Obfuscating the Credential Store Password

Using PBE

For example, the password can be masked using Password Based Encryption with the Elytron tool. Open a Command Prompt on the machine hosting the Xpress Insight Server and enter this command, where x.y.z represents the Wildfly version, subversion, and patch numbers:

Windows

<INSIGHT_HOME>/server/wildfly-x.y.z/bin/elytron-tool.bat mask --salt 12345678 --iteration 200 --secret store-password

Linux

<INSIGHT_HOME>/server/wildfly-x.y.z/bin/elytron-tool.sh mask --salt 12345678 --iteration 200 --secret store-password

Then amend the credential store password in standalone.xml file:

<credential-store name="store-name" ...>
  <!-- Replace this: <credential-reference clear-text="store-password"/> 
  With: -->					
  <credential-reference clear-text="[MASK-abc;12345678;200]"/>
</credential-store>

Using the Password Vault

For more, see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.1/html/how_to_configure_server_security/securely_storing_credentials#password_vault

1. You require a new folder to store the vault in a location on the server, such as <INSIGHT_HOME>/server/wildfly-x.y.z/vault—The remaining instructions reference to this new location as [vault_location].
2. Create the keystore. Open a Command Prompt on the machine hosting the Xpress Insight Server and type:

   keytool -genseckey -alias vault -storetype jceks -keyalg AES -keysize 128 -storepass changeme -keypass changeme -validity 730 -keystore [vault_location]/vault.keystore

   Note Ensure storepass and keypass have the same value.

3. Navigate to the Wildfly bin/ directory, and initialize the vault using the following commands:

   Windows

   cd <INSIGHT_HOME>/server/wildfly-x.y.z/bin

   ./vault.bat --keystore [vault_location]/vault.keystore --keystore-password changeme --alias vault --vault-block block1 --attribute cs-password --sec-attr the-secret-store-password --enc-dir [vault_location]/ --iteration 120 --salt somesalt

   Linux

   cd <INSIGHT_HOME>/server/wildfly-x.y.z/bin

   ./vault.sh --keystore [vault_location]/vault.keystore --keystore-password changeme --alias vault --vault-block block1 --attribute cs-password --sec-attr the-secret-store-password --enc-dir [vault_location]/ --iteration 120 --salt somesalt

   Tip Alternatively, execute the vault.bat or vault.sh files and select 0 for an interactive session, then provide each argument when prompted.

   Important Make a note of the output of this step—it contains information required for the final step.

4. In the standalone.xml file, below the <system-properties> block (where the masked password is output as a result of the previous command), add the following code:

   <vault>
           <vault-option name="KEYSTORE_URL" value="[vault_location]/vault.keystore"/>
           <vault-option name="KEYSTORE_PASSWORD" value="MASK-abc"/>
           <vault-option name="KEYSTORE_ALIAS" value="vault"/>
           <vault-option name="SALT" value="somesalt"/>
           <vault-option name="ITERATION_COUNT" value="120"/>
           <vault-option name="ENC_FILE_DIR" value="[vault_location]"/>
       </vault>
   

5. Finally, replace the plaintext password with the vault expression (using the output from the step 3):

   <credential-store name="store-name" ...>
     <credential-reference clear-text="${VAULT::block1::cs-password::1}"/>
   </credential-store>