Its Use in Life ScienceSandeep Patil
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IBM Spectrum Scale is a scalable file system that can be used to support life science research. It provides high scalability, high availability, and a software read cache called Local Read Only Cache (LROC) that uses SSDs to improve performance. The University of Basel uses Spectrum Scale in their scientific computing and storage infrastructure to support various research areas including bioinformatics, structural biology, and hosting reference services. It provides features such as cluster file systems, data migration, hierarchical storage management, encryption, and disaster recovery between two sites using asynchronous file migration.
Hadoop and Spark Analytics over Better StorageSandeep Patil
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This document discusses using IBM Spectrum Scale to provide a colder storage tier for Hadoop & Spark workloads using IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) and HDFS transparency. Some key points discussed include:
- Using Spectrum Scale to federate ESS with existing HDFS or Spectrum Scale filesystems, allowing data to be seamlessly accessed even if moved to the ESS tier.
- Extending HDFS across multiple HDFS and Spectrum Scale clusters without needing to move data using Spectrum Scale's HDFS transparency connector.
- Integrating ESS tier with Spectrum Protect for backup and Spectrum Archive for archiving to take advantage of their policy engines and automation.
- Examples of using the unified storage for analytics workflows, life
IBM Spectrum Scale provides unified file and object access, allowing data to be ingested and stored as either files or objects and accessed via both file and object interfaces. Key capabilities include a single global namespace for files and objects, automatic placement of data on optimal storage tiers, ability to analyze data in place without copying or moving data, and support for both legacy file applications and new object-based workloads and data stores.
TrustArc Webinar - Your Guide for Smooth Cross-Border Data Transfers and Glob...TrustArc
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IBM Spectrum Scale Authentication for Protocols
1. User Group
2017
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3
Protocol Authentication
Sandeep Patil
STSM, IBM Master Inventor
Kaustubh Katruwar
Spectrum Scale Auth Development
Shradha Thakare
Spectrum Scale Dev
2. Please note
IBMās statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent
are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBMās
sole discretion.
Information regarding potential future products is intended
to outline our general product direction and it should not be
relied on in making a purchasing decision.
The information mentioned regarding potential future
products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation
to deliver
any material, code or functionality. Information about
potential future products may not be incorporated into any
contract.
The development, release, and timing of any future features
or functionality described for our products remains at our
sole discretion.
Performance is based on measurements and projections
using standard IBM benchmarks in a
controlled environment. The actual throughput or
performance that any user will experience will vary
depending upon many factors, including considerations
such as the amount of multiprogramming in
the userās job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage
configuration, and the workload processed. Therefore, no
assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve
results similar to those stated here.
3. Acknowledgement ā Spectrum Scale Development Team
ā¢ Deepak Ghuge
ā¢ Ingo Meents
ā¢ Christof Schmitt
ā¢ Smita Raut
ā¢ Varun Mittal
ā¢ Bill Owen
ā¢ Sanjay Gandhi
ā¢ Brian Nelson
ā¢ Simon Lorenz
ā¢ Gautam Shah
ā¢ John Lewars
ā¢ Chetan Kulkarni
4. Authentication for Protocols - Basics
What is authentication?
ā¢ The objective of authentication is to verify the claimed identity
of users and components before access to the protected resource.
ā¢ Usually it is done by having the user enter a valid user name and
valid password before access is granted.
Authentication In IBM Spectrum Scale Protocol
ā¢ Ensures authenticated access to data exported by protocols
(NFS/SMB/Object)
ā¢ To enable read and write access to directories and files for the
users exported by IBM Spectrum Scale protocols , you must
configure user authentication on the system.
ā¢ Only one user authentication method, and only one instance of
that method, can be supported in a single cluster.
ā¢ The following authentication services can be configured with the IBM
Spectrum Scaleā¢ system for file protocol access:
ā¢ Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
ā¢ Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
ā¢ Network Information Service (NIS) for NFS client access
ā¢ User defined
5. Identification - Basics
ā¢ The objective of identification is to identify users and infrastructure components which is basis of Authorization.
Identification methods include unique user IDs (such as different persons use different user IDs).
ā¢ Other methods include keys and finger prints (such as a public ssh key) and digital certificates (such as a certificate of
the web server).
