Refactor TLS introduction

The TLS-everywhere introduction contains some useful information for the
ways you can deploy TLS (public TLS and TLS everywhere). As well as
primers on the components used to implement TLS.

This commit generalizes the introduction so we can re-use it for public
TLS and TLS-everywhere. Subsequent patches will add separate guides that
describe how to accomplish both deployment techniques.

Change-Id: Ieea23577095dd910c9923a8d1285561a72038a46
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Lance Bragstad 2020-05-18 18:26:48 +00:00
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security_hardening
split_stack
ssl
tls-everywhere
tls-introduction
tuned
undercloud_minion

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TLS-Everywhere
==============
.. _tls-introduction:
Introduction
------------
TLS Introduction
================
Depending on your deployment's security requirements, you might be required to
encrypt network traffic. TripleO helps you accomplish this by supporting
@ -12,28 +11,26 @@ we can deploy TLS.
The first option is to only encrypt traffic between clients and public
endpoints. This approach results in fewer certificates to manage, and we refer
to it as *public TLS*. Public endpoints, in this sense, are endpoints only
exposed to end-users. Traffic between internal endpoints is not encrypted. We
do not describe how to deploy *public TLS* in this document.
exposed to end-users. Traffic between internal endpoints is not encrypted.
The second option leverages TLS for all endpoints in the entire deployment,
including the overcloud, undercloud, and any systems that natively support TLS.
We typically refer to this approach as *TLS-everywhere* because we use TLS
everywhere we can, encrypting as much network traffic as possible. Certificate
management is critical with this approach because the number of certificates
scales linearly with the number of services in your deployment. TripleO uses
several components to help ease the burden of managing certificates. This
option is desirable for deployments susceptible to industry regulation or those
who have a higher security risk. Healthcare, telecommunications, and the
public sector are but a few industries that make extensive use of
*TLS-everywhere*. This document contains all the details to deploy
*TLS-everywhere*.
everywhere we can, encrypting as much network traffic as possible. Certificate
management automation is critical with this approach because the number of
certificates scales linearly with the number of services in your deployment.
TripleO uses several components to help ease the burden of managing
certificates. This option is desirable for deployments susceptible to industry
regulation or those who have a higher security risk. Healthcare,
telecommunications, and the public sector are but a few industries that make
extensive use of *TLS-everywhere*. You can think of *public TLS* as a subset of
what *TLS-everywhere* offers.
TripleO makes use of the following components to implement *TLS-everywhere*.
The sections below describe each component and the role it plays in
TripleO uses the following components to implement *public TLS* and
*TLS-everywhere*.
Certmonger
~~~~~~~~~~
----------
`Certmonger`_ is a daemon that helps simplify certificate management between
endpoints and certificate authorities (CAs). You can use it to generate key
@ -49,12 +46,12 @@ in your deployment.
.. _Certmonger: https://pagure.io/certmonger
FreeIPA
~~~~~~~
-------
`FreeIPA`_ is a multi-purpose system that includes a certificate authority
(DogTag Certificate System), LDAP (389 Directory Server), MIT Kerberos, NTP
server, and DNS. TripleO uses all of these subsystems to implement TLS across
OpenStack. For example, if you use FreeIPA in your deployment, you can sign
OpenStack. For example, if you use FreeIPA in your deployment, you can sign
CSRs with DogTag, as opposed to self-signing CSRs with certmonger locally.
FreeIPA runs on a supplemental node in your deployment, and it is kept separate
@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ from other infrastructure.
.. _FreeIPA: https://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page
Installing FreeIPA
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Similar to setting up the undercloud node, you need to set the hostname
properly for the FreeIPA server. For this example, let's assume we're using
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--auto-reverse /
--unattended
Please refer to ``ipa-server-install --help`` for specifics on each argument.
The directions above are only a guide. You may need to adjust certain values
and configuration options to use FreeIPA, depending on your requirements.
Please refer to ``ipa-server-install --help`` for specifics on each argument or
reference the `FreeIPA documentation`_. The directions above are only a guide.
You may need to adjust certain values and configuration options to use FreeIPA,
depending on your requirements.
.. _FreeIPA documentation: https://www.freeipa.org/page/Documentation
Novajoin
~~~~~~~~
--------
`Novajoin`_ is a vendor data service that extends nova's config drive
functionality. When the undercloud creates new nodes for the overcloud,
novajoin creates a host entry in FreeIPA to enable the overcloud node to enroll
as a FreeIPA client.
functionality and you use it when you want to deploy *TLS-everywhere*. When the
undercloud creates new nodes for the overcloud, novajoin creates a host entry
in FreeIPA to enable the overcloud node to enroll as a FreeIPA client.
If you want to use novajoin, you must have nova deployed in your undercloud.
Novajoin isn't supported for deployments :doc:`deployed_server`.
Novajoin was introduced in the Queens release and is supported through Train.
The tripleo-ipa project, described below, effectively replaced novajoin in the
Train release.
The `tripleo-ipa`_ project, described below, effectively replaced novajoin in
the Train release.
.. _Novajoin: https://opendev.org/x/novajoin
tripleo-ipa
~~~~~~~~~~~
-----------
`tripleo-ipa`_ is a collection of Ansible roles used to integrate FreeIPA into
TripleO deployments. These playbooks support deployments using nova and ironic
in the undercloud as well as :doc:`deployed_server`. This project was
introduced in Train and effectively replaces the novajoin metadata service.
TripleO deployments and you use it when you want to deploy *TLS-everywhere*.
These playbooks support deployments using nova and ironic in the undercloud as
well as :doc:`deployed_server`. This project was introduced in Train and
effectively replaces the novajoin metadata service.
We recommend using tripleo-ipa for all *TLS-everywhere* deployments as of the
Train release. In a future release, we will update TripleO to only support