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Getting Started

This guide will walk you through setting up a new platform locally and walk you through some of the basic concepts within the OpenTDF platform.

Pre-requisites

Getting the Platform Running

The first step is to get the platform running locally. You can use the following docker compose file to get the platform running. This docker compose file will start a local instance of the platform, keycloak, and a postgres database.

warning

Not for production use.

Docker Compose
name: opentdf
volumes:
configs:
keys:
caddy_data:
configs:
caddy_config:
content: |
{
log {
level INFO
output stdout
}
}
https://keycloak.opentdf.local:9443 {
tls internal
reverse_proxy keycloak:8888
}
https://platform.opentdf.local:8443 {
tls internal
reverse_proxy {
to h2c://platform:8080
transport http {
versions h2c 2 1.1 # Enable gRPC proxying
}
}

}
services:
caddy:
#image: cgr.dev/chainguard/caddy:latest-dev #@sha256:20e31e59503a775f28e7eb0d724384055236a35c52ff4e5aca6caac8390d61dc
image: caddy:alpine
command: ['caddy','run', '--config', '/etc/caddy/Caddyfile']
configs:
- source: caddy_config
target: /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
ports:
- '9443:9443'
- '8443:8443'
volumes:
- caddy_data:/data
restart: unless-stopped
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -q --server-response --tries=1 http://127.0.0.1:2019/metrics 2>&1 | awk '/^ HTTP/{print $2}' | grep -q '200'"]
interval: 5s
timeout: 5s
retries: 3
check-certs:
image: cgr.dev/chainguard/bash:latest@sha256:553a2674ec4f7d8a701873c1dcb43138f83e787ac1d17043cba0085ae3bd7038
volumes:
- type: volume
source: caddy_data
target: /etc/ssl/certs
volume:
subpath: caddy/certificates/local/keycloak.opentdf.local/
command:
- |
echo "Checking certificates"
ls -alh /etc/ssl/certs
cat /etc/ssl/certs/keycloak.opentdf.local.crt
depends_on:
caddy:
condition: service_healthy
ensure-permissions:
condition: service_completed_successfully
ensure-permissions:
image: alpine
command:
- 'sh'
- '-c'
- |
chmod -R 665 /configs
ls -alh /configs
chmod -R 665 /keys
ls -alh /keys
chmod -R 665 /data
ls -alh /data
volumes:
- configs:/configs
- keys:/keys
- caddy_data:/data

#================================================================

# Start Keycloak

#----------------------------------------------------------------
keycloak:
image: cgr.dev/chainguard/keycloak:latest@sha256:7e06ca655329cb8256ee2d226e32d48377a1d0e436de4fb10bdd428ed4848afa # 25.0.1
restart: unless-stopped
command: ['start-dev']
environment:
KC_DB: postgres
KC_DB_URL_HOST: keycloak-db
KC_DB_URL_PORT: 5432
KC_DB_URL_DATABASE: keycloak
KC_DB_USERNAME: postgres
KC_DB_PASSWORD: changeme
KC_HOSTNAME: '<https://keycloak.opentdf.local:9443>'
KC_HOSTNAME_ADMIN: '<https://keycloak.opentdf.local:9443>'
KC_HTTP_ENABLED: 'true'
KC_HTTP_PORT: 8888
KEYCLOAK_ADMIN: admin
KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD: changeme
KC_FEATURES: 'preview,token-exchange'
KC_HEALTH_ENABLED: 'true'
healthcheck:
test: ['CMD-SHELL', '[ -f /tmp/HealthCheck.java ] || echo "public class HealthCheck { public static void main(String[] args) throws java.lang.Throwable { System.exit(java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK == ((java.net.HttpURLConnection)new java.net.URL(args[0]).openConnection()).getResponseCode() ? 0 : 1); } }" > /tmp/HealthCheck.java && java /tmp/HealthCheck.java http://localhost:9000/health/ready']
interval: 5s
timeout: 10s
retries: 3
start_period: 5m
depends_on:
keycloak-db:
condition: service_healthy
restart: true
keycloak-db:
image: cgr.dev/chainguard/postgres:latest@sha256:f359eed58238db0c9dc24b791e11b197e997e799eb42455f31099fc1492617e7
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: changeme
POSTGRES_USER: postgres
POSTGRES_DB: keycloak
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready"]
interval: 5s
timeout: 5s
retries: 10
start_period: 2m
download-keycloak-config:
image: cgr.dev/chainguard/curl:latest-dev@sha256:8afd56d4c8692ddfdc0ed2b54da2d1e02c0946433cb318700645f9cd70ccdb3a
volumes:
- configs:/configs
command: ['-o', '/configs/keycloak-config.yaml', 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opentdf/platform/main/service/cmd/keycloak_data.yaml']
depends_on:
ensure-permissions:
condition: service_completed_successfully
#================================================================

