Configuring Netbox to get authorization information via REMOTE_AUTH?

larsks

2/27/23, 7:06 PM

I'm trying to set up an oauth2 proxy in front of Netbox (to authenticate against a local Keycloak instance). I have the following configuration in the /etc/netbox/config/extra.py:

REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLED=True
REMOTE_AUTH_AUTO_CREATE_USER=True
REMOTE_AUTH_HEADER='HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PREFERRED_USERNAME'
REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_HEADER='HTTP_X_FORWARDED_GROUPS'
REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SYNC_ENABLED=True
REMOTE_AUTH_SUPERUSER_GROUPS=['netbox-admin']
REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SEPARATOR=','

Authentication works just fine; I can enter my credentials and Netbox shows my email address in the account menu.

Requests have an X-Forwarded-* headers that look like:

X-Forwarded-Preferred-Username: [email protected]
X-Forwarded-Groups: default-roles-example,offline_access,netbox-admin,uma_authorization,role:default-roles-example,role:offline_access,role:netbox-admin,role:uma_authorization,role:account:manage-account,role:account:manage-account-links,role:account:view-profile

I have verified that these headers are present in requests to Netbox.

I've tried setting REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_HEADER and REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SEPARATOR appropriately, but viewing the account profile (https://netbox.../user/profile/) always shows "Groups: None", and I'm not able to get superuser privileges.

Is there something obvious missing from my configuration?

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EN: Configuring Netbox to get authorization information via REMOTE_AUTH?

TH: กำลังกำหนดค่า Netbox เพื่อรับข้อมูลการอนุญาตผ่าน REMOTE_AUTH หรือไม่

RO: Configurați Netbox pentru a obține informații de autorizare prin REMOTE_AUTH?

RU: Настроить Netbox для получения информации об авторизации через REMOTE_AUTH?

VI: Định cấu hình Netbox để nhận thông tin ủy quyền qua REMOTE_AUTH?

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