ContainerImage.Pinniped/deploy-local-user-authenticator/README.md
Ryan Richard 80a520390b Rename many of resources that are created in Kubernetes by Pinniped
New resource naming conventions:
- Do not repeat the Kind in the name,
  e.g. do not call it foo-cluster-role-binding, just call it foo
- Names will generally start with a prefix to identify our component,
  so when a user lists all objects of that kind, they can tell to which
  component it is related,
  e.g. `kubectl get configmaps` would list one named "pinniped-config"
- It should be possible for an operator to make the word "pinniped"
  mostly disappear if they choose, by specifying the app_name in
  values.yaml, to the extent that is practical (but not from APIService
  names because those are hardcoded in golang)
- Each role/clusterrole and its corresponding binding have the same name
- Pinniped resource names that must be known by the server golang code
  are passed to the code at run time via ConfigMap, rather than
  hardcoded in the golang code. This also allows them to be prepended
  with the app_name from values.yaml while creating the ConfigMap.
- Since the CLI `get-kubeconfig` command cannot guess the name of the
  CredentialIssuerConfig resource in advance anymore, it lists all
  CredentialIssuerConfig in the app's namespace and returns an error
  if there is not exactly one found, and then uses that one regardless
  of its name
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# Deploying `local-user-authenticator`
## What is `local-user-authenticator`?
The `local-user-authenticator` app is an identity provider used for integration testing and demos.
If you would like to demo Pinniped, but you don't have a compatible identity provider handy,
you can use Pinniped's `local-user-authenticator` identity provider. Note that this is not recommended for
production use.
The `local-user-authenticator` is a Kubernetes Deployment which runs a webhook server that implements the Kubernetes
[Webhook Token Authentication interface](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#webhook-token-authentication).
User accounts can be created and edited dynamically using `kubectl` commands (see below).
## Tools
This example deployment uses `ytt` and `kapp` from [Carvel](https://carvel.dev/) to template the YAML files
and to deploy the app.
Either [install `ytt` and `kapp`](https://carvel.dev/) or use the [container image from Dockerhub](https://hub.docker.com/r/k14s/image/tags).
As well, this demo requires a tool capable of generating a `bcrypt` hash in order to interact with
the webhook. The example below uses `htpasswd`, which is installed on most macOS systems, and can be
installed on some Linux systems via the `apache2-utils` package (e.g., `apt-get install
apache2-utils`).
## Procedure
1. The configuration options are in [values.yml](values.yaml). Fill in the values in that file, or override those values
using `ytt` command-line options in the command below.
2. In a terminal, cd to this `deploy-local-user-authenticator` directory
3. To generate the final YAML files, run: `ytt --file .`
4. Deploy the generated YAML using your preferred deployment tool, such as `kubectl` or [`kapp`](https://get-kapp.io/).
For example: `ytt --file . | kapp deploy --yes --app local-user-authenticator --diff-changes --file -`
## Configuring After Installing
### Create Users
Use `kubectl` to create, edit, and delete user accounts by creating a `Secret` for each user account in the same
namespace where `local-user-authenticator` is deployed. The name of the `Secret` resource is the username.
Store the user's group membership and `bcrypt` encrypted password as the contents of the `Secret`.
For example, to create a user named `ryan` with the password `password123`
who belongs to the groups `group1` and `group2`, use:
```bash
kubectl create secret generic ryan \
--namespace local-user-authenticator \
--from-literal=groups=group1,group2 \
--from-literal=passwordHash=$(htpasswd -nbBC 10 x password123 | sed -e "s/^x://")
```
### Get the `local-user-authenticator` App's Auto-Generated Certificate Authority Bundle
Fetch the auto-generated CA bundle for the `local-user-authenticator`'s HTTP TLS endpoint.
```bash
kubectl get secret local-user-authenticator-tls-serving-certificate --namespace local-user-authenticator \
-o jsonpath={.data.caCertificate} \
| base64 -d \
| tee /tmp/local-user-authenticator-ca
```
### Configuring Pinniped to Use `local-user-authenticator` as an Identity Provider
When installing Pinniped on the same cluster, configure `local-user-authenticator` as an Identity Provider for Pinniped
using the webhook URL `https://local-user-authenticator.local-user-authenticator.svc/authenticate`
along with the CA bundle fetched by the above command.
### Optional: Manually Test the Webhook Endpoint
1. Start a pod from which you can curl the endpoint from inside the cluster.
```bash
kubectl run curlpod --image=curlimages/curl --command -- /bin/sh -c "while true; do echo hi; sleep 120; done"
```
1. Copy the CA bundle that was fetched above onto the new pod.
```bash
kubectl cp /tmp/local-user-authenticator-ca curlpod:/tmp/local-user-authenticator-ca
```
1. Run a `curl` command to try to authenticate as the user created above.
```bash
kubectl -it exec curlpod -- curl https://local-user-authenticator.local-user-authenticator.svc/authenticate \
--cacert /tmp/local-user-authenticator-ca \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept: application/json' -d '
{
"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1",
"kind": "TokenReview",
"spec": {
"token": "ryan:password123"
}
}'
```
When authentication is successful the above command should return some JSON similar to the following.
Note that the value of `authenticated` is `true` to indicate a successful authentication.
```json
{"apiVersion":"authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1","kind":"TokenReview","status":{"authenticated":true,"user":{"username":"ryan","uid":"19c433ec-8f58-44ca-9ef0-2d1081ccb876","groups":["group1","group2"]}}}
```
Trying the above `curl` command again with the wrong username or password in the body of the request
should result in a JSON response which indicates that the authentication failed.
```json
{"apiVersion":"authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1","kind":"TokenReview","status":{"authenticated":false}}
```
1. Remove the curl pod.
```bash
kubectl delete pod curlpod
```