Traefik plugin for verifying JSON Web Tokens (JWT). Supports public keys, certificates or JWKS endpoints. Supports RSA, ECDSA and symmetric keys. Supports Open Policy Agent (OPA) for additional authorization checks.
Features:
- RS256, RS384, RS512, PS256, PS384, PS512, ES256, ES384, ES512, HS256, HS384, HS512
- Certificates or public keys can be configured in the dynamic config
- Supports JWK endpoints for fetching keys remotely
- Reject a request or Log warning when required field is missing from JWT payload
- Validate request with Open Policy Agent
- Adds the verified and decoded token to the OPA input
The plugin needs to be configured in the Traefik static configuration before it can be used.
The following snippet can be used as an example for the values.yaml file:
experimental:
plugins:
enabled: true
additionalArguments:
- --experimental.plugins.jwt.moduleName=github.com/team-carepay/traefik-jwt-plugin
- --experimental.plugins.jwt.version=v0.0.11traefik \
--experimental.plugins.jwt.moduleName=github.com/team-carepay/traefik-jwt-plugin \
--experimental.plugins.jwt.version=v0.0.11The plugin currently supports the following configuration settings: (all fields are optional)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| OpaUrl | URL of OPA policy document requested for decision, e.g. http://opa:8181/v1/data/example. |
| OpaAllowField | Field in the JSON result which contains a boolean, indicating whether the request is allowed or not. Default allow. |
| OpaBody | Boolean indicating whether the request body should be added to the OPA input. |
| OpaDebugMode | Set the opa response in the http response body when the request isn't allowed otherwise the response body is forbidden |
| PayloadFields | The field-name in the JWT payload that are required (e.g. exp). Multiple field names may be specificied (string array) |
| Required | Is Authorization header with JWT token required for every request. |
| Keys | Used to validate JWT signature. Multiple keys are supported. Allowed values include certificates, public keys, symmetric keys. In case the value is a valid URL, the plugin will fetch keys from the JWK endpoint. |
| Alg | Used to verify which PKI algorithm is used in the JWT. |
| JwtHeaders | Map used to inject JWT payload fields as HTTP request headers. |
| OpaHeaders | Map used to inject OPA result fields as HTTP request headers. Populated if request is allowed by OPA. Only 1st level keys from OPA document are supported. |
| OpaResponseHeaders | Map used to inject OPA result fields as HTTP response headers. Populated if OPA response has OpaAllowField present, regardless of value. Only 1st level keys from OPA document are supported. |
| OpaHttpStatusField | Field in OPA JSON result, which contains int or string HTTP status code that will be returned in case of disallowed OPA response. Accepted range is >= 300 and < 600. Only 1st level keys from OPA document are supported. |
| JwtCookieKey | Name of the cookie to extract JWT if not found in Authorization header. |
| JwtQueryKey | Name of the query parameter to extract JWT if not found in Authorization header or in the specified cookie. |
This example uses Kubernetes Custom Resource Descriptors (CRD) :
apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
name: jwt
spec:
plugin:
jwt:
OpaUrl: http://localhost:8181/v1/data/example
OpaAllowField: allow
OpaBody: true
PayloadFields:
- exp
Required: true
Keys:
- https://samples.auth0.com/.well-known/jwks.json
- |
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAnzyis1ZjfNB0bBgKFMSv
vkTtwlvBsaJq7S5wA+kzeVOVpVWwkWdVha4s38XM/pa/yr47av7+z3VTmvDRyAHc
aT92whREFpLv9cj5lTeJSibyr/Mrm/YtjCZVWgaOYIhwrXwKLqPr/11inWsAkfIy
tvHWTxZYEcXLgAXFuUuaS3uF9gEiNQwzGTU1v0FqkqTBr4B8nW3HCN47XUu0t8Y0
e+lf4s4OxQawWD79J9/5d3Ry0vbV3Am1FtGJiJvOwRsIfVChDpYStTcHTCMqtvWb
V6L11BWkpzGXSW4Hv43qa+GSYOD2QU68Mb59oSk2OB+BtOLpJofmbGEGgvmwyCI9
MwIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
OpaHeaders:
X-Allowed: allow
JwtHeaders:
X-Subject: sub
OpaResponseHeaders:
X-Allowed: allow
OpaHttpStatusField: allow_status_code
JwtCookieKey: jwt
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: test-server
labels:
app: test-server
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: traefik
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.middlewares: default-jwt@kubernetescrdThe following section describes how to use this plugin with Open Policy Agent (OPA)
The plugin will translate the HTTP request (including headers and parameters) and forwards the payload as JSON to OPA.
For example, the following URL: http://localhost/api/path?param1=foo¶m2=bar
will result in the following payload (headers are reduced for readability):
{
"headers": {
"Accept-Encoding": [
"gzip, deflate, br"
],
"Authorization": [
"Bearer XXX.XXX.XXX"
],
"X-Forwarded-Host": [
"localhost"
],
"X-Forwarded-Port": [
"80"
],
"X-Forwarded-Proto": [
"http"
],
"X-Forwarded-Server": [
"traefik-84c77c5547-sm2cb"
],
"X-Real-Ip": [
"172.18.0.1"
]
},
"host": "localhost",
"method": "POST",
"parameters": {
"param1": [
"foo"
],
"param2": [
"bar"
]
},
"body": {
"foo": "bar"
},
"path": [
"api",
"path"
],
"tokenHeader": {
"alg": "RS512",
"kid": "abc123"
},
"tokenPayload": {
"exp": 1652263686,
"sub": "johndoe@host.com"
}
}The policies you enforce can be as complex or simple as you prefer. For example, the policy could decode the JWT token and verify the token is valid and has not expired, and that the user has the required claims in the token.
The policy below shows an simplified example:
package example
default allow = false
allow {
input.method = "GET"
input.path[0] = "public"
}
allow {
input.method = "GET"
input.path = [ "secure", i ]
has_token([ "123", "456"])
}
has_token(tokens) {
input.path[1] = tokens[i]
}
In the above example, requesting /public/anything or /secure/123 is allowed,
however requesting /secure/xxx would be rejected and results in a 403 Forbidden.
This software is released under the Apache 2.0 License