Using sshUserSetup.sh Script to Setup Passwordless SSH User Equivalence for RAC Nodes

Using Oracle provided sshUserSetup.sh script to set up passwordless SSH user equivalence for RAC nodes. With “advanced” option, the user equivalence setting up will be bidirectional between racnode1 and racnode2.

In another post, we introduced how to manually set up ssh user equivalence between RAC nodes, before we install GI and RAC software.

Here we introduce sshUserSetup.sh Script to create user equivalence automatically.  The script is coming from GI binary media.

Pay attention to option “advanced”. Without “advanced” option, the user equivalence setting up will be racnode1–>racnode2 only. With “advanced” option, the user equivalence setting up will be racnode1<–>racnode2 .

[] grid@racnode1:/u01/app/software/grid/sshsetup$ ./sshUserSetup.sh -user grid -hosts "racnode1 racnode2" -noPromptPassphrase -advanced -exverify
The output of this script is also logged into /tmp/sshUserSetup_2016-09-14-14-59-01.log
Hosts are racnode1 racnode2
user is grid
Platform:- Linux
Checking if the remote hosts are reachable
PING racnode1 (10.11.12.13) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from racnode1 (10.11.12.13): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.017 ms
64 bytes from racnode1 (10.11.12.13): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.015 ms
64 bytes from racnode1 (10.11.12.13): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.015 ms
64 bytes from racnode1 (10.11.12.13): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.009 ms
64 bytes from racnode1 (10.11.12.13): icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.008 ms

--- racnode1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.008/0.012/0.017/0.005 ms
PING racnode2 (10.11.12.15) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from racnode2 (10.11.12.15): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.71 ms
64 bytes from racnode2 (10.11.12.15): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.081 ms
64 bytes from racnode2 (10.11.12.15): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.094 ms
64 bytes from racnode2 (10.11.12.15): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.084 ms
64 bytes from racnode2 (10.11.12.15): icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.077 ms

--- racnode2 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.077/0.409/1.710/0.650 ms
Remote host reachability check succeeded.
The following hosts are reachable: racnode1 racnode2.
The following hosts are not reachable: .
All hosts are reachable. Proceeding further...
firsthost racnode1
numhosts 2
The script will setup SSH connectivity from the host racnode1 to all
the remote hosts. After the script is executed, the user can use SSH to run
commands on the remote hosts or copy files between this host racnode1
and the remote hosts without being prompted for passwords or confirmations.

NOTE 1:
As part of the setup procedure, this script will use ssh and scp to copy
files between the local host and the remote hosts. Since the script does not
store passwords, you may be prompted for the passwords during the execution of
the script whenever ssh or scp is invoked.

NOTE 2:
AS PER SSH REQUIREMENTS, THIS SCRIPT WILL SECURE THE USER HOME DIRECTORY
AND THE .ssh DIRECTORY BY REVOKING GROUP AND WORLD WRITE PRIVILEDGES TO THESE
directories.

Do you want to continue and let the script make the above mentioned changes (yes/no)?
yes

The user chose yes
User chose to skip passphrase related questions.
Creating .ssh directory on local host, if not present already
Creating authorized_keys file on local host
Changing permissions on authorized_keys to 644 on local host
Creating known_hosts file on local host
Changing permissions on known_hosts to 644 on local host
Creating config file on local host
If a config file exists already at /home/grid/.ssh/config, it would be backed up to /home/grid/.ssh/config.backup.
Removing old private/public keys on local host
Running SSH keygen on local host with empty passphrase
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /home/grid/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/grid/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
77:c8:3b:d6:61:ff:21:40:f8:f0:79:d8:39:52:df:85 grid@racnode1
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 1024]----+
| |
| . . |
| o . .E .|
| .=.= o o|
| S +B+= ..|
| . =+o. |
| + .... |
| . . ...|
| .|
+-----------------+
Creating .ssh directory and setting permissions on remote host racnode1
THE SCRIPT WOULD ALSO BE REVOKING WRITE PERMISSIONS FOR group AND others ON THE HOME DIRECTORY FOR grid. THIS IS AN SSH REQUIREMENT.
The script would create ~grid/.ssh/config file on remote host racnode1. If a config file exists already at ~grid/.ssh/config, it would be backed up to ~grid/.ssh/config.backup.
The user may be prompted for a password here since the script would be running SSH on host racnode1.
Warning: Permanently added 'racnode1,10.11.12.13' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
grid@racnode1's password:
Done with creating .ssh directory and setting permissions on remote host racnode1.
Creating .ssh directory and setting permissions on remote host racnode2
THE SCRIPT WOULD ALSO BE REVOKING WRITE PERMISSIONS FOR group AND others ON THE HOME DIRECTORY FOR grid. THIS IS AN SSH REQUIREMENT.
The script would create ~grid/.ssh/config file on remote host racnode2. If a config file exists already at ~grid/.ssh/config, it would be backed up to ~grid/.ssh/config.backup.
The user may be prompted for a password here since the script would be running SSH on host racnode2.
Warning: Permanently added 'racnode2,10.11.12.15' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
grid@racnode2's password:
Done with creating .ssh directory and setting permissions on remote host racnode2.
Copying local host public key to the remote host racnode1
The user may be prompted for a password or passphrase here since the script would be using SCP for host racnode1.
grid@racnode1's password:
Done copying local host public key to the remote host racnode1
Copying local host public key to the remote host racnode2
The user may be prompted for a password or passphrase here since the script would be using SCP for host racnode2.
grid@racnode2's password:
Done copying local host public key to the remote host racnode2
Creating keys on remote host racnode1 if they do not exist already. This is required to setup SSH on host racnode1.

