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Requirements

System Requirements

  • Linux x64 (kernel 3.10 and later, glibc 2.17-78 and later), x86_64 based or Debian based

  • NGINX web server (1.20 and later)

  • PostgreSQL database (13 and later)

  • UDMG distribution files for the different modules:

    • UDMG Admin UI

    • UDMG Authentication Proxy

    • UDMG Server (Waarp Gateway)

    • UDMG Agent Proxy

    • UDMG Authentication Proxy

    • UDMG Server (Waarp Gateway)

    • UDMG Agent Proxy, this module is optional 

  • An account with administrative privileges for the installation.
  • Network connectivity via TCP/IP.
  • Approximately 100 megabytes of disk space for the installation. More disk space is required for log files.
  • A dedicated account for the execution of the UDMG components, with write access to the storage location for the files that will be managed by UDMG.

Database Space Requirements

Following the initialization of the Universal Data Mover Gateway database, the initial table space size will be approximately 10MB.

Based on calculations using data from all transfer types, each file transfer consumes approximately 2KB of database space. You should estimate space requirements for your data based on your expected number of file transfers per day and the duration for retaining history and activity data before purging.

Installing and Configuring the Components

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  • Install a PostgreSQL database server.

  • Once the installation is complete, initialize the PostgreSQL database.

  • Start the PostgreSQL Server:

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# systemctl status start postgresql

  • Create a user for UDMG Waarp Gateway

Login as PostgreSQL administrative user, start the PostgreSQL Console (psql) and create the database user for UDMG:

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# sudo su - postgres
$ psql
psql (14.3)
Type "help" for help.

postgres=#

create database mft_waarp_gateway;
create user mft_waarp_gateway_user with encrypted password 'mft_waarp_gateway_password';
grant all privileges on database mft_waarp_gateway to mft_waarp_gateway_user;

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# tar xvf udmg_admin_ui-<VERSION>.tar zip -C /srv/www/mft/

  • Validate that the service is working properly:

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[global]
; The name given to identify this gateway instance. If the the database is shared between multiple gateways, this name MUST be unique across these gateways.
GatewayName = mft_waarp_gateway

[paths]
; The root directory of the gateway. By default, it is the working directory of the process.
GatewayHome = /home/mft

; The directory for all incoming files.
; DefaultInDir = in

; The directory for all outgoing files.
; DefaultOutDir = out

; The directory for all running transfer files.
; DefaultTmpDir = tmp

[log]
; All messages with a severity above this level will be logged. Possible values are DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR and CRITICAL.
Level = DEBUG

; The path to the file where the logs must be written. Special values 'stdout' and 'syslog' log respectively to the standard output and to the syslog daemon
; LogTo = stdout

; If LogTo is set on 'syslog', the logs will be written to this facility.
; SyslogFacility = local0

[admin]
; The address used by the admin interface.
Host = 0.0.0.0

; The port used by the admin interface. If the port is 0, a free port will automatically be chosen.
Port = 18080

; Path of the TLS certificate for the admin interface.
; TLSCert =

; Path of the key of the TLS certificate.
; TLSKey =

[database]
; Name of the RDBMS used for the gateway database. Possible values: sqlite, mysql, postgresql
Type = postgresql

; Address of the database
Address = localhost

; The name of the database
Name = mft_waarp_gateway

; The name of the gateway database user
User = mft_waarp_gateway_user

; The password of the gateway database user
Password = mft_waarp_gateway_password

; Path of the database TLS certificate file.
; TLSCert =

; Path of the key of the TLS certificate file.
; TLSKey =

; The path to the file containing the passphrase used to encrypt account passwords using AES
; AESPassphrase = passphrase.aes

[controller]
; The frequency at which the database will be probed for new transfers
Delay = 300s

; The maximum number of concurrent incoming transfers allowed on the gateway (0 = unlimited).
; MaxTransferIn = 0

