Enabling authentication debug

When initially setting up external authentication such as Kerberos or LDAP, use server and authenitcation loggers with TRACE level to capture internal, LDAP, and Kerberos debugging messages in the debug.log.

Where is the logback.xml file?

The location of the logback.xml file depends on the type of installation:

Installation Type Location

Package installations + Installer-Services installations

/etc/dse/cassandra/logback.xml

Tarball installations + Installer-No Services installations

<installation_location>/resources/cassandra/conf/logback.xml

Procedure

  1. Locate the logback.xml file and add the following lines before the end of the file:

       <logger name="com.datastax.bdp.transport.server" level="TRACE"/>
       <logger name="com.datastax.bdp.cassandra.auth" level="TRACE"/>

    Only activity from the local node is recorded. Enable authentication tracing on the node where you want to troubleshoot authentication.

  2. Restart the node or wait for the configuration to automatically reload.

  3. Tail the debug.log:

    tail -f /etc/dse/cassandra/debug.log
  4. Log in using an account from the external server.

Example

Output from a successful LDAP login:

TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:07:26,565  LdapUtils.java:484 - [ldap-fetch-user] username: dantest1 connection: org.apache.directory.ldap.client.api.LdapNetworkConnection@430680df
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:07:26,566  LdapUtils.java:499 - [ldap-fetch-user] bind to connection
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:07:26,568  LdapUtils.java:508 - [ldap-fetch-user] user_search_base: ou=users,dc=qaldap,dc=datastax,dc=lan, user_search_filter: (uid=dantest1)
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:07:26,608  LdapUtils.java:517 - [ldap-fetch-user] found entry for username: dantest1
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:07:26,610  LdapUtils.java:433 - [ldap-bind] userDN: cn=dantest1,ou=users,dc=qaldap,dc=datastax,dc=lan connection: org.apache.directory.ldap.client.api.LdapNetworkConnection@430680df
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:07:26,611  LdapUtils.java:438 - [ldap-bind] SUCCESS - bind succcessful for userDN: cn=dantest1,ou=users,dc=qaldap,dc=datastax,dc=lan
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:07:26,613  LdapUtils.java:325 - [ldap-authenticate] SUCCESS - username: dantest1, userDN: cn=dantest1,ou=users,dc=qaldap,dc=datastax,dc=lan

Example

Output from a failed LDAP login:

TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:18:23,434  LdapUtils.java:303 - [ldap-authenticate] username: dantest1 not found in cache
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:18:23,434  LdapUtils.java:484 - [ldap-fetch-user] username: dantest1 connection: org.apache.directory.ldap.client.api.LdapNetworkConnection@430680df
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:18:23,434  LdapUtils.java:499 - [ldap-fetch-user] bind to connection
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:18:23,437  LdapUtils.java:508 - [ldap-fetch-user] user_search_base: ou=users,dc=qaldap,dc=datastax,dc=lan, user_search_filter: (uid=dantest1)
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:18:23,440  LdapUtils.java:517 - [ldap-fetch-user] found entry for username: dantest1
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:18:23,441  LdapUtils.java:433 - [ldap-bind] userDN: cn=dantest1,ou=users,dc=qaldap,dc=datastax,dc=lan connection: org.apache.directory.ldap.client.api.LdapNetworkConnection@430680df
TRACE [IOThread-0] 2018-04-24 21:18:23,451  LdapUtils.java:447 - [ldap-bind] ERROR - bind failed for userDN: cn=dantest1,ou=users,dc=qaldap,dc=datastax,dc=lan
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