Managing cloud credentials using pxctl

Prerequisites

This document provides instructions for managing your cloud credentials using pxctl.

The cloud provider credentials are stored in an external secret store. Before you use the commands from below, you should configure a secret provider of your choice with Portworx. For more information, head over to the Key Management page.

Overview

You can use the pxctl credentials command to create, list, validate, or delete your cloud credentials. Then, Portworx will use these credentials, for example, to back up your volumes to the cloud.

Enter the pxctl credentials --help command to display the list of subcommands:

/opt/pwx/bin/pxctl credentials --help

Manage credentials for cloud providers

Usage:
  pxctl credentials [flags]
  pxctl credentials [command]

Aliases:
  credentials, cred

Available Commands:
  create      Create a credential for cloud providers
  delete      Delete a credential for cloud
  list        List all credentials for cloud
  validate    Validate a credential for cloud

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for credentials

Global Flags:
      --ca string        path to root certificate for ssl usage
      --cert string      path to client certificate for ssl usage
      --color            output with color coding
      --config string    config file (default is $HOME/.pxctl.yaml)
      --context string   context name that overrides the current auth context
  -j, --json             output in json
      --key string       path to client key for ssl usage
      --raw              raw CLI output for instrumentation
      --ssl              ssl enabled for portworx

Use "pxctl credentials [command] --help" for more information about a command.

List credentials

To list all configured credentials, use this command:

pxctl credentials list

S3 Credentials
UUID						REGION			ENDPOINT			ACCESS KEY			SSL ENABLED	ENCRYPTION
ffffffff-ffff-ffff-1111-ffffffffffff		us-east-1		s3.amazonaws.com		AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA		false		false

Azure Credentials
UUID						ACCOUNT NAME		ENCRYPTION
ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff		portworxtest		false

Create and configure credentials

You can create and configure credentials in multiple ways depending on your cloud provider and how you want to manage them.

Create credentials on AWS by specifying your keys

NOTE: The --s3-storage-class flag requires Portworx Enterprise version 2.5.3 or higher

Enter the pxctl credentials create command, specifying:

The --provider flag with the name of the cloud provider (s3).
The --s3-access-key flag with your secret access key
The --s3-secret-key flag with your access key ID
The --s3-region flag with the name of the S3 region (us-east-1)
The --s3-endpoint flag with the name of the endpoint (s3.amazonaws.com)
The optional --s3-storage-class flag with either the STANDARD or STANDARD-IA value, depending on which storage class you prefer
The name of your cloud credentials

pxctl credentials create \
  --provider s3 \
  --s3-access-key <YOUR-SECRET-ACCESS-KEY>
  --s3-secret-key <YOUR-ACCESS-KEY-ID> \
  --s3-region us-east-1 \
  --s3-endpoint s3.amazonaws.com \
  --s3-storage-class STANDARD \
  <NAME>

Credentials created successfully

Note: This command will create a bucket with the Portworx cluster ID to use for the backups.

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Create credentials on AWS by storing keys as environment variables

NOTE: This feature requires Portworx Enterprise version 2.5.1 or higher

You can create and configure credentials for AWS by storing your secret access key and access key ID as environment variables. When you run the pxctl credentials create, Portworx uses the environment variables to create the credential:

Create the following environment variables, adding your own access key ID and secret access key, and provide them to the Portworx container through either daemon set parameters or the runc install command:
```
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxx
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=yyy
```
Enter the pxctl credentials create command, specifying:
- The --provider flag with the name of the cloud provider (s3).
- The --s3-region flag with the name of the S3 region (us-east-1)
- The --s3-endpoint flag with the name of the endpoint (s3.amazonaws.com)
- The optional --s3-storage-class flag with either the STANDARD or STANDARD-IA value, depending on which storage class you prefer
- The use-iam flag
- The name of your cloud credentials
```
./pxctl credentials create \
--provider s3 \
--s3-region us-east-1 \
--s3-endpoint s3.amazonaws.com \
--s3-storage-class STANDARD \
--use-iam \
<NAME>
```
```
Credentials created successfully, UUID:12345678-a901-2bc3-4d56-7890ef1d23ab
```
–>

Create credentials on AWS using IAM

NOTE: This feature requires Portworx Enterprise versions 2.5.1 or greater

Instead of storing your secret access key and access key ID on the host, you can grant Portworx bucket permissions using IAM. You can grant the EC2 instances on which Portworx is running, or you can grant permissions for a specific bucket.

Grant IAM permissions for your EC2 instance in general

In AWS, grant IAM permissions for an EC2 instance with no bucket:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:PutObject",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
                "s3:CreateBucket",
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:DeleteObject",
                "s3:GetBucketLocation"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Enter the following pxctl credentials create command, specifying the following:
- The --provider flag with the name of the cloud provider (s3).
- The --s3-region flag with the the S3 region associated with your account
- The optional --s3-storage-class flag with either the STANDARD or STANDARD-IA value, depending on which storage class you prefer
- The use-iam flag
- The name of your cloud credentials
```
./pxctl credentials create \
--provider s3 \
--s3-region us-east-1 \
--s3-storage-class STANDARD \
--use-iam \
<NAME>
```
```
Credentials created successfully, UUID:12345678-a901-2bc3-4d56-7890ef1d23ab
```

Grant IAM permissions for a specific bucket

In AWS, grant IAM permissions for a specific bucket:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
                "s3:GetBucketLocation"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "s3:*",
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:s3:::<bucket-name>",
                "arn:aws:s3:::<bucket-name>/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Enter the following pxctl credentials create command, specifying the following:
- The --provider flag with the name of the cloud provider (s3)
- The --s3-region flag with your bucket’s s3 region
- The optional --s3-storage-class flag with either the STANDARD or STANDARD-IA value, depending on which storage class you prefer
- The --bucket flag with your bucket’s name
- The use-iam flag
- The name of your cloud credentials
```
./pxctl credentials create \
--provider s3 \
--s3-region <region> \
--s3-storage-class STANDARD \
--bucket <bucket-name> \
--use-iam \
<NAME>
```
```
Credentials created successfully, UUID:12345678-a901-2bc3-4d56-7890ef1d23ab
```

Delete existing credentials

To delete a particular set of credentials, you can run pxctl credentials delete with the uuid or the name as parameters like this:

pxctl credentials delete <uuid or name>

Credential deleted successfully

Don’t forget to replace <uuid or name> with the actual uuid or name of the credentials you want to delete.

Validate credentials

If you want to validate a set of credentials for a particular cloud provider, run the following:

pxctl credentials validate <uuid or name>

Credential validated successfully