Ping Identity Devops

Ping Identity DevOps Docker Image - pingdatasync

This docker image includes the Ping Identity PingDataSync product binaries and associated hook scripts to create and run a PingDataSync instance.

Environment Variables

The following environment ENV variables can be used with this image.

ENV Variable Default Description

BASE

${BASE:-/opt}

ROOT_USER

administrator

the default administrative user for PingData

JAVA_HOME

/opt/java

STAGING_DIR

${BASE}/staging

Path to the staging area where the remote and local server profiles can be merged

OUT_DIR

${BASE}/out

Path to the runtime volume

SERVER_ROOT_DIR

${OUT_DIR}/instance

Path from which the runtime executes

IN_DIR

${BASE}/in

Location of a local server-profile volume

SERVER_BITS_DIR

${BASE}/server

Path to the server bits

BAK_DIR

${BASE}/backup

Path to a volume generically used to export or backup data

LOGS_DIR

${BASE}/logs

Path to a volume generically used for logging

STAGING_MANIFEST

${BASE}/staging-manifest.txt

Path to a manifest of files expected in the staging dir on first image startup

CLEAN_STAGING_DIR

false

Whether to clean the staging dir when the container starts

SECRETS_DIR

/run/secrets

Default path to the secrets

TOPOLOGY_FILE

${STAGING_DIR}/topology.json

Path to the topology file

HOOKS_DIR

${STAGING_DIR}/hooks

Path where all the hooks scripts are stored

CONTAINER_ENV

${STAGING_DIR}/.env

Environment Property file use to share variables between scripts in container

SERVER_PROFILE_DIR

/tmp/server-profile

Path where the remote server profile is checked out or cloned before being staged prior to being applied on the runtime

SERVER_PROFILE_URL

A valid git HTTPS URL (not ssh)

SERVER_PROFILE_URL_REDACT

true

When set to "true", the server profile git URL will not be printed to container output.

SERVER_PROFILE_BRANCH

A valid git branch (optional)

SERVER_PROFILE_PATH

The subdirectory in the git repo

SERVER_PROFILE_UPDATE

false

Whether to update the server profile upon container restart

SECURITY_CHECKS_STRICT

false

Requires strict checks on security

SECURITY_CHECKS_FILENAME

*.jwk *.pin

Perform a check for filenames that may violate security (i.e. secret material)

UNSAFE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR

If this is set to true, then the container will provide a hard warning and continue.

LICENSE_DIR

${SERVER_ROOT_DIR}

License directory

PD_LICENSE_DIR

${STAGING_DIR}/pd.profile/server-root/pre-setup

PD License directory. Separating from above LICENSE_DIR to differentiate for different products

STARTUP_FOREGROUND_OPTS

The command-line options to provide to the startup command when the container starts with the server in the foreground. This is the normal start flow for the container

STARTUP_BACKGROUND_OPTS

The command-line options to provide to the startup command when the container starts with the server in the background. This is the debug start flow for the container

PING_IDENTITY_DEVOPS_KEY_REDACT

true

PING_IDENTITY_ACCEPT_EULA

NO

Legal requirement to explicitly accept the terms of the PingIdentity License Must be set to 'YES' for the container to start

PING_IDENTITY_DEVOPS_FILE

devops-secret

File name for devops-creds passed as a Docker secret

TAIL_LOG_FILES

A whitespace separated list of log files to tail to the container standard output - DO NOT USE WILDCARDS like /path/to/logs/*.log

COLORIZE_LOGS

true

If 'true', the output logs will be colorized with GREENs and REDs, otherwise, no colorization will be done. This is good for tools that monitor logs and colorization gets in the way.

LOCATION

Docker

Location default value

LOCATION_VALIDATION

true

Validation toggle for LOCATION: true to require any string denoting a logical/physical location, false to disable the check

MAX_HEAP_SIZE

384m

Heap size (for java products)

JVM_TUNING

AGGRESSIVE

JAVA_RAM_PERCENTAGE

75.0

Percentage of the container memory to allocate to the JVM DO NOT set to 100% or your JVM will exit with OutOfMemory errors and the container will terminate

VERBOSE

false

Triggers verbose messages in scripts using the set -x option.

PING_DEBUG

false

Set the server in debug mode, with increased output

PING_PRODUCT

The name of Ping product, i.e. PingFederate, PingDirectory - must be a valid Ping product type. This variable should be overridden by child images.

