Adjusting the expiration time of ECS cluster certificates

The RKE Kubernetes, Vault, and ECS webhook certificate expiration times are set to one year by default. To avoid certificate expiration errors, you may want to extend the expiration times.

  • These steps describe how to adjust the expiration time of internal cluster certificates in an existing ECS cluster.
  • For a new cluster, if the nodes have been added to Cloudera Manager before creating the ECS cluster, you can edit the cluster_signing_duration configuration property in Cloudera Manager before creating the ECS cluster.

Adjusting the expiration time of the RKE Kubernetes cluster certificate

  1. In Cloudera Manager, select the ECS cluster, then click ECS.
  2. Click the Configuration tab, then use the Search box to locate the cluster_signing_duration configuration property.
  3. The the cluster_signing_duration configuration property sets the expiration time for the RKE Kubernetes, Vault, and ECS webhook certificates, and is set to 1 year (365 days) by default. In the example below, the certificate expiration has been reset to 5 years (1825 days):
  4. Click Save Changes.
  5. On the ECS Cluster landing page, click Actions > Refresh Cluster.
  6. After the Refresh is complete, click Actions > Rolling Restart.
  7. After the restart is complete, the certificate expiration time is reset to the new value. You can also use the CLI to verify the new certificate expiration setting:
    [root@host-1 ~]# cat /proc/47803/environ
    CDH_PIG_HOME=/usr/lib/pigLD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/opt/cloudera/cm-agent/libCMF_AGENT_ARGS=CDH_KAFKA_HOME=/usr/lib/kafka
    CONF_DIR=/var/run/cloudera-scm-agent/process/1546342871-ecs-ECS_SERVERCDH_PARQUET_HOME=/usr/lib/parquet
    PARCELS_ROOT=/opt/cloudera/parcelsPARCEL_DIRNAMES=ECS-1.5.2-b866-ecs-1.5.2-b866.p0.46395126LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    CDH_HADOOP_BIN=/usr/bin/hadoopCDH_KMS_HOME=/usr/lib/hadoop-kmsCGROUP_GROUP_CPU=CMF_PACKAGE_DIR=/opt/cloudera/cm-agent/service
    ORACLE_HOME=/usr/share/oracle/instantclientMGMT_HOME=/opt/cloudera/cmINVOCATION_ID=04c94a229a2b4684a95f8ec63783c81e
    JSVC_HOME=/usr/libexec/bigtop-utilsCDH_IMPALA_HOME=/usr/lib/impalaKRB5_CONFIG=/etc/krb5.conf
    CDH_YARN_HOME=/usr/lib/hadoop-yarnCLOUDERA_POSTGRESQL_JDBC_JAR=/opt/cloudera/cm/lib/postgresql-42.5.1.jar
    CDH_SOLR_HOME=/usr/lib/solrHIVE_DEFAULT_XML=/etc/hive/conf.dist/hive-default.xml
    CLOUDERA_ORACLE_CONNECTOR_JAR=/usr/share/java/oracle-connector-java.jarCGROUP_GROUP_BLKIO=system.slice/cloudera-scm-agent.service
    CGROUP_ROOT_BLKIO=/sys/fs/cgroup/blkioCGROUP_ROOT_CPU=/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacctKEYTRUSTEE_KP_HOME=/usr/share/keytrustee-keyprovider
    CLOUDERA_MYSQL_CONNECTOR_JAR=/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jarCMF_SERVER_ROOT=/opt/cloudera/cm
    CGROUP_ROOT_CPUACCT=/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacctCDH_FLUME_HOME=/usr/lib/flume-ng
    CATTLE_NEW_SIGNED_CERT_EXPIRATION_DAYS=1825
    <snip!>
[root@host-1 ~]# openssl x509 -in /var/lib/rancher/rke2/agent/serving-kubelet.crt -noout -text
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number: 4005696761303552502 (0x379717fb376e51f6)
        Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
        Issuer: CN = rke2-server-ca@1697759349
        Validity
            Not Before: Oct 19 23:49:09 2023 GMT
            Not After : Oct 17 23:49:10 2028 GMT
        Subject: CN = host-1.rke-1019.kcloud.cloudera.com
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: id-ecPublicKey
                Public-Key: (256 bit)
                pub:
                    04:92:81:74:b8:fb:aa:6c:c5:9a:40:2c:5f:91:60:
                    35:16:9a:d5:41:b2:bf:d8:29:f4:ed:68:ed:cd:3d:
                    87:0e:59:db:27:26:c5:d8:a7:79:c7:23:8f:0b:71:
                    c2:f5:d4:36:fe:97:a9:b5:62:ee:9d:9b:6d:ed:25:
                    60:fd:26:3a:08
                ASN1 OID: prime256v1
                NIST CURVE: P-256
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Key Usage: critical
                Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
            X509v3 Extended Key Usage:
                TLS Web Server Authentication
            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
                keyid:26:8F:9F:A1:04:CE:2D:04:3A:03:11:87:9D:DF:5A:B7:5C:06:72:32

