* [pve-devel] [PATCH SERIES openid/access-control/docs/manager v2 0/1] fix #4411: add support for openid groups
@ 2024-12-24 20:24 Thomas Skinner
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From: Thomas Skinner @ 2024-12-24 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pve-devel; +Cc: Thomas Skinner
Continued work on adding support for OIDC groups.
Changes since v1:
- incorporate changes in style requested by Fabian
- adjust logic to only add/remove groups as needed instead of clearing all groups
- added helper function to remove a single group
- added option to create groups in PVE automatically on login
- update commit message for proxmox-openid
- move docs for replacement character to "Advanced Settings" section
pve-access-control:
Thomas Skinner (1):
fix #4411: openid: add logic for openid groups support
src/PVE/API2/OpenId.pm | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/PVE/AccessControl.pm | 13 +++++---
src/PVE/Auth/OpenId.pm | 30 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
pve-docs:
Thomas Skinner (1):
fix #4411: openid: add docs for openid groups support
pveum.adoc | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
pve-manager:
Thomas Skinner (1):
fix #4411: openid: add ui config for openid groups support
www/manager6/dc/AuthEditOpenId.js | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
proxmox-openid:
Thomas Skinner (1):
fix #4411: openid: add library code for generic id token claim support
proxmox-openid/src/lib.rs | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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* [pve-devel] [PATCH docs v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add docs for openid groups support
2024-12-24 20:24 [pve-devel] [PATCH SERIES openid/access-control/docs/manager v2 0/1] fix #4411: add support for openid groups Thomas Skinner
@ 2024-12-24 20:24 ` Thomas Skinner
2024-12-24 20:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH proxmox v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add library code for generic id token claim support Thomas Skinner
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From: Thomas Skinner @ 2024-12-24 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pve-devel; +Cc: Thomas Skinner
Signed-off-by: Thomas Skinner <thomas@atskinner.net>
---
pveum.adoc | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
diff --git a/pveum.adoc b/pveum.adoc
index 81565ab..36b7560 100644
--- a/pveum.adoc
+++ b/pveum.adoc
@@ -456,6 +456,15 @@ use the `autocreate` option to automatically add new users.
* `Username Claim` (`username-claim`): OpenID claim used to generate the unique
username (`subject`, `username` or `email`).
+* `Autocreate Groups` (`groups-autocreate`): Create all groups in the claim
+instead of using existing PVE groups (default behavior).
+
+* `Groups Claim` (`groups-claim`): OpenID claim used to retrieve the groups from
+the ID token or userinfo endpoint.
+
+* `Overwrite Groups` (`groups-overwrite`): Overwrite all groups assigned to user
+instead of appending to existing groups (default behavior).
+
Username mapping
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -479,6 +488,36 @@ Another option is to use `email`, which also yields human readable
usernames. Again, only use this setting if the server guarantees the
uniqueness of this attribute.
+Groups mapping
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Specifying the `groups-claim` setting in the OpenID configuration enables group
+mapping functionality. The data provided in the `groups-claim` should be
+a list of strings that correspond to groups that a user should be a member of in
+{pve}. Any groups reported by the OpenID provider that do not exist in {pve} are
+ignored. If all groups reported by the OpenID provider should exist in {pve},
+the `groups-autocreate` option may be used.
+
+By default, groups are appended to the user's existing groups. It may be
+desirable to overwrite any groups that the user is already a member in {pve}
+with those from the OpenID provider. Enabling the `groups-overwrite` setting
+removes all groups from the user in {pve} before adding the groups reported by
+the OpenID provider.
+
+In some cases, OpenID servers may send groups claims which include invalid
+characters for {pve} group IDs. By default, each invalid character is replaced
+with an underscore (`'_'`). To adjust the character used for replacement, adjust
+the `groups-replace-character` setting to any valid character for a {pve} group
+ID (i.e. includes alphanumeric characters and any of the following: `'-'`,
+`'_'`, `'.'`).