PING_PRODUCT_VALIDATION

true

Validation toggle for PING_PRODUCT: true to require a valid Ping product type (e.g. PingFederate,PingDirectory), false to disable the check

ADDITIONAL_SETUP_ARGS

List of setup arguments passed to Ping Data setup-arguments.txt file

LDAP_PORT

1389

Port over which to communicate for LDAP

LDAPS_PORT

1636

Port over which to communicate for LDAPS

HTTPS_PORT

1443

Port over which to communicate for HTTPS

JMX_PORT

1689

Port for monitoring over JMX protocol

ORCHESTRATION_TYPE

The type of orchestration tool used to run the container, normally set in the deployment (.yaml) file. Expected values include: - compose - swarm - kubernetes Defaults to blank (i.e. No type is set)

USER_BASE_DN

dc=example,dc=com

Base DN for user data

DOLLAR

'$'

Variable with a literal value of '$', to avoid unwanted variable substitution

PD_ENGINE_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PD (PingDirectory) public hostname that may be used in redirects

PD_ENGINE_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingdirectory

PD (PingDirectory) private hostname

PDP_ENGINE_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PDP (PingDirectoryProxy) public hostname that may be used in redirects

PDP_ENGINE_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingdirectoryproxy

PDP (PingDirectoryProxy) private hostname

PDS_ENGINE_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PDS (PingDataSync) public hostname that may be used in redirects

PDS_ENGINE_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingdatasync

PDS (PingDataSync) private hostname

PAZ_ENGINE_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PAZ (PingAuthorize) public hostname that may be used in redirects

PAZ_ENGINE_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingauthorize

PAZ (PingAuthorize) private hostname

PAZP_ENGINE_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PAZP (PingAuthorize-PAP) public hostname that may be used in redirects

PAZP_ENGINE_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingauthorizepap

PAZP (PingAuthorize-PAP) private hostname

PF_ENGINE_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PF (PingFederate) engine public hostname that may be used in redirects

PF_ENGINE_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingfederate

PF (PingFederate) engine private hostname

PF_ADMIN_PUBLIC_BASEURL

https://localhost:9999

PF (PingFederate) admin public baseurl that may be used in redirects. PF_RUN_PF_ADMIN_BASEURL will override this value for PingFederate 11.3 and later.

PF_ADMIN_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PF (PingFederate) admin public hostname that may be used in redirects. PF_RUN_PF_ADMIN_HOSTNAME will override this value for PingFederate 11.3 and later.

PF_ADMIN_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingfederate-admin

PF (PingFederate) admin private hostname

PA_ENGINE_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PA (PingAccess) engine public hostname that may be used in redirects

PA_ENGINE_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingaccess

PA (PingAccess) engine private hostname

PA_ADMIN_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME

localhost

PA (PingAccess) admin public hostname that may be used in redirects

PA_ADMIN_PRIVATE_HOSTNAME

pingaccess-admin

PA (PingAccess) admin private hostname

ROOT_USER_DN

cn=${ROOT_USER}

DN of the server root user

ENV

${BASE}/.profile

PS1

\${PING_PRODUCT}:\h:\w\n>

Default shell prompt (i.e. productName:hostname:workingDir)

REGENERATE_JAVA_PROPERTIES

false

Whether to force a run of dsjavaproperties --initialize (false = only regenerate java.properties when the JVM or JVM options change)

PATH

${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${BASE}:${SERVER_ROOT_DIR}/bin:${PATH}

PATH used by the container

IMAGE_VERSION

${IMAGE_VERSION}

IMAGE_GIT_REV

${IMAGE_GIT_REV}

DATE

${DATE}

PING_PRODUCT_VERSION

${VERSION}

TAIL_LOG_FILES

${SERVER_ROOT_DIR}/logs/sync

Files tailed once container has started

LICENSE_DIR

${PD_LICENSE_DIR}

PD License directory (staged PingData profile pre-setup, where the PD license is placed by the staging hooks)

LICENSE_FILE_NAME

PingDirectory.lic

Name of license file

LICENSE_SHORT_NAME

PD

Short name used when retrieving license from License Server

LICENSE_VERSION

${LICENSE_VERSION}

Version used when retrieving license from License Server

PING_PRODUCT

PingDataSync

Ping product name

STARTUP_COMMAND

${SERVER_ROOT_DIR}/bin/start-server

The command that the entrypoint will execute in the foreground to instantiate the container

STARTUP_FOREGROUND_OPTS

--nodetach

The command-line options to provide to the startup command when the container starts with the server in the foreground. This is the normal start flow for the container

RETRY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS

180

The default retry timeout in seconds for manage-topology and remove-defunct-server

ADMIN_USER_NAME

admin

Failover administrative user

ROOT_USER_PASSWORD_FILE

Location of file with the root user password (i.e. cn=directory manager). Defaults to /SECRETS_DIR/root-user-password

ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD_FILE

Location of file with the admin password, used as the password replication admin Defaults to /SECRETS_DIR/admin-user-password

KEYSTORE_FILE

Location of the keystore file containing the server certificate. If left undefined, the SECRETS_DIR will be checked for a keystore. If that keystore does not exist, the server will generate a self-signed certificate.