            X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
                DNS:host-1.rke-1019.kcloud.cloudera.com, DNS:localhost, IP Address:127.0.0.1, IP Address:10.17.130.15
    Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
         30:46:02:21:00:fc:5c:89:ab:99:a6:79:33:a9:28:da:a8:47:
         52:cf:1f:43:13:8c:06:2e:23:67:4c:b4:b0:d6:e3:f9:b6:ad:
         50:02:21:00:c7:64:aa:86:97:5a:f3:12:7e:3f:a2:f1:ab:93:
         17:6c:3a:37:34:01:ef:ba:7f:08:85:70:2c:c9:40:e0:30:f5

Adjusting the expiration time of the Vault certificate

  1. In Cloudera Manager, select the ECS cluster, then click ECS.
  2. Click the Configuration tab, then use the Search box to locate the cluster_signing_duration configuration property.
  3. The the cluster_signing_duration configuration property sets the expiration time for the RKE Kubernetes, Vault, and ECS webhook certificates, and is set to 1 year (365 days) by default. In the example below, the certificate expiration has been reset to 5 years (1825 days):
  4. Click Save Changes.
  5. Copy the rotate-vault-cert.sh file to the ECS master host. Set JAVA_HOME if needed.
  6. Run the following command:

    ./rotate-vault-cert.sh APP_DOMAIN

  7. Unseal Vault.
  8. Restart all of the pods in the CDP namespace.
  9. If you are using a default self-signed ingress controller certificate, update the ingress controller certificate (follow the steps in the script output).
  10. You can use the CLI to verify the new certificate expiration setting:
    root       49076   48970  2 16:49 ?        00:00:10 kube-controller-manager 
    --flex-volume-plugin-dir=/var/lib/kubelet/volumeplugins --terminated-pod-gc-threshold=1000 --permit-port-sharing=true 
    --allocate-node-cidrs=true --authentication-kubeconfig=/var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/cred/controller.kubeconfig 
    --authorization-kubeconfig=/var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/cred/controller.kubeconfig --bind-address=127.0.0.1 
    --cluster-cidr=10.42.0.0/16 --cluster-signing-duration=43800h
    <snip!>
[root@host-1 ~]# openssl x509 -in vault.pem -noout -text
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number:
            db:b7:a7:c3:79:86:4c:54:e8:97:49:bf:99:3d:df:a9
        Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
        Issuer: CN = rke2-server-ca@1697759349
        Validity
           Not Before: Oct 19 23:46:38 2023 GMT
            Not After : Oct 17 23:46:38 2028 GMT
        Subject: O = system:nodes, CN = "system:node:vault.vault-system.svc;"
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
                RSA Public-Key: (2048 bit)
                Modulus:
                    00:94:93:2e:9d:5c:01:5a:95:46:b2:9d:aa:23:c4:
                    4e:0f:92:07:7e:0e:3a:21:7d:ef:95:e8:09:d3:88:
                    38:ac:e9:9f:c2:36:37:04:56:43:87:3a:6f:34:08:
                    09:8f:3f:df:31:79:d6:12:db:78:f6:1c:9b:0e:c2:
                    d0:f5:25:50:86:37:d5:ff:f7:a0:82:6f:55:d1:ff:
                    03:54:f8:ce:8b:02:87:2d:af:3f:71:f8:c4:a9:f0:
                    24:50:7b:07:70:3d:7a:be:9d:41:f0:15:2f:56:c3:
                    d3:0d:1a:e1:87:8e:69:89:ff:bf:1b:f2:84:87:6c:
                    5e:f9:13:8b:2c:5c:de:64:9e:ae:de:6a:f0:7c:ae:
                    d9:01:41:aa:39:00:b3:2d:4f:5c:db:fb:2b:80:31:
                    88:b5:40:24:e1:06:08:c4:ad:82:70:a1:9e:4c:3e:
                    00:0d:61:d9:1a:5c:c7:11:a7:79:68:66:34:b2:c2:
                    e9:63:a8:5d:d1:13:be:e6:f1:8f:03:87:3d:be:eb:
                    b7:ce:a5:eb:56:81:37:5b:9d:ce:82:34:15:99:16:
                    4c:65:20:d9:df:e6:63:56:c2:49:79:e8:66:ce:c1:
                    01:9d:87:a2:ba:02:c0:7c:2b:e5:37:30:c5:23:bd:
                    87:a1:c8:2b:a9:49:be:67:31:22:8d:a4:68:f9:bd:
                    be:23
                Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Key Usage: critical
                Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
            X509v3 Extended Key Usage:
                TLS Web Server Authentication
            X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
                CA:FALSE
            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
                keyid:26:8F:9F:A1:04:CE:2D:04:3A:03:11:87:9D:DF:5A:B7:5C:06:72:32

