The following diagram illustrates a typical deployment pattern for WSO2 Enterprise Mobility Manager.
As indicated in the above diagram, when clustering EMM, there is worker manager separation. However, this differs from standard WSO2 Carbon worker manager separation. In a standard WSO2 product cluster, worker and manager separation is derived from deployment synchronization. However, in EMM there is no deployment synchronization.
EMM includes an admin console that can be used by any user with administrative privileges. These users can perform some actions on enrolled devices and the devices can retrieve those actions by requesting the pending operations. This is done by either waking the device through push notification or configuring the device to poll at a pre-compiled frequency.
Normally administrative tasks should be run from manager node.
There are two major deployment patterns for manager node. One could be running the manager node in the private network due to security constraints and other is allowing end users to access the management nodes, so that they can control, view their devices.
Setting up the databases
The following databases are needed for the clustering.
Database Name | Description | Database Script Location |
---|---|---|
CDM core database (DM_DS) | This stores generic data about devices (such as unique identifier, device type, ownership type), device enrollment information, device operations, policy management related data, etc. | <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/cdm/
|
APIM Database (WSO2AM_DB) | This stores data related to JAX-RS APIs and OAuth token data. | <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/apimgt/
|
Registry database (REG_DB) | This acts as the registry database. This database stores governance and config registry and must be mounted to all nodes in the cluster. | <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/ |
User and permission manager (UM_DB) | This database stores the user permission related details. | <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/ |
The following databases are related to plugins. These enable you to keep the data that is essential for these devices to work (such as APNS related keys) and this data is not available in the CDM core database.
Database Name | Description | Database Script Location |
---|---|---|
iOS DB (MobileIOSDM_DS) | Stores the iOS related the data. | <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/cdm/plugins/ios |
Android DB (MobileAndroidDM_DS) | Stores the Android related data. | <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/cdm/plugins/android/ |
Windows DB (MobileWindowsDM_DS) | Stores the Microsoft Windows related data. | <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/cdm/plugins/windows/ |
To change the datasource configurations, please change the following files.
Files to change | Datasources |
---|---|
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/master-datasources.xml | This file must include the datasource configuration for the following databases.
|
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/emm-datasources.xml
| This file must include the datasource configuration for the following databases.
|
See Setting up the Database for an example of how datasources are configured.
Mounting the registry
See Remote Instance and Mount Configuration Details for more information on registr mounting and why it is useful. Do the following steps to configure this.
O pen the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/
datasources/master-datasources.xml
file and add the following datasource configurations.<datasource> <name>WSO2REG_DB</name> <description>The datasource used for Registry database</description> <jndiConfig> <name>jdbc/WSO2REG_DB</name> </jndiConfig> <definition type="RDBMS"> <configuration> <url>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/C_REG</url> <username>root</username> <password></password> <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> <maxActive>50</maxActive> <maxWait>60000</maxWait> <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> </configuration> </definition> </datasource>
Add the following configurations to the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/registry.xml
file.<dbConfig name="mounted_registry"> <dataSource>jdbc/WSO2REG_DB</dataSource> </dbConfig> <remoteInstance url="https://localhost:9443/registry"> <id>instanceid</id> <dbConfig>mounted_registry</dbConfig> <readOnly>false</readOnly> <enableCache>true</enableCache> <registryRoot>/</registryRoot> <cacheId>root@jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/C_REG</cacheId> </remoteInstance> <mount path="/_system/config" overwrite="true"> <instanceId>instanceid</instanceId> <targetPath>/_system/config</targetPath> </mount> <mount path="/_system/governance" overwrite="true"> <instanceId>instanceid</instanceId> <targetPath>/_system/governance</targetPath> </mount>
Configuring the user permissions manager
See Configuring User Stores for more information on configuring user management capabilities for EMM (such as connecting an LDAP or Active Directory) and adding the role based access control configurations.
Configuring the load balancer
This section provides instructions on how to configure Nginx as the load balancer. You can use any load balancer for your setup and Nginx is used here as an example. This covers the configuration in the main Nginx configuration file. Create a new nginx.conf file and put it in /etc/nginx/conf.d directory which will work as the default configuration directory for Nginx.
Open the nginx.conf file and do the following configurations for the worker node.
Note: The URL used by the worker nodes is
work.emm.wso2.com
. (make sure this is properly set up in DNS pointing to the load balancer)upstream work.emm.wso2.com { ip_hash; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9763; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9763; } server { listen 80; server_name work.emm.wso2.com; location / { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_read_timeout 5m; proxy_send_timeout 5m; proxy_pass http://work.emm.wso2.com; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } } upstream ssl.work.emm.wso2.com { ip_hash; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9443; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9443; } server { listen 443; server_name work.emm.wso2.com; ssl on; ssl_certificate /Users/geeth/Documents/Product-Testing/clustering/emm/conf/keys/server.crt; ssl_certificate_key /Users/geeth/Documents/Product-Testing/clustering/emm/conf/keys/server.key; location / { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_read_timeout 5m; proxy_send_timeout 5m; proxy_pass https://ssl.work.emm.wso2.com; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } }
For Mutual SSL enabled setup, please note the following changes
Changes for Mutual SSL enabled deployeementserver { listen 443; server_name ssl.work.emm.wso2.com; ssl on; ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/server.crt; ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/server.key; ssl_client_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/ca.crt; ssl_verify_client optional; location / { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_set_header PROXY-MUTUAL-AUTH-HEADER $ssl_client_s_dn; proxy_read_timeout 5m; proxy_send_timeout 5m; proxy_pass https://ssl.work.emm.wso2.com; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } }
ssl_certificate - This is used to define the SSL certificate of nginx ssl_certificate_key - This is used to define the private key of the SSL certificate of nginx
ssl_client_certificate - CA certificate used to sign the client certificates.
ssl_verify_client - on | off | optional | optional_no_ca Please refer the nginx documentation for more details
http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_ssl_module.html#ssl_verify_client;proxy_set_header PROXY-MUTUAL-AUTH-HEADER $ssl_client_s_dn; This header is set so that the EMM server can validate the client details.
Open the nginx.conf file and do the following configurations for the manager node.
Note: The URL used by the manager nodes is
mgt.emm.wso2.com
. (make sure this is properly set up in DNS pointing to the load balancer)upstream mgt.emm.wso2.com { ip_hash; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9763; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9763; } server { listen 80; server_name mgt.emm.wso2.com; location / { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_read_timeout 5m; proxy_send_timeout 5m; proxy_pass http://mgt.emm.wso2.com; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } } upstream ssl.mgt.emm.wso2.com { ip_hash; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9443; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9443; } server { listen 443; server_name mgt.emm.wso2.com; ssl on; ssl_certificate /Users/geeth/Documents/Product-Testing/clustering/emm/conf/keys/server.crt; ssl_certificate_key /Users/geeth/Documents/Product-Testing/clustering/emm/conf/keys/server.key; location / { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_read_timeout 5m; proxy_send_timeout 5m; proxy_pass https://ssl.mgt.emm.wso2.com; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } }
Open the
nginx.conf
file and do the following configurations for the key manager or identity provider node.Note: The key manager’s URL is
keymgt.emm.wso2.com
. (make sure this is properly set up in DNS pointing to the load balancer)upstream keymgt.emm.wso2.com { ip_hash; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9763; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9763; } server { listen 80; server_name keymgt.emm.wso2.com; location / { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_read_timeout 5m; proxy_send_timeout 5m; proxy_pass http://keymgt.emm.wso2.com; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } } upstream ssl.keymgt.emm.wso2.com { ip_hash; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9443; server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9443; } server { listen 443; server_name keymgt.emm.wso2.com; ssl on; ssl_certificate /Users/geeth/Documents/Product-Testing/clustering/emm/conf/keys/server.crt; ssl_certificate_key /Users/geeth/Documents/Product-Testing/clustering/emm/conf/keys/server.key; location / { proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_read_timeout 5m; proxy_send_timeout 5m; proxy_pass https://ssl.keymgt.emm.wso2.com; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } }
Generating SSL certificates to NGINX
Create SSL certificates for both the manager and worker nodes using the instructions that follow.
- Create the Server Key.
$sudo openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
- Certificate Signing Request.
$sudo openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
- Remove the password.
$sudo cp server.key server.key.org
$sudo openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key
- Sign your SSL Certificate.
$sudo openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
While creating keys, enter the host name (*.emm.wso2.com) as the common name.
Add the public key of the NGINX server to the client_truststore.jks (you can download the public key from the browser and name it as emm.wso2.com.crt). Use the following command to add the public key to client_truststore.jks.
keytool -import -alias emm.wso2.com -file emm.wso2.com.crt -keystore <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/resources/security/client-truststore.jks
Alternatively, import the server.crt certificate that was created as a NGINX server certificate. You must change the server certificate name into server.crt instead of emm.wso2.com.crt when importing it.
Configuring the manager node
EMM has three key consoles.
- EMM console - For device management related tasks such as adding policies, operations, users, roles, and devices.
- Publisher - Used for adding and publishing the enterprise mobile applications.
- Store - Device user can go and subscribe to the apps and it gets installed to the device.
The above three consoles could be running inside the company network due to security concerns or could be exposed through a load balancer.
Note: There can be one EMM manager node if you use policy monitoring and policy change management. If you do not plan to use those, you can have a cluster of manager nodes.
Do the following to configure the manager node.
- Download and unzip the WSO2 EMM binary distribution. The extracted directory is referred to as
<EMM_HOME>
in this document. Configure the
HostName
and theMgtHostName
. To do this, edit the<EMM_HOME>/repository/conf/carbon.xml
file as follows.<HostName>work.emm.wso2.com</HostName> <MgtHostName>mgt.emm.wso2.com</MgtHostName>
HostName
: Host name or IP address of the machine hosting this server, e.g.work.emm.wso2.com
or192.168.1.10
.This is will become part of the End Point Reference of the services deployed on this server instance.MgtHostName
: Host name to be used for the Carbon management console.
Configure the HTTP/HTTPS proxy ports to communicate through the load balancer by editing the
<EMM_HOME>/repository/conf/tomcat/catalina-server.xml
file as follows.<Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" port="9763" proxyPort="80" redirectPort="443" … /> <Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" port="9443" proxyPort="443" redirectPort="443" … />
- Configure the policy monitoring frequency. You set the value in milliseconds and the default is 10 minutes. To do this, edit the
<EMM_HOME>/repository/conf/cdm-config.xml
file.
<MonitoringFrequency>60000</MonitoringFrequency>
Configure the QR code URL to publically expose the URL in the emm-web-agent jaggery application and the URL of the key manager. This file is in the emm-web-agent.zip file. Edit the
<EMM_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/jaggeryapps/emm-web-agent/config/config.json
file. Use a ZIP file browser to change the file."dynamicClientRegistrationEndPoint" : "https://keymgt.mdm.wso2.com/dynamic-client-web/register/", ……. …... "generalConfig" : { "host" : "http://work.emm.wso2.com", "companyName" : "WSO2 Enterprise Mobility Manager", ……………………. }
Configuring the worker node
- Set up the cluster configurations by editing the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/axis2/axis2.xml
file as follows.- Enable clustering for this node by setting
enable
totrue
in theclustering
tag.
<clustering class="org.wso2.carbon.core.clustering.hazelcast.HazelcastClusteringAgent" enable="true">
- Set the membership scheme to
wka
to enable the well-known address registration method (this node sends cluster initiation messages to WKA members that are defined later).
<parameter name="membershipScheme">wka</parameter>
- Specify the name of the cluster this node will join.
<parameter name="domain">wso2.emm.domain</parameter>
Specify the host used to communicate cluster messages.
Note: You may run into issues when using host names in products based on WSO2 Carbon 4.4.0, so it is recommended that you use the IP address directly here. You can also use IP address ranges here. For example, 192.168.1.2-10.
<parameter name="localMemberHost">xxx.xxx.xxx.xx3</parameter>
- Specify the port used to communicate cluster messages.
<parameter name="localMemberPort">4200</parameter>
Specify the well known member. In this example, the well known member is the manager node.
<members> <member> <hostName>xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2</hostName> <port>4100</port> </member> </members>
- Enable clustering for this node by setting
- Configure the HostName. To do this, edit the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/carbon.xml file to modify the following entry.
