The in_secure_forward input plugin accepts messages via SSL with authentication (cf. out_secure_forward). This document doesn't describe all parameters. If you want to know full features, check the Further Reading section.

Installation

in_secure_forward is not included in either td-agent package or fluentd gem. In order to install it, please refer to the Plugin Management article.

Example Configurations

This section provides some example configurations for in_secure_forward.

Minimalist Configuration

At first, generate private CA file by secure-forward-ca-generate, then copy that file to output plugin side by safe way (scp, or anyway else).

<source>
  @type secure_forward
  shared_key      secret_string
  self_hostname   server.fqdn.local  # This fqdn is used as CN (Common Name) of certificates
  secure true
  ca_cert_path        /path/to/certificate/ca_cert.pem
  ca_private_key_path /path/to/certificate/ca_key.pem
  ca_private_key_passphrase passphrase_for_private_CA_secret_key
</source>

Check username/password from Clients

<source>
  @type secure_forward
  shared_key         secret_string
  self_hostname      server.fqdn.local
  secure true
  ca_cert_path        /path/to/certificate/ca_cert.pem
  ca_private_key_path /path/to/certificate/ca_key.pem
  ca_private_key_passphrase passphrase_for_private_CA_secret_key
  authentication     yes # Deny clients without valid username/password
  <user>
    username tagomoris
    password foobar012
  </user>
  <user>
    username frsyuki
    password yakiniku
  </user>
</source>

Deny Unknown Source IP/hosts

<source>
  @type secure_forward
  shared_key         secret_string
  self_hostname      server.fqdn.local
  secure true
  ca_cert_path        /path/to/certificate/ca_cert.pem
  ca_private_key_path /path/to/certificate/ca_key.pem
  ca_private_key_passphrase passphrase_for_private_CA_secret_key
  allow_anonymous_source no  # Allow to accept from nodes of <client>
  <client>
    host 192.168.10.30
    # network address (ex: 192.168.10.0/24) NOT Supported now
  </client>
  <client>
    host your.host.fqdn.local
    # wildcard (ex: *.host.fqdn.local) NOT Supported now
  </client>
</source>

You can use the username/password check and client check together:

<source>
  @type secure_forward
  shared_key         secret_string
  self_hostname      server.fqdn.local
  secure true
  ca_cert_path        /path/to/certificate/ca_cert.pem
  ca_private_key_path /path/to/certificate/ca_key.pem
  ca_private_key_passphrase passphrase_for_private_CA_secret_key
  allow_anonymous_source no  # Allow to accept from nodes of <client>
  authentication         yes # Deny clients without valid username/password
  <user>
    username tagomoris
    password foobar012
  </user>
  <user>
    username frsyuki
    password sukiyaki
  </user>
  <user>
    username repeatedly
    password sushi
  </user
  <client>
    host 192.168.10.30      # allow all users to connect from 192.168.10.30
  </client>
  <client>
    host  192.168.10.31
    users tagomoris,frsyuki # deny repeatedly from 192.168.10.31
  </client>
  <client>
    host 192.168.10.32
    shared_key less_secret_string # limited shared_key for 192.168.10.32
    users      repeatedly         # and repeatedly only
  </client>
</source>

Secure Sender-Receiver Setup

Please refer to the Secure Sender-Receiver Setup sample documentation.

Parameters

type

This parameter is required. Its value must be secure_forward.

port (integer)

The default value is 24284.

bind (string)

The default value is 0.0.0.0.

secure (bool)

Indicate published connection is secure or not. Specify yes (or true) if secure encryption needed.

self_hostname (string)

Default value of the auto-generated certificate common name (CN).

shared_key (string)

Shared key between nodes.

allow_keepalive (bool)

Accept keepalive connection. The default value is true.

allow_anonymous_source (bool)

Accept connections from unknown hosts.

authentication (bool)

Require password authentication. The default value is false.

ca_cert_path (string)

The path to the private CA certificate file, which is required to use private CA. (One of this parameter or cert_path is required for secure yes configuration.)

ca_private_key_path (string)

The path to the private key for private CA certificate key file.

ca_private_key_passphrase (string)

The passphrase string for private key file, specified by ca_private_key_path.

read_length (size)

The number of bytes read per nonblocking read. The default value is 8MB=810241024 bytes.

read_interval_msec (integer)

The interval between the non-blocking reads, in milliseconds. The default value is 50.

socket_interval_msec (integer)

The interval between SSL reconnects in milliseconds. The default value is 200.

log_level option

The log_level option allows the user to set different levels of logging for each plugin. The supported log levels are: fatal, error, warn, info, debug, and trace.

Please see the logging article for further details.

Further Reading

• ​fluent-plugin-secure-forward repository​

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