; The maximum number of concurrent outgoing transfers allowed on the gateway (0 = unlimited).
; MaxTransferOut = 0
; MaxTransferOut = 0

[sftp]
; Set to true to allow legacy and weak cipher algorithms: 3des-cbc, aes128-cbc, arcfour, arcfour128, arcfour256
; AllowLegacyCiphers = false

  • Install the binaries under /usr/local/bin:

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# Proxy Configuration
[proxy]
# Port, default "5000"
port = "5000"
# Network interface, default "0.0.0.0"
inet = "127.0.0.1"
# Enable recover on panic, default true, should be true for production environment
recover = true
# Enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), should be true for production environment
cors = true
# Enable Request Track ID, default true
tracker = true
# Enable Request Logguer, default true
logger = true
# Rate Limit IP Request over 1 second, default 0 (unlimited)
limit = 0
# Enable the Prometheus Metric Endpoint '/metric', default false
metrics = false

# Service 'local' with direct authentication on the waarp gateway
[service.local]
# MFT Waarp Gateway Listen Protocol
protocol = "http"

[[service.local.targets]]
# MFT Waarp Gateway Hostname or IP
hostname = "localhost"
# MFT Waarp Gateway Port
port = 18080

# Service 'mft' with direct authentication on the waarp gateway
[service.mft]
# MFT Waarp Gateway Listen Protocol
protocol = "http"

[[service.mft.targets]]
# MFT Waarp Gateway Hostname or IP
hostname = "

18080"

localhost"
# MFT Waarp Gateway Port
port = 18080

  • Install the binary under /usr/local/bin:

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Configuration for LDAP Authentication

The UDMG Authentication Proxy is capable to use a LDAP Service to authenticate users for UDMG Admin UI:

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# vi /etc/mft/auth_proxy/config.toml

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# Proxy Configuration
[proxy]
# Port, default "5000"
port = "5000"
# Network interface, default "0.0.0.0"
inet = "127.0.0.1"
# Enable recover on panic, default true, should be true for production environment
recover = true
# Enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), should be true for production environment
cors = true
# Enable Request Track ID, default true
tracker = true
# Enable Request Logguer, default true
logger = true
# Rate Limit IP Request over 1 second, default 0 (unlimited)
limit = 0
# Enable the Prometheus Metric Endpoint '/metric', default false
metrics = false

# Service 'mft' with LDAP Authentication
[service.mft]
# MFT Waarp Gateway connection protocol(http or https)
protocol = "http"
# This is breaking glass option for admins, 
# the users in the admins list are authenticated directly on the MFT service, not with LDAP
admins = ["admin"]

[[service.mft.targets]]
# MFT Waarp Gateway Hostname or IP
hostname = "localhost"
# MFT Waarp Gateway Port
port = " 18080"

# Credentials for the synchronisation from LDAP to MFT service
# user must have permission to create/update waarp gateway users
[service.mft.credential]
username = "ldap_sync"
password = "ldap_password"

# LDAP Configuration
[service.mft.auth.ldap]
# LDAP Server DC with OU
dn = "ou=users,dc=stonebranch,dc=com"
# LDAP Server FQDN or IP
hostname = "myldap.server.fqdn.com"
# LDAP Server Port
port = "1389"

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[agent]
# MFT Agent Proxy Hostname or IP, and port
hostname = "0.0.0.0"
port = "2222"
# path to the SSH private key file
ssh_key = "agent"
# path to the SSH public key file
ssh_key_pub = "agent.pub"

# Agent Service User and password
username = "mft"
password = "61ee8b5601a84d5154387578466c8998848ba089"

The password key will be used for the client authentication.