User names and user IDs (UIDs):
ā¢ UNIX system and UNIX based appliances use user names and user identifiers (UID) to represent users of the system.
ā¢ When a user logs on to a UNIX system, the operating systems looks up their UID and then uses this UID for further
representation of the user.
Group names and Group IDs (GIDs)
ā¢ UNIX systems use groups to maintain sets of users which have the same permissions to access certain system
resources.
ā¢ Similar to user names and UIDs, a UNIX system also maintains group names and group identifiers (GIDs).
ā¢ A UNIX user might be a member of one or more groups, where one group is the primary or default group.
ā¢ UNIX groups are not nested: They contain users only but not other groups.
SID
ā¢ Windows and SMB client systems reference all operating system entities as resources. For example, users, groups,
computers, and so on.
ā¢ Each resource is represented by a security identifier (SID).
ā¢ Resource names and SIDs are stored locally in the Windows registry or in an external directory service such as Active
Directory or LDAP.
Directory Services
User names, UIDs, and the mapping of user names to UIDs along with Group Names, GIDs and their mapping are stored
locally in the /etc/passwd file. Or, they can be stored on an external directory service such as Microsoft Active Directory,
Services for Unix (SFU), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), or Network Information Service (NIS).
User Name: Penguin
UID: 9823
User Name: Penguin_Group
GID: 5000
User Name: Windows_User1
SID: S-1-5-21-917267712-1342860078-1792151419-500
6. UID/GID/SID mapping in IBM Spectrum Scale
ā¢ IBM Spectrum Scale stores all user data on Spectrum Scale file systems, which use UIDs and
GIDs for access control.
ā¢ For SMB access, IBM Spectrum Scale needs to map SIDs to UIDs and GIDs to enforce
access control. SIDs effectively are 128 bit values while GIDs and UIDs are limited to 32bit, so
a 1:1 mapping is not possible.
ā¢ NFS clients send the UID and GID of a user who requests access to a file.
ā¢ IBM Spectrum Scale uses the access control mechanism by comparing the received UID and
GID with the UIDs and GIDs stored in GPFS.
ā¢ The UIDs and GIDs used by the NFS clients must match the UIDs and GIDs stored inside
Spectrum Scale file system.
ā¢ When SMB clients using Windows connect to IBM Spectrum Scale configured with plain AD, it
first contacts the Active Directory to check for username and password combination. The auto
UID/GID created is then stored locally (in the idmap database) on IBM Spectrum Scale. For the
first time a user logs in, the ID mapping between SID and UID is created. After that, it is directly
picked up from the database. In case of mixed access from Windows and UNIX, Active Directory
with RFC 2307 or with LDAP is to be be used.
7. ID Mapping methods in IBM Spectrum Scale Required For NFS & SMB
Multiprotocol Access
The following methods are used to map Windows SID to UNIX UID and GID:
ā¢ External ID mapping methods
ā¢ A UID or GID of a user or group is created and stored in an external server.
ā¢ The external server administrator is responsible for creating or populating the UID/GID for the
user/group in their respective servers.
ā¢ The IBM Spectrum Scale system supports the following servers for external ID mapping:
ā¢ LDAP server, where the UID or GID is stored in a dedicated field in the user or group object on
the LDAP server.
ā¢ AD server with RFC2307 schema extension defined. The UID or GID of a user or group that
is defined in AD server is stored in a dedicated field of the user or group object.
ā¢ Internal ID mapping method
ā¢ Automatic ID mapping when AD-based authentication is used.
ā¢ Automatic ID mapping method uses a reserved ID range to allocate ID based on the following logic.
ā¢ A user or group in AD is identified by SID, which includes a component that is called RID.
Whenever a user or group from an AD domain accesses IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢, a range is
allocated per AD domain. UID or GID is then allocated depending upon this range and the RID
of the user/group.