KEYSTORE_PIN_FILE

Location of the pin file for the keystore defined in KEYSTORE_FILE. You must specify a KEYSTORE_PIN_FILE when a KEYSTORE_FILE is present. This value does not need to be defined when allowing the server to generate a self-signed certificate.

KEYSTORE_TYPE

Format of the keystore defined in KEYSTORE_FILE. One of "jks", "pkcs12", "pem", or "bcfks" (in FIPS mode). If not defined, the keystore format will be inferred based on the file extension of the KEYSTORE_FILE, defaulting to "jks".

TRUSTSTORE_FILE

Location of the truststore file for the server. If left undefined, the SECRETS_DIR will be checked for a truststore. If that truststore does not exist, the server will generate a truststore, containing its own certificate.

TRUSTSTORE_PIN_FILE

Location of the pin file for the truststore defined in TRUSTSTORE_FILE. You must specify a TRUSTSTORE_PIN_FILE when a TRUSTSTORE_FILE is present. This value does not need to be defined when allowing the server to generate a truststore.

TRUSTSTORE_TYPE

Format of the truststore defined in TRUSTSTORE_FILE. One of "jks", "pkcs12", "pem", or "bcfks" (in FIPS mode). If not defined, the truststore format will be inferred based on the file extension of the TRUSTSTORE_FILE, defaulting to "jks".

PD_PROFILE

${STAGING_DIR}/pd.profile

Directory for the profile used by the PingData manage-profile tool

UNBOUNDID_SKIP_START_PRECHECK_NODETACH

true

Setting this variable to true speeds up server startup time by skipping an unnecessary JVM check.

PARALLEL_POD_MANAGEMENT_POLICY

false

Whether this container is running as a Pod in a Kubernetes StatefulSet, and that StatefulSet is using the Parallel podManagementPolicy. This property allows for starting up Pods in parallel to speed up the initial startup of PingDataSync topologies. This variable must be set to true when using the Parallel podManagementPolicy. Note: when using parallel startup, ensure the RETRY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS variable is large enough. The pods will be enabling replication simultaneously, so some pods will have to retry while waiting for others to complete. If the timeout is too low, a Pod may end up restarting unnecessarily.

SKIP_WAIT_FOR_DNS

false

Set to true to skip the waiting for DNS step that is normally done just before attempting to join the topology.

CERTIFICATE_NICKNAME

There is an additional certificate-based variable used to identity the certificate alias used within the KEYSTORE_FILE. That variable is called CERTIFICATE_NICKNAME, which identifies the certificate to use by the server in the KEYSTORE_FILE. If a value is not provided, the container will look at the list certs found in the KEYSTORE_FILE and if one - and only one - certificate is found of type PrivateKeyEntry, that alias will be used.

COLUMNS

120

Sets the number of columns in PingDataSync command-line tool output

PD_REBUILD_ON_RESTART

false

Force a rebuild (replace-profile) of PingDataSync on restart. Used to ensure that the server configuration exactly matches the server profile. This variable will slow down startup times and should only be used when necessary.

Ports Exposed

The following ports are exposed from the container. If a variable is used, then it may come from a parent container

  • ${LDAP_PORT}

  • ${LDAPS_PORT}

  • ${HTTPS_PORT}

  • ${JMX_PORT}

Running a PingDataSync container

  docker run \
           --name pingdatasync \
           --publish 1389:1389 \
           --publish 8443:1443 \
           --detach \
           --env SERVER_PROFILE_URL=https://github.com/pingidentity/pingidentity-server-profiles.git \
           --env SERVER_PROFILE_PATH=simple-sync/pingdatasync \
           --env PING_IDENTITY_ACCEPT_EULA=YES \
           --env PING_IDENTITY_DEVOPS_USER \
           --env PING_IDENTITY_DEVOPS_KEY \
           --tmpfs /run/secrets \
           pingidentity/pingdatasync:edge

Docker Container Hook Scripts

Please go here for details on all pingdatasync hook scripts


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