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  1. Define a new Java interface for authorizer in 'clients' module in the package 'org.apache.kafka.server' similar to other server-side pluggable classes.
  2. KIP-4 has added ACL-related classes in the package org.apache.kafka.common (e.g. ResourcePattern and AccessControlEntry) to support ACL management using AdminClient. We will attempt to reuse these classes wherever possible.
  3. Deprecate but retain existing Scala authorizer API for backward compatibility to ensure that existing custom authorizers can be used with new brokers.
  4. Provide context about the request to authorizers to enable context-specific logic based on security protocol or listener to be applied to authorization.
  5. Provide additional context about the request including ApiKey and correlation id from the request header since these are useful for matching debug-level authorization logs with corresponding request logs.
  6. For ACL updates, provide request context including principal requesting the update and the listener on which request arrived to enable additional validation.
  7. Return individual responses for each access control entry update when multiple entries of a resource are updated. At the moment, we update the ZooKeeper node for a resource pattern multiple times when a request adds or removes multiple entries for a resource in a single update request. Since it is a common usage pattern to add or remove multiple access control entries while updating ACLs for a resource, batched updates will be supported to enable a single atomic update for each resource pattern.
  8. Provide authorization usage flag to authorizers to enable authorization logs to indicate attempts to access unauthorized resources. Kafka brokers log denied operations at INFO level and allowed operations at DEBUG level with the expectation that denied operations are rare and indicate erroneous or malicious use of the system. But we currently have several uses of Authorizer#authorize for filtering accessible resources or operations, for example for regex subscription. These fill up authorization logs with denied log entries, making these logs unusable for determining actual attempts to access resources by users who don’t have appropriate permissions. Audit flag will enable the authorizer to determine the severity of denied access.
  9. For authorizers that don’t store metadata in ZooKeeper, ensure that authorizer metadata for each listener is available before starting up the listener. This enables different authorization metadata stores for different listeners.
  10. Rewrite Add a new out-of-the-box authorizer class SimpleAclAuthorizer to implement that implements the new authorizer interface, making use of the features supported by the new API.
  11. Retain existing audit log entry format in SimpleAclAuthorizer to ensure that tools that parse these logs continue to work.
  12. Enable Authorizer implementations to make use of additional Kafka interfaces similar to other pluggable callbacks. Authorizers can implement org.apache.kafka.common.Reconfigurable  to support dynamic reconfiguration without restarting the broker. Authorizers will also be provided cluster id which may be included in logs or used to support centralized ACL storage.
  13. Enable asynchronous ACL updates to avoid blocking broker request threads when ACLs are updated in a remote store (e.g. a database).

Public Interfaces

Authorizer Configuration

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Code Block
languagejava
titleJava Authorizer Interface
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFutureCompletionStage;
import org.apache.kafka.common.Configurable;
import org.apache.kafka.common.acl.AclBindingEndpoint;
import org.apache.kafka.common.acl.AclBindingFilterAclBinding;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotationacl.InterfaceStabilityAclBindingFilter;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.KafkaRequestContextInterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.server.ServerInfo;
import org.apache.kafka.server.ServerInfo.Endpoint;

/**
 *
 *
/**
 *
 * Pluggable authorizer interface for Kafka brokers.
 *
 * Startup sequence in brokers:
 * <ol>
 *   <li>Broker creates authorizer instance if configured in `authorizer.class.name`.</li>
 *   <li>Broker configures and starts authorizer instance. Authorizer implementation starts loading its metadata.</li>
 *   <li>Broker starts SocketServer to accept connections and process requests.</li>
 *   <li>For each listener, SocketServer waits for authorization metadata to be available in the
 *       authorizer before accepting connections. The future returned by {@link #start(ServerInfoAuthorizerServerInfo)}
 *       must return only when authorizer is ready to authorize requests on the listener.</li>
 *   <li>Broker accepts connections. For each connection, broker performs authentication and then accepts Kafka requests.
 *       For each request, broker invokes {@link #authorize(KafkaRequestContextAuthorizableRequestContext, List)} to authorize
 *       actions performed by the request.</li>
 * </ol>
 *
 * Authorizer implementation class may optionally implement @{@link org.apache.kafka.common.Reconfigurable}
 * to enable dynamic reconfiguration without restarting the broker.
 * <p>
 * <b>Thread<b>Threading safetymodel:</b> All
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All authorizer operations including authorization and ACL updates must be thread-safe.
 * </p>li>
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface Authorizer extends Configurable, Closeable {

