I've completely run out of time validating this release. I have been having
a tough time getting it to build on my windows 10 box, but I think a lot of
it is environmental.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Bryan Bende <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just to provide a quick update on this, I posted my findings here:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2476
>
> Long story short, there is nothing actually wrong with the authorization
> code, the issue stemmed from the fact that the DN was being show in
> different formats in different places.
>
> - openssl showed it as CN=ca.nifi.apache.org, OU=NIFI
> - keytool showed it as OU=NiFi, CN=ca.nifi.apache.org
> - NiFi received it as OU=NiFi, CN=ca.nifi.apache.org
>
> So the Initial Admin in authorizers.xml has to be OU=NiFi, CN=
> ca.nifi.apache.org.
>
> Currently the certs coming from nifi-toolkit always come across with the OU
> before the CN.
> Since most people are more familiar with seeing the CN come first, I'm
> suggesting (if possible) we have the toolkit produce it with the CN before
> the OU for the 1.0.0 release.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Bryan Bende <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Andy,
> >
> > Thanks for reporting this issue, I'm going to attempt to reproduce
> shortly.
> >
> > One question... in your last email when you said you changed
> > authorizers.zml to have OU=NiFi, CN=ca.nifi.apache.org , did you wipe
> out
> > authorizations.xml before restarting?
> >
> > The policies for the Initial Admin are only generated when no other
> > policies exist. So if you started the app once with CN=
> ca.nifi.apache.org,
> > OU=NIFI you would already have policies for that user, and it wouldn't
> > generate policies OU=NiFi, CN=ca.nifi.apache.org unless you went in and
> > cleared out authorizations.xml (either remove the file completely, or
> > delete everything between <policies></policies>).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 8:51 PM, Andy LoPresto <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Ok, I changed the authorizers.xml IAI to “OU=NiFi, CN=
> ca.nifi.apache.org”
> >> and it fails with the same message, so it does not appear to be a simple
> >> String comparison issue.
> >>
> >> Andy LoPresto
> >> [email protected]
> >> *[email protected] <[email protected]>*
> >> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4  BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69
> >>
> >> On Aug 5, 2016, at 5:42 PM, Andy LoPresto <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> After using Incognito browsers and re-importing the CA certificate as a
> >> client cert, I was able to connect to the app through the browser, but
> the
> >> authorization does not seem to be working:
> >>
> >> logs/nifi-user.log
> >>
> >> 2016-08-05 17:19:42,904 INFO [main] o.a.nifi.authorization.
> FileAuthorizer
> >> Populating authorizations for Initial Admin: CN=ca.nifi.apache.org,
> >> OU=NIFI
> >> 2016-08-05 17:19:42,932 INFO [main] o.a.nifi.authorization.
> FileAuthorizer
> >> Authorizations file loaded at Fri Aug 05 17:19:42 PDT 2016
> >> 2016-08-05 17:35:30,943 INFO [NiFi Web Server-18]
> >> o.a.n.w.a.c.IllegalStateExceptionMapper java.lang.
> IllegalStateException:
> >> Kerberos ticket login not supported by this NiFi.. Returning Conflict
> >> response.
> >> 2016-08-05 17:35:30,958 INFO [NiFi Web Server-77]
> >> o.a.n.w.s.NiFiAuthenticationFilter Attempting request for (OU=NIFI, CN=
> >> ca.nifi.apache.org) GET https://localhost:10443/nifi-a
> >> pi/flow/current-user (source ip: 127.0.0.1)
> >> 2016-08-05 17:35:30,960 INFO [NiFi Web Server-77]
> >> o.a.n.w.s.NiFiAuthenticationFilter Authentication success for OU=NIFI,
> >> CN=ca.nifi.apache.org
> >> 2016-08-05 17:35:30,974 INFO [NiFi Web Server-77]
> >> o.a.n.w.a.c.AccessDeniedExceptionMapper OU=NIFI, CN=ca.nifi.apache.org
> >> does not have permission to access the requested resource. Returning
> >> Forbidden response.
> >>
> >> Is the reversed order of the RDNs just an artifact of the logging, or is
> >> the comparison being done between Strings as opposed to the actual
> “object”
> >> model of the DN? I have written a utility method in CertificateUtils#
> >> compareDNs(String dn1, String dn2) which will parse the DNs and compare
> >> for equality regardless of order if this is the issue. It appears that
> the
> >> authentication was successful but the permissions are not available for
> >> that user?
