X-Road

# X-Road: System Parameters User Guide

Version: 2.74 Doc. ID: UG-SYSPAR

Date Version Description Author
29.05.2015 1.0 First draft Siim Annuk
01.06.2015 1.1 Some corrections done, typos fixed Siim Annuk
30.06.2015 1.2 Minor corrections done Vello Hansen, Imbi Nõgisto
26.08.2015 1.3 Corrections regarding SQL done Marju Ignatjeva
09.09.2015 2.0 Editorial changes made Imbi Nõgisto
11.09.2015 2.1 Global configuration generation interval added Martin Lind
20.09.2015 2.2 Editorial changes made Imbi Nõgisto
23.09.2015 2.3 Warning added about changing system parameters Siim Annuk
24.09.2015 2.4 Note added about setting the timeStampingIntervalSeconds system parameter Siim Annuk
07.10.2015 2.5 Default value of the parameter acceptable-timestamp-failure-period set to 14400 Kristo Heero
8.12.2015 2.6 New parameters for configuring signature algorithms and key length, proxy client-side TLS protocols, and software token pin policy Jarkko Hyöty
8.12.2015 2.7 Added parameters for toggling SOAP body logging on/off Janne Mattila
17.12.2015 2.8 Added monitoring parameters Ilkka Seppälä
28.1.2016 2.9 Added configuration client admin port Ilkka Seppälä
04.10.2016 2.10 Converted to markdown format Sami Kallio
05.10.2016 2.11 Added options for proxy client and server connections. Clarified client-timeout option. Olli Lindgren
02.11.2016 2.12 Fix ocspFreshnessSeconds description in system parameters document. Ilkka Seppälä
01.12.2017 2.13 Added documentation for minimum global conf version Sami Kallio
20.01.2017 2.14 Added license text and version history Sami Kallio
08.02.2017 2.15 Updated documentation with new environmental monitoring parameters describing sensor intervals Sami Kallio
23.02.2017 2.16 Added documentation for OCSP-response retrieval deactivation parameter Tatu Repo
03.03.2017 2.17 Added new parameter jetty-ocsp-responder-configuration-file Kristo Heero
07.03.2017 2.18 Added new parameters ocsp-responder-client-connect-timeout and ocsp-responder-client-read-timeout Kristo Heero
11.04.2017 2.19 Changed default values of the proxy parameter client-timeout to 30000, client-use-fastest-connecting-ssl-socket-autoclose and client-use-idle-connection-monitor to true. Added new messagelog parameters timestamper-client-connect-timeout and timestamper-client-read-timeout. Changed default value of the proxy parameter pool-validate-connections-after-inactivity-of-millis to 2000. Kristo Heero
06.06.2017 2.20 Removed parameter default-signature-algorithm, replaced parameters csr-signature-algorithm with csr-signature-digest-algorithm, signature-algorithm-id with signature-digest-algorithm-id, and confSignAlgoId with confSignDigestAlgoId. Added new proxy-ui parameter auth-cert-reg-signature-digest-algorithm-id. Kristo Heero
14.06.2017 2.21 Added new parameter allowed-federations for enabling federation in a security server. Olli Lindgren
11.07.2017 2.22 Changed connector SO-linger values to -1 as per code changes Tatu Repo
18.08.2017 2.23 Update wsdl-validator-command description Jarkko Hyöty
31.08.2017 2.24 Moved ocsp-cache-path and enforce-token-pin-policy from under proxy to under signer and added them to central server and configuration proxy lists Tatu Repo
17.10.2017 2.25 Added new security server env-monitor parameter (limit-remote-data-set). Joni Laurila
20.10.2017 2.26 Clarified the effects of disabling SOAP body logging on the SOAP Headers. Split the system parameters to different tables for readability Olli Lindgren
22.11.2017 2.27 Default changed to vanilla. New colums added for FI and EE values. Antti Luoma
02.01.2018 2.28 Added proxy parameter allow-get-wsdl-request. Ilkka Seppälä
29.01.2018 2.29 Removed proxy parameter client-fastest-connecting-ssl-use-uri-cache. Added proxy parameter client-fastest-connecting-ssl-uri-cache-period. Ilkka Seppälä
05.03.2018 2.30 Added reference to terms and abbreviations, modified reference handling, added numbering. Tatu Repo
06.04.2018 2.31 Removed TLSv1.1 support (client-side interfaces for incoming request) and TLS SHA-1 ciphers from default ciphers list. Kristo Heero
18.08.2018 2.32 Added new parameter ocsp-retry-delay Petteri Kivimäki
08.10.2018 2.33 Added new parameter xroad-tls-ciphers Henri Haapakanni
18.10.2018 2.34 Default value of the parameter signer.client-timeout set to 60000 Petteri Kivimäki
25.10.2018 2.35 Update note regarding supported cipher suites on RHEL 7 Petteri Kivimäki
26.10.2018 2.36 Added new parameter module-manager-update-interval Petteri Kivimäki
08.11.2018 2.37 Improved definition of minimum-global-configuration-version on the central server and configuration proxy Ilkka Seppälä
19.12.2018 2.38 Fixed the default value of trusted-anchors-allowed Ilkka Seppälä
21.12.2018 2.39 Add connector initial idle time parameters Jarkko Hyöty
23.01.2019 2.40 Added new Central Server parameter auto-approve-auth-cert-reg-requests Petteri Kivimäki
31.01.2019 2.41 REST message log parameters Jarkko Hyöty
03.02.2019 2.42 Added new Central Server parameter auto-approve-client-reg-requests Petteri Kivimäki
27.03.2019 2.43 Added management REST API parameters Janne Mattila
02.04.2019 2.44 Added new message log parameter clean-transaction-batch Jarkko Hyöty
08.04.2019 2.45 Update REST related message log parameters' descriptions Petteri Kivimäki
30.04.2019 2.46 Added new parameter timestamp-retry-delay Petteri Kivimäki
02.07.2019 2.47 Added new Central Server parameter auto-approve-owner-change-requests Petteri Kivimäki
26.11.2019 2.48 Add proxy serverconf caching parameters Jarkko Hyöty
05.12.2019 2.49 Fix broken link in Table of Contents Tapio Jaakkola
11.12.2019 2.50 Added new Central Server parameter ha-node-name Jarkko Hyöty
01.04.2020 2.51 Added new management REST API parameters key-management-api-whitelist and regular-api-whitelist Janne Mattila
03.04.2020 2.52 Removed proxy parameter allow-get-wsdl-request. Petteri Kivimäki
12.04.2020 2.53 Updated connector-host property EE-package value. Petteri Kivimäki
30.04.2020 2.54 Added new parameter enforce-client-is-cert-validity-period-check Märten Soo
01.07.2020 2.55 Updated enforce-token-pin-policy property EE-package value. Petteri Kivimäki
30.07.2020 2.56 Moved proxy-ui parameters into proxy-ui-api parameters Janne Mattila
30.07.2020 2.57 CS default database password is autogenerated. Ilkka Seppälä
13.10.2020 2.58 Add new parameter akka-use-secure-remote-transport Jarkko Hyöty
11.02.2021 2.59 Add new parameter auto-update-timestamp-service-url Ilkka Seppälä
01.06.2021 2.60 Add new parameter messagelog.archive-grouping Jarkko Hyöty
04.08.2021 2.61 Add new parameters for messagelog archive encryption Jarkko Hyöty
25.08.2021 2.62 Update X-Road references from version 6 to 7 Caro Hautamäki
31.08.2021 2.63 Update messagelog and proxy parameters Ilkka Seppälä
05.10.2021 2.64 Added a new chapter about custom command line arguments 6 Caro Hautamäki
13.04.2022 2.65 Corrected message logging max body size parameter name Raido Kaju
28.04.2022 2.66 Updated max-loggable-message-body-size property EE-package value. Ričardas Bučiūnas
23.09.2022 2.67 Added new Registration Web Service Eneli Reimets
30.09.2022 2.68 Updated key-length property EE- and FI-package values. Petteri Kivimäki
30.01.2023 2.69 Updated 13.3 Automatic Backups chapter with latest configuration additions. Ričardas Bučiūnas
26.05.2023 2.70 Add rate-limit properties Ričardas Bučiūnas
01.06.2023 2.71 Update and add missing descriptions for to Central server configuration parameters. Ovidijus Narkevičius
05.06.2023 2.72 Update global configuration generation rate parameter Andres Rosenthal
15.06.2023 2.73 Added strict-identifier-checks parameter Madis Loitmaa
13.06.2023 2.74 Add configurable max request size constrains for central server admin service. Andres Rosenthal

