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doc: add proposal for CephFS fscrypt integration
Add proposal document covering key management integration of Ceph CSI and https://github.com/google/fscrypt Updates: #1563 Signed-off-by: Marcel Lauhoff <marcel.lauhoff@suse.com>
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# Ceph Filesystem fscrypt Support
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## Problem Description
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As a Ceph Container Storage Interface (Ceph CSI) user, I want a cloud native way
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to manage keys and enable encryption on Ceph Filesystem (CephFS) volumes.
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In order to access encrypted volumes without Ceph CSI, this can be done by unlocking
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volumes with user space tools.
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## Background
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*fscrypt* or *FSCrypt* is a Linux Kernel feature that allows the filesystem
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to support the transparent encryption of files and directories. Local
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filesystems like ext4 and F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System) support this feature
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already.
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Work is in progress to add fscrypt support to CephFS for filesystem-level encryption.
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- [FSCrypt Kernel Documentation](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/fscrypt.html)
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- Management Tools
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- [`fscrypt`](https://github.com/google/fscrypt)
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- [`fscryptctl`](https://github.com/google/fscryptctl)
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- [Ceph Feature Tracker: "Add fscrypt support to the kernel CephFS client"](https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/46690)
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- [`fscrypt` design document](https://goo.gl/55cCrI)
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**NOTE:** In this document, fscrypt refers to the filesystem-level encryption
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feature, while `fscrypt` specifically refers to the user space tool.
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## Terminology
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- *FSCrypt*, *fscrypt* - Linux Kernel filesystem-level encryption feature
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- `fscrypt` (code formatted) - User space tool manage keys and encryption policies
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- `fscryptctl` (code formatted) - Low-level user space tool manage
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keys and encryption policies
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- *subvolume* - CephFS subvolume
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- *unlocking* - Using a key to make an encrypted filesystem
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accessible in plain text
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- *protector* (fscrypt) - A single method or secret plus data used to
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derive a *protector key*. Example: user login passphrase
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- *protector key* (fscrypt) - A symmetric key derived from an external
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source. Used by a *policy* to unwrap a *policy key*
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- *policy key* (fscrypt) - An encryption key passed to the kernel to
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unlock a directory
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- *policy* (fscrypt) - A collection of directories protected and unlocked as a unit
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- *KMS* - Key management system
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## User Visible Change
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Similar to the existing RADOS Block Device (RBD) encryption support,
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we propose adding encryption support in the configuration and Key
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Management Service (KMS) integration.
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In this example, a user may enable encryption using storage class keys similar
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to RBD. Ceph CSI then configures and unlocks the persistent volumes and CephFS
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subvolumes.
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Due to the way `fscrypt` stores metadata, subvolumes have a regular root
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directory containing a `/.fscrypt` directory and a
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`/ceph-csi-encrypted` directory. The first contains `fscrypt` metadata; the
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latter is the fscrypt-enabled directory made that is accessible to pods.
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Example configuration using a secrets-based KMS:
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```yaml
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apiVersion: v1
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kind: Secret
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metadata:
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name: cephfs-storage-encryption-secret
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stringData:
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encryptionPassphrase: verysecretpassword
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---
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apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
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kind: StorageClass
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metadata:
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name: csi-cephfs-sc-encrypted
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provisioner: cephfs.csi.ceph.com
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parameters:
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clusterID: <cluster-id>
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fsName: cephfs
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encrypted: "true"
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encryptionKMSID: "user-ns-secrets-metadata"
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csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-name: csi-cephfs-secret
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csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-namespace: default
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csi.storage.k8s.io/controller-expand-secret-name: csi-cephfs-secret
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csi.storage.k8s.io/controller-expand-secret-namespace: default
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csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-name: csi-cephfs-secret
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csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-namespace: default
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reclaimPolicy: Delete
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allowVolumeExpansion: true
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mountOptions:
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- debug
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```
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The change will leverage the existing Ceph CSI KMS and support any
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integration now available to RBD encryption
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## Implementation
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We suggest to leverage the encryption features in Ceph CSI and integrate
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that with `fscrypt`, a Go tool, and the library for key management and configuration
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of the fscrypt kernel feature.
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Ceph CSI and `fscrypt` have a lot of overlap between their key management
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features. The Key Management section will go into detail on how and where keys
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are managed.
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- Ceph CSI provides the user facing configuration and access to key
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management systems
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- `fscrypt` handles key derivation, storage of wrapped keys and metadata
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The current CephFS subvolume root will remain untouched with the exception that
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the subvolume root is not bind mounted into the pod, but rather a well-known
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subdirectory. The root will contain a `/.fscrypt` directory managed by `fscrypt`.
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`fscrypt` requires access to a mounted filesystem and therefore the encryption setup
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must take place in the `NodeStageVolume` request handler instead of `CreateVolume`.
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This is the same case for RBD. The set up will take place right between
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subvolume mount and bind mount to the container namespace.
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Additional checks after unlocking will ensure that a container operates on an
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unlocked encrypted directory and never on directory that has fscrypt enabled.
