Keptn v1 reached EOL December 22, 2023. For more information see https://bit.ly/keptn

OpenID Session Secrets

This section explains the management of the session and database encryption secrets of the Keptn Bridge.

  • session secret: Used to hash the session of the user.
  • database encryption secret: Used to encrypt the session in the database.

Create session and database encryption secret

  • To create the session and database encryption secret, use the following commands provided by the operating system:

    • Use the following commands to generate the secrets and store the results into the environment variables session_secret and database_encrypt_secret

      session_secret=$(tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9" < /dev/urandom | head -c 45)
      database_encrypt_secret=$(tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9" < /dev/urandom | head -c 32)
      
    • To create the secrets, execute:

      kubectl create secret generic -n keptn bridge-oauth --from-literal=session_secret="$session_secret" --from-literal=database_encrypt_secret="$database_encrypt_secret"
      
    • Use the following commands to generate the secrets and store the results into the environment variables session_secret and database_encrypt_secret

      session_secret=$(LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9" < /dev/urandom | head -c 45)
      database_encrypt_secret=$(LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9" < /dev/urandom | head -c 32)
      
    • To create the secrets, execute:

      kubectl create secret generic -n keptn bridge-oauth --from-literal=session_secret="$session_secret" --from-literal=database_encrypt_secret="$database_encrypt_secret"
      
    • Use the following commands to generate the secrets and store the results into the environment variables session_secret and database_encrypt_secret

      $Env:session_secret =  Write-Output ( -join ((0x30..0x39) + ( 0x41..0x5A) + ( 0x61..0x7A) | Get-Random -Count 45  | % {[char]$_}) )
      $Env:database_encrypt_secret =  Write-Output ( -join ((0x30..0x39) + ( 0x41..0x5A) + ( 0x61..0x7A) | Get-Random -Count 32  | % {[char]$_}) )
      
    • To create the secrets, execute:

      kubectl create secret generic -n keptn bridge-oauth --from-literal=session_secret="$Env:session_secret" --from-literal=database_encrypt_secret="$Env:database_encrypt_secret"
      

Reset session and database encryption secret

  • To reset the session and the database encryption secret of a Keptn installation, first delete the secret:

    kubectl delete secret -n keptn bridge-oauth
    
  • Create the secrets as explained above.

  • Re-start the Keptn Bridge to fetch the new secrets:

    kubectl delete pods -n keptn --selector=app.kubernetes.io/name=bridge