# Table of Contents

# License

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# 1 Introduction

This document describes the system parameters of the X-Road components – of the security server, the central server and the configuration proxy. Additionally, changing the default values of the system parameters are explained. Please note the term 'vanilla' in the documentation. In X-Road context vanilla means the X-Road without any of the country specific customizations, settings etc. The vanilla version of X-Road security server is installed with xroad-securityserver package. The country specific versions are installed with xroad-securityserver-XX where XX is the country code f.ex. FI or EE.

# 1.1 Terms and abbreviations

See X-Road terms and abbreviations documentation [TA-TERMS].

# 1.2 References

  1. [INI] INI file, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file (opens new window).
  2. [CRON] Quartz Scheduler CRON expression, http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/documentation/quartz-2.3.0/tutorials/tutorial-lesson-06.html (opens new window).
  3. [PR-MESS] X-Road Message Protocol v. 4.0.
  4. [PR-TARGETSS] Security Server Targeting Extension for the X-Road Message Protocol.
  5. [PR-SECTOKEN] Security Token Extension for the X-Road Message Protocol.
  6. [TA-TERMS] X-Road Terms and Abbreviations.
  7. [CRONMAN] http://linux.die.net/man/8/cron (opens new window).
  8. [CRONHOW] Cron format specifications https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto (opens new window).
  9. [PR-REST] X-Road Message Protocol for REST v. 1.0.
  10. [IG-CSHA] X-Road 7. Central Server High Availability Installation Guide. Document ID: IG-CSHA
  11. [UG-SS] X-Road 7. Security Server User Guide. Document ID: UG-SS

# 2 Changing the System Parameter Values

The system parameters specify various characteristics of the system, such as port numbers, timeouts and paths to files on disk. The system parameters of the X-Road components are mainly stored in configuration files. Additionally, X-Road central server stores some system parameters in the database.

Changing the values of the system parameters is strongly discouraged, since it may cause unexpected system behaviour.

# 2.1 Changing the System Parameter Values in Configuration Files

The configuration files are INI files [INI], where each section contains parameters for a particular server component.

In order to override the default values of system parameters, create or edit the file

/etc/xroad/conf.d/local.ini

Each system parameter affects a specific server component. To change the value of a system parameter, a section for the affected component must be created in the INI file. The name-value pairs of the system parameters for that component are written under the section, one pair per line.

The following format is used for the sections:

[ServerComponent]
SystemParameterName1=Value1
SystemParameterName2=Value2

For example, to configure the parameter client-http-port for the proxy component, the following lines must be added to the configuration file:

[proxy]
client-http-port=1234

Multiple parameters can be configured under the same section:

[proxy]
client-http-port=1234
server-listen-port=20000

NB! Changing the parameter values in the configuration files requires restarting of the server.

