APM subsession variables disappear before session is terminated
Hi We are currently trying to access APM subsession variables in a Per-Request policy. The subsession variables contains user information gathered when validating users with a OAuth client "branch". We would like to keep the username eg. subsession.oauth.client.last.id_token.preferred_username throughout the entire session. However, after around 15 minutes it disappears but the session remains (this matches the Max subsession life timeout value of 900 seconds). When the subsession expires users are not validated once more as their session is still valid and the subsession variable is now "blank". This makes the session logs "anonymous" after 900 seconds and requires extended log searching to find the user of the session (searching for the session ID and finding the originating username from when the session was established). It seems that it is not possible to persist subsession variables to the main session variables. If I add the OAuth branch in the Per Session policy the variables persists, which I would assume is expected behavior. However, this is not a feasible solution, as we branch HTTP HOST's and validate users with different OAuth Servers (Azure App reg). This is only possible in the Per-Request policy. Any advise would be greatly appreciated :-)Solved29Views0likes2CommentsEdge Client OAuth with Azure
Hello All, I tried OAuth feature on Edge Client with Azure as IDP. It works, I receive the Access Token and connect successfully. The problem is that Policy does not parse the JWT token and just stores it as secure variable. So I have no information about the user. I can parse it with an irule, but I expected to be parsed automatically, lilke when you use an OAuth Client in VPE. Am I missing something?37Views0likes0CommentsNot active oauth tokens after reboot
Hi, I have an oauth profile what generates opaque oauth tokens with long lifetimes. I originally thought the tokens where invalidated after an upgrade or even a failover. Now after testing they are indentified as "Not active" in the APM log. The tokens work just right after generating them. Also, despite the long lifetime setup in the oauth profile, the tmsh commands lists the tokens with same dates on issue and expiry, for both access and refresh tokens. So the tokens seem to be generated with wrong expiry dates. I've noticed this in the production cluster, and am able to test in a standalone non-production device. I have several cases escalated with F5 support but I have no real significant replies and tests to do since weeks. So I am unfortunately asking here to see if anybody has ideas to test or troubleshoot. Thanks. Lloyd39Views0likes1CommentOAuth token synchronization in APM HA pair
Hello. I have an HA pair of APMs, acting as a OAuth authorization server. By default, devices in HA should synchronized OAuth tokens from Active to Standby. But I don't see issued tokens on Standby device. The statemirror.mirrorsession system database variable set in "enabled". :Active:In Sync] ~ # tmsh show apm oauth token-details db-instance <db_name> total-tokens: 7258 :Standby:In Sync] ~ # tmsh show apm oauth token-details db-instance <db_name> total-tokens: 0 No synchronization errors (Failed to initiate DB synchronization (ERR_DB)) in logs. How can I check, that token synchronization is successful and issued OAuth tokens existing on both device in cluster?726Views0likes7CommentsOAuth SSO
Hi All, we'd like to secure the access to a backend portal with OAuth (F5 Authorization Server and F5 Client/Ressource Server). We aleady configured 2 Virtual Servers and 2 Access Profiles access profile 1 for the backend application (OAuth Client and Scope Agents) access profile 2 for the OAuth AS (Logon Page, LDAP Auth and OAuth AS Agent) The login and the OAuth (OIDC) works with the backend via id_token. Idea was to ask the user ONCE for his LDAP Credentials and then authorize the user in subsequent authorization requests from client applications WITHOUT asking for entering his credentials again. What we see in the session logs is, that the authorization server session always ends with "session deleted (oauth_finished)" once the authorization request has successfully ended, hence the users LDAP information is destroyed together with the "session deleted" Is it possible to get some kind of SSO so that the users credentials is stored in the client for subsequent authorization requests and that the logon page can make use those credentials without prompting the user to login manually again? Thanks Steffen468Views2likes3CommentsBIGIP OAUTH : Transmit "Application id" to backend server after a successful atuthentication
Hello @ all 🙂 I took over the management of a bigip (15.1.1) on which APM is configured, in particular to do OAUTH for partner applications. I'd like to know if it is possible to transmit used application id (from "Access ›› Federation : OAuth Authorization Server : Client Application " ) to backend server. Here is what I had understood about how it works (currently functionnal): External form, when "Authentication button" is clicked, redirect to a form hosted and managed with APM on our F5. An Access policy is used and when user is authenticated, the brower redirect to the external application using one of the defined url for the current Application ("Access ›› Federation : OAuth Authorization Server : Client Application " : Security settings/Redirect URL(s) ). Then, the next requests are authenticated. I'd like to know if it is possible (and how) add an information that could be transmitted to backend server to identify the used application. Little precision : we can't change the current behavior of the external app : it means that the solution should be on the BigIP. Thank you for your helpSolved1.1KViews0likes10CommentsUsing Custom OAuth Client iRules
How do I use iRules with OAuth Server Profile? What are the valid events that will fire to trigger execution. Products docs just say "attach and iRule if you want customization". https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_apm/manuals/product/apm-authentication-sso-13-1-0/37.html Under heading "Configuring OAuth servers for APM as a client"601Views2likes2CommentsOAuth SSO like SAML Inline SSO possible?
