Defining applications

1. Add General Info

2. Configure Parameters

3. Confirmation

Add General Info

1. Specify a unique Name for the application.

2. Select the Connector Type as CRDP from the drop-down list.

3. Click Next to go to the Settings screen.

Configure Parameters

1. On the Settings screen, configure the following parameters.

   1. Server Configuration

      These parameters are required to configure server settings such as CA, CSR, and Connection configurations.

      • CA Parameter

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Local CA	Select a local CA from the available options. The CA issues digital certificates and signs CSR.	Optional	CipherTrust Root CA

        Note

        Local CA should be added in the Local Trusted CAs of the Web interface on the CipherTrust Manager.

      • CSR Parameters

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Common Name	Select the user. This is the CRDP user who will interact with CM.	Optional	No default
        City	Name of the city.	Optional	No default
        Country	Name of the country.	Optional	No default
        State	Name of the state.	Optional	No default
        Organization Name	Organization name.	Optional	No default
        Organization Unit	Organization unit.	Optional	No default
        Email	Valid email id.	Optional	No default
        Certificate Duration	Validity period of a client certificate.	Optional	730 days
        Certificate Auto Renewal	Turn on the Certificate Auto Renewal toggle to automatically renew the client certificate before it expires in the user environment. The process of certificate auto renewal is explained here.	Optional	By default, the toggle is off.

      • Connection Configuration

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Server Heartbeat Threshold	Maximum limit of missed heartbeat count. After this limit, the client's state on the CipherTrust Manager changes from warning to error.	Yes	No default

      • Click Next to go to the Client Configuration screen.

   2. Client Configuration

      These parameters are required to initialize CRDP clients.

      • Logging

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Log Level	The level of logging to determine verbosity of clients logs. Options — INFO — WARN — ERROR — DEBUG	Yes	WARN

      • Local Encryption

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Key Cache Expiry	Determines the minimum amount of time a key can be cached.	Yes	43200 seconds

      • Connection Configuration

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Connection Timeout	Connection timeout value for clients.	Yes	10000
        Heartbeat Interval	Time interval (in seconds) after which the client needs to send heartbeat notification to the CipherTrust Manager to get updated policies and configurations.	Yes	300 seconds
        Heartbeat Timeout Count	Number of missed heartbeats after which the client assumes a CipherTrust Manager instance as inactive.	Yes	-1 (The container will never be marked as unhealthy.)

        Tip

        Heartbeat is a mechanism that notifies a client about any change in policies and configurations. The client sends the heartbeat to the CipherTrust Manager indicating that it is alive. In response, the CipherTrust Manager notifies client about any changes in the configurations and policies. To know more about the heartbeat parameters, refer to Heartbeat Configuration.

      • JWT Verification

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Public Key	Verifies the JWT. Specify the public key in PKCS1 or PKCS8 format.	Mandatory when Enable JWT Verification toggle is turned on.	No default
        Issuer	A string that identifies the principal that issued the JWT.	Mandatory when Enable JWT Verification toggle is turned on.	No default

        Note

        This parameter is only required to be configured if the Enable JWT Verification toggle is turned on. When this field is enabled, CRDP will verify the JWT. By default, this toggle is off.

      • Performance Metrics

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Enable Performance Metrics	When the Enable Performance Metrics toggle is turned on, the administrators can generate metrics logs for CRDP.	No	By default, the toggle is on.

2. Click Next to go to Confirmation page.

Confirmation

1. On the Confirmation screen, verify the application details. This screen displays general information and settings .

2. If you want to modify any detail, click Edit and update the details.

3. Click Save. A message stating Application is successfully created is displayed on the screen. At this step, a Registration Token is returned. The clients will use this token to get registered on the CipherTrust Manager. To view the registration token, click here.

4. Click Close to exit the wizard. The newly defined application is added to the list of Applications.

1. Add General Info

2. Configure Parameters

3. Create and Associate Policy

4. Confirmation

Add General Info

1. Specify a unique Name for the application.

2. Select Connector Type as DPG from the drop-down list.

3. Click Next to go to the Settings screen.

Configure Parameters

1. On the Settings screen, configure the following parameters.

   1. Network Configuration

      Note

      This step is only required for DPG 1.2 and lower versions. For DPG 1.3 and higher versions, skip this step.

      Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
      NAE Interface Port	Select interface of the NAE server. Only the interfaces with TLS, verify client cert, user name taken from client cert, auth request is optional mode are supported. The firewall rules for this interface must allow communication.	Yes	No default

      After selecting the NAE interface, you can choose to ignore the rest of the configurations and instead, use the default values to define your application. To do so, click Next.

   2. Server Configuration

      These parameters are required to configure server settings such as CA, CSR, and Connection configurations.

      • CA Parameter

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Local CA	Local trusted Certificate Authority on the CipherTrust Manager that issues and signs the certificates for SSL.	Yes	CipherTrust Root CA

        Note

        Local CA should be added in the Local Trusted CAs of the Web interface on the CipherTrust Manager.

      • CSR Parameters

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Common Name	This is the DPG user who will interact with CM. — For DPG 1.2 and lower versions, NAE-XML interface is used. — For DPG 1.3 and higher versions, REST interface is used. Note: The selected user must exist in the root domain.	Yes	No default
        City	Name of the city.	Yes	No default
        Country	Name of the country.	Yes	No default
        State	Name of the state.	Yes	No default
        Organization Name	Organization name.	Yes	No default
        Organization Unit	Organization unit.	Yes	No default
        Email	Valid email id.	Yes	No default
        Certificate Duration	Validity period of a client certificate.	Yes	730 days
        Certificate auto renewal	Turn on the Certificate auto renewal toggle to automatically renew the CA certificate before it expires in the user environment. By default, the toggle is off. The process of certificate auto renewal is explained here.

      • Connection Configuration

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Server Heartbeat Threshold	Maximum limit of missed heartbeat count. After this limit, the client's state on the CipherTrust Manager changes from warning to error.	Yes	No default

      • Click Next to go to the Client Configuration screen.

   3. Client Configuration

      These parameters are required to initialize DPG clients.

      • Authentication Method

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Scheme Name	Authentication method used to validate the identity of the application users. Following methods are allowed: — Basic: In this scheme, username and password are passed into the authorization request header. The username and password are encoded in Base64 format. — Bearer: In this scheme, a security token (a cryptic string) is granted to the application users. The application user must send this token in the authorization request header when making any reveal request to DPG.	Yes	Basic
        Token Field	Name of the field that contains the username in authorization token based on which the level of access control over reveal operation will be identified.	Required when Bearer is selected as the authentication method.	No default

      • Logging

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Log Level	The level of logging to determine verbosity of client logs. Options — INFO — WARN — ERROR — DEBUG	Yes	WARN

      • Local Encryption

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Key Cache Expiry	Determines the minimum amount of time a key can be cached.	Yes	43200 seconds

      • Connection Configuration

        DPG 1.2 and lower versions

        Note

        If you are using DPG 1.2 and lower versions, configure the following parameters on the CipherTrust Manager UI.

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Maximum Idle Connection	Specifies the maximum number of idle (keep-alive) connections for all hosts. A value of 0 means no limit.	Yes	10000
        Maximum Idle Connection Per Host	Specifies the maximum idle (keep-alive) connections to keep for each host.	Yes	10000
        Dial Timeout	Specifies the maximum duration (in seconds) the DPG server will wait for a connection with the Application Server to succeed.	Yes	10
        Dial Keep Alive	Specifies the interval (in seconds) between keep-alive probes for an active network connection.	Yes	10
        Connection Idle Timeout	Specifies the duration for which a connection is allowed to be idle in the connection pool before it gets automatically closed.	Yes	600000
        Connection Retry Interval	Specifies the time to wait before trying to reconnect to a disabled server.	Yes	600000
        Connection Timeout	Connection timeout value for clients.	Yes	60000
        Connection Read Timeout	Read timeout value for clients.	Yes	7000
        Size of Connection Pool	The maximum number of connections that can persist in a connection pool.	Yes	300
        Load Balancing Algorithm	Determines how the client selects a Key Manager from a load balancing group. Options — round-robin — random	Yes	round-robin
        Heartbeat Interval	Time interval (in seconds) after which the client needs to send heartbeat notification to the CipherTrust Manager to get updated policies and configurations.	Yes	300
        Heartbeat Timeout Count	Number of missed heartbeats after which the client assumes a CipherTrust Manager instance as inactive.	Yes	-1 (The container will never be marked as unhealthy.)

