Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue
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@dgingerich said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@scottalanmiller I have tried repeatedly to delete all keys and rejoin the minions. It doesn't work. The keys are seen and accepted, but then the minions refuse to authenticate. I have even deleted all keys, uninstalled salt from the minions, deleted all cached data, reinstalled salt minion, and resubmitted keys, and still, trying a ping to all minions right after accpeting the keys results in no connections. running salt-minion -l debug shows that the minions think the masters' keys don't authenticate. It is very frustrating.
That's really weird. Do you have a new minion that has never joined to test? The question is... is something lingering on that we don't realize OR is there something broken no the master, like it is handing out one public key but using a different private once it receives the data.
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I'm no salt expert (I've only played with it a few times) but just wanted to ask and confirm something about your RSA keys.
Are you entering a password when you generate the pairs or no?
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@scottalanmiller Yes, (a point where we think alike) I just spun up another ubuntu system for a minion to test the master. Same result. The minion submits the key, I accept the key on the master and immediately try test.ping, and nothing. salt-minion -l debug shows the exact same error about authentication. It has to be something on the masters. However, I don't want to have to rebuild the masters because the rsa keys I generated will have to be replaced on the git repository, resulting in a lost day.
Management is expecting this to be up by Monday, but they just finalized the service structure yesterday. I think they expect me to work over the weekend.
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How is the GIT taking that long? What are you using for GIT? I use a normal user account for GIT on my masters and I can set it up in seconds.
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@scottalanmiller It's a matter of the person putting the keys into the repository config.
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@dgingerich said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@scottalanmiller It's a matter of the person putting the keys into the repository config.
We use GitLab, it's basically instant.
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@DustinB3403 said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
I'm no salt expert (I've only played with it a few times) but just wanted to ask and confirm something about your RSA keys.
Are you entering a password when you generate the pairs or no?
No, I did not. I used "ssh-keygen -t rsa -C [email protected]" (sensitive data redacted) as advised in a google search on the matter and chose to leave the password empty.
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@dgingerich Hrm. . .
If you're just entering through the process I don't think it would be the RSA keys then . . . maybe there is a firewall enabled on your Masters/Minions?
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@scottalanmiller said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@dgingerich said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@scottalanmiller It's a matter of the person putting the keys into the repository config.
We use GitLab, it's basically instant.
yeah, well, I'm not one of the ones making decisions on this project. I'm just setting up the QA stack. If I could, I would set it up entirely manually. It would take me less time. However, they want it exactly like prod except for the server numbers, and prod is too big to do manually.
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@DustinB3403 said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@dgingerich Hrm. . .
If you're just entering through the process I don't think it would be the RSA keys then . . . maybe there is a firewall enabled on your Masters/Minions?
Given that it worked and the key regen broke it, it's safe to assume it's a key issue.
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@dgingerich said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@scottalanmiller said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@dgingerich said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@scottalanmiller It's a matter of the person putting the keys into the repository config.
We use GitLab, it's basically instant.
yeah, well, I'm not one of the ones making decisions on this project. I'm just setting up the QA stack. If I could, I would set it up entirely manually. It would take me less time. However, they want it exactly like prod except for the server numbers, and prod is too big to do manually.
That's our prod
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@DustinB3403 said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@dgingerich Hrm. . .
If you're just entering through the process I don't think it would be the RSA keys then . . . maybe there is a firewall enabled on your Masters/Minions?
I haven't had the opportunity to do anything with the firewall to this point. By default, it is wide open.
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@scottalanmiller said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@DustinB3403 said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@dgingerich Hrm. . .
If you're just entering through the process I don't think it would be the RSA keys then . . . maybe there is a firewall enabled on your Masters/Minions?
Given that it worked and the key regen broke it, it's safe to assume it's a key issue.
I was under the assumption he replaced all of the keys.
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@dgingerich said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@DustinB3403 said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@dgingerich Hrm. . .
If you're just entering through the process I don't think it would be the RSA keys then . . . maybe there is a firewall enabled on your Masters/Minions?
I haven't had the opportunity to do anything with the firewall to this point. By default, it is wide open.
Ah, good ol' ubuntu.
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@DustinB3403 said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@scottalanmiller said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@DustinB3403 said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
@dgingerich Hrm. . .
If you're just entering through the process I don't think it would be the RSA keys then . . . maybe there is a firewall enabled on your Masters/Minions?
Given that it worked and the key regen broke it, it's safe to assume it's a key issue.
I was under the assumption he replaced all of the keys.
Right, that is the break.
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One of our big Salt users is @QuixoticJeremy and he is at the MangoMeetup event today.
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I'm trying to research this, but this is definitely not a common issue.
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@scottalanmiller said in Port from SW - Salt master rsa key issue:
I'm trying to research this, but this is definitely not a common issue.
Perhaps he should contact vendor support?
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I am spinning up an additional system to try the "install salt, connect them, confirm communication, generate rsa keys, confirm disconnect" method. After that, I'll try generating the rsa keys before installing salt and see if that makes any difference. (I hate spinning up most systems, as they cost my company money to just start them up. I start up one, test on it, and delete it a day later, it still costs my company $36.50. So, this test will cost us $73.)
