An Ambari Service for NSLCD

Ambari service for easily installing and managing NSLCD on HDP cluster

This can be used in conjunction with other security related Ambari services to setup security on a cluster

• Steps on how to use Ambari services to automate the install of OpenLDAP, KDC, nslcd/SSSD on existing cluster, and then running Ambari kerberos wizard
• Steps on how to use blueprints to deploy a cluster with OpenLDAP, KDC, nslcd/SSSD, and then run Ambari kerberos wizard

Limitations:

• This is not an officially supported service and is not meant to be deployed in production systems. It is only meant for testing demo/purposes
• It does not support Ambari/HDP upgrade process and will cause upgrade problems if not removed prior to upgrade

Author: Ali Bajwa

Setup

• Download HDP 2.2 sandbox VM image (Sandbox_HDP_2.2_VMware.ova) from Hortonworks website
• Import Sandbox_HDP_2.2_VMware.ova into VMWare and set the VM memory size to 8GB
• Now start the VM
• After it boots up, find the IP address of the VM and add an entry into your machines hosts file e.g.

192.168.191.241 sandbox.hortonworks.com sandbox    

• Connect to the VM via SSH (password hadoop) and start Ambari server

ssh root@sandbox.hortonworks.com
/root/start_ambari.sh

• To deploy the NSLCD service, run below

cd /var/lib/ambari-server/resources/stacks/HDP/2.2/services
git clone https://github.com/abajwa-hw/nslcd-stack.git   
sudo service ambari restart

• Then you can click on 'Add Service' from the 'Actions' dropdown menu in the bottom left of the Ambari dashboard:

On bottom left -> Actions -> Add service -> check NSLCD server -> Next -> Next -> Enter password -> Next -> Deploy

• On successful deployment you will see the NSLCD service as part of Ambari stack and will be able to start/stop the service from here:

• When you've completed the install process, NSLCD server will appear in Ambari

• You can see the parameters you configured under 'Configs' tab

• To remove the NSLCD service:

  • Stop the service via Ambari

  • Delete the service

    curl -u admin:admin -i -H 'X-Requested-By: ambari' -X DELETE http://sandbox.hortonworks.com:8080/api/v1/clusters/Sandbox/services/NSLCD
    

  • Remove nslcd rpm and config files

    rpm -e nss-pam-ldapd-0.8.12-rhel6.13.1.x86_64
    rm -f /etc/nslcd.conf
    rm -f /etc/nsswitch.conf    
    

• One benefit to wrapping the component in Ambari service is that you can now monitor/manage this service remotely via REST API

export SERVICE=NSLCD
export PASSWORD=admin
export AMBARI_HOST=sandbox.hortonworks.com
export CLUSTER=Sandbox

#get service status
curl -u admin:$PASSWORD -i -H 'X-Requested-By: ambari' -X GET http://$AMBARI_HOST:8080/api/v1/clusters/$CLUSTER/services/$SERVICE

#start service
curl -u admin:$PASSWORD -i -H 'X-Requested-By: ambari' -X PUT -d '{"RequestInfo": {"context" :"Start $SERVICE via REST"}, "Body": {"ServiceInfo": {"state": "STARTED"}}}' http://$AMBARI_HOST:8080/api/v1/clusters/$CLUSTER/services/$SERVICE

#stop service
curl -u admin:$PASSWORD -i -H 'X-Requested-By: ambari' -X PUT -d '{"RequestInfo": {"context" :"Stop $SERVICE via REST"}, "Body": {"ServiceInfo": {"state": "INSTALLED"}}}' http://$AMBARI_HOST:8080/api/v1/clusters/$CLUSTER/services/$SERVICE

Browse LDAP users from Hadoop cluster

• Your operating system can now recognize your LDAP users (e.g. in OpenLDAP)

# groups ali
ali : sales marketing hr legal finance
# id ali
uid=75000010(ali) gid=75000005(sales) groups=75000005(sales),75000001(marketing),75000002(hr),75000003(legal),75000004(finance)