            X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
                DNS:vault, DNS:vault.vault-system, DNS:vault.vault-system.svc, DNS:vault.vault-system.svc.cluster.local, DNS:vault.localhost.localdomain, DNS:*.apps.host-1.rke-1019.kcloud.cloudera.com, IP Address:127.0.0.1
    Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
         30:46:02:21:00:d9:5e:38:fc:31:9b:5a:eb:fc:7d:c2:8f:b3:
         54:5e:28:f0:8f:00:eb:36:65:9f:d3:70:ae:a2:79:77:ee:b5:
         f7:02:21:00:f4:e8:6f:c9:bd:bb:92:9d:63:81:69:55:67:8b:
         8a:f3:a4:5d:c1:67:66:b0:40:ff:22:a6:c3:6f:4f:8e:b2:8e

Adjusting the expiration time of the ECS webhook certificate

  1. In Cloudera Manager, select the ECS cluster, then click ECS.
  2. Click the Configuration tab, then use the Search box to locate the cluster_signing_duration configuration property.
  3. The the cluster_signing_duration configuration property sets the expiration time for the RKE Kubernetes, Vault, and ECS webhook certificates, and is set to 1 year (365 days) by default. In the example below, the certificate expiration has been reset to 5 years (1825 days):
  4. Click Save Changes.
  5. Copy the rotate-webhook-cert.sh file to the ECS master host.
  6. Run the following command:

    ./rotate-webhook-cert.sh APP_DOMAIN

  7. Check for any pods in the Pending state whose status shows that they cannot tolerate the node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane toleration. Restart those pods.
  8. You can use the CLI to verify the new certificate expiration setting:
    root       49076   48970  2 16:49 ?        00:00:10 kube-controller-manager 
    --flex-volume-plugin-dir=/var/lib/kubelet/volumeplugins --terminated-pod-gc-threshold=1000 --permit-port-sharing=true 
    --allocate-node-cidrs=true --authentication-kubeconfig=/var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/cred/controller.kubeconfig 
    --authorization-kubeconfig=/var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/cred/controller.kubeconfig --bind-address=127.0.0.1 
    --cluster-cidr=10.42.0.0/16 --cluster-signing-duration=43800h
    <snip!>
[root@host-1 ~]# openssl x509 -in ecs-tolerations-webhook-cert.pem -noout -text
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number:
            a5:31:94:f4:84:bb:3b:a2:a4:63:8d:ec:de:b5:37:53
        Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
        Issuer: CN = rke2-server-ca@1697759349
        Validity
            Not Before: Oct 19 23:45:48 2023 GMT
            Not After : Oct 17 23:45:48 2028 GMT
        Subject: O = system:nodes, CN = "system:node:ecs-tolerations-webhook.ecs-webhooks.svc;"
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
                RSA Public-Key: (2048 bit)
                Modulus:
                    00:cc:12:e1:54:b8:aa:42:94:aa:11:a5:f7:35:0e:
                    0c:de:76:5b:d5:c6:c1:34:0b:b8:b7:2b:15:08:1d:
                    02:44:0f:2e:e1:17:dc:73:6a:e4:6c:df:5b:ac:43:
                    97:2e:34:73:f7:c9:6f:cf:c2:a8:52:79:b1:89:ea:
                    51:22:e1:41:b8:6a:ba:fd:22:a2:bf:a2:46:a4:8e:
                    f5:c6:2d:05:c3:a5:1d:6b:60:da:e8:40:a5:e1:e1:
                    5a:55:0e:94:2d:91:dd:71:d1:e9:aa:27:5d:e6:fc:
                    ea:5f:ea:c6:8e:52:71:27:ce:c2:a7:1b:10:ca:db:
                    db:27:c8:46:6d:14:d1:d0:b3:f5:ab:74:a9:63:8b:
                    71:83:31:eb:ad:87:1b:3b:8d:ff:ce:d0:7f:d1:1b: