Data access control

In Ranger, you configure permission policies to grant access based on resource requirements. User information is synchronized from the Lindorm wide table engine. The following sections describe the permission policy model and how to create a permission policy.

Ranger policy model

A Ranger policy model consists of two main parts:

• The policy's target resources, such as Hive databases, tables, and columns.

• The access permissions for specific users, user groups, or roles.

The following diagram shows how policies are evaluated when a data query is requested:

Create a permission policy

1. On the home page, click ldps_service to go to the permissions list page.

   On the permissions list page, the Access tab is displayed by default. The top of the page also includes the Masking and Row Level Filter tabs. In the middle of the page, a search box and an Add New Policy button are provided. The policy list below shows the existing default policies and their statuses.

2. Ranger includes several default permission policies. You can ignore them and click Add New Policy to open the policy creation page.

   Important

   • Ranger includes a default user group named public, which represents all users.

   • By default, several permission policies grant initial permissions. For example, the public user group has permissions to create databases and create tables in the default database. You can delete or disable these default policies so that only your newly created policies take effect.

3. The policy creation page has four main sections: policy details, resources, allow conditions, and deny conditions. Configure the settings as follows:

   • Policy Details: Add a policy name, label, and description. You can also enable or disable the policy, set it to override other policies, and define its validity period.

   • Resources: Add the resources to which you want to grant permissions, such as a database, table, or column. To add a permission policy that involves multiple databases, click +Add Resource to add more resources.

     To the right of each resource level, you can toggle the Include/Exclude switch to apply an inclusion or exclusion rule for the selected resource.

   • Allow Conditions:

     ① Grant permissions on the specified resources to specific users, user groups, or roles.

     Procedure: In the drop-down lists of the Select Roles, Select Groups, and Select User fields, select the desired roles, user groups, or users. Then, click Add Permissions and select the permissions that you want to grant.

     ② Configure exceptions to the allow conditions (Exclude from Allow Conditions). For example, you have a user group named sales_group that contains user1 and user2. You have granted the sales_group all permissions on the products database. However, for security reasons, you do not want user2 to have the permission to delete the products database. In this case, under Exclude from Allow Conditions, select user2 in the Select User field, click Add Permissions, and then select Drop.

     Important

     In Ranger, permission policies are resource-specific (database, table, or column). If a new policy's resources overlap with an existing one, Ranger reports an error. In this case, you can edit the conflicting policy and click the icon in the allow conditions section to add the new user and their permissions.

   • Deny Conditions:

     Note

     Setting Deny All Other Accesses to True denies all other access.

     ① Deny permissions for specific users, user groups, or roles.

     Procedure: In the drop-down lists of the Select Roles, Select Groups, and Select User fields, select the desired roles, user groups, or users. Then, click Add Permissions and select the permissions that you want to deny.

     ② Configure exceptions to the deny conditions (Exclude from Deny Conditions). You can specify users, user groups, or roles to be exempted from the deny rule. For example, you have denied all permissions on the customer table to the sales_group user group but want to allow user1 from that group to query the customer table. In this case, select user1 in the Select User field, click Add Permissions, and then select Select. You must also grant user1 the Select permission on the customer table in the Allow Conditions section of a policy. Then, user1 can query the customer table.

4. At the bottom of the page, click Save to create the new policy. After the policy is saved, it takes effect immediately.