+
+Advanced settings
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* `Groups Replacement Character` (`groups-replace-character`): Character to
+replace invalid characters in groups names from the OpenID provider. Default
+behavior is to replace each invalid character with an underscore (`'_'`).
+
Examples
^^^^^^^^
--
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* [pve-devel] [PATCH proxmox v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add library code for generic id token claim support
2024-12-24 20:24 [pve-devel] [PATCH SERIES openid/access-control/docs/manager v2 0/1] fix #4411: add support for openid groups Thomas Skinner
2024-12-24 20:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH docs v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add docs for openid groups support Thomas Skinner
@ 2024-12-24 20:24 ` Thomas Skinner
2024-12-24 20:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH access-control v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add logic for openid groups support Thomas Skinner
2024-12-24 20:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add ui config " Thomas Skinner
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From: Thomas Skinner @ 2024-12-24 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pve-devel; +Cc: Thomas Skinner
Signed-off-by: Thomas Skinner <thomas@atskinner.net>
---
proxmox-openid/src/lib.rs | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/proxmox-openid/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-openid/src/lib.rs
index fe65fded..bf8c650b 100644
--- a/proxmox-openid/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-openid/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ pub use auth_state::*;
use openidconnect::{
//curl::http_client,
core::{
- CoreAuthDisplay, CoreAuthPrompt, CoreAuthenticationFlow, CoreClient, CoreGenderClaim,
- CoreIdTokenClaims, CoreIdTokenVerifier, CoreProviderMetadata,
+ CoreAuthDisplay, CoreAuthPrompt, CoreAuthenticationFlow, CoreErrorResponseType,
+ CoreGenderClaim, CoreIdTokenVerifier, CoreJsonWebKey, CoreJsonWebKeyType,
+ CoreJsonWebKeyUse, CoreJweContentEncryptionAlgorithm, CoreJwsSigningAlgorithm,
+ CoreProviderMetadata, CoreRevocableToken, CoreRevocationErrorResponse,
+ CoreTokenIntrospectionResponse, CoreTokenType,
},
AdditionalClaims,
AuthenticationContextClass,
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ use openidconnect::{
ClientId,
ClientSecret,
CsrfToken,
+ EmptyExtraTokenFields,
+ IdTokenClaims,
+ IdTokenFields,
IssuerUrl,
Nonce,
OAuth2TokenResponse,
@@ -31,15 +37,47 @@ use openidconnect::{
PkceCodeVerifier,
RedirectUrl,
Scope,
+ StandardErrorResponse,
+ StandardTokenResponse,
UserInfoClaims,
};
/// Stores Additional Claims into a serde_json::Value;
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
pub struct GenericClaims(Value);
impl AdditionalClaims for GenericClaims {}
pub type GenericUserInfoClaims = UserInfoClaims<GenericClaims, CoreGenderClaim>;
+pub type GenericIdTokenClaims = IdTokenClaims<GenericClaims, CoreGenderClaim>;
+
+pub type GenericIdTokenFields = IdTokenFields<
+ GenericClaims,
+ EmptyExtraTokenFields,
+ CoreGenderClaim,
+ CoreJweContentEncryptionAlgorithm,
+ CoreJwsSigningAlgorithm,
+ CoreJsonWebKeyType,
+>;
+
+pub type GenericTokenResponse = StandardTokenResponse<GenericIdTokenFields, CoreTokenType>;
+
+pub type GenericClient = openidconnect::Client<
+ GenericClaims,
+ CoreAuthDisplay,
+ CoreGenderClaim,
+ CoreJweContentEncryptionAlgorithm,
+ CoreJwsSigningAlgorithm,
+ CoreJsonWebKeyType,
+ CoreJsonWebKeyUse,
+ CoreJsonWebKey,
+ CoreAuthPrompt,
+ StandardErrorResponse<CoreErrorResponseType>,
+ GenericTokenResponse,
+ CoreTokenType,
+ CoreTokenIntrospectionResponse,
+ CoreRevocableToken,
+ CoreRevocationErrorResponse,
+>;
#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Clone)]
pub struct OpenIdConfig {
@@ -56,7 +94,7 @@ pub struct OpenIdConfig {
}
pub struct OpenIdAuthenticator {
- client: CoreClient,
+ client: GenericClient,
config: OpenIdConfig,
}
@@ -120,8 +158,9 @@ impl OpenIdAuthenticator {
let provider_metadata = CoreProviderMetadata::discover(&issuer_url, http_client)?;
- let client = CoreClient::from_provider_metadata(provider_metadata, client_id, client_key)
- .set_redirect_uri(RedirectUrl::new(String::from(redirect_url))?);
+ let client =
+ GenericClient::from_provider_metadata(provider_metadata, client_id, client_key)
+ .set_redirect_uri(RedirectUrl::new(String::from(redirect_url))?);
Ok(Self {
client,
@@ -195,7 +234,7 @@ impl OpenIdAuthenticator {
&self,
code: &str,
private_auth_state: &PrivateAuthState,
- ) -> Result<(CoreIdTokenClaims, GenericUserInfoClaims), Error> {
+ ) -> Result<(GenericIdTokenClaims, GenericUserInfoClaims), Error> {
let code = AuthorizationCode::new(code.to_string());
// Exchange the code with a token.
let token_response = self
@@ -206,7 +245,7 @@ impl OpenIdAuthenticator {
.map_err(|err| format_err!("Failed to contact token endpoint: {}", err))?;
let id_token_verifier: CoreIdTokenVerifier = self.client.id_token_verifier();
- let id_token_claims: &CoreIdTokenClaims = token_response
+ let id_token_claims: &GenericIdTokenClaims = token_response
.extra_fields()
.id_token()
.expect("Server did not return an ID token")
--
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* [pve-devel] [PATCH access-control v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add logic for openid groups support
2024-12-24 20:24 [pve-devel] [PATCH SERIES openid/access-control/docs/manager v2 0/1] fix #4411: add support for openid groups Thomas Skinner
2024-12-24 20:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH docs v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add docs for openid groups support Thomas Skinner
2024-12-24 20:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH proxmox v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add library code for generic id token claim support Thomas Skinner
@ 2024-12-24 20:24 ` Thomas Skinner
2024-12-24 20:24 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add ui config " Thomas Skinner
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From: Thomas Skinner @ 2024-12-24 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pve-devel; +Cc: Thomas Skinner
Signed-off-by: Thomas Skinner <thomas@atskinner.net>
---
src/PVE/API2/OpenId.pm | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/PVE/AccessControl.pm | 13 +++++---
src/PVE/Auth/OpenId.pm | 30 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/PVE/API2/OpenId.pm b/src/PVE/API2/OpenId.pm
index 77410e6..5cfe5a1 100644
--- a/src/PVE/API2/OpenId.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/API2/OpenId.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use PVE::Cluster qw(cfs_read_file cfs_write_file);
use PVE::AccessControl;
use PVE::JSONSchema qw(get_standard_option);
use PVE::Auth::Plugin;
+use PVE::Auth::OpenId;
use PVE::RESTHandler;
@@ -220,6 +221,73 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
$rpcenv->check_user_enabled($username);
}
+ if (defined(my $groups_claim = $config->{'groups-claim'})) {
+ if (defined(my $groups_list = $info->{$groups_claim})) {
+ if (ref($groups_list) eq 'ARRAY') {
+ PVE::AccessControl::lock_user_config(sub {
+ my $usercfg = cfs_read_file("user.cfg");
+
+ # replace any invalid characters with
+ my $replace_character = $config->{'groups-replace-character'} // '_';
+ my @oidc_groups_list = map {
+ $_ =~ s/[^$PVE::Auth::OpenId::groupname_regex_chars]/$replace_character/gr
+ } $groups_list->@*;
+
+ # list groups that exist in pve
+ my @existing_groups_list = keys %{$usercfg->{groups}};
+
+ my @groups_intersect;
+ if ( $config->{'groups-autocreate'} ) {
+ # populate all groups in claim
+ @groups_intersect = @oidc_groups_list;
+ }
+ else {
+ # only populate groups that are in the oidc list and exist in pve
+ @groups_intersect = @{PVE::Tools::array_intersect(
+ \@oidc_groups_list,
+ \@existing_groups_list,
+ )};
+ }
+
+ # if groups should be overwritten, find and delete the ones to remove
+ if ( $config->{'groups-overwrite'} ) {
