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See accompanying LICENSE file. +--> + +# S3 Object Lock Design Doc + +## Summary + +This design document aims to plan and implement the Object Lock mechanism for OBS buckets integrated with Ranger. +The primary objective is to provide data immutability and tamper-proof protection through the object locking feature. + +## Problem statement + +With growing demands for data security and compliance, ensuring that critical data stored in OBS (Object Storage) is +protected from accidental or malicious deletion and overwriting has become an essential system protection requirement. +To establish a more rigorous data protection mechanism, we plan to introduce the Object Lock feature. + +Considering the current system architecture and access control strategies, +this design integrates with existing Apache Ranger to manage Object Lock permissions on OBS buckets. +Meanwhile, to accelerate core feature delivery, we have decided to exclude complex multi-version locking (Versioning Lock) +, Legacy buckets, and FSO buckets from this initial release. In addition, support for Native ACLs is excluded; Native ACLs typically grant permissions +at the granular bucket or object level, whereas Object Lock permission management favors broad, role-based authorization, +creating a conflict in design philosophies. Narrowing the scope allows us to focus on the core functionality and ensure a rapid, +stable rollout of baseline tamper-proof protection. + +**Goal:** + +* Implement the Object Lock feature on standard OBS buckets, fully integrated with Ranger for permission and access control. +* Support single-version objects only. + +## Non-Goal + +* Versioning Lock: Support for locking across multiple object versions is deferred (multi-version core features are currently under development). +* FSO Legacy Buckets: Object Lock support for legacy FSO buckets is excluded. +* Native ACL Support: Native ACLs will not be used for access control or advanced configuration such as Retention Mode (Governance); access management is centralized exclusively via Ranger. + +## Technical Description + +### Terminology + +**Legal Hold** + +* **Definition**: Applies an indefinite lock status to an object. The object remains protected until an administrator explicitly removes the lock (Remove Legal Hold). +* **Restricted Operations**: + * Put Object + * Delete Object + * Multipart Initial / Complete +* **Allowed Operations**: + * Get Object + * Get Legal Hold + * Put Legal Hold (Depends on permission) + +**Retention** + +* Definition: Configures a retention policy for an object to prevent deletion or modification. Retention can be duration-based (configured in days or years, establishing a fixed `RetainUntilDate`) or event-driven (**Event Hold / Event-based Retention**, where an object remains protected indefinitely until an external business or legal event triggers the final retention countdown). +* Retention Modes: + * Compliance Mode: The strictest protection tier. Once applied, no user (including root/admin) can remove the lock, shorten the duration, or overwrite the object before the retention period expires. + * Governance Mode: A flexible protection tier. Standard users are restricted by locking rules, but users with `BypassGovernanceRetention` permissions can bypass restrictions to modify or delete the object. +* Event Hold / Event-based Retention: + * Used for records management where the retention lifecycle depends on external events (e.g., contract termination, employee departure, loan closure). + * Keeps the object immutable while awaiting event notification; once the event occurs, the definitive expiration date (`RetainUntilDate`) is calculated and applied. +* Restricted Operations: + * Put Object / Copy Object (Overwrites) + * Delete Object + * Multipart Upload (Initial / Complete) + * Shorten Retention Period (in Compliance Mode) +* Allowed Operations: + * Get Object + * Extend Retention Period + +#### Event Hold Trigger Workflow +For enterprise governance workflows, the retention lifecycle often depends on specific business triggers rather than a static configuration at creation. The Event Hold mechanism handles this dynamic lifecycle through the following state transitions: + +```text +object created + | +event hold applied (indefinite WORM protection) + | +business event occurs + | +hold released + | +retention timer starts (RetainUntilDate is