        DPG 1.3 and higher versions

        Note

        For DPG 1.3 and higher versions, following parameters should be configured on the CipherTrust Manager UI.

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        Connection Timeout	Connection timeout value for clients.	Yes	60000
        Heartbeat Interval	Time interval (in seconds) after which the client needs to send heartbeat notification to the CipherTrust Manager to get updated policies and configurations.	Yes	300
        Heartbeat Timeout Count	Number of missed heartbeats after which the client assumes a CipherTrust Manager instance as inactive.	Yes	-1 (The container will never be marked as unhealthy.)

        Tip

        Heartbeat is a mechanism that notifies a client about any change in policies and configurations. The client sends the heartbeat to the CipherTrust Manager indicating that it is alive. In response, the CipherTrust Manager notifies client about any changes in the configurations and policies. To know more about the heartbeat parameters, refer to Heartbeat Configuration.

      • SSL Configuration

        Field	Description	Mandatory	Default
        TLS Enabled	Determines whether to enable TLS. If check-box is selected, DPG will communicate with the upstream server over TLS else, TCP will be used.	Yes	Not selected (not configurable)
        TLS Skip Verify	This field is always selected; DPG doesn't verify the upstream server certificates.	Yes	Always selected (not configurable)

      • Click Next to go to the Policy page.

   Note

   Before moving to next step, we recommend you to read about DPG Policies.

Create and Associate Policy

1. On the DPG Policy page, click Add Endpoint.

2. On the Create Endpoint screen, perform the following steps:

   1. Enter the API URL. This is the URL of the application for which the DPG will protect the data.

   2. Select Method from the drop-down list. Supported methods are:

      • POST

      • GET

      • PUT

      • PATCH

      • DELETE

      Note

      You must configure JSON path/URL parameters separately for each method.

   3. Click Add Token to configure JSON path/URL. For same method, you can configure Request and Response simultaneously.

   4. On the Create Token in Request screen, enter/select the following details.

      Field	Description
      Name	Specify the complete JSON path/URL parameters to be protected/revealed.
      Location	Location of the data to be protected/revealed. Possible options are: — JSON: If data to be protected is in JSON body. — URL: If data to be protected is in URL parameters.
      Operation	Cryptographic operation to be performed. Possible options — Protect — Reveal
      Protection Policy	Select the protection policy form the drop-down list. If protection policy doesn't exist, click Add Protection Policy and click Select. Refer to Managing Protection Polices for details.
      External Version Header	Specify the name of the parameter that will store the version header details (type, protection policy version, and key version). This parameter appears on the UI only when the selected protection policy uses external version header.
      Access Policy	This parameter appears on the UI if operation type is Reveal. Select the access policy from the drop-down list. If access policy doesn't exist, click Add Access Policy and click Select. Refer to Managing Access Policies for details.

      If the JSON body has an array of objects, specify the sensitive tokens in the format shown in the below example:

          {
              "Name": "John",
              "CreditCard":[
              {
                  "CCNumber": "1234-5678-9012-3456",
                  "CVV": "123",
                  "Expiry": "12/03"
              }
              ],
              "Amount" : "250"
          }
      

      In this example, CreditCard is the array of objects (CCNumber, CVV, Expiry). To protect/reveal CCNumber, specify the token as CreditCard.[*].CCNumber in the request/response of the DPG policy. Similarly, to protect/reveal CVV, use the following format: CreditCard.[*].CVV.

      Note

      If a set of data is already protected with a protection policy, ensure to reveal the data with the same protection policy.

   5. Click Create. The newly created policy is listed on the DPG Policy page.

   Now, to configure JSON path/URL parameters for other methods, click Add Endpoint and repeat steps a to g else, click Next to go to the Confirmation screen.

   The below diagrams show that different methods require separate endpoint configurations.

   

   

Confirmation

1. On the Add Application page, verify the application details. The Confirmation screen displays general information, settings, and DPG policy.

2. If you want to modify any detail, click Edit and update the details.

3. Click Add. A message stating, Application created successfully is displayed on the screen. At this step, a Registration Token is generated. The clients will use this token to get registered on the CipherTrust Manager. To view the registration token, click here.

4. Click Close to exit the setup. The newly defined application is added to the list of Applications.