+ # get the groups that need to be removed from the user
+ my %groups_remove_user;
+ $groups_remove_user{ $_ } = undef
+ for keys %{$usercfg->{users}->{$username}->{groups}};
+ delete $groups_remove_user{ $_ } for @groups_intersect;
+
+ # ensure user is not a member of these groups
+ PVE::AccessControl::delete_user_group_single(
+ $username,
+ $usercfg,
+ $_,
+ ) for keys %groups_remove_user;
+ }
+
+ # get the groups that need to be added to the user
+ my %groups_add_user;
+ $groups_add_user{ $_ } = undef for @groups_intersect;
+ delete $groups_add_user{ $_ }
+ for keys %{$usercfg->{users}->{$username}->{groups}};
+
+ # ensure user is a member of these groups
+ PVE::AccessControl::add_user_group(
+ $username,
+ $usercfg,
+ $_
+ ) for keys %groups_add_user;
+
+ cfs_write_file("user.cfg", $usercfg);
+ }, "openid group mapping failed");
+ } else {
+ syslog('err', "groups list is not an array; groups will not be updated");
+ }
+ } else {
+ syslog('err', "groups claim '$groups_claim' is not found in claims");
+ }
+ }
+
my $ticket = PVE::AccessControl::assemble_ticket($username);
my $csrftoken = PVE::AccessControl::assemble_csrf_prevention_token($username);
my $cap = $rpcenv->compute_api_permission($username);
diff --git a/src/PVE/AccessControl.pm b/src/PVE/AccessControl.pm
index 47f2d38..d643a00 100644
--- a/src/PVE/AccessControl.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/AccessControl.pm
@@ -990,12 +990,17 @@ sub delete_user_group {
my ($username, $usercfg) = @_;
foreach my $group (keys %{$usercfg->{groups}}) {
-
- delete ($usercfg->{groups}->{$group}->{users}->{$username})
- if $usercfg->{groups}->{$group}->{users}->{$username};
+ delete_user_group_single($username, $usercfg, $group);
}
}
+sub delete_user_group_single {
+ my ($username, $usercfg, $group) = @_;
+
+ delete ($usercfg->{groups}->{$group}->{users}->{$username})
+ if $usercfg->{groups}->{$group}->{users}->{$username};
+}
+
sub delete_user_acl {
my ($username, $usercfg) = @_;
@@ -1293,7 +1298,7 @@ PVE::JSONSchema::register_format('pve-groupid', \&verify_groupname);
sub verify_groupname {
my ($groupname, $noerr) = @_;
- if ($groupname !~ m/^[A-Za-z0-9\.\-_]+$/) {
+ if ($groupname !~ m/^[$PVE::Auth::OpenId::groupname_regex_chars]+$/) {
die "group name '$groupname' contains invalid characters\n" if !$noerr;
diff --git a/src/PVE/Auth/OpenId.pm b/src/PVE/Auth/OpenId.pm
index c8e4db9..d7b5574 100755
--- a/src/PVE/Auth/OpenId.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Auth/OpenId.pm
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use PVE::Cluster qw(cfs_register_file cfs_read_file cfs_write_file cfs_lock_file
use base qw(PVE::Auth::Plugin);
+our $groupname_regex_chars = qr/A-Za-z0-9\.\-_/;
+
sub type {
return 'openid';
}
@@ -42,6 +44,30 @@ sub properties {
type => 'string',
optional => 1,
},
+ "groups-claim" => {
+ description => "OpenID claim used to retrieve groups with.",
+ type => 'string',
+ optional => 1,
+ },
+ "groups-autocreate" => {
+ description => "Automatically create groups if they do not exist.",
+ optional => 1,
+ type => 'boolean',
+ default => 0,
+ },
+ "groups-overwrite" => {
+ description => "All groups will be overwritten for the user on login.",
