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Version: 0.0.1

Enabling TLS for Dremio UI on AWS

This topic describes how to enable Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Dremio UI on Amazon AWS Cloudformation.

note:

In Dremio 24+, the keyStorePassword property can be encrypted using the dremio-admin encrypt CLI command.

To enable Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Dremio, determine which of the following methods you want to implement:

  • Self-signed certificate
  • CA-certified certificate

Enabling TLS with a Self-Signed Certificate​

To enable TLS with a self-signed certificate:

  1. From CloudFormation, select your Stack.
  2. Click on the Resources tab.
  3. Click on <DremioClusterName>-DremioMaster.
  4. Locate the DNS name for the master node. In the following sample screenshot, the DNS name is
    ec2-18-188-87-153.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com.
  5. Access the Dremio cluster master node on AWS via the DNS name and become root. For example, using a terminal window, SSH to the AWS IP address with the keypair that you used during stack creation. 
    $ ssh -i <path_to_your_private_key> centos@ec2-18-188-87-153.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com
    $ sudo su -
  6. Configure Dremio by editing the /etc/system/dremio.conf file and adding the following properties to the end of the file.
    ```
    services.coordinator.web.ssl.enabled: true
    services.coordinator.web.ssl.auto-certificate.enabled: true
    ```
  7. Restart the Dremio service. See Start, Stop, and Status for RPM commands. For example:
    service dremio restart
  8. Log into the Dremio UI:
    https://<dremio master DNS name>:9047

Note:
Self-signed certificates are not secure unless you can verify the certificate in the browser (by comparing fingerprints for example).

Enabling TLS with a CA-certified Certificate​

To enable TLS with a CA-certified certificate:

  1. From CloudFormation, select your Stack.

  2. Click on the Resources tab.

  3. Click on <DremioClusterName>-DremioMaster.

  4. Locate the DNS name for the master node. In the following sample screenshot, the DNS name is
    ec2-18-188-87-153.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com.

  5. Access the Dremio cluster master node on AWS via the DNS name and become root. For example, using a terminal window, SSH to the AWS IP address with the keypair that you used during stack creation. 

    $ ssh -i <path_to_your_private_key> centos@ec2-18-188-87-153.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com
    $ sudo su -

  6. Obtain a TLS certificate for your DNS Name. For example, if you are using Let's Encrypt, install certbot, and generate the certificate.

    • The FQDN is set to the DNS name for the master node obtained in a previous step.
    • Make note of the last command output for the cert and cert key files.
    • Note: This certificate is valid for 90 days and must be renewed. After renewal, the subsequent Dremio configuration steps (steps 7 - 9) must be repeated.
      FQDN=<DNS name of the host>
      curl  https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto -o certbot-auto
      mv certbot-auto /usr/local/bin/certbot-auto
      chown root /usr/local/bin/certbot-auto
      chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/certbot-auto
      certbot-auto certonly -d $FQDN --standalone -n --agree-tos --email youremail@domain.com

  7. Create a keystore for Dremio. For example, the following example uses the output from the previous step.

    ```
    PASSWORD=yourpassword
    LETSENCRYPT_BASE=/etc/letsencrypt/live
    DREMIO_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/dremio
    openssl pkcs12 -export \
        -inkey $LETSENCRYPT_BASE/$FQDN/privkey.pem \
        -in $LETSENCRYPT_BASE/$FQDN/cert.pem \
        -out $DREMIO_DATA_DIR/store.pkcs12 \
        -passout pass:$PASSWORD
    chown dremio:dremio $DREMIO_DATA_DIR/store.pkcs12
    ```

  8. Configure Dremio by editing the /etc/dremio/dremio.conf file and adding the following properties to the end of the file.

    * Note that the keystore path and password were generated by the previous step.
    * If you supplied a different keystore path and password, be sure to provide them instead.
    ```
    services.coordinator.web.ssl.enabled: true
    services.coordinator.web.ssl.auto-certificate.enabled: false
    services.coordinator.web.ssl.keyStore: "/var/lib/dremio/store.pkcs12"
    services.coordinator.web.ssl.keyStorePassword: "yourpassword"
    ```

  9. Restart the Dremio service. See Start, Stop, and Status for RPM commands. For example:
    service dremio restart

  10. Log into the Dremio UI:
    https://<dremio master DNS name>:9047