Docker Installation

Overview

This guide provides instructions for deploying the Gluu Server on a single node VM using Docker.

Prerequisites

For Docker deployments, provision a VM with:

Linux users

• If using Ubuntu use 20.04 and higher.

• The minimum system requirements, as described in the VM Preparation Guide.

• Docker is installed

Mac users

• The minimum system requirements for Docker for Mac

• Docker Desktop for Mac

Instructions

Obtain files for deployment

Download the latest pygluu-compose-linux-amd64.pyz (or pygluu-compose-macos-amd64.pyz for Mac users) file from Releases page and save it as pygluu-compose.pyz.

Note

pygluu-compose.pyz requires Python 3.6+ (and python3-distutils package if Ubuntu/Debian is used).

Make sure to set the downloaded pygluu-compose.pyz file as executable:

chmod +x pygluu-compose.pyz

Run the following command to generate manifests for deployment:

./pygluu-compose.pyz init

The generated files are similar to example below:

.
├── couchbase.crt
├── couchbase_password
├── couchbase_superuser_password
├── docker-compose.yml
├── gcp_kms_creds.json
├── gcp_kms_stanza.hcl
├── generate.json
├── google-credentials.json
├── jackrabbit_admin_password
├── job.configuration.yml
├── job.persistence.yml
├── settings.py
├── sql_password
├── svc.casa.yml
├── svc.cr_rotate.yml
├── svc.fido2.yml
├── svc.jackrabbit.yml
├── svc.ldap.yml
├── svc.oxauth.yml
├── svc.oxd_server.yml
├── svc.oxpassport.yml
├── svc.oxshibboleth.yml
├── svc.oxtrust.yml
├── svc.redis.yml
├── svc.scim.yml
├── svc.vault_autounseal.yml
├── svc.mysql.yml
├── svc.nginx_ports.yml
├── vault_gluu_policy.hcl
├── vault_key_token.txt
├── vault_role_id.txt
├── vault_secret_id.txt

Proceed to deployment section for basic setup of Gluu Server deployment or read the customizing section for advance setup.

Customizing installation

Available settings

The following settings are default settings.

# ========
# Services
# ========

# enable LDAP service (set to `True` if `PERSISTENCE_TYPE` is set to `ldap`)
SVC_LDAP = True

# enable oxAuth service
SVC_OXAUTH = True

# enable oxTrust service
SVC_OXTRUST = True

# enable Passport service
SVC_OXPASSPORT = False

# enable Shibboleth service
SVC_OXSHIBBOLETH = False

# enable CacheRefresh rotation service
SVC_CR_ROTATE = False

# enable oxd service
SVC_OXD_SERVER = False

# enable Vault service with auto-unseal
SVC_VAULT_AUTOUNSEAL = False

# enable Casa service
SVC_CASA = False

# enable Jackrabbit service (set to `True` if `DOCUMENT_STORE_TYPE` is set to `JCA`)
SVC_JACKRABBIT = False

# enable SCIM service
SVC_SCIM = False

# enable Fido2 service
SVC_FIDO2 = False

# enable persistence loader service
JOB_PERSISTENCE = True

# enable config-init service
JOB_CONFIGURATION = True

# enable Redis service (set to `True` if `CACHE_TYPE` is set to `REDIS`)
SVC_REDIS = False

# =====
# Cache
# =====

# supported cache type (choose `NATIVE_PERSISTENCE` or `REDIS`)
CACHE_TYPE = "NATIVE_PERSISTENCE"

# ===========
# Persistence
# ===========

# supported persistence type (choose one of `ldap`, `couchbase`, `hybrid`, `sql`, or `spanner`)
PERSISTENCE_TYPE = "ldap"

# dataset saved into LDAP (choose one of `default`, `user`, `site`, `token`, `cache`, or `session`)
# this setting only affects hybrid `PERSISTENCE_TYPE`
PERSISTENCE_LDAP_MAPPING = "default"

