NETCONF Working Group K. Watsen
Internet-Draft Juniper Networks
Intended status: Standards Track J. Schoenwaelder
Expires: December 15, 2017 Jacobs University Bremen
June 13, 2017
RESTCONF Client and Server Models
draft-ietf-netconf-restconf-client-server-03
Abstract
This document defines two YANG modules, one module to configure a
RESTCONF client and the other module to configure a RESTCONF server.
Both modules support the TLS transport protocol with both standard
RESTCONF and RESTCONF Call Home connections.
Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor)
This draft contains many placeholder values that need to be replaced
with finalized values at the time of publication. This note
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in the Normative References section, as well as in body text
throughout. Please update the following references to reflect their
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o I-D.ietf-netconf-keystore
o I-D.ietf-netconf-tls-client-server
Artwork in this document contains shorthand references to drafts in
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server
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o Appendix A. Change Log
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Tree Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. The RESTCONF Client Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Tree Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2. Example Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3. YANG Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. The RESTCONF Server Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1. Tree Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2. Example Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3. YANG Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.1. The IETF XML Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.2. The YANG Module Names Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Appendix A. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
A.1. server-model-09 to 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
A.2. 00 to 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
A.3. 01 to 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
A.4. 02 to 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
1. Introduction
This document defines two YANG [RFC7950] modules, one module to
configure a RESTCONF client and the other module to configure a
RESTCONF server [RFC8040]. Both modules support the TLS [RFC5246]
transport protocol with both standard RESTCONF and RESTCONF Call Home
connections [RFC8071].
1.1. Terminology
The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
1.2. Tree Diagrams
A simplified graphical representation of the data models is used in
this document. The meaning of the symbols in these diagrams is as
follows:
o Brackets "[" and "]" enclose list keys.
o Braces "{" and "}" enclose feature names, and indicate that the
named feature must be present for the subtree to be present.
o Abbreviations before data node names: "rw" means configuration
(read-write) and "ro" state data (read-only).
o Symbols after data node names: "?" means an optional node, "!"
means a presence container, and "*" denotes a list and leaf-list.
o Parentheses enclose choice and case nodes, and case nodes are also
marked with a colon (":").
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o Ellipsis ("...") stands for contents of subtrees that are not
shown.
2. The RESTCONF Client Model
EDITOR NOTE: Please ignore this section, it is incomplete.
The RESTCONF client model presented in this section supports both
clients initiating connections to servers, as well as clients
listening for connections from servers calling home.
This model supports the TLS transport protocol using the TLS client
groupings defined in [I-D.ietf-netconf-tls-client-server].
All private keys and trusted certificates are held in the keystore
model defined in [I-D.ietf-netconf-keystore].
YANG feature statements are used to enable implementations to
advertise which parts of the model the RESTCONF client supports.
2.1. Tree Diagram
Note: all lines are folded at column 71 with no '\' character.
module: ietf-restconf-client
groupings:
restconf-client
+---- initiate {initiate}?
| +---- restconf-server* [name]
| +---- name? string
| +---- (transport)
| | +--:(tls) {tls-initiate}?
| | +---- tls
| | +---- endpoints
| | | +---- endpoint* [name]
| | | +---- name? string
| | | +---- address inet:host
| | | +---- port? inet:port-number
| | +---- server-auth
| | | +---- trusted-ca-certs? leafref
| | | +---- trusted-server-certs? leafref
| | +---- client-auth
| | | +---- (auth-type)?
| | | +--:(certificate)
| | | +---- certificate? leafref
| | +---- hello-params
| | {tls-client-hello-params-config}?
| | +---- tls-versions
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| | | +---- tls-version* identityref
| | +---- cipher-suites
| | +---- cipher-suite* identityref
| +---- connection-type
| | +---- (connection-type)?
| | +--:(persistent-connection)
| | | +---- persistent!
| | | +---- idle-timeout? uint32
| | | +---- keep-alives
| | | +---- max-wait? uint16
| | | +---- max-attempts? uint8
| | +--:(periodic-connection)
| | +---- periodic!
| | +---- idle-timeout? uint16
| | +---- reconnect-timeout? uint16
| +---- reconnect-strategy
| +---- start-with? enumeration
| +---- max-attempts? uint8
+---- listen {listen}?