Hi Folks, I have the following challenge and I am unsure, how it can be solved. F5 APM as OAuth Authorization Server Web Application as OAuth Client + Ressource Server Szenario 1: Internal Access This works like a charme. The user go's to the Web Application, clicks on the OIDC Login Link, is redirected to the Authorization Server, etc. The classic grant flow. Szenario 2: External Access through APM Portal The customer demand is, to publish this web application through a F5 APM Webtop with single sign on. The Web Application does not support getting the JWT from the authorization header, therefore all Bearer SSO methodes are not working. The application must go through the OAuth Grant Flow transparently for the user. This looks like the SAML Inline SSO method, but that is not possible with OAuth or do I miss anything? I have two ideas, how this can be solved. It would be great, If someone knows an even simpler method. Publish the OAuth Server in the internet. Publish the Web Application through a new Virtual Server with an Access Profile attached. Add Portal Link to the Web Application. Span the access session accross both Access Profiles. Opening the Web Application from the Web Top -> works seamless with the same Access Session Clicking on the OIDC Login Link at the Web Application Redirect to the OAuth Server New Access Session begins and the user must login again -> BAD The new access session for the Authorization server is required, because: The Access Policy must be validated to trigger the OAuth Authorization VPE Agent. The Access Policy is closed automatically after OAuth Authorization. First idea: At initial login on the Webtop: Generate a secure domain cookie Set it in the browser Write a mapping table (ltm table) cookie->username At the OAuth Server: Get the cookie Lookup the username in the mapping table If found, set the OAuth username, else prompt for authentication OAuth Authorization works without user login again Second idea: At initial auth-redirect Request from the Web Application: Intercept the auth-redirect request Use a sideband connection to request the authorization code from the authorization server (skip authentication, authorization server is only available on the f5 itself) Use another sideband connection to send the authorization code via the redirect-request back to the Web Application Use the redirect-request response as the response for 1. and deliver it to the browser This are the only two ideas I have, too solve this challenge. However, is it really as complex as I think or is there a really simple method I have overseen?1.3KViews0likes4CommentsAPM Oauth clintless mode
Hi, We currently have the following setup: client( not a web browser) sends a post request to an internal oauth server with the following parameters: username: some_user password: some_pass scope: some_scope grant_type: some_grant if the client passes the authentication he receives a bearer access token which is inserted to the header on the response. Then he can access and use the rest api. We want to integrate F5 into the current scenario so it will act as a client/resource provider( I hope those are the right terms) and then will check the validity of the access token. I'm pretty new to all of the terms and the process of getting an access token, I have read couple of posts on devcentral, guides on f5 clouddocs and on ask f5 and started to play around with it. Those are the resources I've used so far: https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/apm-authentication-for-a-sessionless-and-clientless-api-62162 https://clouddocs.f5.com/training/community/iam/html/class2/module1/module1.