ā¢ For Example: S-1-5-21-3922795712-4076380459-2191511802-1304. Here:
ā¢ S ā String is SID
ā¢ 1 ā Revision Level
ā¢ 5 ā Identifier Authority Value
ā¢ 21-3922795712-4076380459-2191511802 ā Domain or Local Computer Identifier
ā¢ 1304 ā Relative ID (RID)
8. IBM Spectrum Scale File Authentication Flow
ā¢ Authentication for NFS/SMB involves user credential validation and user identity management
which helps define ownership of data and is the foundational base for ACL for NFS and SMB
The following steps are involved in the user authentication
for file access:
1. User tries to connect to the IBM Spectrum
Scaleā¢ system by using their credentials.
2. The IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ system contacts the
authentication server to validate the user.
3. The IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ system contacts the ID
map server that provides UIDs and GIDs of the user
and user group to verify the identity of the user.
4. If the user credentials are valid, the user gains access
to the system.
9. IBM Spectrum Scale Object Authentication Flow
Auth Flow
1. The user raises the access request to get access to
the object data.
2. The keystone server communicates with the
authentication server such as AD, LDAP, or a local
database. The keystone server interacts with the
authentication server for authentication,
authorization, and service end-point management.
3. If the user details are valid, the keystone server
interacts with the local database to determine the
user roles and issues a token to grant access to the
user.
4. The OpenStack identity service offers token-based
authentication for object access. When user
credentials are validated, the identity service issues
an authentication token, which the user provides in
subsequent requests. That is, the access request
also includes the token that is granted in step 3. The
token is an alphanumeric string of text that is used to
access OpenStack APIs and resources.
5. The authenticated user contacts the object storage
to access the data that is stored in it.
6. The object storage grants permission to the user to
work on the data based on the associated project ID
and user role.
10. Authentication Design Points For Spectrum Scale Protocols
ā¢ Well defined & consumable authentication management interfaces for FILE (NFS,SMB) and
OBJECT to ensure uniformness.
ā¢ Allow flexibility to configure Object and FILE with different authentication scheme to ensure wider
coverage of customer deployment.
ā¢ Ability to auto-suggest to help enforce common authentication scheme across FILE (SMB/NFS) and
OBJECT on the same cluster , when AD/LDAP is being used by either of them.
ā¢ Provide a "User Defined" auth mode to provide flexibility which allows customers to define authentication
setup the way they desire. IBM Spectrum Scale Auth CLI become dysfunctional in this mode.
ā¢ For FILE, support all required authentication schemes as supported in legacy NAS Systems to
ensure migration.
ā¢ For OBJECT support authentication of Swift with Keystone backed with AD, LDAP and database
(Posgress only). The authorization required by object will be stored only in database.
ā¢ Enhanced Problem Determination ā Extract more of āWhere is the exact problem/Is it related to
authenticationā kind of authentication logs in FTDC for faster problem determination.
11. Authentication + ID map Schemes : Support Matrix for File Protocols
(NFS / SMB)
Configuring Authentication with AD Configuring Authentication with NIS
Configuring Authentication with LDAP
12. Authentication Schemes: Support Matrix for Object
Configuring Authentication with AD
Configuring Authentication with LDAP
Configuring Authentication with Local
13. Authentication Schemes: For Unified File and Object
What is Unified File and Object ?
ā¢ Unified File and Object allows accessing object using file interfaces
(SMB/NFS/POSIX) and accessing file using object interfaces (REST)
helps legacy applications designed for file to seamlessly start integrating
into the object world.
ā¢ It allows cloud data which is in form of objects to be accessed using
files using application designed to process files.
ā¢ Multi protocol access for file and object in the same namespace allows
supporting and hosting data oceans of different types with multiple access
options.
Configuring Authentication for Unified File and
Object
Only the following authentication mechanisms are supported when common
User ID is expected between File and Object Interface:
ā¢ Object configured with AD and File with the same AD where the
user/group ID is available on AD+RFC 2307
ā¢ Object configured with LDAP and File with the same LDAP where the
user/group ID is available on LDAP
Objects data accessed via file interface
File data accessed via object interface
14. Unified File and Object : Flexible Identity Management Modes
ļ§ Supportās Two Identity Management Modes
ļ§ Administrators can choose based on their need and use-case
Local_ID Unified_ID
Identity Management Modes
Object created by Object interface
will be owned by internal āswiftā user
Application processing the object data
from file interface will need the required
file ACL to access the data.