# Provisioning Keycloak with expected realm, clients, and users

#----------------------------------------------------------------
keycloak-provisioning:
image: registry.opentdf.io/platform:nightly
volumes:
- configs:/configs
command:
[
'provision',
'keycloak',
'-e',
'http://keycloak:8888',
'-f',
'/configs/keycloak-config.yaml',
]
depends_on:
keycloak:
condition: service_healthy
restart: true
download-keycloak-config:
condition: service_completed_successfully
restart: true
#================================================================

# Start the OpenTDF service

#----------------------------------------------------------------
download-platform-config:
image: cgr.dev/chainguard/curl:latest-dev@sha256:8afd56d4c8692ddfdc0ed2b54da2d1e02c0946433cb318700645f9cd70ccdb3a
volumes:
- configs:/configs
command: ['-o', '/configs/.opentdf.yaml', 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opentdf/platform/main/opentdf-dev.yaml']
depends_on:
ensure-permissions:
condition: service_completed_successfully
modify-platform-config:
image: cgr.dev/chainguard/bash:latest@sha256:553a2674ec4f7d8a701873c1dcb43138f83e787ac1d17043cba0085ae3bd7038
volumes:
- configs:/configs
command:
- |
echo "Modifying /configs/.opentdf.yaml"
echo "$(</configs/.opentdf.yaml )"
sed -i 's|kas-private.pem|/keys/kas-private.pem|g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
sed -i 's|kas-cert.pem|/keys/kas-cert.pem|g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
sed -i 's|kas-ec-private.pem|/keys/kas-ec-private.pem|g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
sed -i 's|kas-ec-cert.pem|/keys/kas-ec-cert.pem|g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
sed -i 's|# db:|db: |g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
sed -i 's|# host: localhost| host: |g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
sed -i 's|issuer: http://localhost:8888/auth/realms/opentdf|issuer: http://keycloak:8888/realms/opentdf|g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
sed -i 's|tokenendpoint: http://localhost:8888/auth/realms/opentdf/protocol/openid-connect/token|tokenendpoint: http://keycloak:8888/realms/opentdf/protocol/openid-connect/token|g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
sed -i 's|url: http://localhost:8888/auth|url: http://keycloak:8888|g' /configs/.opentdf.yaml
echo "$(</configs/.opentdf.yaml )"
depends_on:
download-platform-config:
condition: service_completed_successfully
generate-kas-rsa-keys:
image: alpine/openssl
volumes:
- keys:/keys
entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
command:
- |
echo "Generating RSA keys"
openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey RSA:2048 -subj "/CN=kas" -keyout /keys/kas-private.pem -out /keys/kas-cert.pem -days 365
chmod 444 /keys/kas-private.pem
chmod 444 /keys/kas-cert.pem
depends_on:
ensure-permissions:
condition: service_completed_successfully
generate-kas-ec-keys:
image: alpine/openssl
volumes:
- keys:/keys
entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
command:
- |
echo "Generating EC keys"
openssl ecparam -name secp256r1 -out /keys/secp256r1.pem && \
openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey ec:/keys/secp256r1.pem -subj "/CN=kas" -keyout /keys/kas-ec-private.pem -out /keys/kas-ec-cert.pem -days 365
chmod 444 /keys/kas-ec-private.pem
chmod 444 /keys/kas-ec-cert.pem
depends_on:
ensure-permissions:
condition: service_completed_successfully
platform:
image: registry.opentdf.io/platform:nightly
volumes:
- configs:/configs
- keys:/keys
- type: volume
source: caddy_data
target: /etc/ssl/certs
volume:
subpath: caddy/certificates/local/keycloak.opentdf.local
extra_hosts:
- "keycloak.opentdf.local:host-gateway"
command: ['start','--config-file','/configs/.opentdf.yaml','--config-key','opentdf']
restart: always
environment:
OPENTDF_DB_HOST: platform-db
OPENTDF_DB_USER: postgres
OPENTDF_DB_PASSWORD: changeme2
depends_on:
keycloak:
condition: service_healthy
restart: true
keycloak-provisioning:
condition: service_completed_successfully
platform-db:
condition: service_healthy
restart: true
download-platform-config:
condition: service_completed_successfully
generate-kas-rsa-keys:
condition: service_completed_successfully
generate-kas-ec-keys:
condition: service_completed_successfully
modify-platform-config:
condition: service_completed_successfully
caddy:
condition: service_healthy
check-certs:
condition: service_completed_successfully
platform-db:
image: cgr.dev/chainguard/postgres:latest@sha256:f359eed58238db0c9dc24b791e11b197e997e799eb42455f31099fc1492617e7
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
POSTGRES_USER: postgres
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: changeme
POSTGRES_DB: opentdf
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready"]
interval: 5s
timeout: 5s
retries: 10

