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InfluxDB database secrets engine

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Note: This engine can use external X.509 certificates as part of TLS or signature validation. Verifying signatures against X.509 certificates that use SHA-1 is deprecated and is no longer usable without a workaround. See the deprecation FAQ for more information.

InfluxDB is one of the supported plugins for the database secrets engine. This plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured roles for the InfluxDB database.

See the database secrets engine docs for more information about setting up the database secrets engine.

Capabilities​

Plugin NameRoot Credential RotationDynamic RolesStatic RolesUsername Customization
influxdb-database-pluginYesYesYes (1.6+)Yes (1.8+)

Setup​

  1. Enable the database secrets engine if it is not already enabled:

    $ bao secrets enable database
    Success! Enabled the database secrets engine at: database/

    By default, the secrets engine will enable at the name of the engine. To enable the secrets engine at a different path, use the -path argument.

  2. Configure OpenBao with the proper plugin and connection information:

    $ bao write database/config/my-influxdb-database \
        plugin_name="influxdb-database-plugin" \
        host=127.0.0.1 \
        username=openbaouser \
        password=openbaopass \
        allowed_roles=my-role

  3. Configure a role that maps a name in OpenBao to an SQL statement to execute to create the database credential:

    $ bao write database/roles/my-role \
        db_name=my-influxdb-database \
        creation_statements="CREATE USER \"{{username}}\" WITH PASSWORD '{{password}}'; \
              GRANT ALL ON \"openbao\" TO \"{{username}}\";" \
        default_ttl="1h" \
        max_ttl="24h"
    Success! Data written to: database/roles/my-role

Usage​

After the secrets engine is configured and a user/machine has an OpenBao token with the proper permission, it can generate credentials.

  1. Generate a new credential by reading from the /creds endpoint with the name of the role:

    $ bao read database/creds/my-role
    Key                Value
    ---                -----
    lease_id           database/creds/my-role/2f6a614c-4aa2-7b19-24b9-ad944a8d4de6
    lease_duration     1h
    lease_renewable    true
    password           ux-TAAKTSZex6jgXhe67
    username           v_openbaouser_my_role_7XjvivMy80m7qQughmbk_1602541922

API​

The full list of configurable options can be seen in the InfluxDB database plugin API page.

For more information on the database secrets engine's HTTP API please see the Database secret secrets engine API page.