Object authentication setup is
independent of File
Authentication setup
Object created from Object interface should be
owned by the user doing the Object PUT (i.e
FILE will be owned by UID/GID of the user)
Users from Object and File are expected to be
common auth and coming from same directory
service (only AD+RFC 2307 or LDAP)
Owner of the object will own and have
access to the data from file interface.
Suitable for unified file and object access for end
users. Leverage common ILM policies for file
and object data based on data ownership
Suitable when auth schemes for file and
object are different and unified access is for
applications
15. Spectrum Scale Protocol Authentication : High Level Overview
Linux
Keystone
Spectrum Scale Protocol Nodes
winbind ypbind SSSD
Posgress
AD LDAP NISMIT KDC
Users with AD/LDAP credential should be able to access FILE as well as Object
Auth configure CLI
For Keystone
Auth configure CLI
For File
Auth CLI
Common protocol Auth CLI
External
Auth Servers
16. IBM Spectrum Scale Authentication: The āmmuserauthā Command
# mmuserauth service <option>
ā¢ This command suite manages the authentication configuration of file and object access
protocols.
ā¢ The configuration allows protocol access methods to authenticate users who need to
access data that is stored on the system over these protocols.
ā¢ The different commands in the # mmuserauth service suite are:
ā¢ mmuserauth service create - Configures authentication for file and object
access protocols.
ā¢ mmuserauth service list - Displays the details of the authentication method
that is configured for both file and object access protocols.
ā¢ mmuserauth service check - Verifies the authentication method configuration
details for file and object access protocols. Validates the connectivity to the
configured authentication servers. It also supports corrections to the configuration
details on the erroneously configured protocol nodes.
ā¢ mmuserauth service remove - Removes the authentication method
configuration of file and object access protocols and ID maps if any.
17. Configure File and Object Auth
āmmuserauth service createā
Based on Auth type
- update the respective config
files
- restart the services
Check Auth config across the cluster
āmmuserauth service checkā
Enable Required Protocols
List Configuration
(mmuserauth service list)
List File and Object
Auth config (separately)
Check if the
authentication is
consistent across the
cluster (protocol nodes)
with an option for
rectification (optional)
ā¢Allow Export Creation for
NFS/SMB only when auth configured
ā¢Allow Object IO
Cleanup authentication
(mmuserauth service remove)
Start the protocols
For Object, when it is being enabled admin will
be prompted if he wants to use external keystone
or host internal keystone and likewise it will do keystone
initialization
Object and File auth config
have to be done separately
because of semantic
differences
Note: For Object when the protocol is enabled it is automatically configured with keystone with local auth (if internal keystone was selected).
mmuserauth service create is required only if you want to configure object with AD/LDAP - this is unlike FILE where there is no local auth.
Disable Protocols
IBM Spectrum Scale Authentication: Life Cycle
18. Illustration : File Protocol Authentication with AD + RFC2307 ID
mapping
3. The system displays the following output:
FILE access configuration : AD
PARAMETERS VALUES
--------------------------------------------
-----
ENABLE_NFS_KERBEROS false
SERVERS myADserver
USER_NAME administrator
NETBIOS_NAME ess
IDMAP_ROLE master
IDMAP_RANGE 10000000-299999999
IDMAP_RANGE_SIZE 1000000
UNIXMAP_DOMAINS DOMAIN(5000-20000)
LDAPMAP_DOMAINS none
OBJECT access not configured
PARAMETERS VALUES
4. Verify the user name resolution and that ID
on the system are pulled from RFC2307
attributes on the AD server.
# id DOMAINadministrator
uid=10002(DOMAINadministrator)
gid=10000(DOMAINdomain users)
groups=10000(DOMAINdomain users
1. Run the command as shown in example below:
# mmuserauth service create
--type ad --data-access-method file
--netbios-name ess
--user-name administrator
--idmap-role master --servers myADserver
--password Passw0rd
--idmap-range-size 1000000
--idmap-range
10000000-299999999
--unixmap-domains 'DOMAIN(5000-20000)ā
2. Verify the authentication configuration
# mmuserauth service list
Note: The specified domain controller myADserver is only relevant for joining the
domain. After that step the configured DCs for the domain are queried from DNS and an
available one is automatically chosen.