# Couchbase username
COUCHBASE_USER = "admin"

# Couchbase superuser
COUCHBASE_SUPERUSER = ""

# hostname/IP address of Couchbase server (scheme and port are omitted)
COUCHBASE_URL = "localhost"

# Prefix of Couchbase bucket
COUCHBASE_BUCKET_PREFIX = "gluu"

# SQL dialect (currently only support mysql; postgresql support is experimental)
SQL_DB_DIALECT= "mysql"

# SQL database name
SQL_DB_NAME = "gluu"

# hostname/IP address of SQL server
SQL_DB_HOST = "localhost"

# port of SQL server
SQL_DB_PORT = 3306

# username to access SQL database
SQL_DB_USER = "gluu"

# Google project ID
GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID = ""

# Instance ID of Google Spanner
GOOGLE_SPANNER_INSTANCE_ID = ""

# Database ID of Google Spanner
GOOGLE_SPANNER_DATABASE_ID = ""

# Host of Spanner emulator, i.e. 10.10.1.2:9010
SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST = ""

# ==============
# Document store
# ==============

# supported store type (choose one of `LOCAL` or `JCA`)
DOCUMENT_STORE_TYPE = "LOCAL"

# admin username for Jackrabbit service
JACKRABBIT_USER = "admin"

# ====
# Misc
# ====

# load customization from docker-compose.override.yml (if exists)
ENABLE_OVERRIDE = False

# enable oxTrust API
OXTRUST_API_ENABLED = False

# enable test-mode for oxTrust API
OXTRUST_API_TEST_MODE = False

# enable Passport support
PASSPORT_ENABLED = False

# enable Casa support
CASA_ENABLED = False

# enable SAML Shibboleth support
SAML_ENABLED = False

# enable SCIM API
SCIM_ENABLED = False

# enable test-mode for SCIM API (default to `OAUTH`)
GLUU_SCIM_PROTECTION_MODE = "TEST"

To override any of these settings, create settings.py and adjust the value, for example:

# settings.py
COUCHBASE_URL = "10.2.1.1"
COUCHBASE_BUCKET_PREFIX = "my_org"

Choose services

The following services are available during deployment:

Service	Setting Name	Mandatory	Enabled by default
consul	-	yes	always
registrator	-	yes	always
vault	-	yes	always
nginx	-	yes	always
persistence	JOB_PERSISTENCE	no	yes
configuration	JOB_CONFIGURATION	no	yes
oxauth	SVC_OXAUTH	no	yes
oxtrust	SVC_OXTRUST	no	yes
ldap	SVC_LDAP	no	yes
oxpassport	SVC_OXPASSPORT	no	no
oxshibboleth	SVC_OXSHIBBOLETH	no	no
redis	SVC_REDIS	no	no
vault auto-unseal	SVC_VAULT_AUTOUNSEAL	no	no
oxd_server	SVC_OXD_SERVER	no	no
cr_rotate	SVC_CR_ROTATE	no	no
casa	SVC_CASA	no	no
scim	SVC_SCIM	no	no
fido2	SVC_FIDO2	no	no
jackrabbit	SVC_JACKRABBIT	no	no
mysql	SVC_MYSQL	no	no
nginx_ports	SVC_NGINX_PORTS	no	yes

To enable/disable non-mandatory services listed above, create a file called settings.py and set the value to True to enable or set to False to disable the service. For example:

SVC_LDAP = True                 # will be enabled
SVC_OXPASSPORT = False          # will be disabled

Any services not specified in settings.py will follow the default settings.

To override manifests (i.e. changing oxAuth service definition), add ENABLE_OVERRIDE = True in settings.py, for example:

ENABLE_OVERRIDE = True

Then define overrides in docker-compose.override.yml (create the file if not exist):

version: "2.4"

services:
  oxauth:
    container_name: my-oxauth

If docker-compose.override.yml exists, this file will be added as the last Compose file. For reference on multiple Compose file, please take a look at Multiple Compose Files.

Choose persistence backends

Supported backends are LDAP, Couchbase, hybrid (LDAP + Couchbase), SQL, and Google Spanner. The following config control which persistence backend is selected:

• PERSISTENCE_TYPE: choose one of ldap, couchbase, hybrid (ldap + couchbase), sql, or spanner (default to ldap)
• PERSISTENCE_LDAP_MAPPING: choose one of default, user, site, cache, token, or session (default to default)

Modify settings.py (create the file if doesn't exist) and configure based on selected persistence. For example:

1. LDAP

   No additional configuration needed.