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_apm/manuals/product/big-ip-access-policy-manager-single-sign-on-concepts-configuration-14-1-0/04.html https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_apm/manuals/product/big-ip-access-policy-manager-authentication-and-single-sign-on-14-0-0/38.html I have a very general idea how its supposed to work: Client sends a POST request to a VS with apm. An irule will check the request and insert clientless mode. somehow I need to parse the POST parameters and assign them to the appropriate APM variables. There must be a provider configuration and a request configuration ( with the appropriate variables which were parsed ). F5 requests an access token from the oauth server and if successful then on the response it inserts a bearer header with the received access token. The client sends requests to the api which is configured behind a different VS with a per request AP which will verify his bearer token and the scope with the Oauth server. I would like to know if that's something possible to achieve and where and how to start. Thanks, Alex604Views0likes1CommentOAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration
Problem this snippet solves: OAuth 2.0 is now supported in version 13. Client applications need to be defined manually in the Web UI. We developed an irule allowing a client application to self register. How to use this snippet: This code makes calls to external functions : json2dict and HTTP Super SIDEBAND Requestor. You need to add them to your set of irules on the BIG-IP before configuring the client app registration service. json2dict proc json2dict JSONtext { string range [ string trim [ string trimleft [ string map {\t {} \n {} \r {} , { } : { } \[ \{ \] \}} $JSONtext ] {\uFEFF} ] ] 1 end-1 } Workflow The client application will do the following request : POST /f5-oauth2/v1/client-register HTTP/1.1 Host: oauthas.example.com User-Agent: curl/7.47.1 Accept: */* Content-Length: 29 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded username=user&password=pwd This request can be achieved using cURL : curl -k -vvv https://oauthas.example.com/f5-oauth2/v1/client-register -d 'username=user&password=pwd' Quick notes The irule is configured to create Client Applications with Resource Owner Password Credentials Grant (ROPC) mode activated. The irule needs to be modified to activate other modes Update (2018-05-01) Add a way to configure static client_id and client_secret Update (2018-01-12) URI decode username and password parameters Update (2017-11-07) Use HTTP::collect to workaround issues with large body Update (2017-10-25) Enhance JSON result parsing and attribute retrieval Code : when RULE_INIT { ### # credentials required to access iControl REST API ### set static::adm_user "admin" set static::adm_pwd "admin" ### # settings required to authenticate the user trying to register an application ### set static::timeout 300 set static::lifetime 300 set static::access_profile "/Common/ap-ldap-auth" ### # settings required to update the APM configuration with the newly created ClientApp configuraiton ### set static::adm_partition "Common" set static::oauth_profile "my-oauth-profile" set static::scopes "myscope" ### # settings required to sync the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server access profile ### set static::oauth_access_policy "ap-oauth-auth-server" ### # settings required to publish the client registration service ### set static::client_register_uri "/f5-oauth2/v1/client-register" set static::host "oauthas.example.com" ### # Define a static client_id and client_secret ### set static::use_static_app 1 set static::client_id "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" set static::client_secret "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" } when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { ### # When we accept a connection, create an Access session and save the session ID. ### set flow_sid [ACCESS::session create -timeout $static::timeout -lifetime $static::lifetime] } when HTTP_REQUEST { ### # initialize vars ### set username "" set password "" set name "" set client_app "" set scopes "" set client_id "" set client_secret "" set agent "" set timestamp [clock seconds] switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::header "User-Agent"]] { "*android*" { set agent "android" } "*ios*" { set agent "ios" } default { set agent "default" } } ### # identify client registration request. The client applicaiton needs to do a POST request on client registration URI and provides username and password ### if { [HTTP::path] eq $static::client_register_uri and [HTTP::host] eq $static::host and [HTTP::method] eq "POST" } { HTTP::collect [HTTP::header Content-Length] } } when HTTP_REQUEST_DATA { set username [URI::decode [URI::query "/?