WARNING! The value of the parameter is not validated, thus care must be taken when changing the value. For example, setting the port number to a non-numeric value in the configuration will cause the system to crash.

# 2.2 Changing the System Parameter Values in the Central Server Database

The central server database can be accessed with the psql utility using the following command (password is defined in /etc/xroad/db.properties):

psql -U centerui -h localhost centerui_production

The default value of a system parameter can be overridden by adding the parameter name and value to the system_parameters table:

INSERT INTO system_parameters (key, value, created_at, updated_at) VALUES ('parameter_name', 'parameter_value', (now() at time zone 'utc'), (now() at time zone 'utc'));

To edit the value of a system parameter already inserted into the system_parameters table:

UPDATE system_parameters SET value = '*parameter_value*', updated_at = (now() at time zone 'utc') WHERE key = 'parameter_name';

To restore the default value of a system parameter, delete the parameter from the system_parameters table:

DELETE FROM system_parameters WHERE key = 'parameter_name';

NB! Modifying or deleting system parameters other than the ones listed in section System Parameters in the Database will cause the system to crash.

# 2.3 Changing the Global Configuration Generation Interval in the Central Server

In order to override the default value of the global configuration generation interval, edit the cron expression [CRON] in the file

/etc/cron.d/xroad-center

The default contents of the file are the following:

#!/bin/sh
* * * * * xroad curl http://127.0.0.1:8084/managementservice/gen_conf 2>&1 > /dev/null;

NB! Global configuration generation interval must be modified with extreme care. Misuse of the global configuration generation interval may hinder the operation of the whole X-Road instance.

The configuration generation interval must be shorter than the value of global configuration expiration interval (confExpireIntervalSeconds, see section 4.2 ), or else the configuration downloaded by the configuration clients (security servers or configuration proxies) will always expire before valid configuration becomes available. It is highly recommended that the global configuration generation interval is multiple times smaller than the global configuration expiration interval.

# 3 Security Server System Parameters

This chapter describes the system parameters used by the components of the X-Road security server. For instructions on how to change the parameter values, see section Changing the System Parameter Values in Configuration Files.

# 3.1 Common parameters : [common]

Parameter Default value Description
configuration-path /etc/xroad/globalconf/ Absolute path to the directory where global configuration is stored.
temp-files-path /var/tmp/xroad/ Absolute path to the directory where temporary files are stored.
akka-use-secure-remote-transport true Should Akka remoting use TLS (true) or not (false). The keypair used is ephemeral and recreated after boot.