The user account administrator is also only used for joining the domain and creating
or updating the machine account. After that, the protocol nodes use the machine account
to access AD.
19. Illustration : Object Protocol Authentication with Local
3. The system displays the following output:
FILE access not configured
PARAMETERS VALUES
--------------------------------------------
OBJECT access configuration : LOCAL
PARAMETERS VALUES
--------------------------------------------
ENABLE_KS_SSL false
ENABLE_KS_CASIGNING false
KS_ADMIN_USER admin
4. Verify the user name resolution and that ID
on the system are pulled from RFC2307
attributes on the AD server.
# id DOMAINadministrator
uid=10002(DOMAINadministrator)
gid=10000(DOMAINdomain users)
groups=10000(DOMAINdomain users
1. Run the command as shown in example below:
# mmuserauth service create --data-access-
method object --type local --ks-dns-name
c40bbc2xn3 --ks-admin-user admin --ks-
admin-pwd Passw0rd
2. Verify the authentication configuration
# mmuserauth service list
20. Basic Authentication Problem Determination CLI
# mmuserauth service check
1. This command can help determine any issues in authentication.
2. The above command verifies the authentication method configuration details for file and object access protocols.
3. The command validates the connectivity to the configured authentication servers.
4. It also supports corrections to the configuration details on the erroneously configured protocol nodes.
5. Without the parameter, --server-reachability, the command only validates whether the authentication configuration files are
consistent across the protocol nodes.
6. Use this flag to ensure if the external authentication server is reachable by each protocol node.
7. The --rectify or -r option cannot fix server reachability errors. Specifying that option with --server-reachability may fix the
erroneous config files and service-related errors only.
8. To check whether the authentication configuration is consistent across the cluster and the required services are enabled and running,
issue this command:
# mmuserauth service check --data-access-method file --nodes cesNodes --rectify
The system displays output similar to this:
Userauth file check on node: dgnode3
Checking SSSD_CONF: OK
LDAP server status
LDAP server 192.0.2.18 : OK
Service 'sssd' status: OK
Userauth file check on node: dgnode2
dgnode2: not CES node. Ignoring...
9. To check whether the file authentication configuration is consistent across the cluster and the required services are enabled and running,
and if you do not want to correct the situation, issue this command:
# mmuserauth service check --data-access-method file --nodes cesNodes --rectify
22. Common Issues
ā¢ Issue: NFS users on UNIX clients are unable to access data because plain AD does not support Unix clients.
ā¢ How to debug this issue:
ā¢ Check for the UID or GID for the user or group, respectively, on Windows which has access to the file.
ā¢ Check the UID or GID for the UNIX user which is denied access.
ā¢ Typically, the UID and GID will not be the same. In this case, access is denied and this is expected behavior.
ā¢ The UID and GID for users on the Unix clients is typically a smaller value like less than 1024 as compared to the UID
or GID automatically created by IBM Spectrum Scale ā¢.
ā¢ Conclusion: If you have Unix users who want to access data, plain AD is not the correct authentication. You
should implement AD + RFC 2307 or AD + LDAP.
ā¢ How to correct this issue:
ā¢ The only way to do this is to clean up authentication by running the mmuserauth service remove command.
command.
ā¢ Use the --idmapDelete option to delete the id mapping that was created.
ā¢ Re-run the configuration command after choosing the correct method for your environment.
ā¢ Remember that data will be inaccessible because it will have ACLs with an older UID and GID.
ā¢ Best practice that should be followed:
ā¢ Have all the information about what clients need access to data. Based on RFC 2307client data access, decide upon
the best solution for you environment, which is typically AD + RFC 2307 or AD + LDAP.
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23. Common Issues
ā¢ Issue: Users from another domain cannot access data even after plain AD is configured successfully.
ā¢ How to debug this issue:
ā¢ If data is inaccessible, the first thing you need to check is if the user that is trying to access it has sufficient ACLs. If not, provide
the ACLs and try again. Make sure that users from the other domain are added in the format āDOMAIN_NAMEusernameā so
that it is resolved successfully.
ā¢ If ACLs are sufficient, and data is still inaccessible, check if the UID and GID for that user is resolvable. Use the following
command to check if the user or group has a UID or GID assigned.