+ type => 'boolean',
+ default => 0,
+ optional => 1,
+ },
+ "groups-replace-character" => {
+ description => "Character used to replace any invalid characters in groups from provider.",
+ type => 'string',
+ pattern => qr/^[$groupname_regex_chars]$/,
+ default => '_',
+ optional => 1,
+ },
prompt => {
description => "Specifies whether the Authorization Server prompts the End-User for"
." reauthentication and consent.",
@@ -73,6 +99,10 @@ sub options {
"client-key" => { optional => 1 },
autocreate => { optional => 1 },
"username-claim" => { optional => 1, fixed => 1 },
+ "groups-claim" => { optional => 1 },
+ "groups-autocreate" => { optional => 1 },
+ "groups-overwrite" => { optional => 1 },
+ "groups-replace-character" => { optional => 1},
prompt => { optional => 1 },
scopes => { optional => 1 },
"acr-values" => { optional => 1 },
--
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* [pve-devel] [PATCH manager v2 1/1] fix #4411: openid: add ui config for openid groups support
2024-12-24 20:24 [pve-devel] [PATCH SERIES openid/access-control/docs/manager v2 0/1] fix #4411: add support for openid groups Thomas Skinner
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From: Thomas Skinner @ 2024-12-24 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pve-devel; +Cc: Thomas Skinner
Signed-off-by: Thomas Skinner <thomas@atskinner.net>
---
www/manager6/dc/AuthEditOpenId.js | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/www/manager6/dc/AuthEditOpenId.js b/www/manager6/dc/AuthEditOpenId.js
index 544c0de5..7a578c36 100644
--- a/www/manager6/dc/AuthEditOpenId.js
+++ b/www/manager6/dc/AuthEditOpenId.js
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ Ext.define('PVE.panel.OpenIDInputPanel', {
},
name: 'client-key',
},
+ {
+ xtype: 'proxmoxtextfield',
+ name: 'scopes',
+ fieldLabel: gettext('Scopes'),
+ emptyText: `${Proxmox.Utils.defaultText} (email profile)`,
+ submitEmpty: false,
+ cbind: {
+ deleteEmpty: '{!isCreate}',
+ },
+ },
],
column2: [
@@ -72,16 +82,34 @@ Ext.define('PVE.panel.OpenIDInputPanel', {
editable: '{isCreate}',
},
},
+ {
+ xtype: 'proxmoxcheckbox',
+ fieldLabel: gettext('Autocreate Groups'),
+ name: 'groups-autocreate',
+ value: 0,
+ cbind: {
+ deleteEmpty: '{!isCreate}',
+ },
+ },
{
xtype: 'proxmoxtextfield',
- name: 'scopes',
- fieldLabel: gettext('Scopes'),
- emptyText: `${Proxmox.Utils.defaultText} (email profile)`,
+ name: 'groups-claim',
+ fieldLabel: gettext('Groups Claim'),
+ emptyText: `${Proxmox.Utils.defaultText} ${gettext('(none)')}`,
submitEmpty: false,
cbind: {
deleteEmpty: '{!isCreate}',
},
},
+ {
+ xtype: 'proxmoxcheckbox',
+ fieldLabel: gettext('Overwrite Groups'),
+ name: 'groups-overwrite',
+ value: 0,
+ cbind: {
+ deleteEmpty: '{!isCreate}',
+ },
+ },
{
xtype: 'proxmoxKVComboBox',
name: 'prompt',
@@ -111,6 +139,16 @@ Ext.define('PVE.panel.OpenIDInputPanel', {
deleteEmpty: '{!isCreate}',
},
},
+ {
+ xtype: 'proxmoxtextfield',
+ name: 'groups-replace-character',
+ fieldLabel: gettext('Groups Replacement Character'),
+ emptyText: `${Proxmox.Utils.defaultText} '_'`,
+ submitEmpty: false,
+ cbind: {
+ deleteEmpty: '{!isCreate}',
+ },
+ },
],
initComponent: function() {
--
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