TLS Authentication

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Hazelcast is able to protect network communication using TLS. TLS mutual authentication is also supported, which means that not only does the server side have to identify itself to a client (member, client, REST client, etc.), but the client side also needs to prove its identity by using a TLS (X.509) certificate.

The tls authentication type verifies during Hazelcast authentication that the incoming connection has already authenticated the client’s TLS certificate.

This authentication type is able to parse a role name (or names) from the client’s certificate subject DN. The roleAttribute property specifies the attribute name (a part of the Subject’s DN) to be used as a role name in Hazelcast.

  • XML

  • YAML

<hazelcast>
    <network>
        <ssl enabled="true">
            <properties>
                <property name="mutualAuthentication">REQUIRED</property>
                <property name="keyStore">/opt/hazelcast-keystore.p12</property>
                <property name="keyStorePassword">secret.123</property>
                <property name="trustStore">/opt/hazelcast-truststore.p12</property>
                <property name="trustStorePassword">changeit</property>
            </properties>
        </ssl>
    </network>
    <security enabled="true">
        <realms>
            <realm name="tlsRealm">
                <authentication>
                    <tls roleAttribute="cn" />
                </authentication>
            </realm>
        </realms>
        <client-authentication realm="tlsRealm"/>
    </security>
</hazelcast>
hazelcast:
  network:
    ssl:
      enabled: true
      properties:
        mutualAuthentication: REQUIRED
        keyStore: /opt/hazelcast-keystore.p12
        keyStorePassword: secret.123
        trustStore: /opt/hazelcast-truststore.p12
        trustStorePassword: changeit
  security:
    enabled: true
    realms:
      - name: tlsRealm
        authentication:
          tls:
            roleAttribute: cn
    client-authentication:
      realm: tlsRealm

This tls authentication uses cn attribute from the subject DN as the role name. For example, if the subject DN in the certificate is cn=admin,ou=Devs,o=Hazelcast then the "admin" role name is assigned to the client.

Table 1. TLS Configuration Options

Option Name

Default Value

Description

roleAttribute

cn

Name of an attribute in client certificate’s distinguished name (DN), where the attribute value is used as a Role name.
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