+---- max-sessions? uint16
+---- idle-timeout? uint16
+---- endpoint* [name]
+---- name? string
+---- (transport)
+--:(tls) {tls-listen}?
+---- tls
+---- address? inet:ip-address
+---- port? inet:port-number
+---- server-auth
| +---- trusted-ca-certs? leafref
| +---- trusted-server-certs? leafref
+---- client-auth
| +---- (auth-type)?
| +--:(certificate)
| +---- certificate? leafref
+---- hello-params
{tls-client-hello-params-config}?
+---- tls-versions
| +---- tls-version* identityref
+---- cipher-suites
+---- cipher-suite* identityref
endpoints-container
+---- endpoints
+---- endpoint* [name]
+---- name? string
+---- address inet:host
+---- port? inet:port-number
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2.2. Example Usage
The following example illustrates configuring a RESTCONF client to
initiate connections, as well as listening for call-home connections.
This example is consistent with the examples presented in Section 2.2
of [I-D.ietf-netconf-keystore].
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corp-fw1
corp-fw1.example.com
corp-fw1.example.com
corp-fw2.example.com
corp-fw2.example.com
deployment-specific-ca-certs
tls-ec-cert
Intranet-facing listener
11.22.33.44
deployment-specific-ca-certs
explicitly-trusted-server-certs
tls-ec-cert
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2.3. YANG Model
This YANG module imports YANG types from [RFC6991] and [RFC7407].
file "ietf-restconf-client@2017-06-13.yang"
module ietf-restconf-client {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-client";
prefix "rcc";
import ietf-inet-types {
prefix inet;
reference
"RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types";
}
import ietf-tls-client {
prefix ts;
revision-date 2017-06-13; // stable grouping definitions
reference
"RFC ZZZZ: TLS Client and Server Models";
}
organization
"IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web:
WG List:
Author: Kent Watsen
Author: Gary Wu
";
description
"This module contains a collection of YANG definitions for
configuring RESTCONF clients.
Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
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without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD
License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
the RFC itself for full legal notices.";
revision "2017-06-13" {
description
"Initial version";
reference
"RFC XXXX: RESTCONF Client and Server Models";
}
// Features
feature initiate {
description
"The 'initiate' feature indicates that the RESTCONF client
supports initiating RESTCONF connections to RESTCONF servers
using at least one transport (e.g., TLS, etc.).";
}
feature tls-initiate {
description
"The 'tls-initiate' feature indicates that the RESTCONF client
supports initiating TLS connections to RESTCONF servers.";
reference
"RFC 8040: RESTCONF Protocol";
}
feature listen {
description
"The 'listen' feature indicates that the RESTCONF client
supports opening a port to accept RESTCONF server call
home connections using at least one transport (e.g.,
TLS, etc.).";
}
feature tls-listen {
description
"The 'tls-listen' feature indicates that the RESTCONF client
supports opening a port to listen for incoming RESTCONF
server call-home TLS connections.";
reference
"RFC 8071: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home";
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}
grouping restconf-client {
description
"Top-level grouping for RESTCONF client configuration.";
container initiate {
if-feature initiate;
description
"Configures client initiating underlying TCP connections.";
list restconf-server {
key name;
description
"List of RESTCONF servers the RESTCONF client is to initiate
connections to.";
leaf name {
type string;
description
"An arbitrary name for the RESTCONF server.";
}
choice transport {
mandatory true;
description
"Selects between available transports.";
case tls {
if-feature tls-initiate;
container tls {
description
"Specifies TLS-specific transport configuration.";
uses endpoints-container {
refine endpoints/endpoint/port {
default 443;
}
}
uses ts:tls-client-grouping {
refine "client-auth" {
must 'certificate';
description
"RESTCONF clients MUST pass a client certiticate.";
}
}
}
} // end tls
} // end transport
container connection-type {
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description
"Indicates the kind of connection to use.";
choice connection-type {
description
"Selects between available connection types.";
case persistent-connection {
container persistent {
presence true;
description
"Maintain a persistent connection to the RESTCONF
server. If the connection goes down, immediately
start trying to reconnect to it, using the
reconnection strategy.