> >>
> >>
> >> Andy LoPresto
> >> [email protected]
> >> *[email protected] <[email protected]>*
> >> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4  BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69
> >>
> >> On Aug 5, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Andy LoPresto <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Joe,
> >>
> >> I was able to verify all signatures, build, verify the contrib-check,
> and
> >> start an unsecured instance and use it as normal.
> >>
> >> However, when I attempted to deploy secured instances (using the tool
> >> contributed in NIFI-2193), I encountered issues with authentication.
> >>
> >> Steps to recreate:
> >>
> >> 1. Build the app as normal.
> >> 2. Use the tis-toolkit in “standalone” mode to generate a CA key &
> >> certificate, generate a node certificate, use the CA key to sign the
> node
> >> certificate, and then combine the CA certificate and key into a PKCS12
> >> keystore to use as a temporary client certificate to gain access to the
> UI.
> >> From the unzipped nifi directory:
> >> hw12203:/Users/alopresto/Workspace/scratch/release_
> verification/nifi-1.0.0-BETA
> >> (master) alopresto
> >> 🔓 5s @ 17:06:16 $ cd nifi-toolkit/nifi-toolkit-asse
> >> mbly/target/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-BETA-bin/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-BETA/
> >> hw12203:...toolkit-assembly/target/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-
> BETA-bin/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-BETA
> >> (master) alopresto
> >> 🔓 3s @ 17:06:20 $ ./bin/tls-toolkit.sh standalone -c
> ca.nifi.apache.org
> >> 16/08/05 17:07:00 INFO standalone.TlsToolkitStandaloneCommandLine: No
> >> nifiPropertiesFile specified, using embedded one.
> >> 16/08/05 17:07:00 INFO standalone.TlsToolkitStandalone: Running
> >> standalone certificate generation with output directory
> >> ../nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-BETA and hostnames [localhost]
> >> 16/08/05 17:07:00 INFO standalone.TlsToolkitStandalone: Successfully
> >> generated TLS configuration for localhost:10443 in
> >> ../nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-BETA/localhost
> >> 16/08/05 17:07:00 INFO standalone.TlsToolkitStandalone: Successfully
> >> generated TLS configuration for all hosts
> >> hw12203:...toolkit-assembly/target/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-
> BETA-bin/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-BETA
> >> (master) alopresto
> >> 🔓 40s @ 17:07:01 $ ossl pkcs12 -export -out client.p12 -inkey
> >> nifi-key.key -in nifi-cert.pem
> >> Enter Export Password:
> >> Verifying - Enter Export Password:
> >> hw12203:...toolkit-assembly/target/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-
> BETA-bin/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-BETA
> >> (master) alopresto
> >> 🔓 6s @ 17:08:00 $ tl
> >> .
> >> ..
> >> ├── [2.4K]  client.p12
> >> ..
> >> ├── [ 170]  localhost/
> >> │   ├── [3.0K]  keystore.jks
> >> │   ├── [8.3K]  nifi.properties
> >> │   └── [ 925]  truststore.jks
> >> ├── [1.2K]  nifi-cert.pem
> >> └── [1.6K]  nifi-key.key
> >>
> >> 5 directories, 36 files
> >> hw12203:...toolkit-assembly/target/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-
> BETA-bin/nifi-toolkit-1.0.0-BETA
> >> (master) alopresto
> >> 🔓 5s @ 17:08:05 $
> >>
> >> 3. Copy the nifi.properties to conf/ and the keystore.jks and
> >> truststore.jks to the top-level directory for the new instance.
> >> 4. Update the authorizers.xml Initial Admin Identity with the DN from
> the
> >> client (CA) cert.
> >> openssl x509 -in nifi-cert.pem -text -noout
> >>
> >> <property name="Initial Admin Identity">CN=ca.nifi.apache.org,
> >> OU=NIFI</property>
> >> 5. Start NiFi.
> >>
> >> The exception from the nifi-app.log boiled down to:
> >>
> >> Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-complex-type.2.4.a:
> Invalid
> >> content was found starting with element 'groups'. One of '{policies}' is
> >> expected.
