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Introduction

Jobs might require variables for parameterization that hold secrets. We find a number of requirements for management of such variables, see JS7 - How to encrypt and decrypt Variables

The preferred solution with JS7 is to use asymmetric keys, for details see JS7 - Encryption and Decryption.

  • Encryption and decryption can be performed directly by related jobs.
  • Encryption and decryption can be performed outside of JS7 products.
  • This includes that JS7 products have no knowledge of secret keys involved that potentially could be compromised by logging, database persistence etc.

FEATURE AVAILABILITY STARTING FROM RELEASE 2.5.9
FEATURE AVAILABILITY STARTING FROM RELEASE 2.6.6

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The solution ships with JS7 Agents that can use encyption/decryption with shell jobs out-of-the-box.

In addition, the solution is provided for download to perform encryption and decryption outside of JS7 products.

Managing the Private Key and Certificate

Assymetric encryption makes use of a Private Key and Certificate/Public Key that can be created in a number of ways:

  • Users can create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and ask their Certificate Authority (CA) to sign the CSR and to receive an X.509 Certificate. The X.509 Private Key or Certificate allow to derive the Public Key.
  • User can create a self-signed X.509 Certificate, see JS7 - How to create self-signed Certificates.
  • Users can create a Private Key and Certificate as explained in the next chapter.

Step 1: Creating the Private Key and Certificate

The following step is performed on the server hosting the Agent that should decrypt secrets using the openssl utility from the command line:

Example how to create ECDSA private key and certificate 
# navigate to the Agent's <agent-data>/config/private directory
cd /var/sos-berlin.com/js7/agent/config/private

# create the private key in pkcs#1 format
#   without passphrase
# openssl ecparam -name secp256k1 -genkey -noout -out agent.key
#   with passphrase
openssl ecparam -genkey -name secp256k1 | openssl ec -aes256 -passout pass:"jobscheduler" -out agent.key

# create certificate
openssl req -new -x509 -key agent.key -passin pass:"jobscheduler" -out agent.crt -days 1825

# extract public key from private key (not required)
# openssl ec -in agent.key -passin pass:"jobscheduler" -pubout > agent.pub
Example how to create RSA private key and certificate 
# navigate to the Agent's <agent-data>/config/private directory
cd /var/sos-berlin.com/js7/agent/config/private

# create the private key in pkcs#1 format
#   without passphrase
# openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout agent.key -out agent.crt
#   with passphrase
openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -passout pass:"jobscheduler" -keyout agent.key -out agent.crt

# extract public key from certificate (not required)
# openssl x509 -pubkey -noout -in agent.crt > agent.pub

Step 2: Making the Certificate available

Copy the certificate file to the server(s) hosting the Agent(s) or 3rd-party components that should encrypt secrets:

Example where to copy the certificate 
# navigate to the Agent's <agent-data>/config/private directory
cd /var/sos-berlin.com/js7/agent/config/private

# copy the agent.crt certificate file from to the current location using a file transfer tool or your clipboard

Encryption

Usage

Invoking the script without arguments displays the usage clause:


Usage
Usage: js7_encrypt.sh [Options] [Switches]

  Options:
     --cert=<path-to-certificate>  | path to X.509 certificate or public key file used to encrypt the secret.
     --in=<secret>                 | secret that should be encrypted.
     --infile=<path-to-file>       | path to input file.
     --outfile=<path-to-file>      | path to output file that should be encrypted. 

  Switches:
     -h | --help                   | displays usage

Options

  • --cert
    • Specifies the path to a file that holds the CA signed or self-signed X.509 certificate. Alternatively the path to a file holding the public key can be specified.
  • --in
    • Specifies the input value that should be encrypted, typically a secret.
    • One of the options --in or --infile has to be specified.
  • --infile
    • Specifies the path to a file that should be encrypted.
    • One of the options --in or --infile has to be specified.
    • This option requires use of the --outfile option.
  • --outfile
    • Specifies the path to the output file that will be created holding the encrypted content of the input file.
    • The option is used if the --infile option is specified.

Switches

  • -h | --help
    • Displays usage.

Exit Codes

  • 1: argument errors
  • 2: processing errors

Return Values

The script writes output to the stdout channel that includes the following items separated by spaces:

  • encrypted symmetric key,
  • base64 encoded initialization vector,
  • encrypted secret or path to encrypted output file. 

Examples

The following examples illustrate typical use cases.