Run the command:
# mmadquery list uids --filter=<username>
UIDS from server 9.122.122.27 (domain NASDOMAIN.COM)
#
ā¢ Check that the UID/GID are in the range specified. If not, correct the same in case of RFC2307 or LDAP ID mapping.
ā¢ If command throws an error then check for the trust direction between the said Domain and configured domain.
ā¢ Conclusion:
ā¢ Winbind internally uses the machine account for user or group attribute lookup. If 'machine account' has insufficient privileges to
read these attributes, IBM Spectrum Scale will not be able to read user and group information and hence will be unable to create
the UID and GID that is essential to access the system.
ā¢ This will require explicit read permissions for the IBM Spectrum Scale system machine account to read the user attributes.
ā¢ How to correct this issue:
ā¢ To rectify this issue, you need to 'Delegate Control' for the IBM Spectrum Scale computer account[object type] - to 'Read all user
informationā
ā¢ To do this, delegate control for the machine account to read user attributes as follows:
ā¢ In the Active Directory console tree, right-click the domain, select Delegate Control, click Next, click Add, and select the object
type Computers. In the object name field, enter the IBM Spectrum Scale system's machine account (the account created with
the netBIOS name under the Computers container). Click Next, and select Delegate the following common tasks. From the
displayed list, select Read all user information. Click Next, and then click Finish. If you have multiple IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢
systems, you can create a group in Active Directory, add each IBM Spectrum Scale system machine account to that group, and
delegate control to that group.
ā¢ Best practice that should be followed:
ā¢ It is recommended that you check and confirm that the IBM Spectrum Scale computer account can read all user information.
Provide explicit permissions to read the user attributes by delegating control for the IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ computer account to
read all user information if not already set.
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24. Common Issues
ā¢ Issue: AD successfully configured, yet some users cannot access data because the UID value is out of the Range set
ā¢ How to debug this issue:
ā¢ If data is inaccessible, the first thing you need to check is if the user that is trying to access it has sufficient ACLs. If not, provide
the ACLs and try again. Make sure that users from the other domain are added in the format āDOMAIN_NAMEusernameā so
that it is resolved successfully.
ā¢ If ACLs are sufficient, and data is still inaccessible, check if the UID and GID for that user is resolvable. Use the following
command to check if the user or group has a UID or GID assigned.
Run the command:
# mmadquery list uids --filter=shradha
Password:
UIDS from server 9.122.122.27 (domain NASDOMAIN.COM)
User SID UID UIDNumber
--------- --------------------------------------------- ------- ---------
shradha n S-1-5-21-733047736-3426338400-2963614976-1218 shradha 30000
#
ā¢ Check that the UIDNumber/GID are in the range specified. Check for parameter āUNIXMAP_DOMAINS
DOMAIN(5000-20000)ā in the output of command mmuserauth service list.
ā¢ As seen in example, the UIDNumber is higher than range. That is the reason for access failure. You may need to change Range
if all UID/GID are used up in the range.
ā¢ Conclusion:
ā¢ UID/GID for all users and groups must always be less than the rangesize specified in the mmuserauth service create
command. Its important to consider expansion in the future, and anticipate that number of users and groups will grow.
ā¢ How to correct this issue:
ā¢ The only way to correct this issue is to provide a range size that is high enough to anticipate future expansion of the number of
users and groups. However, this cannot be done directly on the setup especially for Automatic ID Mapping.
ā¢ You will need to run the mmuserauth service remove command to cleanup authorizations that were configured previously.
Rerun the command with the --idMapDelete option so that all UIDs and GIDs that were previously created are deleted.
ā¢ Decide on the new range size that will be feasible and rerun the mmuserauth service create command.
ā¢ Best practice that should be followed:
ā¢ It is recommended that you check and confirm that the IBM Spectrum Scale computer account can read all user information.
Provide explicit permissions to read the user attributes by delegating control for the IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ computer account to
read all user information if not already set.
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25. Common Issues
ā¢ Issue: AD + RFC 2307 successfully configured, yet some users cannot access data ā Primary group in Active Directory
does not have valid GID set.