    /**
     * Starts loading authorization metadata and returns futures that can be used to wait until
     * metadata for authorizing requests on each listener is available. Each listener will be
     * started only after its metadata is available and authorizer is ready to start authorizing
     * requests on that listener.
     *
     * @param serverInfo Metadata for the broker including broker id and listener endpoints
     * @return CompletableFutures for each endpoint that completes when authorizer is ready to
     *         start authorizing requests on that listener.
     */
    Map<Endpoint, CompletableFuture<Void>> start(ServerInfo serverInfo);

    /**
     * Authorizes the specified action. Additional metadata for the action is specified
     * in `requestContext`.   <li>ACL update methods are asynchronous. Implementations with low update latency may return a
 *       completed future using {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture#completedFuture(Object)}.
 *       This ensures that the request will be handled synchronously by the caller without using a
 *       purgatory to wait for the result. If ACL updates require remote communication which may block,
 *       return a future that is completed asynchronously when the remote operation completes. This enables
 *       the caller to process other requests on the request threads without blocking.</li>
 *   <li>Any threads or thread pools used for processing remote operations asynchronously can be started during
 *       {@link #start(AuthorizerServerInfo)}. These threads must be shutdown during {@link Authorizer#close()}.</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface Authorizer extends Configurable, Closeable {

    /**
     *
 Starts loading authorization metadata *and @paramreturns requestContextfutures Requestthat contextcan includingbe requestused type,to security protocol and listener namewait until
     * metadata @paramfor actionsauthorizing Actionsrequests beingon authorizedeach includinglistener resourceis andavailable. operationEach forlistener eachwill actionbe
     * @returnstarted Listonly ofafter authorizationits resultsmetadata foris eachavailable actionand inauthorizer theis sameready orderto as the provided actionsstart authorizing
     */
 requests on that listener.
 List<AuthorizationResult> authorize(KafkaRequestContext requestContext, List<Action> actions);*

     /**
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id and listener   *endpoints
     * @param@return requestContextCompletionStage Requestfor contexteach ifendpoint thethat ACLcompletes iswhen beingauthorizer created by a brokeris ready to handle
     *         astart clientauthorizing requestrequests toon createthat ACLslistener.
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    Map<Endpoint, ? extends CompletionStage<Void>> start(AuthorizerServerInfo serverInfo);

     /**
     * Authorizes the usingspecified AclCommandaction.
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 * in   *`requestContext`.
     * @return<p>
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locally cached ACLs. Since this */
    List<AclCreateResult> createAcls(KafkaRequestContext requestContext, List<AclBinding> aclBindings);

    /**method is invoked on the
     * request thread while processing each request, implementations of this method should avoid time-consuming
     * Deletes all ACL bindingsremote communication that matchmay theblock providedrequest filtersthreads.
     *
     * @param requestContext Request context ifincluding therequest ACLtype, issecurity beingprotocol deletedand by a broker to handlelistener name
     * @param actions Actions being authorized including  a client request to delete ACLs. This may be null if ACLs are deleted directly in ZooKeeper
     * resource and operation for each action
     * @return List of authorization results for each action in the same order as the provided actions
     */
  using AclCommand.
 List<AuthorizationResult> authorize(AuthorizableRequestContext requestContext,  * @param aclBindingFilters Filters to match ACL bindings that are to be deletedList<Action> actions);

    /**
     * Creates new ACL bindings.
     * <p>
     * @returnThis Deleteis resultan forasynchronous eachAPI filterthat inenables the caller sameto orderavoid asblocking induring the input list.update. Implementations of this
     * API can return completed futures using {@link  Each result indicates which ACL bindings were actually deleted as well as anyjava.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture#completedFuture(Object)}
     * to process the update synchronously on the request thread.
     *
     * @param requestContext Request bindingscontext thatif matchedthe butACL couldis not be deleted.being created by a broker to handle
     */
    List<AclDeleteResult> deleteAcls(KafkaRequestContext requestContext, List<AclBindingFilter> aclBindingFilters);

a client request to /**
     * Returns ACL bindings which match the provided filter.create ACLs. This may be null if ACLs are created directly in ZooKeeper
     *        using AclCommand.
     * @return@param Iterator foraclBindings ACL bindings, which may be populated lazily.to create
     */
    Iterable<AclBinding> acls(AclBindingFilter filter);
}

Request context will provided to authorizers using a new interface KafkaRequestContext. The existing class org.apache.kafka.common.requests.RequestContext will implement this interface.