# 3.2 Proxy parameters: [proxy]

Parameter Default value FI-package value EE-package value Description
client-http-port 80
8080 (RHEL)		 TCP port on which the service client's security server listens for HTTP requests from client applications.
client-https-port 443
8443 (RHEL)		 TCP port on which the service client's security server listens for HTTPS requests from client applications.
client-timeout 30000 Defines the time period (in milliseconds), for which the service client's security server tries to connect to the service provider's security server. When the timeout is reached, the service client's security server informs the service client's information system that a service timeout has occurred.
configuration-anchor-file /etc/xroad/configuration-anchor.xml Absolute file name of the configuration anchor that is used to download global configuration.
connector-host 0.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 IP address on which the service client's security server listens for connections from client applications. The value 0.0.0.0 allows listening on all IPv4 interfaces. The value 127.0.0.1 allows listening on localhost only.
database-properties /etc/xroad/db.properties Absolute file name of the properties file for the configuration of the security server database.
ocsp-responder-listen-address 0.0.0.0 IP address on which the service provider's security server listens for requests for OCSP responses from the service client's security server. The service client's security server downloads OCSP responses from the service provider's security server while establishing a secure connection between the security servers. The value 0.0.0.0 allows listening on all IPv4 interfaces. Must match the value of proxy.server-listen-address.
ocsp-responder-port 5577 TCP port on which the service provider's security server listens for requests for OCSP responses from the service client's security server. The service client's security server downloads OCSP responses from the service provider's security server while establishing a secure connection between the security servers.
ocsp-responder-client-connect-timeout 20000 Connect timeout (in milliseconds) of the OCSP responder client. The service client's security server downloads OCSP responses from the service provider's security server while establishing a secure connection between the security servers.
ocsp-responder-client-read-timeout 30000 Read timeout (in milliseconds) of the OCSP responder client. The service client's security server downloads OCSP responses from the service provider's security server while establishing a secure connection between the security servers.
server-listen-address 0.0.0.0 IP address on which the service provider's security server listens for connections from the service client's security servers. The value 0.0.0.0 allows listening on all IPv4 interfaces.
server-listen-port 5500 TCP port on which the service provider's security server listens for connections from the service client's security server.
server-port 5500 Destination TCP port for outgoing queries in the service client's security server.
jetty-clientproxy-configuration-file /etc/xroad/jetty/clientproxy.xml Absolute filename of the Jetty configuration file for the service client's security server. For more information about configuring Jetty server, see https://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/jetty-9/index.html.
jetty-serverproxy-configuration-file /etc/xroad/jetty/serverproxy.xml Absolute filename of the Jetty configuration file for the service provider's security server. For more information about configuring Jetty server, see https://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/jetty-9/index.html.
jetty-ocsp-responder-configuration-file /etc/xroad/jetty/ocsp-responder.xml Absolute filename of the Jetty configuration file for the OCSP responder of the service provider's security server. For more information about configuring Jetty server, see https://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/jetty-9/index.html.
ssl-enabled true If true, TLS is used for connections between the service client's and service provider's security servers.
client-tls-ciphers See 1 TLS ciphers (comma-separated list) enabled on the client-side interfaces (for both incoming and outgoing requests). (since version 6.7)
xroad-tls-ciphers See 2 TLS ciphers (comma-separated list in preferred order) accepted on requests between security servers, and between operational monitoring daemon and client. (since version 6.20)
client-tls-protocols TLSv1.2 TLS protocols (comma-separated list) enabled on the client-side interfaces (for both incoming and outgoing requests). For backward compatibility TLSv1.1 is still supported on the client-side interfaces for outgoing requests (since version 6.7)
server-connector-initial-idle-time 30000 The initial idle time (in milliseconds) that unauthenticated connections are allowed to be idle before the provider security server starts closing them. Value of 0 means that an infinite idle time is allowed.
server-connector-max-idle-time 0 120000 The maximum time (in milliseconds) that connections from a service consuming security server to a service providing security server are allowed to be idle before the provider security server starts closing them. Value of 0 means that an infinite idle time is allowed. A non-zero value should allow some time for a pooled connection to be idle, if pooled connections are to be supported.
server-connector-so-linger -1 The SO_LINGER time (in seconds) at the service providing security server end for connections between security servers.
A value larger than 0 means that upon closing a connection, the system will allow SO_LINGER seconds for the transmission and acknowledgement of all data written to the peer, at which point the socket is closed gracefully. Upon reaching the linger timeout, the socket is closed forcefully, with a TCP RST. Enabling the option with a timeout of zero does a forceful close immediately.
Value of -1 disables the forceful close.
server-support-clients-pooled-connections false true Whether this service providing security server supports pooled connections from the service consumer side. If set to false, connections are to be closed immediately after each message. This may be a wanted approached for security servers behind load balancers.
client-connector-initial-idle-time 30000 The initial idle time (in milliseconds) that client connections are allowed to be idle before the security server starts closing them. Value of 0 means that an infinite idle time is allowed.
client-connector-max-idle-time 0 The maximum time (in milliseconds) that connections from a service consumer to the service consumer's security server are allowed to be idle before the security server starts closing them. Value of 0 means that an infinite idle time is allowed.
client-connector-so-linger -1 The SO_LINGER time (in seconds) at the service consuming security server end for connections between a consumer and a security server.
A value larger than 0 means that upon closing a connection, the system will allow SO_LINGER seconds for the transmission and acknowledgement of all data written to the peer, at which point the socket is closed gracefully. Upon reaching the linger timeout, the socket is closed forcefully, with a TCP RST. Enabling the option with a timeout of zero does a forceful close immediately.
Value of -1 disables the forceful close.
client-httpclient-timeout 0 The maximum time (SO_TIMEOUT, in milliseconds) that connections from a service consuming security server to a service providing security server are allowed to wait for a response before the consumer end httpclient gives up. Value of 0 means that an infinite wait time is allowed. This does not affect idle connections.
client-httpclient-so-linger -1 The SO_LINGER time (in seconds) at the service consuming security server end for connections between security servers.
A value larger than 0 means that upon closing a connection, the system will allow SO_LINGER seconds for the transmission and acknowledgement of all data written to the peer, at which point the socket is closed gracefully. Upon reaching the linger timeout, the socket is closed forcefully, with a TCP RST. Enabling the option with a timeout of zero does a forceful close immediately.
Value of -1 disables the forceful close.
client-use-idle-connection-monitor true Should the idle connection monitor be used to clean up idle and expired connections from the connection pool.
client-idle-connection-monitor-interval 30000 How often (in milliseconds) should the connection monitor go through the pooled connections to see if it can clean up any idle or expired connections. This option requires the connection monitor to be enabled to have any effect.
client-idle-connection-monitor-timeout 60000 The minimum time (in milliseconds) that a pooled connection must be unused (idle) before it can be removed from the pool. Note that removal from the pool also depends on how often the connection monitor runs. This option requires the connection monitor to be enabled to have any effect.
pool-total-max-connections 10000 The total maximum number of connections that are allowed in the pool.
pool-total-default-max-connections-per-route 2500 The default route specific connection maximum that is set unless a route specific connection limit is set. Due to the current implementation, this is actually the total maximum limit of connections, indepedent of what the above setting is.
pool-validate-connections-after-inactivity-of-millis 2000 When reusing a pooled connection to a service providing security server, check that the connection (the socket) is not half-closed if it has been idle for at least this many milliseconds. This method cannot detect half-open connections. Value of -1 disables the check.
pool-enable-connection-reuse false true Allow pooled connections between security servers to be used more than once on the client side. The service provider end of the connections has to have the setting server-support-clients-pooled-connections=true for the pooling to work between a provider and consumer security servers.
client-use-fastest-connecting-ssl-socket-autoclose true On TLS connections between security servers, should the underlying TCP-layer connection (socket) be closed on the service consumer end when the TLS layer connection is terminated.
client-fastest-connecting-ssl-uri-cache-period 3600 When a service consumer's security server finds the fastest responding service providing security server, how long the result should be kept in the TLS session cache? 0 to disable.
health-check-port 0 (disabled) The TCP port where the health check service listens to requests. Setting the port to 0 disables the health check service completely.
health-check-interface 0.0.0.0 The network interface where the health check service listens to requests. Default is all available interfaces.
actorsystem-port 5567 The (localhost) port where the proxy actorsystem binds to. Used for communicating with xroad-signer and xroad-monitor.
server-conf-cache-period 60 Number of seconds to keep selected serverconf configuration items in memory
server-conf-client-cache-size 100 Maximum number of local clients to keep cached
server-conf-service-cache-size 1000 Maximum number of services to keep cached
server-conf-acl-cache-size 100000 Maximum number of access rights to keep cached in memory.
enforce-client-is-cert-validity-period-check false Whether to reject a request when client information system certificate is expired or not yet valid.
backup-encryption-enabled false Whether to encrypt security server backup files using server's OpenPGP key.
backup-encryption-keyids Comma-separated list of additional recipient OpenPGP key identifiers.

