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This guide will show you how to configure an Apache as a front door with SSL protection for Abiquo. The communication between Apache and Tomcat is done with the AJP Connector to improve performaceperformance.

Install Apache with mod_ssl

# yum install -y httpd mod_ssl openssl

Generate keys

Generate private key:

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# openssl genrsa -out ca.key 1024

Generate CSR:

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# openssl req -new -key ca.key -out ca.csr

Generate self signed key:

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# openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in ca.csr -signkey ca.key -out ca.crt

• Move files to the correct location:

  
  

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  # mv ca.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs # mv ca.key /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key # mv ca.csr /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.csr

  
  

Configure Apache

Move default configurations

# mv /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf.bck
# mv /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf.bck

Configure SSL

Edit a new /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf with the following parameters:

LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
Listen 443
AddType application/x-x509-ca-cert .crt
AddType application/x-pkcs7-crl    .crl
SSLPassPhraseDialog  builtin
SSLSessionCache         shmcb:/var/cache/mod_ssl/scache(512000)
SSLSessionCacheTimeout  300
SSLMutex default
SSLRandomSeed startup file:/dev/urandom  256
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
SSLCryptoDevice builtin

Configure AJP Proxy

Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/proxy_ajp.conf and add these lines:

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<VirtualHost *:80>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    RewriteEngine On
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On

    <Directory "/opt/abiquo/tomcat/webapps/client-premium/">
        Options MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    RewriteRule ^/client-premium$ /client-premium/ [R]

   <Location /client-premium>
        ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8010/client-premium/
        ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8010/client-premium/
    </Location>

    <Location /api>
        ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8010/api/
        ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8010/api/
    </Location>

    <Location /legal/>
        ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8010/legal/
        ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8010/legal/
    </Location>

	<Location /m/>
        ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8010/m/
        ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8010/m/
    </Location>

SSLEngine on
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key

</VirtualHost>

Configure Tomcat

Delete all existing Connector sections.

Put this connector configuration in /opt/abiquo/tomcat/conf/server.xml under <Service name="Catalina"> section:

<Service name="Catalina">

    <Connector port="8009" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
               connectionTimeout="20000"
               URIEncoding="UTF-8"
               redirectPort="8443"
               secure="true"
               />

    <Connector port="8010" protocol="AJP/1.3"
               enableLookups="false"
               tomcatAuthentication="false"
               connectionTimeout="20000" secure="true"
               />

Enable HTTPS in the client

Edit /opt/abiquo/tomcat/webapps/client-premium/config/client-config.xml.jsp and change USE_SECURE_CHANNEL_LOGIN value to 1:

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<name>USE_SECURE_CHANNEL_LOGIN</name>
<value><%= System.getProperty("client.USE_SECURE_CHANNEL_LOGIN", "0") %></value>
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Notice that if you enable this option, you will not be able Notice that if you enable this option, you will not be able to connect to Abiquo with this client using the HTTP URI, as it only connects to SSL enabled URIs

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Edit /opt/abiquo/config/abiquo.properties and add this line (or modify the value if it already exists):

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abiquo.server.api.location = http://localhost:8009/api

Restart Services

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service abiquo-tomcat restart service httpd restart

Now all client-server communication will go through a Secure Socket Layer. You can still use HTTP direct connection to Tomcat through port 8009.

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http://<public_ip>:8009/am

 

Adding SSL to AM

On the machine where the Appliance Manager (AM) is running, repeat the above steps (Install Apache with mod_ssl, Generate keys, Configure Apache and Configure Tomcat).

Declare the hostname of the Server + API machine (10.60.11.24), the AM machine (10.60.11.25) machine and the host which will connect to the client (your own localhost) as well.