Code Block
languagejava
titleRequest Context
package org.apache.kafka.common;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.KafkaPrincipal;
import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.SecurityProtocol;

/**
 * Request context interface that provides data from request header as well as connection
 * and authentication information to plugins.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface KafkaRequestContext {

    /**
     * Returns name of listener on which request was received.
     */
    String listener( * @return Create result for each ACL binding in the same order as in the input list. Each result
     *         is returned as a CompletionStage that completes when the result is available.
     */
    List<? extends CompletionStage<AclCreateResult>> createAcls(AuthorizableRequestContext requestContext, List<AclBinding> aclBindings);

    /**
     * ReturnsDeletes all theACL securitybindings protocolthat formatch the listener on which request was receivedprovided filters.
     */ <p>
    SecurityProtocol securityProtocol();

    /**
     * Returns authenticated principal for the connection on which request was received. * This is an asynchronous API that enables the caller to avoid blocking during the update. Implementations of this
     */
 API can return KafkaPrincipal principal();

    /**completed futures using {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture#completedFuture(Object)}
     * to Returnsprocess clientthe IPupdate addresssynchronously fromon whichthe request was sentthread.
     */
    InetAddress clientAddress();

    /**
     * 16-bit API key of the request from the request header. See
 * @param requestContext Request context if the ACL is being deleted by a broker to handle
     *       * https://kafka.apache.org/protocol#protocol_api_keys for a client request typesto delete ACLs.
 This may be null */
if ACLs are deleted int requestType();

directly in ZooKeeper
     /**
     * Returns a nameusing forAclCommand.
 the request type. For fetch* requests,@param theaclBindingFilters metricsFilters names
to match ACL bindings that *are FetchFollowerto andbe FetchConsumerdeleted
 will be used to distinguish between*
     * replica@return fetchDelete requestsresult andfor clienteach fetchfilter requests.
in the same order as */
in the input  String requestName();

list.
     /**
     * Returns the request versionEach fromresult theindicates requestwhich header.
ACL bindings were actually deleted */
as well as  int requestVersion();

any
     /**
     * Returns the client idbindings fromthat thematched requestbut header.
could not be deleted. Each */
result is returned as String clientId();

a
     /**
       * Returns theCompletionStage correlationthat idcompletes fromwhen the result requestis headeravailable.
     */
    List<? extends intCompletionStage<AclDeleteResult>> correlationId();
}

ServerInfo provides runtime broker configuration to authorization plugins including broker id, cluster id and endpoint information.

Code Block
languagejava
titleBroker Runtime Config
package org.apache.kafka.server;

import java.util.Collection;
import org.apache.kafka.common.ClusterResource;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.SecurityProtocol;

/**
 * Runtime broker configuration metadata for broker-side plugins.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface ServerInfo {

    interface Endpoint {

        String listener();

        SecurityProtocol securityProtocol();

        String host();

        int port();
    }

    ClusterResource clusterResource();

    int brokerId();

    Collection<Endpoint> endpoints();

    Endpoint interBrokerEndpoint();
}

deleteAcls(AuthorizableRequestContext requestContext, List<AclBindingFilter> aclBindingFilters);

    /**
     * Returns ACL bindings which match the provided filter.
     * <p>
     * This is a synchronous API designed for use with locally cached ACLs. This method is invoked on the request
     * thread while processing DescribeAcls requests and should avoid time-consuming remote communication that may
     * block request threads.
     *
     * @return Iterator for ACL bindings, which may be populated lazily.
     */
    Iterable<AclBinding> acls(AclBindingFilter filter);
}


Request context will be provided to authorizers using a new interface AuthorizableRequestContext. The existing class org.apache.kafka.common.requests.RequestContext will implement this interface. New methods may be added to this interface in future, so mock implementations using this interface should adapt to these changesAction  provides details of the action being authorized including resource and operation. Additional context including audit flag indicating authorization usage are also included, enabling access violation to be distinguished from resource filtering or optional ACLs.

Code Block
languagejava
titleAuthorizable ActionRequest Context
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

import java.utilnet.ObjectsInetAddress;
import org.apache.kafka.common.aclannotation.AclOperationInterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.PatternTypesecurity.auth.KafkaPrincipal;
import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.ResourcePattern;
import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.ResourceType;

@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public class Action {

    private final ResourcePattern resourcePattern;
    private final AclOperation operation;
    private final int resourceReferenceCount;
    private final boolean logIfAllowed;
    private final boolean logIfDenied;

    public Action(AclOperation operation,security.auth.SecurityProtocol;

/**
 * Request context interface that provides data from request header as well as connection
 * and authentication information to plugins.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface AuthorizableRequestContext {

    /**
     * Returns name of listener on which request was received.
     */
    String listenerName();