Note about database-properties file: Management REST API module uses the same database-properties file, but limits the configuration parameters usage:

  • hibernate.dialect cannot be changed, it is fixed to a custom PostgreSQL dialect.
  • out of hibernate.connection.* parameters, only url, username and password can be configured.

This in practice limits configurability to different kinds of PostgreSQL database configurations, and it is not possible to use for example MySQL as a data store for REST API module.

# 3.3 Proxy User Interface parameters: [proxy-ui]

Proxy-ui has been removed in version 6.24 and it's parameters are not used anymore.

proxy-ui-api parameters replace the old [proxy-ui] parameters.

# 3.4 Signer parameters: [signer]

Parameter Default value FI-package value EE-package value Description
ocsp-cache-path /var/cache/xroad Absolute path to the directory where the cached OCSP responses are stored.
enforce-token-pin-policy false true true Controls enforcing the token pin policy. When set to true, software token pin is required to be at least 10 ASCII characters from at least tree character classes (lowercase letters, uppercase letters, digits, special characters). (since version 6.7.7)
client-timeout 60000 Signing timeout in milliseconds.
device-configuration-file /etc/xroad/signer/devices.ini Absolute filename of the configuration file of the signature creation devices.
key-configuration-file /etc/xroad/signer/keyconf.xml Absolute filename of the configuration file containing signature and authentication keys and certificates.
port 5556 TCP port on which the signer process listens.
key-length 2048 3072 3072 Key length for generating authentication and signing keys (since version 6.7)
csr-signature-digest-algorithm SHA-256 Certificate Signing Request signature digest algorithm.
Possible values are
- SHA-256,
- SHA-384,
- SHA-512.
ocsp-retry-delay 60 OCSP retry delay for signer when fetching OCSP responses fail. After failing to fetch OCSP responses signer waits for the time period defined by "ocsp-retry-delay" before trying again. This is repeated until fetching OCSP responses succeeds. After successfully fetching OCSP responses signer returns to normal OCSP refresh schedule defined by "ocspFetchInterval". If the value of "ocsp-retry-delay" is higher than "ocspFetchInterval", the value of "ocspFetchInterval" is used as OCSP retry delay.
module-manager-update-interval 60 HSM module manager update interval in seconds.
password-store-ipc-key-pathname / Pathname used for generating IPC keys (opens new window). The purpose of the IPC keys is to share token passwords between signer & its client over interprocess communication

# 3.5 Anti-DOS parameters: [anti-dos]

Parameter Default value Description
enabled true Flag for enabling or disabling the AntiDOS system.
max-cpu-load 1.1 Maximum allowed CPU load for accepting new connections. If set to > 1.0, then CPU load is not checked.
max-heap-usage 1.1 Specifies the maximum allowed Java heap usage when accepting new connections. If set to > 1.0, then heap usage is not checked.
max-parallel-connections 5000 Maximum number of parallel connections for AntiDOS.
min-free-file-handles 100 Minimum amount of free file handles in the system for accepting new connections. At least one free file handle must be available to accept a new connection.

# 3.6 Configuration Client parameters: [configuration-client]

Parameter Default value Description
port 5665 TCP port on which the configuration client process listens.
update-interval 60 Global configuration download interval in seconds.
admin-port 5675 TCP port on which the configuration client process listens for admin commands.
allowed-federations none A comma-separated list of case-insensitive X-Road instances that fetching configuration anchors is allowed for. This enables federation with the listed instances if the X-Road instance is already federated at the central server level . Special value none, if present, disables all federation (the default value), while all allows all federations if none is not present. Example: allowed-federations=ee,sv allows federation with example instances EE and Sv while allowed-federations=all,none disables federation. X-Road services xroad-confclient and xroad-proxy need to be restarted (in that order) for the setting change to take effect.
proxy-configuration-backup-cron 0 15 3 * * ? Cron expression for proxy configuration automatic backup job

# 3.7 Message log add-on parameters: [message-log]

Parameter Default value FI-package value EE-package value Description
message-body-logging true false Whether message body should be logged or not.

If true, the messages are logged in their original form. If false, the message body is cleared of its contents (SOAP body will have an empty child element inside it; REST message body, service path and query parameters will be omitted). In addition, the SOAP header and REST HTTP headers will only have specific set of elements logged, see Note on logged X-Road message headers . As a side effect, details such as formatting and namespace labels of the xml message can be changed and new elements may be introduced for default values in SOAP header.

Removal of message body is usually done for confidentiality reasons (body contains data that we do not want to have in the logs).

Note that changing the message this way prevents verifying its signature with the asicverifier tool.
soap-body-logging true false (deprecated, see message-body-logging)
enabled-body-logging-local-producer-subsystems Subsystem-specific overrides for message body logging when message-body-logging = false.

This parameter defines logging for local producer subsystems, that is, our subsystems that produce some service which external clients use.

Comma-separated list of client identifiers for which message body logging is enabled. For example FI/ORG/1710128-9/SUBSYSTEM_A1, FI/ORG/1710128-9/SUBSYSTEM_A2 where
- FI = x-road instance
- ORG = member class
- 1710128-9 = member code
- SUBSYSTEM_A1 = subsystem code

This parameter can only be used on subsystem-level, it is not possible to configure message body logging per member.

