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Overview

Access provides a flexible means of configuration using a simple YAML configuration file found in the $ACCESS_HOME/etc folder. You can make a single change at a time or multiple configuration changes as needed, to create, update and delete any elements in Access.

Take care when modifying Access configurations

Modifying the Access configurations is an advanced feature, and if done incorrectly may render Access in an undefined and unusable state. Since it is easy to overwrite configurations, we strongly recommend backing up the configuration YAML file before making any direct changes, and taking great care when doing so.

YAML File Format

The YAML file is constructed with keys and entities, using the following format: 
key: [entity]

For example:

http:
  port: 8340         # access port
  tls-enabled: true  # specifies if https should be enabled or not
  ...
...
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Applying Configuration Changes

Once you have configured your YAML file to include all the configuration changes needed, you can apply them by following the steps using the different YAML configuration files described below.

Take care when modifying Access configurations

Modifying the Access configurations is an advanced feature, and if done incorrectly may render Access in an undefined and unusable state. Since it is easy to overwrite configurations, we strongly recommend backing up the configuration YAML file before making any direct changes, and taking great care when doing so.

YAML Configuration Files

There are several configuration files that may found under the $ACCESS_HOME/etc folder:

access.config.import.yml
If this file exists, it is the configuration file that the Access services actually imports when restarted. It is the values in this file that will determine the Access service configuration. If the file does not exist, Access will load with its latest configuration settings.
access.config.template.yml

This is a template file provided upon installation. It includes default values for a variety of configuration parameters, as well as simple examples for others.

Don't load or modify this file

The purpose of this file is to provide a reference to the list of configurable parameters governing Access. Some of the parameters provide recommended default values, however other parameters (such as server names) contain sample values that, if loaded into your Access services, may render them unusable.

We strongly recommend not modifying this file, and not uploading it (by changing its name to access.config.import.yml, so you always have the option of reverting to recommended default values.

access.config.latest.yml
This file shows which configuration parameters are different from the default values in the current Access configuration. This is the file you should be editing and renaming to access.config.import.yml if you wish to make configuration changes
access.config.latest.<timestamp>.yml
This file shows previous versions of the access.config.latest.yml file with a timestamp to indicate when it was replaced.

Uploading the YAML File

To setup your Access configuration files, you need to work with the above YAML files in the following way:

  • Open the access.config.template.yml file

  • Find the Key for which you would like to change the Value and copy it

  • Open the access.config.latest.yml file

  • Paste the Key - Value pair you copied and set the relevant value as desired

  • Save the access.config.latest.yml file as access.config.import.yml

  • Restart Access by restarting the corresponding Artifactory service

Note that an uploaded configuration file does not update the current configuration in Access, but rather completely replaces it.

Making multiple configuration calls

You may configure synchronization as often as you want and with any combination of parameters.

Example

To change the setting of number-of-retries from 3 (the default) to 5, you would take the following steps:

  1. Open the access.config.template.yml and copy the number-of-retries: 3 Key-Value pair.
  2. Paste the copied Key-Value pair into the access.config.latest.yml file
  3. In access.config.latest.yml, change the value of number-of-retries to 5
  4. Save the modified access.config.latest.yml as access.config.import.yml 
  5. Restart Artifactory - this will restart the Access service which will then load the values in access.config.import.yml with the updated configuration

Reverting to Previous Configurations

Every time you change the Access configuration by loading a new access.config.import.yml file, Access stores the current configuration, before it is replaced, in an access.config.latest.<timestamp>.yml file.

At any time, if you want to revert to a previous configuration:

  1. Find the access.config.latest.<timestamp>.yml file with the relevant timestamp. 
  2. Rename the file to access.config.import.yml 
  3. Restart Artifactory - this will restart the Access service which will then load the values in access.config.import.yml with the updated configuration

Supported Configurations

Below is an example of a complete YAML file showing all the different parameters that you may configure