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### Key Management
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```mermaid
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graph LR
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vault[Vault, Default] -->|data encryption key| csi_kms_integrated
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secrets[Passphrase<br>K8s secrets, AWS, IBM Key Protect] -->|passphrase| csi_kms_metadata
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subgraph ceph_csi_kms[Ceph CSI KMS]
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csi_kms_metadata['metadata' type DEK store]
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csi_kms_integrated['integrated' type DEK store]
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end
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subgraph protector[fscrypt protector]
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custom_passphrase[CustomPasswordSource];
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raw_passphrase[RawKeySource];
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protector_metadata[(/.fscrypt/protectors)];
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protector_metadata -->|wrapped key| custom_passphrase;
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protector_metadata -->|wrapped key| raw_passphrase;
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end
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subgraph policy[fscrypt policy]
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policy_unwrap
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policy_metadata[(/.fscrypt/policies)]
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policy_metadata -->|wrapped key| policy_unwrap
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end
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csi_kms_metadata -->|DEK| custom_passphrase
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csi_kms_integrated -->|DEK| raw_passphrase
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custom_passphrase -->|protector key| policy_unwrap
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raw_passphrase -->|protector key| policy_unwrap
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policy_unwrap -->|policy key| kernel[Kernel API]
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```
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The diagram shows the keys flowing from Ceph CSI to the Kernel API unlocking
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a directory. On the way, key material from Ceph CSI passes two key derivation
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steps in fscrypt:
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- *protectors* and
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- *policies*
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`fscrypt` supports multiple *protectors*. These may source secrets from login
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passwords, custom passwords or soon Ceph CSI. Unlocking a protector
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yields a *protector key* that is then used to unlock a *policy*.
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A *policy* may unlock multiple directories. In our case there will be
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only a single policy for a single well-known directory on the subvolume root.
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A policy is used to derive a *policy key*, which is passed to the Kernel API
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along with other settings, such as the desired encryption algorithm.
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Going back to the beginning of the diagram and looking at the interface between
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`fscrypt` and Ceph CSI one can see that the two data encryption key (DEK)
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styles (*metadata* and *integrated*) map to different `fscrypt` protectors.
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The `fscrypt` protector of key sources `CustomPasswordSource` and `RawKeySource`
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differ in how they derive a key from a source. Refer to the `fscrypt` design
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doc for details.
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Metadata DEKs: In the RBD case, Ceph CSI stores a wrapped key in the
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RBD volume metadata and then a user configured secret (for example, a Kubernetes
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secret) is passed to a key derivation function (KDF) to then unwrap the
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key. The resulting key unlocks the volume.
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Since `fscrypt` already stores wrapped keys there is no need for an
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extra layer of wrapping. We can also skip the KDF and use a
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`CustomPasswordSource` to pass the Ceph CSI secret directly to
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`fscrypt`.
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With integrated DEKs (for example, Vault) Ceph CSI uses a key from a KMS
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directly. To integrate this with `fscrypt` we use a
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`RawKeySource`, that is similar to a `CustomPasswordSource`, but skips
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the KDF.
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As the diagram shows, both policies and protectors require a metadata
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store. The default `fscrypt` data store is in a `/.fscrypt`
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directory under a filesystem root. The `fscrypt` design doc details
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alternatives and explains what data is stored.
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To be compatible with `fscrypt`, this directory requires support as
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well. The downside of this is that we lose the CephFS subvolume root to
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metadata and encrypted data will reside under a well-known
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subdirectory (for example, `/ceph-csi-encrypted`).
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## Dependencies
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The proposed change is tailored to CephFS and requires CephFS support
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to work *with* CephFS. The kernel APIs however are not specific to
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CephFS and are unlikely to change as they only deal with configuration
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and key management. There is no direct dependency on CephFS. Using the
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proposed features will simply fail at runtime, when neither Ceph nor
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the Kernel have the appropriate support. At build time this feature
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does not require CephFS fscrypt support.
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Runtime dependencies:
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- Kernel >= v5.4 with `CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION=y`
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- CephFS kernel client fscrypt support [Ceph Feature Tracker](https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/46690)
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Build dependencies:
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- `google/fscrypt` library, which has minimal build dependencies
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([fscrypt doc](https://github.com/google/fscrypt#building-and-installing))
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## Alternatives
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### [ceph-csi-kms] Key Management: Policy Key Directly From Ceph CSI
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A simpler approach to the one proposed above, but incompatible with
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`fscrypt`. To unlock a subvolume, the user would have to use Ceph CSI.
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The implementation is similar to the RBD encryption feature.
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It uses the low-level `fscryptctl` tool to set a policy key
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from a Ceph CSI data encryption key.
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Ceph CSI KMS requires metadata data encryption key storage that can use
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xattrs on a mounted CephFS filesystem.
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A prototype showing this approach is available: [repository](https://github.com/irq0/ceph-csi/tree/wip/fscrypt)
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Benefits:
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- Simpler key wrapping
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- No `/.fscrypt` on the subvolume root
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Drawbacks:
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- `fscryptctl` is a C tool and does not lend itself to be integrated into Ceph CSI
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- Incompatible with `fscrypt`
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- Does not support unlocking with any of possibly multiple keys
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configured (`fscrypt` protectors feature)
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### [manual] Manual Setup
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For completeness, a user may set up FSCrypt without any support in
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Ceph CSI. Both `fscrypt` and `fscryptctl` work in containers
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and may even be used with the proposed change or alternative [ceph-csi-kms].
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The following links provide examples from the documentation that also apply to
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CephFS:
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- [fscrypt example usage](https://github.com/google/fscrypt#example-usage)
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- [fscryptctl example usage](https://github.com/google/fscryptctl#example-usage)
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### [subdirs] Support Unlocking Arbitrary subdirs (instead of subvolume basis)
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An extension to the proposal: As mentioned in the implementation section, a
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`fscrypt` policy may apply to multiple directories and from a set of protectors
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any suffices to unlock a policy. A user may configure a complex mapping of
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subdirectories and Ceph CSI secret sources to unlock different parts of a CephFS
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subvolume with different keys.
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