    /**
    ResourcePattern resourcePattern,
* Returns the security protocol for the listener on which request was received.
      int resourceReferenceCount,*/
    SecurityProtocol securityProtocol();

    /**
     * Returns authenticated principal booleanfor logIfAllowed,
the connection on which request was received.
     */
       boolean logIfDenied) {KafkaPrincipal principal();

    /**
    this.operation =* operation;
Returns client IP address from which request was this.resourcePattern = resourcePattern;sent.
     */
   this.logIfAllowed =InetAddress logIfAllowedclientAddress();

    /**
    this.logIfDenied = logIfDenied;
  * 16-bit API key of the request from the request header. See
      this.resourceReferenceCount = resourceReferenceCount;
* https://kafka.apache.org/protocol#protocol_api_keys for request types.
     */
    int }requestType();

    /**
     * Returns Resourcethe onrequest whichversion actionfrom isthe beingrequest performedheader.
     */
    publicint ResourcePattern resourcePatternrequestVersion() {;

    /**
    return resourcePattern;
* Returns the client }

id from the  /**
     * Operation being performedrequest header.
     */
    publicString AclOperation operationclientId() {
        return operation;
    }

    /**
     * IndicatesReturns ifthe auditcorrelation logsid trackingfrom ALLOWEDthe access should include this action if result isrequest header.
     */
 ALLOWED. The flag is true if access to a resource is granted while processing the request as a
     * result of this authorization. The flag is false only for requests used to describe access where
     * no operation on the resource is actually performed based on the authorization result.int correlationId();
}


AuthorizerServerInfo provides runtime broker configuration to authorization plugins including broker id, cluster id and endpoint information. New methods may be added to this interface in future, so mock implementations using this interface should adapt to these changes.

Code Block
languagejava
titleBroker Runtime Config
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

import java.util.Collection;
import org.apache.kafka.common.ClusterResource;
import org.apache.kafka.common.Endpoint;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * Runtime broker configuration metadata provided to authorizers during start up.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface AuthorizerServerInfo {

    /**
     */
 Returns cluster metadata for publicthe booleanbroker logIfAllowed() {
    running this authorizer including cluster id.
    return logIfAllowed;*/
    ClusterResource }clusterResource();

    /**
     * IndicatesReturns ifbroker auditid. logsThis trackingmay DENIEDbe accessa generated shouldbroker includeid thisif action`broker.id` ifwas resultnot isconfigured.
     */
 DENIED. The flag is true if access to a resource was explicitly requested and request
     * is denied as a result of this authorization request. The flag is false if request wasint brokerId();

    /**
     * Returns endpoints for all listeners including the advertised host and port to which
     * the listener is bound.
     */
 filtering out authorized resourcesCollection<Endpoint> (e.g. to subscribe to regex pattern). The flag is alsoendpoints();

    /**
     * false if this Returns the inter-broker endpoint. This is anone optionalof authorizationthe whereendpoints anreturned alternativeby resource authorization is{@link #endpoints()}.
     */
 applied if this failsEndpoint interBrokerEndpoint();
}


Endpoint is added as a common class so that it may be reused in several places in the code where we use this abstraction.

Code Block
languagejava
titleEndpoint
package org.apache.kafka.common;

import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Optional;

import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.SecurityProtocol;

/**
 * Represents a broker endpoint.
 */

@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public class Endpoint {(e.g. Cluster:Create which is subsequently overridden by Topic:Create).
     */
    public boolean logIfDenied() {
        return logIfDenied;
    }

    /**
private final String listenerName;
  * Number ofprivate timesfinal theSecurityProtocol resourcesecurityProtocol;
 being authorized is referencedprivate withinfinal the request. For example, a single
     * request may reference `n` topic partitions of the same topic. Brokers will authorize the topic once
     * with `resourceReferenceCount=n`. Authorizers may include the count in audit logs.String host;
    private final int port;

    public Endpoint(String listenerName, SecurityProtocol securityProtocol, String host, int port) {
        this.listenerName = listenerName;
        this.securityProtocol = securityProtocol;
     */
   this.host public int resourceReferenceCount() {= host;
        return resourceReferenceCountthis.port = port;
    }

    @Override/**
    public boolean* equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) {Returns the listener name of this endpoint. This is non-empty for endpoints provided
     * to broker plugins, but may be returnempty true;
when used in clients.
     }*/
    public    if (!(o instanceof Action))Optional<String> listenerName() {
        return Optional.ofNullable(listenerName);
   return false;
        }
 }

    /**
     * Returns the security protocol of this endpoint.
     */
   Action thatpublic =SecurityProtocol securityProtocol(Action) o;{
        return Objects.equals(this.resourcePattern, that.resourcePattern) &&securityProtocol;
    }

    /**
     * Returns advertised host name of Objects.equals(this.operation, thatendpoint.operation) &&
     */
    public String  this.resourceReferenceCount == that.resourceReferenceCount &&
host() {
        return host;
    }

  this.logIfAllowed == that.logIfAllowed && /**
     * Returns the port to which the this.logIfDenied == that.logIfDenied;
listener is bound.
    }

    @Override */
    public int hashCodeport() {
        return Objects.hash(resourcePattern, operation, resourceReferenceCount, logIfAllowed, logIfDenied)port;
    }

    @Override
    public Stringboolean toStringequals(Object o) {
        returnif "Action("this +
== o) {
          ", resourcePattern='" +return resourcePatterntrue;
 + '\'' +
     }
       ", operation='" + operation + '\'' + if (!(o instanceof Endpoint)) {
            ", resourceReferenceCount='" + resourceReferenceCount + '\'' +
   return false;
        }

        Endpoint ",that logIfAllowed='" + logIfAllowed + '\'' +
(Endpoint) o;
        return Objects.equals(this.listenerName, that.listenerName) &&
        ", logIfDenied='" + logIfDenied + '\'' + Objects.equals(this.securityProtocol, that.securityProtocol) &&
            ')';
    }
}

Authorize method returns individual allowed/denied results for every action.

Code Block
languagejava
titleAuthorizer Operation Results
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

public enum AuthorizationResult {
    ALLOWED,
    DENIED
}

ACL create operation returns any exception from each ACL binding requested.

Code Block
languagejava
titleAuthorizer Operation Results
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public class AclCreateResultObjects.equals(this.host, that.host) &&
            this.port == that.port;

    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return Objects.hash(listenerName, securityProtocol, host, port);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
    private final Throwable exception;

    public AclCreateResult() {return "Endpoint(" +
        this(null);
    }

    public AclCreateResult(Throwable exception) {
"listenerName='" + listenerName + '\'' +
          this.exception = exception;
    }

", securityProtocol=" + securityProtocol +
    /**
     * Returns any exception during create. If exception is null, the request has succeeded.
", host='" + host + '\'' +
         */
   ", publicport=" Throwable+ exception()port {+
        return exception;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the request failed.
     */
    public boolean failed() {
        return exception != null')';
    }
}



Action  provides details of the action being authorized including resource and operation. Additional context including audit flag indicating authorization usage are also included, enabling access violation to be distinguished from resource filtering or optional ACLs.ACL delete operation returns any exception from each ACL filter requested. Matching ACL bindings for each filter are returned along with any delete failure.


Code Block
languagejava
titleDelete ResultsAuthorizable Action
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

import java.util.CollectionsObjects;
import java.util.Collectionorg.apache.kafka.common.acl.AclOperation;
import org.apache.kafka.common.aclannotation.AclBindingInterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.common.errorsresource.ApiExceptionPatternType;

public class AclDeleteResult {
    import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.ResourcePattern;
import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.ResourceType;

@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public class Action {

    private final ApiExceptionResourcePattern exceptionresourcePattern;
    private final Collection<DeletionResult>AclOperation deletionResultsoperation;

    publicprivate AclDeleteResult(ApiException exception) {final int resourceReferenceCount;
    private final boolean logIfAllowed;
  this(Collections.emptySet(), exception);
 private final boolean }logIfDenied;

    public AclDeleteResultAction(Collection<DeletionResult> deleteResults) {
AclOperation operation,
         this(deleteResults, null);
    }

    private AclDeleteResult(Collection<DeletionResult> deleteResults, ApiException exception) {
ResourcePattern resourcePattern,
           this.deletionResults = deleteResults;
     int resourceReferenceCount,
  this.exception = exception;
    }

    /**
     * Returnsboolean anylogIfAllowed,
 exception while attempting to match ACL filter to delete ACLs.
     */
    public ApiException exception(boolean logIfDenied) {
        this.operation return= exceptionoperation;
     }

   this.resourcePattern = /**resourcePattern;
     * Returns delete resultthis.logIfAllowed for each matching ACL binding.= logIfAllowed;
     */
   this.logIfDenied public= Collection<DeletionResult> deletionResults() {
logIfDenied;
        this.resourceReferenceCount = return deletionResultsresourceReferenceCount;
    }