If a subsystem has forward slashes “/” in for example subsystem code, those subsystems can’t be configured with this parameter.
enabled-body-logging-remote-producer-subsystems Subsystem-specific overrides for remote producer subsystems, that is, remote subsystems that produce services which we use.

Parameter is used when message-body-logging = false.
disabled-body-logging-local-producer-subsystems Same as enabled-body-logging-local-producer-subsystems, but this parameter is used when message-body-logging = true.
disabled-body-logging-remote-producer-subsystems Same as enabled-body-logging-remote-producer-subsystems, but this parameter is used when message-body-logging = true.
acceptable-timestamp-failure-period 14400 18000 Defines the time period (in seconds) for how long is time-stamping allowed to fail (for whatever reasons) before the message log stops accepting any more messages (and consequently the security server stops accepting requests). Set to 0 to disable this check. The value of this parameter should not be lower than the value of the central server system parameter timeStampingIntervalSeconds.
archive-interval 0 0 0/6 1/1 * ? * CRON expression [CRON] defining the interval of archiving the time-stamped messages.
archive-max-filesize 33554432 Maximum size for archived files in bytes. Reaching the maximum value triggers file rotation.
archive-path /var/lib/xroad Absolute path to the directory where time-stamped log records are archived.
clean-interval 0 0 0/12 1/1 * ? * CRON expression [CRON] for deleting any time-stamped and archived records that are older than message-log.keep-records-for from the database.
hash-algo-id SHA-512 The algorithm identifier used for hashing in the message log.
Possible values are
- SHA-224,
- SHA-256,
- SHA-384,
- SHA-512.
keep-records-for 30 Number of days to keep time-stamped and archived records in the database of the security server. If a time-stamped and archived message record is older than this value, the record is deleted from the database.
timestamp-immediately false If true, the time-stamp is created synchronously for each request message. This is a security policy requirement to guarantee the time-stamp at the time of logging the message.
timestamp-records-limit 10000 Maximum number of message records to time-stamp in one batch. If the number of message records in a single batch exceeds 70 % of timestamp-records-limit value, a warning is logged in proxy.log.
timestamper-client-connect-timeout 20000 The timestamper client connect timeout in milliseconds. A timeout of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout.
timestamper-client-read-timeout 60000 The timestamper client read timeout in milliseconds. A timeout of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout.
timestamp-retry-delay 60 Time-stamp retry delay in seconds when batch time-stamping fails. After failing to batch time-stamp, the timestamper waits for the time period defined by "timestamp-retry-delay" before trying again. This is repeated until fetching a time-stamp succeeds. After successfully fetching a time-stamp, the timestamper returns to normal time-stamping schedule. If the value of "timestamp-retry-delay" is higher than the value of the central server system parameter "timeStampingIntervalSeconds", the value of "timeStampingIntervalSeconds" is used. If the value of "timestamp-retry-delay" is zero, the value of "timeStampingIntervalSeconds" is used.
archive-transaction-batch 10000 Size of transaction batch for archiving messagelog. This size is not exact because it will always make sure that last archived batch includes timestamp also (this might mean that it will go over transaction size).
max-loggable-message-body-size 10485760 (10 MiB) 20971520 (20MiB) Maximum loggable REST message body size
truncated-body-allowed false If the REST message body exceeds the maximum loggable body size, truncate the body in the log (true) or reject the message (false).
clean-transaction-batch 10000 Maximun number of log records to remove in one transaction.
archive-grouping none Archive file grouping, one of 'none', 'member' (group by member), 'subsystem' (group by subsystem).
archive-transfer-command A command that is executed after the (periodic) archiving process e.g. to transfer archive files automatically from the security server. Defaults to no operation.
archive-encryption-enabled false If true, archive files are encrypted using OpenPGP (GnuPG)
archive-gpg-home-directory /etc/xroad/gpghome GPG home for archive file signing (and default encryption) keys
archive-encryption-keys-config Configuration file for member identifier to OpenPGP key id mapping. Per-member keys can be used when grouping is by 'member' or 'subsystem' (subsystems use the member's key). See [UG-SS] for details.
archive-default-encryption-key Default OpenPGP key id for archive encryption (if not defined, the primary encryption key is used)
messagelog-encryption-enabled false If true, message bodies are stored to the database in an encrypted format
messagelog-keystore Path to the keystore containing the key used in messagelog encryption
messagelog-keystore-password Messagelog keystore password
messagelog-key-id Identifier of the messagelog encryption key

# 3.7.1 Note on logged X-Road message headers

If the messagelog add-on has the message body logging disabled, only a preconfigured set of the SOAP headers and/or REST HTTP headers will be included in the message log.

SOAP

The logged SOAP headers are the X-Road message headers listed in Chapter 2.2 of the X-Road Message Protocol document [PR-MESS], as well as the representedParty extension of the X-Road protocol described in the extension's XML schema (opens new window). The security server targeting extension for the X-Road message protocol [PR-TARGETSS] or the Security Token Extension [PR-SECTOKEN] will not be included in the message log.

REST

The logged HTTP headers are the X-Road HTTP headers listed in Chapter 4.3 of the X-Road Message Protocol for REST document [PR-REST], including the security server targeting extension for the X-Road message protocol [PR-TARGETSS]. All other HTTP headers are excluded from the message log.