This connection type minimizes any RESTCONF server
to RESTCONF client data-transfer delay, albeit at
the expense of holding resources longer.";
leaf idle-timeout {
type uint32;
units "seconds";
default 86400; // one day;
description
"Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a
a RESTCONF session may remain idle. A RESTCONF
session will be dropped if it is idle for an
interval longer than this number of seconds.
If set to zero, then the client will never drop
a session because it is idle. Sessions that
have a notification subscription active are
never dropped.";
}
container keep-alives {
description
"Configures the keep-alive policy, to proactively
test the aliveness of the SSH/TLS server. An
unresponsive SSH/TLS server will be dropped after
approximately max-attempts * max-wait seconds.";
reference
"RFC 8071: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call
Home, Section 3.1, item S6";
leaf max-wait {
type uint16 {
range "1..max";
}
units seconds;
default 30;
description
"Sets the amount of time in seconds after which
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if no data has been received from the SSH/TLS
server, a SSH/TLS-level message will be sent
to test the aliveness of the SSH/TLS server.";
}
leaf max-attempts {
type uint8;
default 3;
description
"Sets the maximum number of sequential keep-alive
messages that can fail to obtain a response from
the SSH/TLS server before assuming the SSH/TLS
server is no longer alive.";
}
}
}
}
case periodic-connection {
container periodic {
presence true;
description
"Periodically connect to the RESTCONF server, so that
the RESTCONF server may deliver messages pending for
the RESTCONF client. The RESTCONF server must close
the connection when it is ready to release it. Once
the connection has been closed, the RESTCONF client
will restart its timer until the next connection.";
leaf idle-timeout {
type uint16;
units "seconds";
default 300; // five minutes
description
"Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a
a RESTCONF session may remain idle. A RESTCONF
session will be dropped if it is idle for an
interval longer than this number of seconds.
If set to zero, then the server will never drop
a session because it is idle. Sessions that
have a notification subscription active are
never dropped.";
}
leaf reconnect-timeout {
type uint16 {
range "1..max";
}
units minutes;
default 60;
description
"Sets the maximum amount of unconnected time the
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RESTCONF client will wait before re-establishing
a connection to the RESTCONF server. The RESTCONF
client may initiate a connection before this
time if desired (e.g., to set configuration).";
}
}
}
}
}
container reconnect-strategy {
description
"The reconnection strategy directs how a RESTCONF client
reconnects to a RESTCONF server, after discovering its
connection to the server has dropped, even if due to a
reboot. The RESTCONF client starts with the specified
endpoint and tries to connect to it max-attempts times
before trying the next endpoint in the list (round
robin).";
leaf start-with {
type enumeration {
enum first-listed {
description
"Indicates that reconnections should start with
the first endpoint listed.";
}
enum last-connected {
description
"Indicates that reconnections should start with
the endpoint last connected to. If no previous
connection has ever been established, then the
first endpoint configured is used. RESTCONF
clients SHOULD be able to remember the last
endpoint connected to across reboots.";
}
}
default first-listed;
description
"Specifies which of the RESTCONF server's endpoints the
RESTCONF client should start with when trying to connect
to the RESTCONF server.";
}
leaf max-attempts {
type uint8 {
range "1..max";
}
default 3;
description
"Specifies the number times the RESTCONF client tries to
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connect to a specific endpoint before moving on to the
next endpoint in the list (round robin).";
}
}
} // end restconf-server
} // end initiate
container listen {
if-feature listen;
description
"Configures client accepting call-home TCP connections.";
leaf max-sessions {
type uint16;
default 0;
description
"Specifies the maximum number of concurrent sessions
that can be active at one time. The value 0 indicates
that no artificial session limit should be used.";
}
leaf idle-timeout {
type uint16;
units "seconds";
default 3600; // one hour
description
"Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a RESTCONF
session may remain idle. A RESTCONF session will be dropped
if it is idle for an interval longer than this number of
seconds. If set to zero, then the server will never drop
a session because it is idle. Sessions that have a
notification subscription active are never dropped.";
}
list endpoint {
key name;
description
"List of endpoints to listen for RESTCONF connections.";
leaf name {
type string;
description
"An arbitrary name for the RESTCONF listen endpoint.";
}
choice transport {
mandatory true;
description
"Selects between available transports.";
case tls {
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if-feature tls-listen;
container tls {
description
"TLS-specific listening configuration for inbound
connections.";
leaf address {
type inet:ip-address;
description
"The IP address to listen for call-home connections.";
}
leaf port {
type inet:port-number;
default 4336;
description
"The port number to listen for call-home connections.";
}
uses ts:tls-client-grouping {
refine "client-auth" {
must 'certificate';
description
"RESTCONF clients MUST pass a client certiticate.";
}
}
}
}
} // end transport
} // end endpoint
} // end listen
} // end restconf-client
grouping endpoints-container {
description
"This grouping is used to configure a set of RESTCONF servers
a RESTCONF client may initiate connections to.";
container endpoints {
description
"Container for the list of endpoints.";
list endpoint {
key name;
unique "address port";
min-elements 1;
ordered-by user;
description
"A non-empty user-ordered list of endpoints for this RESTCONF
client to try to connect to. Defining more than one enables
high-availability.";
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leaf name {
type string;
description
"An arbitrary name for this endpoint.";
}
leaf address {
type inet:host;
mandatory true;
description
"The IP address or hostname of the endpoint. If a
hostname is configured and the DNS resolution results
in more than one IP address, the RESTCONF client
will process the IP addresses as if they had been
explicitly configured in place of the hostname.";
}
leaf port {
type inet:port-number;
description
"The IP port for this endpoint. The RESTCONF client will
use the IANA-assigned well-known port (set via a refine
statement when uses) if no value is specified.";
}
}
}
}
}
3. The RESTCONF Server Model
The RESTCONF Server model presented in this section supports servers
both listening for connections as well as initiating call-home
connections.
This model supports the TLS transport protocol using the TLS server
groupings defined in [I-D.ietf-netconf-tls-client-server].
All private keys and trusted certificates are held in the keystore
model defined in [I-D.ietf-netconf-keystore].
YANG feature statements are used to enable implementations to
advertise which parts of the model the RESTCONF server supports.
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3.1. Tree Diagram
Note: all lines are folded at column 71 with no '\' character.
module: ietf-restconf-server
+--rw restconf-server
+--rw listen {listen}?
| +--rw max-sessions? uint16
| +--rw endpoint* [name]
| +--rw name string
| +--rw (transport)
| +--:(tls) {tls-listen}?
| +--rw tls
| +--rw address? inet:ip-address
| +--rw port? inet:port-number
| +--rw certificates
| | +--rw certificate* [name]
| | +--rw name leafref
| +--rw client-auth
| | +--rw trusted-ca-certs? leafref
| | +--rw trusted-client-certs? leafref
| | +--rw cert-maps
| | +--rw cert-to-name* [id]
| | +--rw id uint32
| | +--rw fingerprint x509c2n:tls-fingerprint
| | +--rw map-type identityref
| | +--rw name string
| +--rw hello-params
| {tls-server-hello-params-config}?
| +--rw tls-versions
| | +--rw tls-version* identityref
| +--rw cipher-suites
| +--rw cipher-suite* identityref
+--rw call-home {call-home}?