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The same file must be properly configured on the AM machine. You can check everything works fine if after by executing "hostname" and checking the name selected is displayed. If not, try running the following command:

/etc/init.d/network restart

Next add the hostname into /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf in on the API+Server machine and AM machine:

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Now on the API+Server machine, we configure the /etc/httpd/conf.d/proxy_ajp.conf file and add the configuration of the AM machine, leaving so the file will be something like this:

LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
<VirtualHost *:80>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
RewriteEngine On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
<Directory /opt/abiquo/tomcat/webapps/client-premium/>
Options MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
RewriteRule ^/client-premium$ /client-premium/ [R]
<Location /client-premium>
ProxyPass ajp://server263:8010/client-premium/
ProxyPassReverse ajp://server263:8010/client-premium/
</Location>
<Location /api>
ProxyPass ajp://server263:8010/api/
ProxyPassReverse ajp://server263:8010/api/
</Location>
<Location /m>
ProxyPass ajp://server263:8010/m/
ProxyPassReverse ajp://server263:8010/m/
</Location>
<Location /legal/>
ProxyPass ajp://server263:8010/legal/
ProxyPassReverse ajp://server263:8010/legal/
</Location>

SSLEngine on
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key
<Directory /opt/abiquo/tomcat/webapps/am/>
Options MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
<Location /am>
ProxyPass ajp://rs263:8010/am
ProxyPassReverse ajp://rs263:8010/am
</VirtualHost>

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To finish the setup, we should:

1. stop the Stop Apache on the AM side (/etc/init.d/httpd stop)
2. in In the database , now the URI of the appliance manager Appliance Manager in remote services now points directly to the API, which means the URI should be something like "https://server263:443/am"
3. restart Restart the abiquo-tomcat service on both machines. Remember to restart the apache Apache on the API+Server machine as well.

Apache Frontend + SSL to client + SSL to AM in Abiquo 3.x

The following configuration has been performed in order to avoid Cross-Origin (CORS) problems with the new Abiquo client in HTML5 using Apache + SSL.

The best approach is to complete all the previous steps, then make the following modifications:

In the /opt/abiquo/tomcat/conf/server.xml, remove the connector which uses port 8010 and leave the file like this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!--
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this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener" SSLEngine="on" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JasperListener" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener" />
<Listener className="com.abiquo.listeners.AbiquoConfigurationListener"/>
<GlobalNamingResources>
<Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
description="User database that can be updated and saved"
factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory"
pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" />
</GlobalNamingResources>
<Service name="Catalina">
<Connector port="8009"
protocol="AJP/1.3"
enableLookups="false"
tomcatAuthentication="false"
redirectPort="8443"
connectionTimeout="20000" secure="true"/>
<Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
resourceName="UserDatabase"/>
<Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"
xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
</Host>
</Engine>
</Service>
</Server>

The next step will be to modify /etc/httpd/conf.d/proxy_ajp.conf file and change ports from 8010 to 8009, which is the only connector we will use with the AJP. Remember to leave the AM location with the port 8010 as explained in the previous section (Adding SSL to AM). The file should be as follows:

LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
<VirtualHost *:80>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
RewriteEngine On
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
<Directory "/opt/abiquo/tomcat/webapps/ui/">
Options MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
RewriteRule ^/ui$ /ui/ [R]
<Location /ui>
ProxyPass ajp://servermaster:8009/ui/
ProxyPassReverse ajp://servermaster:8009/ui/
</Location>
<Location /api>
ProxyPass ajp://servermaster:8009/api
ProxyPassReverse ajp://servermaster:8009/api
</Location>
<Location /legal/>
ProxyPass ajp://servermaster:8009/legal/
ProxyPassReverse ajp://servermaster:8009/legal/
</Location>

SSLEngine on
SSLProtocol all -SSLv2
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT:!SSLv2:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW
SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.key
<Location /am>
ProxyPass ajp://rsmaster:8010/am
ProxyPassReverse ajp://rsmaster:8010/am
</Location>
</VirtualHost>

The last file to modify is /opt/abiquo/tomcat/webapps/ui/config/client-config.json. Edit it and search for the "config.endpoint" attribute, which should in this format:

"config.endpoint": "https://servermaster:443/api"

Replace "servermaster" with the hostname of the Abiquo server where the API and the client are running.

Then restart the abiquo-tomcat service on the API+client machine and restart the Apache.