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OpenResty XRay™ On-Premise Version (docker-compose)

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OpenResty XRay On-Premise Docker-Compose Version Installation and Deployment Guide

Contents

Overview

xray-arch

In this architecture, the console service runs in Docker containers and is managed through docker-compose. All services run on a single physical or virtual machine, while the Agent end runs on the target machine.

The XRay server is divided into three components, each with some sub-services:

  • OpenResty XRay Console:
    • xray-console: Provides the web service for the XRay management interface
    • xray-console-pg: Serves as the database backend for the web service
  • OpenResty XRay BuildBox:
    • build-box-[dist]: Backend service for building XRay tools. dist represents the corresponding operating system distribution
  • OpenResty XRay Tenant DB:
    • xray-tenant-db: Provides a query interface for xray-console service and build-box-[dist], following the order of ‘private library -> public library’. This service will only initiate query requests to the public library, and no data will be uploaded to the public library
    • xray-tenant-db-pl: Provides a private software database for customers
    • xray-tenant-db-pg: Serves as the database backend for the customer’s private software database

Installation

Console Server

1. Hardware Requirements

  • Network: No need for public IP or exposed listening ports, but it needs to be able to access the internet, and the machine running the Agent can access this machine
  • Memory: At least 4GB recommended, 16GB preferred
  • CPU: At least 2C recommended, 4 cores preferred
  • Hard Disk: At least 500GB recommended, 1TB or more preferred. Persistent data is stored in the /data directory and will continue to grow over time

Note: Based on current experience, the data growth for 1 Agent sampling periodically is approximately 10GB for 30 days

2. Access to the Public Network

The console service needs to connect to the internet to access the XRay PkgDB service. This service provides query and download services for common Linux distribution software repositories, enabling XRay to support analysis of most open-source software and libraries in the system.

Special Note: The process of accessing the public network only involves querying and downloading actions, and no private data will be uploaded to the server on the public network by the console service.

3. Operating System

Since Docker service is used, we recommend using Linux distributions that natively support Docker, including:

  • Ubuntu >= 18.04
  • CentOS >= 7
  • Fedora >= 32
  • Debian >= 10
  • RHEL == 7

4. Docker-Compose

For Docker installation documentation, please refer to: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

After installing Docker, remember to enable the Docker service

For Docker-Compose installation documentation, please refer to: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

5. Deployment Certificates (Optional)

If you need to use custom certificates, please place the certificate for the corresponding domain of the XRay server in the /data/orxray-console/cert/ssl.crt and /data/orxray-console/cert/ssl.key paths. These certificates will be used for:

  • Accessing the console service via HTTPS using a browser
  • Communication between the Agent end and the console service

If you skip this step, the console service will use built-in self-signed certificates.

6. Access Control IP Whitelisting (Optional)

If you need to support IP whitelisting for the Console’s web service, you can follow these steps. Please create a new directory, /data/orxray-console/acl, under the /data/orxray-console directory and put the configuration file /data/orxray-console/acl/whitelist.conf in the directory. The format of this configuration file is as follows (see also the detailed documentation for instructions https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_access_module.html):

allow 10.0.0.3;
allow 192.168.1.0/24;

# more IPs or CIDRs for the whitelist here

deny all; # Don't forget this one, IPs that don't match the above will be rejected

Note that if you change this configuration, you need to restart the console for it to take effect.

7. Configuration File Details

In the config.env file, there are some important environment variables that need to be configured. Below is a detailed explanation of each environment variable:

XRay Console Configuration

  • XRAY_CONSOLE_HOST: Set to your XRay console’s hostname, e.g., xray.example.com.
  • XRAY_CONSOLE_PORT: Set to your XRay console’s port number, default is 443. You can adjust the listening port exposed by docker-compose by modifying this environment variable.

XRay HTTP Proxy Configuration (Optional)

In case your network requires an http proxy to connect to the Internet, you need to configure the following variables:

  • XRAY_HTTP_PROXY: The environment variable is used to configure HTTP proxy servers for HTTP and HTTPS outgoing requests, such as http://proxyserver.example.com:8080.
  • XRAY_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHORIZATION: The environment variable is used to configure the authentication header of the HTTP proxy server for HTTP and HTTPS outgoing requests, i.e. the value of Proxy-Authorization.