+--rw restconf-client* [name]
+--rw name string
+--rw (transport)
| +--:(tls) {tls-call-home}?
| +--rw tls
| +--rw endpoints
| | +--rw endpoint* [name]
| | +--rw name string
| | +--rw address inet:host
| | +--rw port? inet:port-number
| +--rw certificates
| | +--rw certificate* [name]
| | +--rw name leafref
| +--rw client-auth
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| | +--rw trusted-ca-certs? leafref
| | +--rw trusted-client-certs? leafref
| | +--rw cert-maps
| | +--rw cert-to-name* [id]
| | +--rw id uint32
| | +--rw fingerprint x509c2n:tls-fingerprint
| | +--rw map-type identityref
| | +--rw name string
| +--rw hello-params
| {tls-server-hello-params-config}?
| +--rw tls-versions
| | +--rw tls-version* identityref
| +--rw cipher-suites
| +--rw cipher-suite* identityref
+--rw connection-type
| +--rw (connection-type)?
| +--:(persistent-connection)
| | +--rw persistent!
| | +--rw keep-alives
| | +--rw max-wait? uint16
| | +--rw max-attempts? uint8
| +--:(periodic-connection)
| +--rw periodic!
| +--rw reconnect-timeout? uint16
+--rw reconnect-strategy
+--rw start-with? enumeration
+--rw max-attempts? uint8
3.2. Example Usage
The following example illustrates configuring a RESTCONF server to
listen for RESTCONF client connections, as well as configuring call-
home to one RESTCONF client.
This example is consistent with the examples presented in Section 2.2
of [I-D.ietf-netconf-keystore].
netconf/tls
11.22.33.44
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tls-ec-cert
deployment-specific-ca-certs
explicitly-trusted-client-certs
1
11:0A:05:11:00
x509c2n:san-any
2
B3:4F:A1:8C:54
x509c2n:specified
scooby-doo
config-manager
east-data-center
22.33.44.55
west-data-center
33.44.55.66
tls-ec-cert
deployment-specific-ca-certs
explicitly-trusted-client-certs
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11:0A:05:11:00
x509c2n:san-any
2
B3:4F:A1:8C:54
x509c2n:specified
scooby-doo
300
60
last-connected
3
3.3. YANG Model
This YANG module imports YANG types from [RFC6991] and [RFC7407].
file "ietf-restconf-server@2017-06-13.yang"
module ietf-restconf-server {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-server";
prefix "rcs";
//import ietf-netconf-acm {
// prefix nacm;
// reference
// "RFC 6536: Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
// Access Control Model";
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//}
import ietf-inet-types {
prefix inet;
reference
"RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types";
}
import ietf-x509-cert-to-name {
prefix x509c2n;
reference
"RFC 7407: A YANG Data Model for SNMP Configuration";
}
import ietf-tls-server {
prefix ts;
revision-date 2017-06-13; // stable grouping definitions
reference
"RFC ZZZZ: TLS Client and Server Models";
}
organization
"IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web:
WG List:
WG Chair: Mehmet Ersue
WG Chair: Mahesh Jethanandani
Editor: Kent Watsen
";
description
"This module contains a collection of YANG definitions for
configuring RESTCONF servers.
Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD
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License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
the RFC itself for full legal notices.";
revision "2017-06-13" {
description
"Initial version";
reference
"RFC XXXX: RESTCONF Client and Server Models";
}
// Features
feature listen {
description
"The 'listen' feature indicates that the RESTCONF server
supports opening a port to accept RESTCONF client connections
using at least one transport (e.g., TLS, etc.).";
}
feature tls-listen {
description
"The 'tls-listen' feature indicates that the RESTCONF server
supports opening a port to listen for incoming RESTCONF
client connections.";
reference
"RFC XXXX: RESTCONF Protocol";
}
feature call-home {
description
"The 'call-home' feature indicates that the RESTCONF server
supports initiating RESTCONF call home connections to REETCONF
clients using at least one transport (e.g., TLS, etc.).";
reference
"RFC 8071: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home";
}
feature tls-call-home {
description
"The 'tls-call-home' feature indicates that the RESTCONF server
supports initiating connections to RESTCONF clients.";
reference
"RFC 8071: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home";
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}
feature client-cert-auth {
description
"The client-cert-auth feature indicates that the RESTCONF
server supports the ClientCertificate authentication scheme.";
reference
"RFC ZZZZ: Client Authentication over New TLS Connection";
}
// top-level container
container restconf-server {
description
"Top-level container for RESTCONF server configuration.";
container listen {
if-feature listen;
description
"Configures listen behavior";
leaf max-sessions {
type uint16;
default 0; // should this be 'max'?
description
"Specifies the maximum number of concurrent sessions
that can be active at one time. The value 0 indicates
that no artificial session limit should be used.";
}
list endpoint {
key name;
description
"List of endpoints to listen for RESTCONF connections.";
leaf name {
type string;
description
"An arbitrary name for the RESTCONF listen endpoint.";
}
choice transport {
mandatory true;
description
"Selects between available transports.";
case tls {
if-feature tls-listen;
container tls {
description
"TLS-specific listening configuration for inbound
connections.";
leaf address {
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type inet:ip-address;
description
"The IP address of the interface to listen on. The
TLS server will listen on all interfaces if no value
is specified. Please note that some addresses have
special meanings (e.g., '0.0.0.0' and '::').";
}
leaf port {
type inet:port-number;
default 443;
description
"The local port number on this interface the TLS server
listens on.";
}
uses ts:tls-server-grouping {
augment "client-auth" {
description
"Augments in the cert-to-name structure.";
uses cert-maps-grouping;
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
container call-home {
if-feature call-home;
description
"Configures call-home behavior";
list restconf-client {
key name;
description
"List of RESTCONF clients the RESTCONF server is to
initiate call-home connections to.";
leaf name {
type string;
description
"An arbitrary name for the remote RESTCONF client.";
}
choice transport {
mandatory true;
description
"Selects between TLS and any transports augmented in.";
case tls {
if-feature tls-call-home;
container tls {
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description
"Specifies TLS-specific call-home transport
configuration.";
uses endpoints-container {
refine endpoints/endpoint/port {
default 4336;
}
}
uses ts:tls-server-grouping {
augment "client-auth" {
description
"Augments in the cert-to-name structure.";
uses cert-maps-grouping;
}
}
}
}
}
container connection-type {
description
"Indicates the RESTCONF client's preference for how the
RESTCONF server's connection is maintained.";
choice connection-type {
description
"Selects between available connection types.";
case persistent-connection {
container persistent {
presence true;
description
"Maintain a persistent connection to the RESTCONF
client. If the connection goes down, immediately
start trying to reconnect to it, using the
reconnection strategy.
