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.. _client authorization:
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Client authorization
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--------------------
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When configuring a QEMU network backend with either TLS certificates or SASL
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authentication, access will be granted if the client successfully proves
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their identity. If the authorization identity database is scoped to the QEMU
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client this may be sufficient. It is common, however, for the identity database
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to be much broader and thus authentication alone does not enable sufficient
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access control. In this case QEMU provides a flexible system for enforcing
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finer grained authorization on clients post-authentication.
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Identity providers
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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At the time of writing there are two authentication frameworks used by QEMU
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that emit an identity upon completion.
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* TLS x509 certificate distinguished name.
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When configuring the QEMU backend as a network server with TLS, there
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are a choice of credentials to use. The most common scenario is to utilize
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x509 certificates. The simplest configuration only involves issuing
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certificates to the servers, allowing the client to avoid a MITM attack
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against their intended server.
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It is possible, however, to enable mutual verification by requiring that
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the client provide a certificate to the server to prove its own identity.
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This is done by setting the property ``verify-peer=yes`` on the
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``tls-creds-x509`` object, which is in fact the default.
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When peer verification is enabled, client will need to be issued with a
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certificate by the same certificate authority as the server. If this is
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still not sufficiently strong access control the Distinguished Name of
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the certificate can be used as an identity in the QEMU authorization
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framework.
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* SASL username.
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When configuring the QEMU backend as a network server with SASL, upon
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completion of the SASL authentication mechanism, a username will be
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provided. The format of this username will vary depending on the choice
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of mechanism configured for SASL. It might be a simple UNIX style user
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``joebloggs``, while if using Kerberos/GSSAPI it can have a realm
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attached ``joebloggs@QEMU.ORG``. Whatever format the username is presented
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in, it can be used with the QEMU authorization framework.
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Authorization drivers
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The QEMU authorization framework is a general purpose design with choice of
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user customizable drivers. These are provided as objects that can be
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created at startup using the ``-object`` argument, or at runtime using the
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``object_add`` monitor command.
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Simple
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^^^^^^
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This authorization driver provides a simple mechanism for granting access
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based on an exact match against a single identity. This is useful when it is
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known that only a single client is to be allowed access.
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A possible use case would be when configuring QEMU for an incoming live
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migration. It is known exactly which source QEMU the migration is expected
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to arrive from. The x509 certificate associated with this source QEMU would
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thus be used as the identity to match against. Alternatively if the virtual
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machine is dedicated to a specific tenant, then the VNC server would be
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configured with SASL and the username of only that tenant listed.
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To create an instance of this driver via QMP:
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::
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{
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"execute": "object-add",
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"arguments": {
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"qom-type": "authz-simple",
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"id": "authz0",
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"identity": "fred"
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}
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}
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Or via the command line
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::
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-object authz-simple,id=authz0,identity=fred
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List
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^^^^
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In some network backends it will be desirable to grant access to a range of
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clients. This authorization driver provides a list mechanism for granting
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access by matching identities against a list of permitted one. Each match
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rule has an associated policy and a catch all policy applies if no rule
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matches. The match can either be done as an exact string comparison, or can
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use the shell-like glob syntax, which allows for use of wildcards.
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To create an instance of this class via QMP:
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::
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{
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"execute": "object-add",
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"arguments": {
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"qom-type": "authz-list",
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"id": "authz0",
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"rules": [
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{ "match": "fred", "policy": "allow", "format": "exact" },
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{ "match": "bob", "policy": "allow", "format": "exact" },
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{ "match": "danb", "policy": "deny", "format": "exact" },
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{ "match": "dan*", "policy": "allow", "format": "glob" }
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],
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"policy": "deny"
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}
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}
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Due to the way this driver requires setting nested properties, creating
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it on the command line will require use of the JSON syntax for ``-object``.
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In most cases, however, the next driver will be more suitable.
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List file
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^^^^^^^^^
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This is a variant on the previous driver that allows for a more dynamic
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access control policy by storing the match rules in a standalone file
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that can be reloaded automatically upon change.
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To create an instance of this class via QMP:
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::
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{
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"execute": "object-add",
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"arguments": {
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"qom-type": "authz-list-file",
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"id": "authz0",
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"filename": "/etc/qemu/myvm-vnc.acl",
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"refresh": true
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}
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}
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If ``refresh`` is ``yes``, inotify is used to monitor for changes
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to the file and auto-reload the rules.
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The ``myvm-vnc.acl`` file should contain the match rules in a format that
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closely matches the previous driver:
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{
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"rules": [
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{ "match": "fred", "policy": "allow", "format": "exact" },
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{ "match": "bob", "policy": "allow", "format": "exact" },
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{ "match": "danb", "policy": "deny", "format": "exact" },
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{ "match": "dan*", "policy": "allow", "format": "glob" }
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],
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"policy": "deny"
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}
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The object can be created on the command line using
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-object authz-list-file,id=authz0,\
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filename=/etc/qemu/myvm-vnc.acl,refresh=on
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PAM
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^^^
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In some scenarios it might be desirable to integrate with authorization
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mechanisms that are implemented outside of QEMU. In order to allow maximum
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flexibility, QEMU provides a driver that uses the ``PAM`` framework.
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To create an instance of this class via QMP:
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::
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{
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"execute": "object-add",
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"arguments": {
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"qom-type": "authz-pam",
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"id": "authz0",
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"parameters": {
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"service": "qemu-vnc-tls"
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}
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}
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}
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The driver only uses the PAM "account" verification
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subsystem. The above config would require a config
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file /etc/pam.d/qemu-vnc-tls. For a simple file
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lookup it would contain
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account requisite pam_listfile.so item=user sense=allow \
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file=/etc/qemu/vnc.allow
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The external file would then contain a list of usernames.
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If x509 cert was being used as the username, a suitable
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entry would match the distinguished name:
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CN=laptop.berrange.com,O=Berrange Home,L=London,ST=London,C=GB
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On the command line it can be created using
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-object authz-pam,id=authz0,service=qemu-vnc-tls
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There are a variety of PAM plugins that can be used which are not illustrated
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here, and it is possible to implement brand new plugins using the PAM API.
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Connecting backends
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The authorization driver is created using the ``-object`` argument and then
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needs to be associated with a network service. The authorization driver object
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will be given a unique ID that needs to be referenced.
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The property to set in the network service will vary depending on the type of
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identity to verify. By convention, any network server backend that uses TLS
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will provide ``tls-authz`` property, while any server using SASL will provide
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a ``sasl-authz`` property.
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Thus an example using SASL and authorization for the VNC server would look
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like:
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$QEMU --object authz-simple,id=authz0,identity=fred \
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--vnc 0.0.0.0:1,sasl,sasl-authz=authz0
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While to validate both the x509 certificate and SASL username:
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echo "CN=laptop.qemu.org,O=QEMU Project,L=London,ST=London,C=GB" >> tls.acl
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$QEMU --object authz-simple,id=authz0,identity=fred \
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--object authz-list-file,id=authz1,filename=tls.acl \
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--object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/qemu/tls,verify-peer=yes \
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--vnc 0.0.0.0:1,sasl,sasl-authz=auth0,tls-creds=tls0,tls-authz=authz1
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