2. Couchbase

   PERSISTENCE_TYPE = "couchbase"
   COUCHBASE_USER = "admin"
   COUCHBASE_SUPERUSER = ""
   COUCHBASE_BUCKET_PREFIX = "gluu"
   COUCHBASE_URL = "192.168.100.4"
   # disable LDAP service
   SVC_LDAP = False
   

   Additional steps required to satisfy dependencies:

   • put Couchbase cluster certificate into the couchbase.crt file (the root certificate is visible on the Root Certificate panel of the Security screen of Couchbase Web Console)

   • put Couchbase password into the couchbase_password file

   • the Couchbase cluster must have data, index, and query services at minimum

   • if COUCHBASE_URL is set to hostname, make sure it can be reached by DNS query; alternatively add the extra host into docker-compose.override.yml file, for example:

     services:
     oxauth:
         extra_hosts:
         - "${COUCHBASE_HOSTNAME}:${COUCHBASE_IP}"
     

3. Hybrid

   PERSISTENCE_TYPE = "hybrid"
   # store user mapping in LDAP
   PERSISTENCE_LDAP_MAPPING = "user"
   # ensure LDAP service is enabled
   SVC_LDAP = True
   

   Additional steps required to satisfy dependencies:

   • put Couchbase cluster certificate into the couchbase.crt file (the root certificate is visible on the Root Certificate panel of the Security screen of Couchbase Web Console)

   • put Couchbase password into the couchbase_password file

   • the Couchbase cluster must have data, index, and query services at minimum

4. SQL

   PERSISTENCE_TYPE = "sql"
   SQL_DB_DIALECT= "mysql"
   SQL_DB_NAME = "gluu"
   SQL_DB_HOST = "localhost"
   SQL_DB_PORT = 3306
   SQL_DB_USER = "gluu"
   # ensure MySQL service is enabled
   SVC_MYSQL = True
   # ensure LDAP service is disabled
   SVC_LDAP = False
   

   Additional steps required to satisfy dependencies:

   • put MySQL password into the sql_password file.
   • put MySQL root password into the sql_root_password file (required to bootstrap the database).
   • minimum MySQL version is v5.7.

5. Spanner

   PERSISTENCE_TYPE = "spanner"
   GOOGLE_PROJEC_ID = "my-project-id"
   GOOGLE_SPANNER_INSTANCE_ID = "my-instance-id"
   GOOGLE_SPANNER_DATABASE_ID = "my-db-id"
   
   # optionally use Spanner emulator instead of Spanner cloud
   # SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST = "10.10.1.2:9010"
   # disable LDAP service
   SVC_LDAP = False
   

   Additional steps required to satisfy dependencies:

   • put Google credentials into google-credentials.json file.
   • alternative is to use Spanner emulator

Set up Vault auto-unseal

Enable Vault auto-unseal with GCP KMS API by specifying it in settings.py:

# settings.py
SVC_VAULT_AUTOUNSEAL = True     # enable Vault auto-unseal with GCP KMS API

The following is an example of how to obtain GCP KMS credentials JSON file, and save it as gcp_kms_creds.json in the same directory where pygluu-compose.pyz is located, for example:

{
    "type": "service_account",
    "project_id": "project",
    "private_key_id": "1234abcd",
    "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nabcdEFGH==\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
    "client_email": "sa@project.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
    "client_id": "1234567890",
    "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
    "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
    "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
    "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/sa%40project.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
}

Afterwards, create gcp_kms_stanza.hcl in the same directory where pygluu-compose.pyz is located; for example:

seal "gcpckms" {
    credentials = "/vault/config/creds.json"
    project     = "vault-project-1234"
    region      = "us-east1"
    key_ring    = "vault-keyring"
    crypto_key  = "vault-key"
}

Note

Adjust the contents of gcp_kms_stanza.hcl except the credentials value as it is mapped in svc.vault_autounseal.yml file.