Update /etc/hosts

In order for the services to communicate correctly you will need to update your /etc/hosts file.

echo -e "127.0.0.1 platform.opentdf.local\n127.0.0.1 keycloak.opentdf.local" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

Export Environment Variables

For the remainder of this guide you will want to export the following environment variables.

export PLATFORM_HOST=https://platform.opentdf.local:8443

Trust Self Signed Certificates

During the bootstrapping process caddy will generate self signed certificiates. You will either need to trust these certificates on your system or use the --tls-no-verify flag on every command.

Example of extracting the certificate from the container.

mkdir -p ./opentdf-certs
docker cp opentdf-caddy-1:/data/caddy/certificates/local/keycloak.opentdf.local/keycloak.opentdf.local.crt ./opentdf-certs
docker cp opentdf-caddy-1:/data/caddy/certificates/local/platform.opentdf.local/platform.opentdf.local.crt ./opentdf-certs

Login to the Platform

During the provisioning of the platform, a few test clients were created in keycloak. You can use the following credentials to login to the platform. This will cache those credentials locally for the otdfctl CLI. You can also pass in the flags --with-client-creds and --with-client-creds-file on every command to authenticate with the platform.

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST auth client-credentials --client-id opentdf --client-secret secret

Create A Namespace

In this first step you are going to create a new namespace. A namespace is a way to organize your attributes within the platform.

You will see an empty list of namespaces when you first start the platform.

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST --tls-no-verify  policy attributes namespaces list
SUCCESS   Found namespaces list
┌─────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
│Id │Name │Active │Labels │Created At │Updated At │
├─────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
└─────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'namespaces get --id=<id> --json' to see all properties

Create a new namespace

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST  policy attributes namespaces create --name opentdf.io
SUCCESS   Created namespaces: 7650f02a-be00-4faa-a1d1-37cded5e23dc
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Name │opentdf.io │
│Id │7650f02a-be00-4faa-a1d1-37cded5e23dc │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:02:00 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:02:00 UTC 2024
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'namespaces get --id=7650f02a-be00-4faa-a1d1-37cded5e23dc --json' to see all properties

List the namespaces

With that namespace created we should be able to see it in the list of namespaces as well as get the details of the namespace.

