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Configure Kerberos

You can specify Kerberos options with any output or input that supports Kerberos, like Elasticsearch.

The following encryption types are supported:

  • aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96
  • aes128-cts-hmac-sha256-128
  • aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96
  • aes256-cts-hmac-sha384-192
  • des3-cbc-sha1-kd
  • rc4-hmac

Example output config with Kerberos password based authentication:

output.elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://my-elasticsearch.elastic.co:9200"]
output.elasticsearch.kerberos.auth_type: password
output.elasticsearch.kerberos.username: "elastic"
output.elasticsearch.kerberos.password: "changeme"
output.elasticsearch.kerberos.config_path: "/etc/krb5.conf"
output.elasticsearch.kerberos.realm: "ELASTIC.CO"

The service principal name for the Elasticsearch instance is contructed from these options. Based on this configuration it is going to be HTTP/my-elasticsearch.elastic.co@ELASTIC.CO.

Configuration options

You can specify the following options in the kerberos section of the winlogbeat.yml config file:

enabled

The enabled setting can be used to enable the kerberos configuration by setting it to false. The default value is true.

Note

Kerberos settings are disabled if either enabled is set to false or the kerberos section is missing.

auth_type

There are two options to authenticate with Kerberos KDC: password and keytab.

password expects the principal name and its password. When choosing keytab, you have to specify a principal name and a path to a keytab. The keytab must contain the keys of the selected principal. Otherwise, authentication will fail.

config_path

You need to set the path to the krb5.conf, so Winlogbeat can find the Kerberos KDC to retrieve a ticket.

username

Name of the principal used to connect to the output.

password

If you configured password for auth_type, you have to provide a password for the selected principal.

keytab

If you configured keytab for auth_type, you have to provide the path to the keytab of the selected principal.

service_name

This option can only be configured for Kafka. It is the name of the Kafka service, usually kafka.

realm

Name of the realm where the output resides.

enable_krb5_fast

Enable Kerberos FAST authentication. This may conflict with some Active Directory installations. The default is false.