Configuring HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric for HTTPS Upload to S3

Describes how to validate and trust security certificates to permit files to be uploaded to Amazon S3.

About this task

By default, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric only trusts its own self-signed certificates. To configure HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric to trust the certificates used by AWS S3 for HTTPS upload, you must configure additional trusted certificates. Add one of the following to the /opt/mapr/conf/ssl_truststore file on every node in the cluster:

  • The actual certificate used by the S3 endpoints you are using
  • A signer of the actual certificate used by the S3 endpoints you are using
  • A certificate higher in the trust chain that ultimately does sign the certificate for the S3 endpoint
    NOTE Currently, the root certificate used by AWS S3 is the Baltimore CyberTrust root certificate provided by Digicert.

The following instructions are based on the assumption that you are adding the root certificate (known as the Baltimore CyberTrust root) provided by Digicert with a fingerprint of D4DE20D05E66FC53FE1A50882C78DB2852CAE474 and an expiration date of May 12, 2025. You can also add other certificates to the truststore.

WARNING Most Baltimore CyberTrust root certificates will expire in 2025 and expired certificates cannot be used for connecting to S3. When Amazon replaces its certificates with those issued by new certificate authorities, you must update the truststore to hold both the old and new root certificates for a smooth transition.

Procedure

  1. Download the Baltimore CyberTrust root certificate from the URL specified by Digicert, as in the following example:
    cd /tmp
    wget https://www.digicert.com/CACerts/BaltimoreCyberTrustRoot.crt
  2. Add the certificate to the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric truststore.
    1. Go to the directory where the ssl_truststore file is located.
      For example:
      cd /opt/mapr/conf
    2. Run the command to add the certificate.
      For example:
      keytool -importcert -file /tmp/BaltimoreCybrTrustRoot.crt -keystore ssl_truststore
    3. Enter the keystore password when prompted.
      The default password is mapr123.
    4. Specify whether to trust this certificate by entering y when prompted.
      NOTE The default value is [no].
      For example:
      cd /opt/mapr/conf
      keytool  -importcert -file /tmp/BaltimoreCyberTrustRoot.crt -keystore ssl_truststore 
       Enter keystore password:  
       Owner: CN=Baltimore CyberTrust Root, OU=CyberTrust, O=Baltimore, C=IE
       Issuer: CN=Baltimore CyberTrust Root, OU=CyberTrust, O=Baltimore, C=IE
       Serial number: 20000b9
       Valid from: Fri May 12 14:46:00 EDT 2000 until: Mon May 12 19:59:00 EDT 2025
       Certificate fingerprints:
           MD5:  AC:B6:94:A5:9C:17:E0:D7:91:52:9B:B1:97:06:A6:E4
           SHA1: D4:DE:20:D0:5E:66:FC:53:FE:1A:50:88:2C:78:DB:28:52:CA:E4:74
           SHA256: 16:AF:57:A9:F6:76:B0:AB:12:60:95:AA:5E:BA:DE:F2:2A:B3:11:19:D6:44:AC:95:CD:4B:93:DB:F3:F2:6A:EB
           Signature algorithm name: SHA1withRSA
           Version: 3
       ...
      
       Trust this certificate? [no]:  y
       Certificate was added to keystore
      Wait for the message "Certificate was added to keystore" before proceeding.
    5. Copy the ssl_truststore file to all other HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric nodes in the same location (for example, /opt/mapr/conf/).
      Ensure that the correct truststore is available on all nodes because the service can be run on any node.