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST  policy attributes namespaces list
SUCCESS   Found namespaces list
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐
│Id │Name │Active │Labels │Created At │Updated At │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
│7650f02a-be00-4faa-a1d1-37cded5e23dc │opentdf.io │true │[] │Mon Jun 24 11:02:00 UTC 2024 │Mon Jun 24 11:02:00 UTC 2024
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'namespaces get --id=<id> --json' to see all properties

Let's export the namespace id for later use.

export NAMESPACE_ID=<id>

Get the details of the namespace

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST  policy attributes namespaces get --id=$NAMESPACE_ID
SUCCESS   Found namespaces: 7650f02a-be00-4faa-a1d1-37cded5e23dc
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Id │7650f02a-be00-4faa-a1d1-37cded5e23dc │
│Name │opentdf.io │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:02:00 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:02:00 UTC 2024
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'namespaces get --id=7650f02a-be00-4faa-a1d1-37cded5e23dc --json' to see all properties

Create an Attribute

Now that we have a namespace we can create a new attribute. An attribute is a way to define a classification for your data.

It consists of two main parts:

  1. A definition which describes how an entities entitlements and resource attributes are compared.

    1. ANY_OF: The entity must have at least one of the values in the list. This is your typical OR operation.
    2. ALL_OF: The entity must have all of the values in the list. This is your typical AND operation.
    3. HIERARCHY: This is an ordered list of values. The entity must have an equal or greater value in the list.
  2. A list of values

warning

Attribute name and values are case insensitive. This means ROLE is equal to role.

tip

You can also create values at the same time when creating the definition. This is useful when you know the values you want to use. (e.g. --value admin --value developer --value guest)

Create attribute definition

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST  policy attributes create --name role  -s $NAMESPACE_ID  -r ANY_OF
SUCCESS   Created attributes: bd02d7ab-564d-4b6c-95c4-3d4a8a259000
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Name │role │
│Rule │ANY_OF │
│Values │[]
│Namespace │opentdf.io │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:09:39 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:09:39 UTC 2024
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'attributes get --id=bd02d7ab-564d-4b6c-95c4-3d4a8a259000 --json' to see all properties

Let's export the attribute id for later use.

export ATTRIBUTE_ID=<id>

Create attribute values

# Create admin value
otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST policy attributes values create -a $ATTRIBUTE_ID --value admin
SUCCESS   Created values: 0fe7e8d0-a3ff-485f-ac24-a54d85904712
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Id │0fe7e8d0-a3ff-485f-ac24-a54d85904712 │
│FQN │https://opentdf.io/attr/role/value/admin │
│Value │admin │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:11:15 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:11:15 UTC 2024
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'values get --id=0fe7e8d0-a3ff-485f-ac24-a54d85904712 --json' to see all properties

Export the admin value id for later use.

export ADMIN_VALUE_ID=<id>
# Create developer value
otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST policy attributes values create -a $ATTRIBUTE_ID --value developer
SUCCESS   Created values: dbfcbe15-7392-4e35-9e1d-3d06918472be
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Id │dbfcbe15-7392-4e35-9e1d-3d06918472be │
│FQN │https://opentdf.io/attr/role/value/developer │
│Value │developer │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:12:45 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:12:45 UTC 2024
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'values get --id=dbfcbe15-7392-4e35-9e1d-3d06918472be --json' to see all properties

Export the developer value id for later use.

export DEVELOPER_VALUE_ID=<id>
# Create guest value
otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST policy attributes values create -a $ATTRIBUTE_ID --value guest
SUCCESS   Created values: 654f0877-2c0b-4a62-a9c3-87ed42bf77ac
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Id │654f0877-2c0b-4a62-a9c3-87ed42bf77ac │
│FQN │https://opentdf.io/attr/role/value/guest │
│Value │guest │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:14:22 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:14:22 UTC 2024
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'values get --id=654f0877-2c0b-4a62-a9c3-87ed42bf77ac --json' to see all properties

Export the guest value id for later use.

export GUEST_VALUE_ID=<id>

Get the attribute details

Now that we have listed values for the attribute, we can get the details of the attribute. You should see the added values in the list now.