# DO NOT IMPORT THIS FILE.
# This file describes the JFrog Access YAML configuration file and should only be
# as a reference.
#
# To change the configuration in an Access service, follow these instructions:
# 1. Find the value you want to update
# 2. Set the value in the access.config.latest.yml file under [access-home]/etc
# 3. Change access.config.latest.yml to access.config.import.yml
# 4. Restart Access
---
security:
  password-policy:    # users' password policy
    uppercase: 0      # minimum number of uppercase letters that the password must contain
    lowercase: 0      # minimum number of lowercase letters that the password must contain
    digit: 0          # minimum number of digits that the password must contain
    length: 4         # minimum length of the password
    not-match-old: true # should access allow setting a new password to the same one currently set for the user
  user-lock-policy:
    attempts: 0                     # number of failed login attempts to allow before locking a user. 0 (default) means the feature is disabled
    seconds-to-unlock: 0            # number of seconds to wait before re-enabling login for a user that has been locked out
    password-expiry-days: 0         # number of days before a password expires. Set by Artifactory
    admin-password-expirable: false # does the access admin password expire
  audit:
    enabled: true           # should access log all requests to a specific file or not
  password-strength: 8      # bcrypt password strength. A higher value means better security, but password verification will be slower
  local-interfaces-expire-in-seconds: 60 * 10 # number of seconds for which local server ips should be cached for users’ allowed-ips
  encryption-enabled: true  # specifies if users’ custom data encryption is allowed
http:
  port: 8340         # access port
  tls-enabled: true  # specifies if https should be enabled or not
grpc:
  port: 0              # the grpc port. 0 indicates that Access should find a random available port
  grpc-enabled: false  # specifies if grpc is enabled. Default - false
token:
  refresh-expiry: 86400  # grace period (seconds) during which an expired token can still be refreshed
  default-expiry: 3600   # default expiry period (seconds) when token expiry is set to null
  cache:
    expire-after-write-seconds: 60  # number of seconds Access waits before deleting an entry from the cache
    maximum-size: 1000              # maximum number of tokens Access allows in the cache
  revocation:
    minimum-revocable-expiry: -1  # (seconds) token with lifespan (issuedAt-expiry) below this value will not be revocable. (tokens without expiry are always revocable) set to -1 to make all tokens with expiry non-revocable (default).
task:
  revoke-expired-tokens-cron: "0 0 0/1 * * ?"  # cron expression defining when the "revoke expired token" job should run
  heartbeat:
    interval-seconds: 5         # interval between successive runs of the heartbeat job
    consider-stale-seconds: 30  # the time period (seconds) a server can remain unresponsive before being considered stale in the cluster
cluster:
  sync:
    timeout-millis: 100                # initial time (ms) to wait before retrying a request
    socket-timeout-millis: 5000        # time to wait (ms) before giving up on executing a REST call on another server
    exponential-backoff-multiplier: 2  # number by which the retry timeout should be multiplied before a subsequent retry. For example, by default, the third retry will happen after 200 ms
    number-of-retries: 3               # maximum number of retries
    backoff-max-delay-millis: 1000     # maximum time between successive retries regardless of other settings
federation:
  outbound:                    # outbound configuration specifies parameters for sending data
    entity-types-to-sync:      # entity types to sync as part of federation (default - used if not configured for server)
      - users
      - groups
      - permissions
      - tokens
    buffer-wait-millis: 30000  # amount of time (ms) data should be accumulated before being sent
    buffer-max-size: 500       # maximum number of events that can be accumulated before triggering sending of data
    consider-stale-hours: 168  # time (hours) server can remain unresponsive before being considered stale
    maximum-future-time-diff-millis: 60000  # maximum difference between received data timestamp to current timestamp of the server that is allowed
    timeout-millis: 3000               # initial wait between retries
    exponential-backoff-multiplier: 2  # number by which the retry timeout should be multiplied before a subsequent retry. For example, by default, the third retry will happen after 6000 ms
    number-of-retries: 3               # maximum number of retries
    backoff-max-delay-millis: 10000    # maximum time between successive retries regardless of other settings
    delay-on-error-millis: 300000      # time to wait (ms) after an error occurred
    socket-timeout-millis: 5000        # time to wait (ms) before giving up on executing a REST call on another server
    servers:
      - name: hello-1                    # the name of the target server
        url: "http:#example.com/access"  # the target server url
        active: true                     # whether the federation to this server is enabled or not
        entity-types-to-sync:            # entity types to sync as part of federation. if not configured - fallback to outbound entity types to sync
        - users
        - groups
        - permissions
        - tokens
        permission-filters:             # include and exclude patterns filtering permissions to federate per server
          include-patterns:
            - ".*a.*"
            - ".*b.*"
          exclude-patterns:
            - ".*aa.*"
      - name: hello-2                    # you can configure any number of target servers
        url: "http:#example2.com/access"
  inbound:                # inbound configuration specifies receiving data
    number-of-retries: 3  # number of retries to consume the incoming data
    service-id-mapping:
    - from: jfrt@1234567890abcdef    # service id to change from for permissions and tokens
      to: jfrt@fedcba0987654321      # service id to change to
    - from: jfbt@abcdefabcdefabcdef  # any number of server mappings can be specified
      to: jfbt@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

licenses:                 # should only be set by Artifactory
  server-name: "hello"    # the id of the server
  key: "verylonglicense"  # the license
max-config-files-to-retain: 10  # maximum number of configuration file versions to save after being updated
schema-version: 1         # internal for future use
do-not-import-this-file   # Ignore: a marker to prevent import of this file
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