calculated) + | +WORM until timer expires +``` + +> _**Note**: +> * Background & Root Cause: A prerequisite for enabling WORM (Write Once, Read Many) in AWS S3 is that Object Versioning must be enabled. Under S3 architecture, executing a Put on a locked object generates a new version without affecting the protected prior version; thus, S3 Object Lock primarily restricts Delete Object. +> * Ozone Implementation Status: Because Ozone's versioning feature is still under development, to guarantee absolute immutability during the lock period, Ozone will directly block and reject all overwrite operations (such as any form of Put or overwrite) on locked objects. + +### Table Changes + +**Bucket Table** + +Two new fields: objectLockEnabled & defaultRetention. + +```protobuf + message BucketInfo { + // ... existing fields + required bool objectLockEnabled = 24 [default = false]; + optional RetentionConfig defaultRetention = 25; + } + + message RetentionConfig { + optional Rule rule = 1; + optional EventHold eventHold = 2; + + } + + message EventHold { + required bool enabled = 1; + required Rule rule = 2; + } + + message Rule { + required RetentionMode retentionMode = 1; + required TimeUnit timeUnit = 2; + required uint64 duration = 3; + } + + enum TimeUnit { + DAYS = 1; + YEARS = 2; + } + + enum RetentionMode { + GOVERNANCE = 1; + COMPLIANCE = 2; + } +``` + + + +**Key Table** + +* **retentionDate**: Represents the expiration timestamp of the retention lock. While clients or API calls specify retention duration in terms of days or years, Ozone calculates the definitive expiration date upon applying the rule and persists it as a timestamp into key table. +* **legalHold**: Indicates whether an explicit legal hold is active on the key. + +Two new fields: retentionDate & legalHold. + +```protobuf + message KeyInfo { + // ... existing fields + optional string retentionDate = 23; + optional RetentionConfig retentionConfig = 24; + optional bool legalHold = 25 [default = false]; + } +``` + + + +### Ranger Access Control + +Ozone Object Lock enforces a dual-gate protection mechanism combining **Ranger policy-based authorization** and **underlying OM WORM state validation**: + +* **Standard Data Operations (Put / Delete)**: Even if a principal has valid Ranger `WRITE` or `DELETE` access, any attempt to mutate, overwrite, or delete an object under an active Legal Hold or an unexpired Retention period is immediately rejected with `403 Access Denied` (`WORMProtectionException`). +* **Fine-Grained S3 Action Matching**: Object Lock management integrates with the action-matching authorization framework introduced via STS. S3 Object Lock actions map 1:1 to AWS S3 action names. See [AWS STS Design for Ozone S3](ozone-sts.md) for details. + +--- + +#### 1. Configuration & Component Updates + +To enable action-level authorization and onboard Object Lock actions into the Ozone & Ranger ecosystem, the following updates are required: + +**Prerequisite: Feature Flag Activation**: +* Enable the Ranger action matcher condition in the Ozone configuration: + ```properties + ranger.servicedef.ozone.enableActionMatcherInPoliciesCondition=true + ``` +* When enabled, Ozone S3 Gateway (S3G) intercepts the high-level S3 API operation and populates the S3 action name into the `RangerAccessRequest`, allowing Ranger's `RangerActionMatcher` to evaluate policy conditions against incoming requests. + +1. **UI & Metadata Registration**: + * Update `security-admin/src/main/webapp/react-webapp/src/utils/actionRequirements/ozone.json` in Apache Ranger: + Register the 7 new Object Lock actions along with their prerequisite primitive permissions (e.g., `READ`, `WRITE`) mapped by resource level (Bucket vs. Key). This enforces design-time validation in the Ranger React UI, preventing administrators from creating invalid policy items. + +2. **S3 Gateway & STS Mapping**: + * Update **`S3GActionIamMapper`**: Map incoming HTTP request context and sub-resources (e.g., `?legal-hold`, `?retention`, `?object-lock`) to the corresponding action string. + * Update **`IamSessionPolicyResolver`**: Ensure session-scoped policies (STS AssumeRole / federation tokens) recognize and evaluate the new Object Lock action strings. + +--- + +#### 2. Action to Ranger Access Type Mapping + +Following the declarative contract in `ozone.json`, each S3 action requires a baseline primitive Ranger permission at the designated resource hierarchy: + +| S3 Action | Resource Level | Required Ranger Access Type | Description | +| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | +| **`GetBucketObjectLockConfiguration`** | Bucket | `READ` | Retrieve default Object Lock settings on a bucket. | +| **`PutBucketObjectLockConfiguration`** | Bucket | `WRITE` | Configure default retention mode and period on a bucket. | +| **`GetObjectRetention`** | Key | `READ` | Read the retention mode and Retain-Until date of an object version. | +| **`PutObjectRetention`** | Key | `WRITE` | Set or extend object retention mode and duration. | +| **`GetObjectLegalHold`** | Key | `READ` | Query the current Legal Hold status (`ON` or `OFF`). | +| **`PutObjectLegalHold`** | Key | `WRITE` | Toggle the Legal Hold state (`ON` or `OFF`). | +| **`BypassGovernanceRetention`** | Key | `WRITE` / `DELETE` | Privileged entitlement to bypass retention in Governance Mode. | + +--- + +#### 3. Value-Level Authorization & Ranger Condition Evaluator + +While API invocation is controlled by the S3 Action (e.g., granting `PutObjectLegalHold`), real-world governance often requires **role segregation based on request values** (e.g., Compliance Officers can toggle `ON`, but only external Auditors can toggle `OFF`; or preventing operators from setting `COMPLIANCE` mode). + +To support this without fragmenting AWS-compatible Action definitions, Ozone and Ranger introduce a payload-aware **String Matcher Condition Evaluator**: + +1. **Context Extraction in Ozone S3G**: + * During request interception, S3G inspects the request body/headers and injects target attributes into the `RangerAccessRequest.getContext()`: + * `s3:object-lock-legal-hold`: Extracted from the XML body (`ON` or `OFF`). + * `s3:object-lock-mode`: Extracted from the XML body (`GOVERNANCE` or `COMPLIANCE`). + +2. **Ranger Custom Condition Evaluator**: + * Implement a dedicated condition evaluator extending `RangerAbstractConditionEvaluator` (registered in `ranger-servicedef-ozone.json`): + * Evaluates `s3:object-lock-legal-hold` against configured policy criteria (`ON` vs. `OFF`). + * Evaluates `s3:object-lock-mode` against configured policy criteria (`GOVERNANCE` vs. `COMPLIANCE`). + * Enables fine-grained policies such as: + * *Policy A (Evidence Preservation)*: Allow `PutObjectLegalHold` **ONLY IF** `s3:object-lock-legal-hold == "ON"`. + * *Policy B (Safe Retention)*: Allow `PutObjectRetention` **ONLY IF** `s3:object-lock-mode == "GOVERNANCE"`. + +--- + +#### 4. Retention Modes & Governance Bypass Enforcement + +* **Compliance Mode**: + * The strictest WORM protection tier. + * Once applied, the lock is immutable. **No role, administrator, or Ranger permission** (including `BypassGovernanceRetention`) can overwrite, shorten, or delete the object version until the retention period expires. +* **Governance Mode & `BypassGovernanceRetention`**: + * Protects objects from accidental deletion by general users while retaining operational flexibility for authorized personnel. + * **Dual-Check Enforcement**: + 1. **Client Declaration**: The client must explicitly specify the `x-amz-bypass-governance-retention: true` header in the delete or overwrite request. + 2. **Ranger Action Entitlement**: Ozone checks whether the principal has the **`BypassGovernanceRetention`** action granted in Ranger for the target key resource. + 3. If either check fails, the request is aborted with `403 Access Denied`. + + +> _**Warning**: +> _Permanent Data Immutability in Compliance Mode_ +> +> Unlike AWS S3, where objects in Compliance mode cannot be deleted by any user (including root) and will only be destroyed if the entire AWS account itself is removed, Apache Ozone has no concept of a root or tenant account. +> Once applied, a Compliance lock cannot be overridden or deleted by any admin or Ranger policy until the retention period expires. + +### New Ozone APIs + +**ObjectStore** + +```java + public void addRetentionConfig(OzoneObj obj, RetentionArgs retentionArgs); + public void addLegalHold(OzoneObj obj, bool hold); +``` + +**OzoneBucket** + +```java +public void setRetentionConfig(RetentionArgs retentionArgs); +``` + +### Supported S3 APIs + +To ensure seamless integration with existing S3 clients (e.g., AWS CLI, Boto3) and applications, the Ozone S3 Gateway (S3G) will translate and support the following standard AWS S3 Object Lock APIs: + +**Bucket-Level APIs:** +* `GetBucketObjectLockConfiguration`: Retrieves the Object Lock