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST  policy attributes get --id=$ATTRIBUTE_ID
SUCCESS   Found attributes: bd02d7ab-564d-4b6c-95c4-3d4a8a259000
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Id │bd02d7ab-564d-4b6c-95c4-3d4a8a259000 │
│Name │role │
│Rule │ANY_OF │
│Values │[admin, developer, guest]
│Namespace │opentdf.io │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:09:39 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:14:22 UTC 2024
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'attributes get --id=bd02d7ab-564d-4b6c-95c4-3d4a8a259000 --json' to see all properties

Create a Subject Mapping

A subject mapping is a way to define how a user or entity is mapped to an attribute in the OpenTDF Platform.

An attribute that is mapped to an entity is considered an entitlement. An entitlement is a way to define what tdf resources an entity can access.

With subject mappings there is a sub-resource called subject condition sets. These are a set of conditions that must be met for the subject mapping to be applied.

Create a Subject Condition Set

Download the example subject condition set. You can use this file to create a new condition set.

 otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST  policy subject-condition-sets create -j <path to file>/subject_condition_set.json
SUCCESS   Created subject-condition-sets: 74bf521f-5a79-48fe-acb8-b4b63ee7950b
┌──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├──────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Id │74bf521f-5a79-48fe-acb8-b4b63ee7950b │
│SubjectSets │[{"condition_groups":[{"conditions":[{"subject_external_selector_value":".clientId","operator":1,"subject_external_values":["opentdf"]}],"boolean_operator":1}]}]
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:33:28 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:33:28 UTC 2024
└──────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'subject-condition-sets get --id=74bf521f-5a79-48fe-acb8-b4b63ee7950b --json' to see all properties

Let's export the subject condition set id for later use.

export SUBJECT_CONDITION_SET_ID=<id>

Create a Subject Mapping

With the condition set created we can now create a new subject mapping that is tied to the subject condition set.

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST  policy subject-mappings create --action-standard DECRYPT --attribute-value-id $DEVELOPER_VALUE_ID --subject-condition-set-id $SUBJECT_CONDITION_SET_ID
SUCCESS   Created subject-mappings: 751054f8-14da-44c0-9341-5dab36b8256d
┌─────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├─────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Id │751054f8-14da-44c0-9341-5dab36b8256d │
│Subject AttrVal: Id │dbfcbe15-7392-4e35-9e1d-3d06918472be │
│Actions │[{"Value":{"Standard":1}}]
│Subject Condition Set: I…│74bf521f-5a79-48fe-acb8-b4b63ee7950b │
│Subject Condition Set │[{"condition_groups":[{"conditions":[{"subject_external_selector_value":".clientId","operator":1,"subject_external_values":["opentdf"]}],"boolean_opera…│
│Attribute Value Id │dbfcbe15-7392-4e35-9e1d-3d06918472be │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 11:35:13 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 11:35:13 UTC 2024
└─────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'subject-mappings get --id=751054f8-14da-44c0-9341-5dab36b8256d --json' to see all properties

Let's export the subject mapping id for later use.

export SUBJECT_MAPPING_ID=<id>

Encrypt Some Data With TDF

Now that we have a few basic resources in place we can show you how to control access to data using the OpenTDF Platform.

Encrypt Data Without Attributes

Within the otdfctl CLI there is basic functionality to interact with zTDF and nanoTDF.