    /**
     * DeleteResource resulton forwhich eachaction ACLis binding that matched a delete filterbeing performed.
     */
    public static class DeletionResultResourcePattern resourcePattern() {
        private final AclBinding aclBindingreturn resourcePattern;
    }

    private/**
 final ApiException exception;

   * Operation being performed.
     */
    public AclOperation DeletionResultoperation(AclBinding aclBinding) {
            this(aclBinding, null)return operation;
    }

    }/**

     * Indicates if publicaudit DeletionResult(AclBinding aclBinding, ApiException exception) {
      logs tracking ALLOWED access should include this action if result is
     * thisALLOWED.aclBinding =The aclBinding;
flag is true if access to a resource is granted while  this.exception = exception;processing the request as a
     * result of }

this authorization. The flag is false only for /**
requests used to describe access where
     * Returnsno ACLoperation bindingon that matched the deleteresource filter.is {@link #deleted()} indicates if
         *actually performed based on the bindingauthorization was deletedresult.
         */
        public AclBindingboolean aclBindinglogIfAllowed() {
            return aclBindinglogIfAllowed;
        }

        /**
     * Indicates if audit *logs Returnstracking exceptionDENIED thataccess resultedshould ininclude failurethis toaction deleteif ACLresult binding.is
     * DENIED. The flag */
is true if access to a resource was publicexplicitly ApiExceptionrequested exception()and {request
     * is denied as a result of returnthis exception;
authorization request. The flag is false if request }was

     * filtering out /**
authorized resources (e.g. to subscribe to regex pattern). The *flag Returnsis truealso
 if ACL binding was deleted,* false otherwise.
if this is an optional authorization where an  */alternative resource authorization is
     * applied if publicthis booleanfails deleted() {
      e.g. Cluster:Create which is subsequently overridden by Topic:Create).
     */
 return exception == null;
    public boolean logIfDenied() {
        return logIfDenied;
    }
    }
}

Proposed Changes

Deprecate existing Scala Authorizer

kafka.security.auth.Authorizer will be deprecated along with all the supporting Scala classes including Resource, Operations and ResourceTypes. A new AuthorizerWrapper class will be introduced to wrap implementations using the Scala trait into the new Java interface. All usage of Authorizer (e.g. in KafkaApis) will be replaced with the new authorizer interface.

SimpleAclAuthorizer

SimpleAclAuthorizer will be updated to implement the new interface, making use of the additional request context available to improve authorization logging. This enables the authorizer to be used with the new config 'authorizer.class'. SimpleAclAuthorizer will remain a Scala class in `core`.  SimpleAclAuthorizer will continue to implement the old Scala Authorizer trait so that it can continue to be used with the old config 'authorizer.class.name', Internally, it will be handled as the new interface without a wrapper regardless of which config was used.

Optional Interfaces

Reconfigurable

kafka.server.DynamicBrokerConfig will be updated to support dynamic update of authorizers which implement org.apache.kafka.common.Reconfigurable. Authorizer implementations can react to dynamic updates of any of its configs including custom configs, avoiding broker restarts to update configs.

Compatibility, Deprecation, and Migration Plan

What impact (if any) will there be on existing users?

Existing authorizer interfaces and classes are being deprecated, but not removed. We will continue to support the same config with the old API to ensure that existing users are not impacted.

If we are changing behavior how will we phase out the older behavior?

We are deprecating the existing Scala authorizer API. These will be removed in a future release, but will continue to be supported for backward compatibility until then. Until the old authorizer is removed, no config changes are required during upgrade.

Test Plan

All the existing integration and system tests will be updated to use the new config and the new authorization class. Unit tests will be added for testing the new methods and parameters being introduced in this KIP. An additional integration test will be added to test authorizers using the old Scala API.  

Rejected Alternatives

Description of Authorizer as proposed in KIP-50

KIP-50 proposes to return a textual description of the authorizer that can be used in tools like AclCommand. Since we don’t support returning a description using AdminClient and none of the other pluggable APIs have similar support, this KIP does not add a method to return authorizer description.