Choose Document Storage

There are 2 types of supported document storage:

1. LOCAL

   This is the default document store (using container's filesystem).

2. JCA

   This document store uses jackrabbit service. To enable JCA document store, modify settings.py as seen below:

   SVC_JACKRABBIT = True
   DOCUMENT_STORE_TYPE = "JCA"
   

Deploy the Gluu Server

Run the following command to install the Gluu Server:

./pygluu-compose.pyz up

Running the command above will show the deployment process:

[I] Attempting to gather external IP address
[I] Using 192.168.100.4 as external IP address

Note

pygluu-compose.pyz up command will try to detect external IP address of the host. In the example above, 192.168.100.4 is detected automatically. If somehow the IP is incorrect, stop current process and set the IP address explicitly in settings.py (create the file if not exist).

# settings.py
HOST_IP = "192.168.100.10"  # set the external IP address explicitly

Re-run the pygluu-compose.pyz up command to load new settings.

Creating consul ... done
Creating vault  ... done

The consul and vault services are required to provide config and secret layers used by the rest of Gluu Server services.

[I] Checking Vault status
[W] Unable to get seal status in Vault; retrying ...
[I] Initializing Vault with 1 recovery key and token
[I] Vault recovery key and root token saved to vault_key_token.txt
[I] Unsealing Vault manually
[I] Creating Vault policy for Gluu
[I] Enabling Vault AppRole auth

On initial deployment, since Vault has not been configured yet, the pygluu-compose.pyz will generate a root token and key to interact with Vault API, saved as vault_key_token.txt (secure this file, as it contains the recovery key and root token). pygluu-compose.pyz will also setup Vault AppRole for interaction between other services to Vault. Note that by enabling AppRole, there will be vault_role_id.txt and vault_secret_id.txt files under working directory.

[I] Attempting to gather FQDN from Consul
[W] Unable to get FQDN from Consul; retrying ...
[W] Unable to get FQDN from Consul; retrying ...
[W] Unable to get FQDN from Consul; retrying ...
Enter hostname [demoexample.gluu.org]:
Enter country code [US]:
Enter state [TX]:
Enter city [Austin]:
Enter oxTrust admin password: ***********
Repeat password: ***********
Enter LDAP admin password: ***********
Repeat password: ***********
Enter email [support@demoexample.gluu.org]:
Enter organization [Gluu]:

After consul and vault have been deployed, the next things is getting config from consul. If there's no existing config, a series of config will be prompted to user as seen above.

Note

When prompted for hostname (which will be used as https://<hostname> address), using a public FQDN is highly recommended. If somehow there's no way to use public FQDN, map the VM IP address and the FQDN in /etc/hosts file.

# /etc/hosts
192.168.100.4 demoexample.gluu.org

Wait for few seconds and the deployment will continue the rest of the processes.

[I] Launching Gluu Server .........................................
[I] Gluu Server installed successfully; please visit https://demoexample.gluu.org

See checkings logs section on how to track the progress.

Checking the deployment logs

The deployment process may take some time. You can keep track of the deployment by using the following command:

./pygluu-compose.pyz logs -f

Uninstall the Gluu Server

Run the following command to delete all objects during the deployment:

./pygluu-compose.pyz down

FAQ

How to use ldapsearch

docker exec -ti ldap /opt/opendj/bin/ldapsearch \
    -h localhost \
    -p 1636 \
    -Z \
    -X \
    -D "cn=directory manager" \
    -w $LDAP_PASSWORD \
    -b "o=gluu" \
    -s base \
    "objectClass=*"

where $LDAP_PASSWORD is the password for LDAP given in installation process.

How to unseal Vault

There are several ways to unseal Vault:

1. Use auto-unseal
2. Re-run pygluu-compose up command.
3. Quick manual unseal
   1. Get unseal key from vault_key_token.txt file.
   2. Log in to the Vault container: docker exec -it vault sh.
   3. Run vault operator unseal command (a prompt will appear). Enter the unseal key.
   4. Wait for few seconds for the containers to get back to work.