XRay Tenant Database Configuration

  • XRAY_TENANT_DB_PORT: Set to your XRay tenant database’s port number, default is 80. You can adjust the listening port exposed by docker-compose by modifying this environment variable.

Time Series Database Cleanup Policy Configuration

  • TSDB_CLEANUP_PERIOD_DAYS: Set the cleanup period for the Time Series Database, in days. For example, setting it to 90 means the Time Series Database should be cleaned up after 90 days.
  • TSDB_ARCHIVE_RETENTION_DAYS: Set the number of days to retain archived data in the Time Series Database. For example, setting it to 10 means the Time Series Database should retain 10 days of archived data.

Log Retention Policy Configuration

  • LOG_RETENTION_DAYS: Set the number of days to retain logs. For example, setting it to 15 means 15 days of logs should be retained.
  • LOG_ARCHIVE_CLEANUP_DAYS: Set the number of days to clean up archived logs. For example, setting it to 30 means archived logs should be cleaned up after 30 days.

These environment variable configurations should be adjusted according to your actual needs.

8. Deployment and Startup

First, use the Docker-Registry username and password provided in the email to log in to our private Docker Registry.

docker login registry.openresty.com

Then, use the docker-compose.yml provided as an attachment in the email as the configuration file. It is recommended to place it at /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml location, and place the config.env file from the attachment at /opt/orxray/config.env location.

Startup command:

$ docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray config -q \
    && docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray up -d

To check the startup status, execute the following command and check whether the State field in the output is all UP

$ docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray ps

At this point, the console service has been deployed and can be accessed using the configured domain name. Like: https://example.com

Note: If you access the management backend through a reverse proxy server, you need to make the following changes:

  1. You need to enable websocket support on the reverse proxy service, otherwise it will affect the communication between the Agent and the console service.
  2. You need to enable X-Real-IP on the reverse proxy server to pass the access IP address to the backend, so that the console service can get the IP address of the Agent end.

9. Arm64 Support (Optional)

If you need OpenResty XRay to support the arm64 architecture, you can use the docker-compose-arm.yml file for deployment.

Make sure that the docker-compose.yml service has been deployed on the x86_64 architecture machine and that the XRAY_CONSOLE_PORT (default value is 80) and XRAY_TENANT_DB_PORT (default value is 443) ports are open to the internal network.

Deploy docker-compose-arm.yml on the arm64 architecture machine in the same internal network and configure as follows:

  1. Open the config.env file.
  2. Add or modify the following environment variables:
    • XRAY_CONSOLE_IP: Set to the internal network IP address of the x86_64 machine.
    • XRAY_CONSOLE_PORT: Set to your XRay console’s port number, default is 443. You can adjust the listening port exposed by docker-compose by modifying this environment variable.
    • XRAY_TENANT_DB_IP: Set to the internal network IP address of the x86_64 machine.
    • XRAY_TENANT_DB_PORT: Set to your XRay tenant database’s port number, default is 80. You can adjust the listening port exposed by docker-compose by modifying this environment variable.

For example:

# config.env file
# ...

XRAY_CONSOLE_IP=192.168.1.100
XRAY_CONSOLE_PORT=443
XRAY_TENANT_DB_IP=192.168.1.100
XRAY_TENANT_DB_PORT=80

Execute the following command on the arm64 server to complete the deployment:

$ docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose-arm.yml \
    --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray up -d

After the deployment is complete, OpenResty XRay’s support for the arm64 architecture is completed.

Agent

The XRay Agent runs on the target machine. After the Agent is installed, it communicates with the self-deployed console service, and the installation of the Agent is also completed with the help of the console service:

After accessing the console service backend in the browser, use the username and password provided in the email to log in. After logging in, you can see the installation guide and the supported operating systems. Follow the prompts of the installation guide to install the Agent.

After installing the Agent, you can modify the password and add users on the left User tab.

Operations

Console Service Log Viewing

$ docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray logs -t

Check Configuration File Validity

$ docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray config -q

Upgrade Service

The upgrade service will send the docker-compose.upgrade.yml attachment via email, execute the following operations:

$ cp docker-compose.upgrade.yml /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml
$ docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray config -q \
    && docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray up -d

Check Service Status

$ docker-compose -f /opt/orxray/docker-compose.yml --env-file /opt/orxray/config.env -p orxray ps