Client Configuration

  • Create a configuration file as /etc/mft/agent_proxy/client.toml:

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[client]
# Target MFT Agent Proxy Hostname or IP, and port
hostname = "localhost"
port = "2222"

# path to the SSH private key file
ssh_key = "/etc/mft/agent_proxy/client"
# path to the SSH public key file
ssh_key_pub = "/etc/mft/agent_proxy/client.pub"

# Agent Service User and password
username = "mft"
password = "61ee8b5601a84d5154387578466c8998848ba089"

# Default TTL to Connection Retry
ttl="5s"

[client.api]
# Administrative API port
port="2280"

[gateway]
# MFT Waarp Gateway Hostname or IP, and port
hostname = "localhost"
port = "18080"
# MFT Waarp Gateway Username/Password
username = "admin"
password = "admin_password"

The password key will be used for the client authentication.

Setup the Systemd Services

UDMG Server

Create a new service definition:

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# vi /etc/systemd/system/mft_waarp_gateway.service

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# systemctl start mft_waarp_gateway
# systemctl status mft_waarp_gateway
● mft_waarp_gateway.service - MFT Waarp Gateway server
Loaded: loaded ( /etc/systemd/system/mft_waarp_gateway.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-06-07 16:43:16 -03; 10s ago
Main PID: 24888 (waarp-gatewayd)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 3509)
CPU: 11ms
CGroup: /system.slice/mft_waarp_gateway.service
└─24888 /usr/local/bin/waarp-gatewayd server -c /etc/mft/waarp_gateway/server.ini

Be sure that the listen port and network interface is reachable by UDMG Authentication Proxy and UDMG Agent Client.

UDMG Authentication Proxy

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# systemctl start mft_auth_proxy
# systemctl status mft_auth_proxy
● mft_auth_proxy.service - MFT Auth Proxy server
Loaded: loaded ( /etc/systemd/system/mft_auth_proxy.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-06-07 16:58:48 -03; 21s ago
Main PID: 25008 (mft_auth_proxy_)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 3509)
CPU: 4ms
CGroup: /system.slice/mft_auth_proxy.serviceservice
└─25008 /usr/local/bin/mft_auth_proxservicey_server

Be sure that the listen port and network interface is reachable by NGINX Server.

UDMG Agent Proxy

Agent Proxy Server Service

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# systemctl start mft_agent_proxy_server
# systemctl status mft_agent_proxy_server
● mft_agent_proxy_server.service - MFT Agent Proxy Server
Loaded: loaded ( /etc/systemd/system/mft_agent_proxy_server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-06-07 16:26:53 -03; 2s ago
Main PID: 25444 (mft_agent_proxy)
Tasks: 5 (limit: 3509)
CPU: 5ms
CGroup: /system.slice/mft_agent_proxy_server.service
└─25444 /usr/local/bin/mft_agent_proxy_server

Jun 07 16:26:53 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started MFT Agent Proxy Server.
Jun 07 16:26:53 localhost.localdomain sh[25444]: level=info TS=2022-06-07T19:26:53.624296821Z HostKey=Ok Path=/data/agent

Be sure that the listen port and network interface is reachable by UDMG Agent Client .

Agent Proxy Client Service

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# systemctl start mft_agent_proxy_client
# systemctl status mft_agent_proxy_client
● mft_agent_proxy_client.service - MFT Agent Proxy Client
Loaded: loaded ( /etc/systemd/system/mft_agent_proxy_client.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-06-07 17:26:53 -03; 2s ago
Main PID: 25445 (mft_agent_proxy)
Tasks: 5 (limit: 3509)
CPU: 6ms
CGroup: /system.slice/mft_agent_proxy_client.service
└─25445 /usr/local/bin/mft_agent_proxy_client

Jun 07 17:26:53 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started MFT Agent Proxy Server.
Jun 07 17:26:53 localhost.localdomain sh[25445]: level=info TS=2022-06-07T20:26:53.624296821Z Servers=[]

Component Ports

Make sure that all the ports needed are open under your firewall configuration.

Using UDMG with SELinux

  • Modify the file label so that NGINX (as a process labeled with the httpd_t context) can access the configuration file

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# setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

References

This document references the following documents.