# 3.8 Environmental monitoring add-on configuration parameters: [env-monitor]

Parameter Default value Description
port 2552 TCP port number used in communications with xroad-proxy and xroad-monitor components.
system-metrics-sensor-interval 5 Interval of systems metrics sensor in seconds. How often system metrics data is collected.
disk-space-sensor-interval 60 Interval of disk space sensor in seconds. How often disk space data is collected.
exec-listing-sensor-interval 60 Interval of exec listing sensor in seconds. How often sensor data using external command are collected.
certificate-info-sensor-interval 86400 Interval of certificate information sensor in seconds. How often certificate data is collected. The first collection is always done after a delay of 10 seconds.
limit-remote-data-set false On/Off switch for filtering out optional monitoring data. With flag set to true, only security server owner can request and get full data set.

# 3.9 Management REST API parameters: [proxy-ui-api]

Parameter Default value Description
ssl-properties /etc/xroad/ssl.properties Absolute path to file which overrides the default properties of the SSL connections to REST API.
key-management-api-whitelist 127.0.0.0/8, ::1 Comma-separated list of plain IP addresses or address ranges in CIDR notation, which are allowed to call key management endpoints using basic authentication
regular-api-whitelist 0.0.0.0/0, ::/0 Comma-separated list of plain IP addresses or address ranges in CIDR notation, which are allowed to call regular endpoints using api key authentication
wsdl-validator-command The command to validate the given X-Road service WSDL. The command script must:
a) read the WSDL from the URI given as an argument,
b) return exit code 0 on success,
c) return exit code 0 and write warnings to the standard error (stderr), if warnings occurs,
d) return exit code other then 0 and write error messages to the standard error (stderr), if errors occurs.
Defaults to no operation.
auth-cert-reg-signature-digest-algorithm-id SHA-512 Signature digest algorithm used for generating authentication certificate registration request.
Possible values are
- SHA-256,
- SHA-384,
- SHA-512.
auto-update-timestamp-service-url false If enabled, makes the security server update the timestamping service URLs when they are changed on the central server. In case there are multiple timestamping services with the same name, the update will not be done and a warning is logged instead.
request-size-limit-regular 50KB Maximum size of Management REST API requests
request-size-limit-binary-upload 10MB Maximum size of Management REST API requests for file uploads
rate-limit-requests-per-second 20 Management REST API request rate limit per second. Rate limits apply per each requesting IP.
rate-limit-requests-per-minute 600 Management REST API request rate limit per minute. Rate limits apply per each requesting IP.
rate-limit-cache-size 10000 Controls how many IP addresses can be remembered in the rate-limit cache Tradeoff between memory usage and protection from a large attack.
allowed-hostnames Determines which hostnames are allowed to be used in "Host" header of the HTTP requests. Any hostname is allowed when left unspecified.
cache-default-ttl 60 Configures default cache expiration in seconds. Cache is hit during authentication requests. Setting the value to -1 disables the cache.
cache-api-key-ttl 60 Configures Api Key cache expiration in seconds. Can be used by various api services. Setting the value to -1 disables the cache.
strict-identifier-checks true* Configures identifier input validation (member code, subsystem code etc).
Values:
true- identifiers must mach pattern ^[a-zA-Z0-9'()+,-.=?]*.
false- identfiers must not contain colon (:), semicolon (;), slashes (/\), percent (%) or control characters.

NOTE: strict-identifier-checks default value is true for new installations starting from version 7.3.0. It is set to false in local.ini during upgrade process if version installed before upgrade is less than 7.3.0.

Configurable SSL connection parameters are those Spring Boot's common application properties (opens new window) that start with server.ssl.

ssl.properties can be used to override any server.ssl.* property, also those that do not have default values. However, the result of merging default properties and overridden / new properties needs to be a functional combination.

Default values for the SSL properties are

SSL Property Default value Description
server.ssl.key-store /etc/xroad/ssl/proxy-ui-api.p12 Path to the key store that holds the SSL certificate
server.ssl.key-store-password proxy-ui-api Password used to access the key store
server.ssl.enabled true Whether to enable SSL support
server.ssl.ciphers TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 Supported SSL ciphers
server.ssl.protocol TLS SSL protocol to use
server.ssl.enabled-protocols TLSv1.2 Enabled SSL protocols

Management REST API module uses database-properties configuration from the proxy parameters, with some additional limitations on configurability (see details in proxy chapter).

# 4 Central Server System Parameters

The system parameters described in this chapter are used by the X-Road central server, except for the parameters ocspFreshnessSeconds and timeStampingIntervalSeconds.

The values of ocspFreshnessSeconds and timeStampingIntervalSeconds are distributed to the security servers via the global configuration. These parameters determine the interval of calling OCSP responder services and time-stamping services (respectively) by the security servers.

# 4.1 System Parameters in the Configuration File

For instructions on how to change the parameter values, see section Changing the System Parameter Values in Configuration Files.

# 4.1.1 Common parameters: [common]

Server component Name Default value Description
common temp-files-path /var/tmp/xroad/ Absolute path to the directory where temporary files are stored.

# 4.1.2 Center parameters: [center]

Name Default value Description
conf-backup-path /var/lib/xroad/backup/ Absolute path to the directory where configuration backups are stored.
database-properties /etc/xroad/db.properties Absolute path to file where the properties of the database of the central server are stored.
external-directory externalconf Name of the signed external configuration directory that is distributed to the configuration clients (security servers and/or configuration proxies) of this and federated X-Road instances.
generated-conf-dir /var/lib/xroad/public Absolute path to the directory where both the private and shared parameter files are created for distribution.
internal-directory internalconf Name of the signed internal configuration directory that is distributed to the configuration clients (security servers and/or configuration proxies) of this X-Road instance.
trusted-anchors-allowed true True if federation is allowed for this X-Road instance.
minimum-global-configuration-version 2 The minimum supported global configuration version on the central server. This parameter is used if the central server needs to generate multiple versions of global configuration. Note that the support for global configuration V1 has been dropped in X-Road 6.20.0 and since that version the minimum value for this parameter is 2.
auto-approve-auth-cert-reg-requests false True if automatic approval of auth cert registration requests is enabled for this X-Road instance. Automatic approval is applied to existing members only.
auto-approve-client-reg-requests false True if automatic approval of client registration requests is enabled for this X-Road instance. Automatic approval is applied to existing members only. In addition, automatic approval is applied only if the client registration request has been signed by the member owning the subsystem to be registered as a security server client.
auto-approve-owner-change-requests false True if automatic approval of owner change requests is enabled for this X-Road instance. Automatic approval is applied to existing members only.
ha-node-name Central server HA node name. See IG-CSHA before modifying this parameter.