This connection type minimizes any RESTCONF client
to RESTCONF server data-transfer delay, albeit at
the expense of holding resources longer.";
container keep-alives {
description
"Configures the keep-alive policy, to proactively
test the aliveness of the TLS client. An
unresponsive TLS client will be dropped after
approximately (max-attempts * max-wait)
seconds.";
reference
"RFC 8071: NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call
Home, Section 3.1, item S6";
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leaf max-wait {
type uint16 {
range "1..max";
}
units seconds;
default 30;
description
"Sets the amount of time in seconds after which
if no data has been received from the TLS
client, a TLS-level message will be sent to
test the aliveness of the TLS client.";
}
leaf max-attempts {
type uint8;
default 3;
description
"Sets the maximum number of sequential keep-alive
messages that can fail to obtain a response from
the TLS client before assuming the TLS client is
no longer alive.";
}
}
}
}
case periodic-connection {
container periodic {
presence true;
description
"Periodically connect to the RESTCONF client, so that
the RESTCONF client may deliver messages pending for
the RESTCONF server. The client must close the
connection when it's ready to release it. Once the
connection has been closed, the server will restart
its timer until the next connection.";
leaf reconnect-timeout {
type uint16 {
range "1..max";
}
units minutes;
default 60;
description
"The maximum amount of unconnected time the
RESTCONF server will wait before re-establishing
a connection to the RESTCONF client. The
RESTCONF server may initiate a connection to
the RESTCONF client before this time if desired
(e.g., to deliver a notification).";
}
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}
}
}
}
container reconnect-strategy {
description
"The reconnection strategy directs how a RESTCONF server
reconnects to a RESTCONF client after after discovering
its connection to the client has dropped, even if due to
a reboot. The RESTCONF server starts with the specified
endpoint and tries to connect to it max-attempts times
before trying the next endpoint in the list (round
robin).";
leaf start-with {
type enumeration {
enum first-listed {
description
"Indicates that reconnections should start with
the first endpoint listed.";
}
enum last-connected {
description
"Indicates that reconnections should start with
the endpoint last connected to. If no previous
connection has ever been established, then the
first endpoint configured is used. RESTCONF
servers SHOULD be able to remember the last
endpoint connected to across reboots.";
}
}
default first-listed;
description
"Specifies which of the RESTCONF client's endpoints the
RESTCONF server should start with when trying to connect
to the RESTCONF client.";
}
leaf max-attempts {
type uint8 {
range "1..max";
}
default 3;
description
"Specifies the number times the RESTCONF server tries to
connect to a specific endpoint before moving on to the
next endpoint in the list (round robin).";
}
}
}
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}
}
grouping cert-maps-grouping {
description
"A grouping that defines a container around the
cert-to-name structure defined in RFC 7407.";
container cert-maps {
uses x509c2n:cert-to-name;
description
"The cert-maps container is used by a TLS-based RESTCONF
server to map the RESTCONF client's presented X.509
certificate to a RESTCONF username. If no matching and
valid cert-to-name list entry can be found, then the
RESTCONF server MUST close the connection, and MUST NOT
accept RESTCONF messages over it.";
reference
"RFC XXXX: The RESTCONF Protocol";
}
}
grouping endpoints-container {
description
"This grouping is used by tls container for call-home
configurations.";
container endpoints {
description
"Container for the list of endpoints.";
list endpoint {
key name;
unique "address port";
min-elements 1;
ordered-by user;
description
"User-ordered list of endpoints for this RESTCONF client.
Defining more than one enables high-availability.";
leaf name {
type string;
description
"An arbitrary name for this endpoint.";
}
leaf address {
type inet:host;
mandatory true;
description
"The IP address or hostname of the endpoint. If a
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hostname is configured and the DNS resolution results
in more than one IP address, the RESTCONF server
will process the IP addresses as if they had been
explicitly configured in place of the hostname.";
}
leaf port {
type inet:port-number;
description
"The IP port for this endpoint. The RESTCONF server will
use the IANA-assigned well-known port if no value is
specified.";
}
}
}
}
}
4. Security Considerations
The YANG module defined in this document uses a grouping defined in
[I-D.ietf-netconf-tls-client-server]. Please see the Security
Considerations section in that document for concerns related that
grouping.
The YANG module defined in this document is designed to be accessed
via YANG based management protocols, such as NETCONF [RFC6241] and
RESTCONF [RFC8040]. Both of these protocols have mandatory-to-
implement secure transport layers (e.g., SSH, TLS) with mutual
authentication.
The NETCONF access control model (NACM) [RFC6536] provides the means
to restrict access for particular users to a pre-configured subset of
all available protocol operations and content.