status and the default retention configuration (if any) for a specified OBS bucket. +* `PutBucketObjectLockConfiguration`: Maps to the new Ozone API to enable Object Lock for an existing bucket. Configuring default retention rules (DefaultRetention) is optional. + +**Object-Level APIs:** +* `PutObjectRetention`: Places a retention configuration on an object, specifying the retention mode (COMPLIANCE or GOVERNANCE) and the retention duration (in days or years). +* `GetObjectRetention`: Retrieves the current retention configuration applied to an object. +* `PutObjectLegalHold`: Applies or removes a Legal Hold configuration to the specified object. +* `GetObjectLegalHold`: Retrieves the current Legal Hold status of an object. + +**Impacted Standard APIs:** +Standard data mutating APIs will intercept the Object Lock state and return the `403 Access Denied` (or specifically `WORMProtectionException`) if a modification is attempted on a locked object: +* `PutObject` / `CopyObject` (Overwrites will be rejected) +* `DeleteObject` / `DeleteObjects` (Deletions will be rejected) +* `CreateMultipartUpload` / `CompleteMultipartUpload` / `UploadPart` (Uploads will be rejected if the object is locked) + +> _**Note**: +> * **Object Lock Immutability & Future Versioning Binding**: +> - **Current State (No Versioning)**: Once Object Lock is enabled on a bucket (`objectLockEnabled = true`), it cannot be disabled. +> - **AWS S3 Alignment & Future Evolution**: In standard AWS S3, Object Lock inherently requires and automatically enables Versioning upon bucket creation. While Ozone temporarily decouples them due to unsupporting Versioning, future implementations will align with S3 semantics: enabling Object Lock will automatically enforce Versioning, and Versioning can never be suspended or disabled thereafter. + +### Impact on Write and Delete Flows + +**Impact on Put Object Flow** + + + +During the Create Key phase, the system executes a preliminary WORM check in `preExecute` to enforce a fail-fast mechanism: + +1. Linearizability does not need to be guaranteed at this stage. +2. It avoids Raft consensus overhead, conserving system resources. + +During the Commit Key phase, the system performs final WORM validation in `validateAndUpdateCache`: + +1. It guarantees linearizability, ensuring only one write request can succeed simultaneously on a WORM-protected object. +2. Keys that fail to commit remain in an Open Key state, and their associated metadata and content will be reclaimed periodically by system background cleanup. + +**Impact on Multipart Upload Flow** + +Multipart Upload adopts the same design logic as Put Object to ensure operational consistency: +1. Similar to the creation key flow, WORM checks during the Initiate Multipart Upload and Put Part phases are executed in `preExecute` for fail-fast behavior (linearizability is not yet required, minimizing consensus overhead). +2. Similar to the commit key flow, WORM check during the Complete Multipart Upload phase is executed in `validateAndUpdateCache` to guarantee linearizability for writes under locked states. + +**Impact on Delete Object Flow** + +All delete operations must perform WORM validation during the `validateAndUpdateCache` phase to preserve linearizability and prevent accidental deletion of protected data. + +## Performance + +Introducing WORM validation into critical execution paths (such as Create Key and Commit Key) incurs minor overhead. +To minimize impact, this design employs a two-phase validation strategy: preliminary filtering in `preExecute` provides fail-fast pruning to prevent invalid requests from reaching the consensus layer, followed by atomic validation in `validateAndUpdateCache` for linearizability. +Preliminary assessments indicate that the additional metadata lookups impose an acceptable impact on overall system throughput and latency. Metrics will be continuously monitored and tuned as necessary. + +## Security + +Centralized access control via Ranger ensures all Object Lock operations (such as Retention Policy configuration and Legal Hold management) are enforced under strict access permissions. Dedicated Access Types (BYPASS_GOVERNANCE, PUT_LEGAL_HOLD, etc.) enforce the Principle of Least Privilege, preventing unauthorized tampering or removal of locks and enhancing data immutability. Review Comment: Good catch! I've updated the description. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