$payload" username]] set password [URI::decode [URI::query "/?$payload" password]] ### # play inline ACCESS policy to validate user credentials ### ACCESS::policy evaluate -sid $flow_sid -profile $static::access_profile session.logon.last.username $username session.logon.last.password $password session.server.landinguri [string tolower [HTTP::path]] if { [ACCESS::policy result -sid $flow_sid] eq "deny" or [ACCESS::policy result -sid $flow_sid] eq "not_started" } { HTTP::respond 403 content "{\"error\": \"Invalid user credentials\",\"error-message\": \"Access denied by Acces policy\"}" noserver Content-Type "application/json" Connection Close ACCESS::session remove -sid $flow_sid event disable all } ACCESS::session remove -sid $flow_sid if { !$static::use_static_app } { ### # generate client name and client application name ### set username [string map -nocase { "@" "." } $username] set name "$username-$agent-$timestamp" set client_app $name set scopes $static::scopes ### # prepare and execute API REST call to create a new client application. Endpoint: /mgmt/tm/apm/oauth/oauth-client-app ### set json_body "{\"name\": \"$name\",\"appName\": \"$client_app\",\"authType\": \"secret\",\"grantPassword\": \"enabled\",\"scopes\": \"$scopes\"}" set status [call /Common/HSSR::http_req -state hstate -uri "http://127.0.0.1:8100/mgmt/tm/apm/oauth/oauth-client-app" -method POST -body $json_body -type "application/json; charset=utf-8" -rbody rbody -userid $static::adm_user -passwd $static::adm_pwd ] set json_result [call /Common/sys-exec::json2dict $rbody] if { $status contains "200" } { ### # extract client_id and client_secret from JSON body ### set client_id [lindex $json_result [expr {[lsearch $json_result "clientId"]+1}]] set client_secret [lindex $json_result [expr {[lsearch $json_result "clientSecret"]+1}]] ### # prepare and execute API REST call to bind the client application to the OAuth profile. Endpoint: /mgmt/tm/apm/profile/oauth/~$static::adm_parition~$static::oauth_profile/client-apps ### set json_body "{\"name\": \"$name\"}" set status [call /Common/HSSR::http_req -state hstate -uri "http://127.0.0.1:8100/mgmt/tm/apm/profile/oauth/~$static::adm_partition~$static::oauth_profile/client-apps" -method POST -body $json_body -type "application/json; charset=utf-8" -rbody rbody -userid $static::adm_user -passwd $static::adm_pwd ] set json_result [call /Common/sys-exec::json2dict $rbody] ### # if binding is successful, respond to the client with client_id and client_secret ### if { $status contains "200" } { ### # Prepare and execute API REST call to apply Access Profile after Client Application has been assigned to OAuth profile ### set json_body "{\"generationAction\": \"increment\"}" set status [call /Common/HSSR::http_req -state hstate -uri "http://127.0.0.1:8100/mgmt/tm/apm/profile/access/~$static::adm_partition~$static::oauth_access_policy" -method PATCH -body $json_body -type "application/json; charset=utf-8" -rbody rbody -userid $static::adm_user -passwd $static::adm_pwd ] set json_result [call /Common/sys-exec::json2dict $rbody] if { $status contains "200" } { HTTP::respond 200 content "{\"client_id\": \"$client_id\",\"client_secret\": \"$client_secret\"}" noserver Content-Type "application/json" Connection Close event disable all } else { HTTP::respond 403 content "{\"error\": \"Synchronization failed\",\"error-message\": \"[lindex $json_result 3]\"}" noserver Content-Type "application/json" Connection Close event disable all } } else { HTTP::respond 403 content "{\"error\": \"ClientApp binding failed\",\"error-message\": \"[lindex $json_result 3]\"}" noserver Content-Type "application/json" Connection Close event disable all } } else { HTTP::respond 403 content "{\"error\": \"ClientApp creation failed\",\"error-message\": \"[lindex $json_result 3]\"}" noserver Content-Type "application/json" Connection Close event disable all } } else { HTTP::respond 200 content "{\"client_id\": \"$static::client_id\",\"client_secret\": \"$static::client_secret\"}" noserver Content-Type "application/json" Connection Close event disable all } } Tested this on version: 13.01.2KViews0likes8Comments