> >> at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.
> >> createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203) ~[na:1.8.0_92]
> >> ... 68 common frames omitted
> >> 2016-08-05 16:54:18,621 INFO [Thread-1] org.apache.nifi.NiFi Jetty web
> >> server shutdown completed (nicely or otherwise).
> >>
> >> The content of authorizations.xml is:
> >>
> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
> >> <authorizations>
> >>     <groups/>
> >>     <users/>
> >>     <policies/>
> >> </authorizations>
> >>
> >> It seems that it is an element ordering issue? If I put “<policies/>”
> >> first, it then breaks with:
> >>
> >> Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-complex-type.2.4.d:
> Invalid
> >> content was found starting with element 'groups'. No child element is
> >> expected at this point.
> >>
> >> Removing both “<groups/>” and “<users/>” allows the application to start
> >> up, but I cannot connect through the browser using the client
> certificate.
> >> I can make a TLS connection using $ openssl s_client -connect
> >> localhost:10443 -state -debug -CAfile nifi-cert.pem -cert nifi-cert.pem
> >> -key nifi-key.key and then send ‘HEAD / HTTP/1.1’ in the terminal, which
> >> triggers a HTTP 400 status from the application:
> >>
> >> 2016-08-05 17:25:50,242 WARN [NiFi Web Server-21]
> >> org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser Illegal character 0x20 in
> >> state=HEADER_IN_NAME for buffer HeapByteBuffer@3a3e608d[p=5,l=
> 16,c=17408,r=11]={HEAD
> >> <<</ HTTP/1.0\n>>>\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0
> >> 0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00...\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\
> >> x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00}
> >> 2016-08-05 17:25:50,242 WARN [NiFi Web Server-21]
> >> org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser bad HTTP parsed: 400 Illegal
> character
> >> 0x20 for HttpChannelOverHttp@105cb966{r=0,c=false,a=IDLE,uri=null}
> >>
> >> Am I missing a step in the configuration of a secure instance? So far, I
> >> had success with configuring the IAI and then performing the rest of the
> >> configuration using the NiFi UI.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Andy LoPresto
> >> [email protected]
> >> *[email protected] <[email protected]>*
> >> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4  BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69
> >>
> >> On Aug 5, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Joe Percivall <[email protected].
> INVALID
> >> <[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Apache NiFi community,
> >>
> >> Please find the associated guidance to help those interested in
> >> validating/verifying the release so they can vote.
> >>
> >> # Download latest KEYS file:
> >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/KEYS
> >>
> >> # Import keys file:
> >> gpg --import KEYS
> >>
> >> # [optional] Clear out local maven artifact repository
> >>
> >> # Pull down nifi-1.0.0-BETA source release artifacts for review:
> >>
> >> wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-1.0.0-BETA/
> >> nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip
> >> wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-1.0.0-BETA/
> >> nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip.asc
> >> wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-1.0.0-BETA/
> >> nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip.md5
> >> wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-1.0.0-BETA/
> >> nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip.sha1
> >> wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-1.0.0-BETA/
> >> nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip.sha256
> >>
> >> # Verify the signature
> >> gpg --verify nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip.asc
> >>
> >> # Verify the hashes (md5, sha1, sha256) match the source and what was
> >> provided in the vote email thread
> >> md5sum nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip
> >> sha1sum nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip
> >> sha256sum nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip
> >>
> >> # Unzip nifi-1.0.0-BETA-source-release.zip
> >>
> >> # Verify the build works including release audit tool (RAT) checks
> >> cd nifi-1.0.0-BETA
> >> mvn clean install -Pcontrib-check
> >>
> >> # Verify the contents contain a good README, NOTICE, and LICENSE.
> >>
> >> # Verify the git commit ID is correct
> >>
> >> # Verify the RC was branched off the correct git commit ID
> >>
> >> # Look at the resulting convenience binary as found in
> >> nifi-assembly/target
> >>
> >> # Make sure the README, NOTICE, and LICENSE are present and correct
> >>
> >> # Run the resulting convenience binary and make sure it works as
> expected
> >>
> >> # Send a response to the vote thread indicating a +1, 0, -1 based on
> your
> >> findings.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your time and effort to validate the release!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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