Creating keys on remote host racnode2 if they do not exist already. This is required to setup SSH on host racnode2.
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Your identification has been saved in .ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in .ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
8d:07:39:11:ee:f8:ac:cd:bf:00:c5:40:0a:d1:9c:ab grid@racnode2
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 1024]----+
| o+ oo o. |
| .+. + o |
| .. B |
| . + = |
| . o S o |
| E + . |
| + |
| + . |
| . o.o. |
+-----------------+
Updating authorized_keys file on remote host racnode1
Updating known_hosts file on remote host racnode1
Updating authorized_keys file on remote host racnode2
Updating known_hosts file on remote host racnode2
cat: /home/grid/.ssh/known_hosts.tmp: No such file or directory
cat: /home/grid/.ssh/authorized_keys.tmp: No such file or directory
SSH setup is complete.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verifying SSH setup
===================
The script will now run the date command on the remote nodes using ssh
to verify if ssh is setup correctly. IF THE SETUP IS CORRECTLY SETUP,
THERE SHOULD BE NO OUTPUT OTHER THAN THE DATE AND SSH SHOULD NOT ASK FOR
PASSWORDS. If you see any output other than date or are prompted for the
password, ssh is not setup correctly and you will need to resolve the
issue and set up ssh again.
The possible causes for failure could be:
1. The server settings in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file do not allow ssh
for user grid.
2. The server may have disabled public key based authentication.
3. The client public key on the server may be outdated.
4. ~grid or ~grid/.ssh on the remote host may not be owned by grid.
5. User may not have passed -shared option for shared remote users or
may be passing the -shared option for non-shared remote users.
6. If there is output in addition to the date, but no password is asked,
it may be a security alert shown as part of company policy. Append the
additional text to the <OMS HOME>/sysman/prov/resources/ignoreMessages.txt file.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--racnode1:--
Running /usr/bin/ssh -x -l grid racnode1 date to verify SSH connectivity has been setup from local host to racnode1.
IF YOU SEE ANY OTHER OUTPUT BESIDES THE OUTPUT OF THE DATE COMMAND OR IF YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A PASSWORD HERE, IT MEANS SSH SETUP HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. Please note that being prompted for a passphrase may be OK but being prompted for a password is ERROR.
Wed Sep 14 14:59:32 AEST 2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--racnode2:--
Running /usr/bin/ssh -x -l grid racnode2 date to verify SSH connectivity has been setup from local host to racnode2.
IF YOU SEE ANY OTHER OUTPUT BESIDES THE OUTPUT OF THE DATE COMMAND OR IF YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A PASSWORD HERE, IT MEANS SSH SETUP HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. Please note that being prompted for a passphrase may be OK but being prompted for a password is ERROR.
Wed Sep 14 14:59:33 AEST 2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verifying SSH connectivity has been setup from racnode1 to racnode1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU SEE ANY OTHER OUTPUT BESIDES THE OUTPUT OF THE DATE COMMAND OR IF YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A PASSWORD HERE, IT MEANS SSH SETUP HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
Wed Sep 14 14:59:33 AEST 2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verifying SSH connectivity has been setup from racnode1 to racnode2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU SEE ANY OTHER OUTPUT BESIDES THE OUTPUT OF THE DATE COMMAND OR IF YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A PASSWORD HERE, IT MEANS SSH SETUP HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
Wed Sep 14 14:59:33 AEST 2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Verification from racnode1 complete-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verifying SSH connectivity has been setup from racnode2 to racnode1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU SEE ANY OTHER OUTPUT BESIDES THE OUTPUT OF THE DATE COMMAND OR IF YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A PASSWORD HERE, IT MEANS SSH SETUP HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
Wed Sep 14 14:59:33 AEST 2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verifying SSH connectivity has been setup from racnode2 to racnode2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF YOU SEE ANY OTHER OUTPUT BESIDES THE OUTPUT OF THE DATE COMMAND OR IF YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A PASSWORD HERE, IT MEANS SSH SETUP HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
Wed Sep 14 14:59:33 AEST 2016
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Verification from racnode2 complete-
SSH verification complete.
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