Separate authorizers for each listener



    /**
     * Number of times the resource being authorized is referenced within the request. For example, a single
     * request may reference `n` topic partitions of the same topic. Brokers will authorize the topic once
     * with `resourceReferenceCount=n`. Authorizers may include the count in audit logs.
     */
    public int resourceReferenceCount() {
        return resourceReferenceCount;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) {
            return true;
        }
        if (!(o instanceof Action)) {
            return false;
        }

        Action that = (Action) o;
        return Objects.equals(this.resourcePattern, that.resourcePattern) &&
            Objects.equals(this.operation, that.operation) &&
            this.resourceReferenceCount == that.resourceReferenceCount &&
            this.logIfAllowed == that.logIfAllowed &&
            this.logIfDenied == that.logIfDenied;

    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return Objects.hash(resourcePattern, operation, resourceReferenceCount, logIfAllowed, logIfDenied);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Action(" +
            ", resourcePattern='" + resourcePattern + '\'' +
            ", operation='" + operation + '\'' +
            ", resourceReferenceCount='" + resourceReferenceCount + '\'' +
            ", logIfAllowed='" + logIfAllowed + '\'' +
            ", logIfDenied='" + logIfDenied + '\'' +
            ')';
    }
}


Authorize method returns individual allowed/denied results for every action.

Code Block
languagejava
titleAuthorizer Operation Results
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

public enum AuthorizationResult {
    ALLOWED,
    DENIED
}


ACL create operation returns any exception from each ACL binding requested.

Code Block
languagejava
titleAuthorizer Operation Results
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

import java.util.Optional;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.ApiException;

@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public class AclCreateResult {
    public static final AclCreateResult SUCCESS = new AclCreateResult();

    private final ApiException exception;

    private AclCreateResult() {
        this(null);
    }

    public AclCreateResult(ApiException exception) {
        this.exception = exception;
    }

    /**
     * Returns any exception during create. If exception is empty, the request has succeeded.
     */
    public Optional<ApiException> exception() {
        return exception == null ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of(exception);
    }
}


ACL delete operation returns any exception from each ACL filter requested. Matching ACL bindings for each filter are returned along with any delete failure.

Code Block
languagejava
titleDelete Results
package org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Optional;
import org.apache.kafka.common.acl.AclBinding;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.ApiException;

@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public class AclDeleteResult {
    private final ApiException exception;
    private final Collection<AclBindingDeleteResult> aclBindingDeleteResults;

    public AclDeleteResult(ApiException exception) {
        this(Collections.emptySet(), exception);
    }

    public AclDeleteResult(Collection<AclBindingDeleteResult> deleteResults) {
        this(deleteResults, null);
    }

    private AclDeleteResult(Collection<AclBindingDeleteResult> deleteResults, ApiException exception) {
        this.aclBindingDeleteResults = deleteResults;
        this.exception = exception;
    }

    /**
     * Returns any exception while attempting to match ACL filter to delete ACLs.
     */
    public Optional<ApiException> exception() {
        return exception == null ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of(exception);
    }

    /**
     * Returns delete result for each matching ACL binding.
     */
    public Collection<AclBindingDeleteResult> aclBindingDeleteResults() {
        return aclBindingDeleteResults;
    }


    /**
     * Delete result for each ACL binding that matched a delete filter.
     */
    public static class AclBindingDeleteResult {
        private final AclBinding aclBinding;
        private final ApiException exception;

        public AclBindingDeleteResult(AclBinding aclBinding) {
            this(aclBinding, null);
        }

        public AclBindingDeleteResult(AclBinding aclBinding, ApiException exception) {
            this.aclBinding = aclBinding;
            this.exception = exception;
        }

        /**
         * Returns ACL binding that matched the delete filter. {@link #deleted()} indicates if
         * the binding was deleted.
         */
        public AclBinding aclBinding() {
            return aclBinding;
        }

        /**
         * Returns any exception that resulted in failure to delete ACL binding.
         */
        public Optional<ApiException> exception() {
            return exception == null ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of(exception);
        }
    }
}


Proposed Changes

Asynchronous update requests

kafka.server.KafkaApis will be updated to handle CreateAcls and DeleteAcls requests asynchronously using a purgatory. If Authorizer.createAcls or Authorizer.deleteAcls returns any ComplettionStage that is not complete, the request will be added to a purgatory and completed when all the stages complete. Authorizer implementations with low latency updates may continue to update synchronously and return a completed future. These requests will be completed in-line and will not be added to the purgatory.

Asynchronous updates are useful for Authorizer implementations that use external stores for ACLs, for example a database. Async handling of update requests will enable Kafka brokers to handle database outages without blocking request threads. As many databases now support async APIs (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/synchronous-vs-asynchronous-execution.html, https://blogs.oracle.com/java/jdbc-next:-a-new-asynchronous-api-for-connecting-to-a-database), async update API enables authorizers to take advantage of these APIs.