Encrypting Secret using Unix Shell

Example for Encryption using Unix Shell
result=$(./bin/js7_encrypt.sh --cert=agent.crt --in="secret")
echo "$result"

# encrypts the given secret using an Agent's X.509 certificate
# output includes the symmetric key, initialization vector and encrypted string separated by space

Encrypting and forwarding Secret using Unix Shell in Jobs

Example for Encryption using Unix Shell
result=$(./bin/js7_encrypt.sh --cert=agent.crt --in="secret")
echo "new_var=$result" >> $JS7_RETURN_VALUES

# encrypts the given secret using an Agent's X.509 certificate
# output includes the symmetric key, initialization vector and encrypted string separated by spaces
# output is stored to the "new_var" variable (key/value pair) that is made available for later jobs in the workflow

Encrypting File using Unix Shell

Example for Encryption using Unix Shell
echo "secret file" > /tmp/secret.txt
result=$(./bin/js7_encrypt.sh --cert=agent.crt --infile=/tmp/secret.txt --outfile=/tmp/secret.txt.encrypted)
echo "$result"

# encrypts the given file using an Agent's X.509 certificate and creates an encrypted output file
# output includes the symmetric key, initialization vector and path to encrypted file separated by spaces

Decryption

Usage

Invoking the script without arguments displays the usage clause:


Usage
Usage: js7_decrypt.sh [Options] [Switches]

  Options:
     --key=<path>                  | path to private key file for decryption.
     --key-password=<password>     | password for the private key.
     --iv=<initialization-vector>  | base64 encoded initialization vector (returned by encryption).
     --encrypted-key=<key>         | base64 encoded encrypted symmetric key (returned by encryption).
     --in=<encrypted-secret>       | encrypted secret to decrypt (returned by encryption).
     --infile=<path-to-file>       | path to encrypted input file.
     --outfile=<path-to-file>      | path to decrypted output file.

  Switches:
     -h | --help                   | displays usage

Options

  • --key
    • Specifies the path to the Private Key file that matches the X.509 Certificate or Public Key used for previous encryption.
    • The argument is required.
  • --key-password
    • Specifies the password if the Private Key file indicated with the --key option is protected by a password.
  • --iv
    • Specifies the base64 encoded initialization vector as returned during encryption.
    • The argument is required.
  • --encrypted-key
    • Specifies the base64 encoded, encrypted symmetric key as returned during encryption.
    • The argument is required.
  • --in
    • Specifies the encrypted secret that should be decrypted.
    • One of the options --in or --infile has to be specified.
  • --infile
    • Specifies the path to an encrypted file that should be decrypted.
    • One of the options --in or --infile has to be specified.
    • This option requires use of the --outfile option.
  • --outfile
    • Specifies the path to the output file that will be created holding the decrypted content of the input file.
    • The option is required if the --infile option is specified.

Switches

  • -h | --help
    • Displays usage.

Exit Codes

  • 1: argument errors
  • 2: processing errors

Return Values

The script writes output to the stdout channel that includes the following items:

  • decrypted secret or path to decrypted output file if the --infile and --outfile options are used.

Examples

The following examples illustrate typical use cases.

Decrypting Secret using Unix Shell

Example for Decryption using Unix Shell
# assumes that previous encryption created the "result" variable
# result=$(./bin/js7_encrypt.sh --cert=agent.crt --in="secret")

secret=$(./bin/js7_decrypt.sh \
    --key=agent.key \
    --key-password="jobscheduler" \
    --encrypted-key="$(echo "$result" | cut -d' ' -f 1)" \
    --iv="$(echo "$result" | cut -d' ' -f 2)" \
    --in="$(echo "$result" | cut -d' ' -f 3)")
echo "${secret}"

# decrypts the given encrypted secret using an Agent's private key and passphrace
# initialization vector, encrypted symmetric key and encrypted secret are returned during encryption
# output includes the decrypted secret

Decrypting File using Unix Shell

Example for Decryption using Unix Shell
# assumes that previous encryption created the "result" variable
# result=$(./bin/js7_encrypt.sh --cert=agent.crt --infile=/tmp/secret.txt --outfile=/tmp/secret.txt.encrypted)

./bin/js7_decrypt.sh \
    --key=agent.key \
    --key-password="jobscheduler" \
    --encrypted-key="$(echo "${result}" | cut -d' ' -f 1)" \
    --iv="$(echo "${result}" | cut -d' ' -f 2)" \
    --infile=$(echo "${result}" | cut -d' ' -f 3) \
    --outfile=/tmp/secret.txt.decrypted
cat /tmp/secret.txt.decrypted

# decrypts the given encrypted file using an Agent's private key and passphrase
# creates the decrypted output file

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