<HostName>work.emm.wso2.com</HostName>
Configure the HTTP/HTTPS proxy ports to communicate through the load balancer by editing the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/tomcat/catalina-server.xml
file as follows.<Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" port="9763" proxyPort="80" redirectPort="443" … /> <Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" port="9443" proxyPort="443" redirectPort="443" … />
Stop running the monitoring task on worker nodes by editing the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/cdm-config.xml
and setting themonitoringEnable
tag tofalse
Note: This task is not federated yet. Federation will be applicable in an upcoming release.
<MonitoringEnable>false</MonitoringEnable>
Configure the identity provider URL for OAuth key validation. Do this by editing the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/security/authenticators.xml
file.<Authenticator name="OAuthAuthenticator" disabled="false"> <Priority>10</Priority> <Config> <Parameter name="isRemote">true</Parameter> <Parameter name="hostURL">https://keymgt.emm.wso2.com:443</Parameter> <Parameter name="adminUsername">admin</Parameter> <Parameter name="adminPassword">admin</Parameter> </Config> </Authenticator>
Change the apk download URL to the publically exposed URL in emm-web-agent jaggery application. This file is in emm-web-agent.zip file. You can unzip it, edit the file, and then zip it again. Edit the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/jaggeryapps/emm-web-agent/config/config.json
file with the following."generalConfig" : { "host" : "http://work.emm.wso2.com", "companyName" : "WSO2 Enterprise Mobility Manager", ……………………. }
- Remove the EMM jaggery application from the server before starting it. This is to make sure that no worker node has the ability to control the device through the EMM web application.
Add the following to the
tasks-config.xml
file, which is in the<EMM_HOME>/repository/conf/etc/
directory in the Analyzer nodes.<taskServerCount>2</taskServerCount>
About the task server count
This value indicates the number of task servers running in the cluster.
When clustering is enabled for worker nodes, they wait for other task executor nodes to startup. This depends on the number specified as the
taskServerCount
in the<EMM_HOME>/repository/conf/etc/tasks-config.xml
file.If the
taskServerCount
is 2 (which is the default value) then there should be at least two worker nodes to properly start up the cluster. Otherwise, the worker node startup will be held at the following log statement until at least one other task node startup.
Configuring the Key Manager node
When configuring the Key Manager (identity provider), you must use the EMM server as a Key Manager.
- Set up the cluster configurations by editing the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/axis2/axis2.xml
file as follows.- Enable clustering for this node by setting
enable
totrue
in theclustering
tag.
<clustering class="org.wso2.carbon.core.clustering.hazelcast.HazelcastClusteringAgent" enable="true">
- Set the membership scheme to
wka
to enable the well-known address registration method (this node sends cluster initiation messages to WKA members that are defined later).
<parameter name="membershipScheme">wka</parameter>
- Specify the name of the cluster this node will join.
<parameter name="domain">wso2.keymt.domain</parameter>
Specify the host used to communicate cluster messages.
Note: You may run into issues when using host names in products based on WSO2 Carbon 4.4.0, so it is recommended that you use the IP address directly here. You can also use IP address ranges here. For example, 192.168.1.2-10.
<parameter name="localMemberHost">xxx.xxx.xxx.xx3</parameter>
Specify the port used to communicate cluster messages.
<parameter name="localMemberPort">4200</parameter>
Specify the well known member. In this example, the well known member is the manager node.
<members> <member> <hostName>xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2</hostName> <port>4100</port> </member> </members>
- Enable clustering for this node by setting
- Configure the HostName. To do this, edit the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/carbon.xml
file as follows.
<HostName>keymgt.emm.wso2.com</HostName>
Configure the HTTP/HTTPS proxy ports to communicate through the load balancer by editing the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/tomcat/catalina-server.xml
file as follows.<Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" port="9763" proxyPort="80" redirectPort="443" … /> <Connector protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" port="9443" proxyPort="443" redirectPort="443" … />
- Remove the EMM jaggery application from the server before it starts. This is to make sure that no worker node has the ability to control the device through the EMM web application.
Testing the cluster
Do the following steps to ensure the cluster works as expected.
Restart the configured load balancer.
Start the key manager node.
sh <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/wso2server.sh -Dsetup
Start the manager node.
sh <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/wso2server.sh
Start the two worker nodes.
Note
Make sure to start the worker node using the command given below. Do not use -DworkerNode=true to start the worker node.
sh <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/wso2server.sh -DworkerNode=true
- Check for ‘member joined’ log messages in the worker consoles.