ā¢ How to debug this issue:
ā¢ If data is inaccessible, the first thing you need to check is if the user that is trying to access it has sufficient ACLs. If not, provide
the ACLs and try again. Make sure that users from the other domain are added in the format āDOMAIN_NAMEusernameā so
that it is resolved successfully.
ā¢ If ACLs are sufficient, and data is still inaccessible, check if the UID and GID for that user is resolvable. Use the following
command to check if the user or group has a UID or GID assigned.
Run the command:
# mmadquery list uids --filter=shradha
Password:
UIDS from server 9.122.122.27 (domain NASDOMAIN.COM)
User SID UID UIDNumber
--------- --------------------------------------------- ------- ---------
shradha n S-1-5-21-733047736-3426338400-2963614976-1218 shradha 20000
#
ā¢ If UIDNumber is within range, check if the userās Primary group in Active directory has a valid GID value Set. This GID should
also be in the range.
ā¢ Conclusion:
ā¢ Access for those users and groups will be denied if UID or GID are not set correctly.
ā¢ In case of RFC2307, if a userās Primary group in Active Directory has a missing GID, access is denied for the respective user.
ā¢ How to correct this issue:
ā¢ For that corresponding user, check for its Primary group in Active Directory.
ā¢ Check that the Group has a valid GID set. If not, update it in the Unix Attributes for that group.
ā¢ Best practice that should be followed:
ā¢ It is mandatory that the userās UID and Primary Group in Active Directory are correctly set. The best practice is to verify these
steps are followed before trying to store data or access data.
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26. Illustration: File Protocol Authentication With Automatic ID Mapping
1. Run the command as shown in example below:
# mmuserauth service create --type ad --
data-access-method file --netbios-name ess
--user-name administrator --idmap-role
master --servers myADserver --password
Passw0rd --idmap-range-size 1000000 --
idmap-range 10000000-299999999
2. Verify the authentication configuration
# mmuserauth service list
3. The system displays the following output:
FILE access configuration : AD
PARAMETERS VALUES
---------------------------------------
ENABLE_NFS_KERBEROS false
SERVERS myADserver
USER_NAME administrator
NETBIOS_NAME ess
IDMAP_ROLE master
IDMAP_RANGE 10000000-299999999
IDMAP_RANGE_SIZE 1000000
UNIXMAP_DOMAINS none
LDAPMAP_DOMAINS none
OBJECT access not configured
PARAMETERS VALUES
---------------------------------------
1. Issue following command to check the
authentication details
# mmuserauth service check --type file --
nodes dgnode3 --server-reachability
2. The system displays the following output:
Userauth file check on node: dgnode3
Checking nsswitch file: OK
AD servers status
NETLOGON connection: OK
Domain join status: OK
Machine password status: OK
Service 'gpfs-winbind' status: OK
Object not configured
3. Verify the user resolution on the system:
# id "DOMAINuser1ā
uid=12001172(DOMAINuser1)
gid=12001174(DOMAINgroup1) groups=12001174
(DOMAINgroup1),12001172(DOMAINuser1),1200
0513(DOMAINdomain users),
11000545(BUILTINusers)
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27. 3. The system displays the following output:
FILE access configuration : AD
PARAMETERS VALUES
-----------------------------------------------
--
ENABLE_NFS_KERBEROS false
SERVERS myADserver
USER_NAME administrator
NETBIOS_NAME specscale
IDMAP_ROLE master
IDMAP_RANGE 10000000-299999999
IDMAP_RANGE_SIZE 1000000
UNIXMAP_DOMAINS none
LDAPMAP_DOMAINS DOMAIN1(type=stand-alone:
range=1000-100000:
ldap_srv=myLDAPserver:usr_dn=ou=People,dc=examp
le,dc=com:
grp_dn=ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com:bind_dn=cn-
manager,dc=example,dc=com)
4. Verify the user name resolution on the
system. Confirm that the resolution is showing
IDs that are pulled from LDAP attributes on
the AD server.