Purgatory metrics will be added for ACL updates, consistent with metrics from other purgatories. Two new metrics will be added:

  • kafka.server:type=DelayedOperationPurgatory,name=NumDelayedOperations,delayedOperation=acl-update
  • kafka.server:type=DelayedOperationPurgatory,name=PurgatorySize,delayedOperation=acl-update

In addition to these metrics, existing request metrics for CreateAcls and DeleteAcls can be used to track the portion of time spent on async operations since local time is updated before the async wait and remote time is updated when async wait completes:

  • kafka.network:type=RequestMetrics,name=LocalTimeMs,request=CreateAcls
  • kafka.network:type=RequestMetrics,name=RemoteTimeMs,request=CreateAcls
  • kafka.network:type=RequestMetrics,name=LocalTimeMs,request=DeleteAcls
  • kafka.network:type=RequestMetrics,name=RemoteTimeMs,request=DeleteAcls

Deprecate existing Scala Authorizer Trait

kafka.security.auth.Authorizer will be deprecated along with all the supporting Scala classes including Resource, Operations and ResourceTypes. A new AuthorizerWrapper class will be introduced to wrap implementations using the Scala trait into the new Java interface. All usage of Authorizer (e.g. in KafkaApis) will be replaced with the new authorizer interface.

AclAuthorizer

A new authorizer implementation will be added. kafka.security.authorizer.AclAuthorizer will implement the new interface, making use of the additional request context available to improve authorization logging. This authorizer will be compatible with SimpleAclAuthorizer and will support all its existing configs including super.users.

SimpleAclAuthorizer

SimpleAclAuthorizer will be deprecated, but we will continue to support this implementation using the old API. Since it is part of the public API, all its public methods will be retained without change. This enables existing custom implementations that rely on this class to continue to be used.

Optional Interfaces

Reconfigurable

kafka.server.DynamicBrokerConfig will be updated to support dynamic update of authorizers which implement org.apache.kafka.common.Reconfigurable. Authorizer implementations can react to dynamic updates of any of its configs including custom configs, avoiding broker restarts to update configs.

Compatibility, Deprecation, and Migration Plan

What impact (if any) will there be on existing users?

Existing authorizer interfaces and classes are being deprecated, but not removed. We will continue to support the same config with the old API to ensure that existing users are not impacted.

If we are changing behavior how will we phase out the older behavior?

We are deprecating the existing Scala authorizer API. These will be removed in a future release, but will continue to be supported for backward compatibility until then. Until the old authorizer is removed, no config changes are required during upgrade.

Test Plan

All the existing integration and system tests will be updated to use the new config and the new authorization class. Unit tests will be added for testing the new methods and parameters being introduced in this KIP. An additional integration test will be added to test authorizers using the old Scala API.  

Rejected Alternatives

Description of Authorizer as proposed in KIP-50

KIP-50 proposes to return a textual description of the authorizer that can be used in tools like AclCommand. Since we don’t support returning a description using AdminClient and none of the other pluggable APIs have similar support, this KIP does not add a method to return authorizer description.

Separate authorizers for each listener

In some environments, authorization decisions may be dependent on the security protocol used by the client or the listener on which the request was received. We have listener prefixed configs to enable independent listener-specific configs for authentication etc. But since authorizers tend to cache a lot of metadata and need to watch for changes in metadata, a single shared instance works better for authorization. This KIP proposes a single authorizer that can use listener and security protocol provided in the authorization context to include listener-specific authorization logic.

Extend SimpleAclAuthorizer to support the new API

SimpleAclAuthorizer is part of our public API since it is in the public package kafka.security.auth. So we need to ensure that the old API is used with this authorizer if custom implementations extend this class and override specific methods. So this KIP deprecates, but retains this implementation and adds a separate implementation that uses the new API.

Make authorize() asynchronous

Authorize operations in the existing Authorizer are synchronous and this KIP proposes to continue to authorize synchronously on the request thread while processing each request. This requires all ACLs to be cached in every broker to avoid blocking request threads during authorization. To improve scalability in future, we may want to support asynchronous authorize operations that may perform remote communication, for example with an LRU cache. But asynchronous authorize operations add complexity to the Kafka implementation. Even though we may be able to use the existing purgatory, additional design work is required to figure out how this can be implemented efficiently.  So it was decided that we should keep the authorization API synchronous for now. In future, we can add async authorize as a new method on the API if requiredIn some environments, authorization decisions may be dependent on the security protocol used by the client or the listener on which the request was received. We have listener prefixed configs to enable independent listener-specific configs for authentication etc. But since authorizers tend to cache a lot of metadata and need to watch for changes in metadata, a single shared instance works better for authorization. This KIP proposes a single authorizer that can use listener and security protocol provided in the authorization context to include listener-specific authorization logic.