seaweedfs/weed/credential

Credential Store Integration

This document shows how the credential store has been integrated into SeaweedFS's S3 API and IAM API components.

Quick Start

1. Generate credential configuration:

   weed scaffold -config=credential -output=.
   

2. Edit credential.toml to enable your preferred store (filer_etc is enabled by default)

3. Start S3 API server - it will automatically load credential.toml:

   weed s3 -filer=localhost:8888
   

Integration Overview

The credential store provides a pluggable backend for storing S3 identities and credentials, supporting:

• Filer-based storage (filer_etc) - Uses existing filer storage (default)
• SQLite - Local database storage
• PostgreSQL - Shared database for multiple servers
• Memory - In-memory storage for testing

Configuration

Using credential.toml

Generate the configuration template:

weed scaffold -config=credential

This creates a credential.toml file with all available options. The filer_etc store is enabled by default:

# Filer-based credential store (default, uses existing filer storage)
[credential.filer_etc]
enabled = true

# SQLite credential store (recommended for single-node deployments)
[credential.sqlite]
enabled = false
file = "/var/lib/seaweedfs/credentials.db"

# PostgreSQL credential store (recommended for multi-node deployments)
[credential.postgres]
enabled = false
hostname = "localhost"
port = 5432
username = "seaweedfs"
password = "your_password"
database = "seaweedfs"

# Memory credential store (for testing only, data is lost on restart)
[credential.memory]
enabled = false

The credential.toml file is automatically loaded from these locations (in priority order):

• ./credential.toml
• $HOME/.seaweedfs/credential.toml
• /etc/seaweedfs/credential.toml

Server Configuration

Both S3 API and IAM API servers automatically load credential.toml during startup. No additional configuration is required.

Usage Examples

Filer-based Store (Default)

[credential.filer_etc]
enabled = true

This uses the existing filer storage and is compatible with current deployments.

SQLite Store

[credential.sqlite]
enabled = true
file = "/var/lib/seaweedfs/credentials.db"
table_prefix = "sw_"

PostgreSQL Store

[credential.postgres]
enabled = true
hostname = "localhost"
port = 5432
username = "seaweedfs"
password = "your_password"
database = "seaweedfs"
schema = "public"
sslmode = "disable"
table_prefix = "sw_"
connection_max_idle = 10
connection_max_open = 100
connection_max_lifetime_seconds = 3600

Memory Store (Testing)

[credential.memory]
enabled = true

Environment Variables

All credential configuration can be overridden with environment variables:

# Override PostgreSQL password
export WEED_CREDENTIAL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret

# Override SQLite file path
export WEED_CREDENTIAL_SQLITE_FILE=/custom/path/credentials.db

# Override PostgreSQL hostname
export WEED_CREDENTIAL_POSTGRES_HOSTNAME=db.example.com

# Enable/disable stores
export WEED_CREDENTIAL_FILER_ETC_ENABLED=true
export WEED_CREDENTIAL_SQLITE_ENABLED=false

Rules:

• Prefix with WEED_CREDENTIAL_
• Convert to uppercase
• Replace . with _

Implementation Details

Components automatically load credential configuration during startup:

// Server initialization
if credConfig, err := credential.LoadCredentialConfiguration(); err == nil && credConfig != nil {
    credentialManager, err := credential.NewCredentialManager(
        credConfig.Store,
        credConfig.Config,
        credConfig.Prefix,
    )
    if err != nil {
        return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize credential manager: %v", err)
    }
    // Use credential manager for operations
}

Benefits

1. Easy Configuration - Generate template with weed scaffold -config=credential
2. Pluggable Storage - Switch between filer_etc, SQLite, PostgreSQL without code changes
3. Backward Compatibility - Filer-based storage works with existing deployments
4. Scalability - Database stores support multiple concurrent servers
5. Performance - Database access can be faster than file-based storage
6. Testing - Memory store simplifies unit testing
7. Environment Override - All settings can be overridden with environment variables

Error Handling

When a credential store is configured, it must initialize successfully or the server will fail to start:

if credConfig != nil {
    credentialManager, err = credential.NewCredentialManager(...)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize credential manager: %v", err)
    }
}

This ensures explicit configuration - if you configure a credential store, it must work properly.