# id DOMAINadministrator
uid=10002(DOMAINadministrator)
gid=10000(DOMAINdomain users)
groups=10000(DOMAINdomain users
Illustration of File Protocol Authentication with AD + LDAP ID
mapping
1. Run the command as shown in example below:
# mmuserauth service create
--data-access-method file --type
ad --servers myADserver --user-name
administrator --password Passw0rd
--netbios-name specscale
--idmap-role master
--ldapmap-domains "DOMAIN1(type=stand-
alone:range=1000-
100000:ldap_srv=myLDAPserver:usr_dn=ou=Peop
le,dc=example,dc=com:
grp_dn=ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com:bind_dn=
cn=manager,dc=example,dc=com:bind_dn_pwd=pa
ssword)ā
2. Verify the authentication configuration
# mmuserauth service list
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28. Illustration of File Protocol Authentication with LDAP
1. Run the command as shown in example below:
# mmuserauth service create --type ldap
--data-access-method file --servers
192.0.2.18 --base-dn dc=example,dc=com -
-user-name cn=manager,dc=example,dc=com
--password secret --netbios-name ess
2. Verify the authentication configuration
# mmuserauth service list
3. The system displays the following output:
PARAMETERS VALUES
-----------------------------------------
ENABLE_SERVER_TLS false
ENABLE_KERBEROS false
USER_NAME
cn=manager,dc=example,dc=com
SERVERS 192.0.2.18
NETBIOS_NAME ess
BASE_DN dc=example,dc=com
USER_DN none
GROUP_DN none
NETGROUP_DN none
USER_OBJECTCLASS posixAccount
GROUP_OBJECTCLASS posixGroup
USER_NAME_ATTRIB cn
USER_ID_ATTRIB uid
KERBEROS_SERVER none
KERBEROS_REALM none
OBJECT access not configured
PARAMETERS VALUES
3. Issue following command to check the
authentication details
# mmuserauth service check --server-
reachability
4. The system displays output similar to this:
Userauth object check on node: vmnode2
Checking keystone.conf: OK
Checking wsgi-keystone.conf: OK
Checking
/etc/keystone/ssl/certs/signing_cert.pem: OK
Checking
/etc/keystone/ssl/private/signing_key.pem: OK
Checking
/etc/keystone/ssl/certs/signing_cacert.pem: OK
LDAP servers status
LDAP server 9.118.37.234 : OK
Service 'httpd' status: OK
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29. File Access Limitations in Authentication
1. AD based Authentication
a) No support is provided for migrating the internally generated user and group ID maps to an external ID mapping server.
b) This configuration can be used in a predominantly SMB only setup, where NFS users are not already present in the environment.
2. AD with RFC2307
a) Enabling RFC2307 for a trusted domain requires a two-way trust between the native and the trusted domains. The mmuserauth service
create command does not check the two-way trust between the native domain and the RFC2307 domain.
b) To access the IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ system, users and groups must have a valid UID/GID assigned to them in AD. Therefore, the user's
primary Microsoft Windows group must be assigned with a valid GID.
3. LDAP-based authentication
a) If multiple LDAP servers are specified during configuration, at any point in time, only one LDAP server is used.
b) Users with the same user name from different organizational units under the specified baseDN in the LDAP server are denied access to
SMB shares irrespective of the LDAP user suffix and LDAP group suffix values configured on the system.
c) LDAP referrals are not supported.
d) ACL management through windows clients is not supported.
e) Only LDAP servers that implement RFC2307 schema are supported.
4. General Limitations
a) When the SMB service is stopped on a protocol node, with any AD-based authentication method, the NFS-based access is also affected on
that protocol node.
b) Authentication configuration commands restart the IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ protocol services such as SMB and NFS.
c) For file data access, switching or migrating from one authentication method to another is not supported, because it might lead to loss of
access to the data on the system.
d) The IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ system does not support authentication servers (AD, LDAP, and NIS) that are running on virtual machines that
are stored on an SMB or NFS export.
e) The length of a user name or a group name of the users and group of users who need to access the data cannot be more than 32
characters.
f) The NFSV4 clients must be configured with the same authentication and ID mapping server as the IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ system.
g) To use NFSV4 ID mapping, you must set the NFS ID map domain on the IBM Spectrum Scaleā¢ protocol nodes and you must configure the
same NFS ID map domain on every NFS client.
h) Netbios name length greater than 15 characters.
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