Veritas NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
- Read this first for secure communications in NetBackup
- Communication failure scenarios
- Increasing NetBackup security
- Security deployment models
- Auditing NetBackup operations
- About audit events
- Section I. Identity and access management
- About identity and access management
- AD and LDAP domains
- API keys
- Auth.conf file
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Smart card or digital certificate
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Enhanced Auditing
- NetBackup Access Control Security (NBAC)
- Configuring NetBackup Access Control (NBAC)
- Configuring Access Control host properties for the master and media server
- Access Control host properties dialog for the client
- Troubleshooting Access Management
- Windows verification points
- UNIX verification points
- Verification points in a mixed environment with a UNIX master server
- Verification points in a mixed environment with a Windows master server
- About determining who can access NetBackup
- Viewing specific user permissions for NetBackup user groups
- Section II. Encryption of data in transit
- NetBackup CA and NetBackup certificates
- About the Security Management utilities
- About host management
- Adding shared or cluster mappings
- Allowing or disallowing automatic certificate reissue
- About global security settings
- About host name-based certificates
- About host ID-based certificates
- Using the Certificate Management utility to issue and deploy host ID-based certificates
- About NetBackup certificate deployment security levels
- Setting up trust with the master server (Certificate Authority)
- About reissuing host ID-based certificates
- About Token Management for host ID-based certificates
- About the host ID-based certificate revocation list
- About revoking host ID-based certificates
- Host ID-based certificate deployment in a clustered setup
- About deployment of a host ID-based certificate on a clustered NetBackup host
- Migrating NetBackup CA
- External CA and external certificates
- About external CA support in NetBackup
- Configuration options for external CA-signed certificates
- ECA_CERT_PATH for NetBackup servers and clients
- About certificate revocation lists for external CA
- About certificate enrollment
- Configuring an external certificate for the NetBackup web server
- About external certificate configuration for a clustered master server
- Regenerating keys and certificates
- NetBackup CA and NetBackup certificates
- Section III. Encryption of data at rest
- Data at rest encryption security
- About NetBackup client encryption
- Configuring standard encryption on clients
- About configuring standard encryption from the server
- Configuring legacy encryption on clients
- About configuring legacy encryption from the client
- About configuring legacy encryption from the server
- Additional legacy key file security for UNIX clients
- NetBackup key management service
- About FIPS enabled KMS
- About the Key Management Service (KMS)
- Installing KMS
- Configuring KMS
- About key groups and key records
- Overview of key record states
- Configuring NetBackup to work with KMS
- About using KMS for encryption
- KMS database constituents
- Command line interface (CLI) commands
- About exporting and importing keys from the KMS database
- Troubleshooting KMS
- External key management service
- Configuring KMS credentials
- Configuring KMS
- Creating keys in an external KMS
- Working with multiple KMS servers
- Data at rest encryption security
- NetBackup web services account
- Immutability and indelibility of data in NetBackup
Configure the Java KeyStore
To establish a trust between the NetBackup master server and the IDP server, you must configure an SAML Java KeyStore (JKS) on the NetBackup master server. Depending on whether you are using the NetBackup CA or an external certificate authority (ECA), refer to either of the following sections:
Note:
If you are using a combination of an ECA and NetBackup CA in your environment, by default, the ECA is considered while establishing trust with the IDP server.
If you are using the NetBackup CA, create the NetBackup CA JKS on the NetBackup master server.
To create a NetBackup CA JKS
- Log on to the NetBackup master server as root or administrator.
- Depending on whether you are on a Windows or Linux operating system, run the configureCerts script as follows:
On Windows: install_path\wmc\bin\install\configureCerts.bat -configure_saml_cert_jks
On Linux: install_path/wmc/bin/install/configureCerts -configure_saml_cert_jks
Where install_path is the path where NetBackup is installed.
Once the NetBackup CA JKS is created, ensure that you update the NetBackup CA JKS every time the NetBackup CA certificate is renewed.
To renew the NetBackup CA JKS
- Log on to the NetBackup master server as root or administrator.
- Depending on whether you are on a Windows or Linux operating system, run the configureCerts script as follows:
On Windows: install_path\wmc\bin\install\configureCerts.bat -renew_saml_cert_jks
On Linux: install_path/wmc/bin/install/configureCerts -renew_saml_cert_jks
Where install_path is the path where NetBackup is installed.
- Download the new SP metadata XML file from the NetBackup master server by entering the following URL in your browser:
https://masterserver/netbackup/sso/saml2/metadata
Where masterserver is the IP address or host name of the NetBackup master server.
- Upload the new SP metadata XML file to the IDP.
If you are using an ECA, import the ECA JKS to the NetBackup master server.
Note:
If you are using a combination of an ECA and the NetBackup CA in your environment, by default, the ECA is considered while establishing trust with the IDP server. To use the NetBackup CA, you must first remove the ECA JKS.
To import an ECA JKS
- Log on to the master server as root or administrator.
- Depending on whether you are on a Windows or Linux operating system, run the configureSAMLECACert script as follows:
On Windows: : install_path\wmc\bin\install\configureSAMLECACert.bat -addExternalCert -keystorefile <External JKS path> -keystorepassfile <Path to JKS password file>
On Linux: install_path/wmc/bin/install/configureSAMLECACert -addExternalCert -keystorefile External JKS path -keystorepassfile JKS password file path
Replace the variables as described below:
install_path is the path where the product is installed.
External JKS path is the path to the ECA JKS file.
JKS password file path is the path to a file containing the password for the ECA JKS.
To remove the ECA JKS
- Log on to the master server as root or administrator.
- Depending on whether you are on a Windows or Linux operating system, run the configureSAMLECACert script as follows:
On Windows: : Installation_Path\wmc\bin\install\configureSAMLECACert.bat - removeExternalCert
On Linux: Installation_Path/wmc/bin/install/configureSAMLECACert - removeExternalCert
Where Installation_Path is the path where the product is installed.
- Download the new SP metadata XML file from the NetBackup master server by entering the following URL in your browser:
https://masterserver/netbackup/sso/saml2/metadata
Where masterserver is the IP address or host name of the NetBackup master server.
- Upload the new SP metadata XML file to the IDP.