Example zTDF encryption

echo 'my first encrypted tdf' | otdfctl encrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST -o example.tdf --tdf-type tdf3

Example nanoTDF encryption

echo 'my first encrypted tdf' | otdfctl encrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST -o example.nano.tdf --tdf-type nano

Decrypt Data Without Attributes

Because we didn't add any attributes to the data we encrypted, we should be able to decrypt the data without any issues.

otdfctl decrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST --tdf-type tdf3 example.tdf
# Output
my first encrypted tdf
otdfctl decrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST --tdf-type nano example.nano.tdf
# Output
my first encrypted tdf

Encrypt Data With Attributes

In this example we will encrypt the data with the attribute https://opentdf.io/attr/role/value/guest. First cleanup any existing tdf files from before.

rm example.tdf example.nano.tdf

Example zTDF encryption with attributes

echo 'my first encrypted tdf' | otdfctl encrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST -o example.tdf --tdf-type tdf3 --attr https://opentdf.io/attr/role/value/guest

Example nanoTDF encryption with attributes

echo 'my first encrypted tdf' | otdfctl encrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST -o example.nano.tdf --tdf-type nano --attr https://opentdf.io/attr/role/value/guest

Decrypt Data With Attributes

In this first example we will try to decrypt the data but it will fail because we shouldn't be assigned the entitlement of https://opentdf.io/attr/role/value/guest at this point.

Example zTDF failed decryption

otdfctl decrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST --tdf-type tdf3 example.tdf
# Output
ERROR Failed to decrypt file: reader.WriteTo failed: doPayloadKeyUnwrap splitKey.rewrap failed: error making request to kas: error making rewrap request: rpc error: code = PermissionDenied desc = request error
rpc error: code = PermissionDenied desc = forbidden

Example nanoTDF failed decryption

otdfctl decrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST --tdf-type nano example.nano.tdf
ERROR    Failed to decrypt file: readSeeker.Seek failed: error making request to kas: error making rewrap request: rpc error: code = PermissionDenied desc = request error
rpc error: code = PermissionDenied desc = forbidden

What we have to do now is assign the entitlement of https://opentdf.io/attr/role/value/guest to the entity by creating a new subject mapping for the condition set we created earlier.

Create a new subject mapping

otdfctl --host $PLATFORM_HOST  policy subject-mappings create --action-standard DECRYPT --attribute-value-id $GUEST_VALUE_ID --subject-condition-set-id $SUBJECT_CONDITION_SET_ID
SUCCESS   Created subject-mappings: f6bf9fc7-e23b-4276-9dfc-7a61f359edfd
┌─────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Property │Value │
├─────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Id │f6bf9fc7-e23b-4276-9dfc-7a61f359edfd │
│Subject AttrVal: Id │654f0877-2c0b-4a62-a9c3-87ed42bf77ac │
│Actions │[{"Value":{"Standard":1}}]
│Subject Condition Set: I…│74bf521f-5a79-48fe-acb8-b4b63ee7950b │
│Subject Condition Set │[{"condition_groups":[{"conditions":[{"subject_external_selector_value":".clientId","operator":1,"subject_external_values":["opentdf"]}],"boolean_opera…│
│Attribute Value Id │654f0877-2c0b-4a62-a9c3-87ed42bf77ac │
│Created At │Mon Jun 24 13:28:22 UTC 2024
│Updated At │Mon Jun 24 13:28:22 UTC 2024
└─────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE Use 'subject-mappings get --id=f6bf9fc7-e23b-4276-9dfc-7a61f359edfd --json' to see all properties

Now that we have the subject mapping in place we should be able to decrypt the data.

Example zTDF sucessful decryption

otdfctl decrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST --tdf-type tdf3 example.tdf
# Output
my first encrypted tdf

Example nanoTDF sucessful decryption

otdfctl decrypt --host $PLATFORM_HOST --tdf-type nano example.nano.tdf
# Output
my first encrypted tdf

Takeways and Next Steps

In this document you have learned how to create a namespace, attribute, subject mapping, and encrypt/decrypt data with the OpenTDF Platform.