There are a number of data nodes defined in this YANG module that are
writable/creatable/deletable (i.e., config true, which is the
default). These data nodes may be considered sensitive or vulnerable
in some network environments. Write operations (e.g., edit-config)
to these data nodes without proper protection can have a negative
effect on network operations. These are the subtrees and data nodes
and their sensitivity/vulnerability:
NONE
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Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered
sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus
important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or
notification) to these data nodes. These are the subtrees and data
nodes and their sensitivity/vulnerability:
NONE
Some of the RPC operations in this YANG module may be considered
sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus
important to control access to these operations. These are the
operations and their sensitivity/vulnerability:
NONE
5. IANA Considerations
5.1. The IETF XML Registry
This document registers two URIs in the IETF XML registry [RFC3688].
Following the format in [RFC3688], the following registrations are
requested:
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-client
Registrant Contact: The NETCONF WG of the IETF.
XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-server
Registrant Contact: The NETCONF WG of the IETF.
XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
5.2. The YANG Module Names Registry
This document registers two YANG modules in the YANG Module Names
registry [RFC7950]. Following the format in [RFC7950], the the
following registrations are requested:
name: ietf-restconf-client
namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-client
prefix: ncc
reference: RFC XXXX
name: ietf-restconf-server
namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-restconf-server
prefix: ncs
reference: RFC XXXX
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6. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank for following for lively discussions
on list and in the halls (ordered by last name): Andy Bierman, Martin
Bjorklund, Benoit Claise, Mehmet Ersue, Balazs Kovacs, David
Lamparter, Alan Luchuk, Ladislav Lhotka, Radek Krejci, Tom Petch,
Phil Shafer, Sean Turner, and Bert Wijnen.
Juergen Schoenwaelder and was partly funded by Flamingo, a Network of
Excellence project (ICT-318488) supported by the European Commission
under its Seventh Framework Programme.
7. References
7.1. Normative References
[I-D.ietf-netconf-keystore]
Watsen, K., "Keystore Model", draft-ietf-netconf-
keystore-01 (work in progress), March 2017.
[I-D.ietf-netconf-tls-client-server]
Watsen, K. and G. Wu, "TLS Client and Server Models",
draft-ietf-netconf-tls-client-server-02 (work in
progress), March 2017.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
.
[RFC6536] Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
Protocol (NETCONF) Access Control Model", RFC 6536,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6536, March 2012,
.
[RFC6991] Schoenwaelder, J., Ed., "Common YANG Data Types",
RFC 6991, DOI 10.17487/RFC6991, July 2013,
.
[RFC7407] Bjorklund, M. and J. Schoenwaelder, "A YANG Data Model for
SNMP Configuration", RFC 7407, DOI 10.17487/RFC7407,
December 2014, .
[RFC7950] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
.
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7.2. Informative References
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
.
[RFC5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5246, August 2008,
.
[RFC6241] Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
(NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
.
[RFC8040] Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
.
[RFC8071] Watsen, K., "NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home",
RFC 8071, DOI 10.17487/RFC8071, February 2017,
.
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Appendix A. Change Log
A.1. server-model-09 to 00
o This draft was split out from draft-ietf-netconf-server-model-09.
o Added in new features 'listen' and 'call-home' so future
transports can be augmented in.
A.2. 00 to 01
o Renamed "keychain" to "keystore".
A.3. 01 to 02
o Filled in previously missing 'ietf-restconf-client' module.
o Updated the ietf-restconf-server module to accomodate new grouping
'ietf-tls-server-grouping'.
A.4. 02 to 03
o Refined use of tls-client-grouping to add a must statement
indicating that the TLS client must specify a client-certificate.
o Changed restconf-client??? to be a grouping (not a container).
Authors' Addresses
Kent Watsen
Juniper Networks
EMail: kwatsen@juniper.net
Juergen Schoenwaelder
Jacobs University Bremen
EMail: j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de
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