# 4.1.3 Center parameters: [admin-service]

Name Default value Description
allowed-hostnames Determines which hostnames are allowed to be used in "Host" header of the HTTP requests. Multiple hostnames can be provided as comma separated list. Any hostname is allowed when left unspecified.
global-configuration-generation-rate-in-seconds 60 Global Configuration generation rate in seconds
rate-limit-enabled true
(see Description for more information)		 Controls whether the built-in rate limiting is enabled.
Note. If the service is behind a reverse proxy (default), the proxy needs to forward the real IP address for the rate-limiting to work correctly. Therefore, by default, using forward headers is enabled.
If the service is exposed directly, it must not use forwarded (e.g. X-Forwarded-For) headers (can be spoofed by clients), and the corresponding configuration (server.forward-headers-strategy) needs to be disabled (see additional information).
rate-limit-requests-per-second 20 Controls how many requests from an IP address are allowed per second. To disable this feature, set this value to -1.
rate-limit-requests-per-minute 600 Controls how many requests from an IP address are allowed per minute. To disable this feature, set this value to -1.
rate-limit-expire-after-access-minutes 5 Controls how long the rate-limit cache entries are valid
rate-limit-cache-size 10000 Controls how many IP addresses can be remembered in the rate-limit cache Tradeoff between memory usage and protection from a large attack.
cache-default-ttl 60 Configures default cache expiration in seconds. Cache is hit during authentication requests. Setting the value to -1 disables the cache.
cache-api-key-ttl 60 Configures Api Key cache expiration in seconds. Can be used by various api services. Setting the value to -1 disables the cache.
certificate-allowed-extensions der,crt,pem,cer Determines which file extensions are allowed when uploading certificate file. To disable this check, leave this value empty.
certificate-allowed-content-types application/x-x509-cert,text/plain Determines which file content types are allowed when uploading certificate file. Content type is deducted from file extension and file contents. To disable this check, leave this value empty.
xml-allowed-extensions xml Determines which file extensions are allowed when uploading XML file. To disable this check, leave this value empty.
xml-allowed-content-types text/xml,application/xml Determines which file content types are allowed when uploading XML file. Content type is deducted from file extension and file contents. To disable this check, leave this value empty.
backup-allowed-content-types application/pgp-encrypted Determines which file content types are allowed when uploading backup file. Content type is deducted from file extension and file contents. To disable this check, leave this value empty.
strict-identifier-checks true* Configures identifier input validation (member code, subsystem code etc).
Values:
true- identifiers must mach pattern ^[a-zA-Z0-9'()+,-.=?]*.
false- identfiers must not contain colon (:), semicolon (;), slashes (/\), percent (%) or control characters.
request-size-limit-regular 50KB Maximum size of Management REST API requests
request-size-limit-binary-upload 10MB Maximum size of Management REST API requests for file uploads

NOTE: strict-identifier-checks default value is true for new installations starting from version 7.3.0. It is set to false in local.ini during upgrade process if version installed before upgrade is less than 7.3.0.

# 4.1.4 Signer parameters: [signer]

Name Default value Description
ocsp-response-retrieval-active false
(see Description for more information)		 This property is used as an override to deactivate periodic OCSP-response retrieval for components that don't need that functionality, but still use signer.

Values:
false - OCSP-response retrieval jobs are never scheduled
true - periodic OCSP-response retrieval is active based on ocspFetchInterval. Note that if the entire property is missing, it is interpreted as true.

This property is delivered as an override and only for the components where the OCSP-response retrieval jobs need to be deactivated. The property is missing for components that require OCSP-response retrieval to be activated.
ocsp-cache-path /var/cache/xroad Absolute path to the directory where the cached OCSP responses are stored.
enforce-token-pin-policy false Controls enforcing the token pin policy. When set to true, software token pin is required to be at least 10 ASCII characters from at least tree character classes (lowercase letters, uppercase letters, digits, special characters). (since version 6.7.7)

# 4.1.5 Center parameters: [registration-service]

Name Default value Description
rate-limit-enabled true
(see Description for more information)		 Controls whether the built-in rate limiting is enabled.
Note. If the service is behind a reverse proxy (default), the proxy needs to forward the real IP address for the rate-limiting to work correctly. Therefore, by default, using forward headers is enabled.
If the service is exposed directly, it must not use forwarded (e.g. X-Forwarded-For) headers (can be spoofed by clients), and the corresponding configuration (server.forward-headers-strategy) needs to be disabled (see additional information).
rate-limit-requests-per-second -1 Controls how many requests from an IP address are allowed per second. To disable this feature, set this value to -1.
rate-limit-requests-per-minute 10 Controls how many requests from an IP address are allowed per minute. To disable this feature, set this value to -1.
rate-limit-cache-size 10000 Controls how many IP addresses can be remembered in the rate-limit cache Tradeoff between memory usage and protection from a large attack.
rate-limit-expire-after-access-minutes 2 Controls how long the rate-limit cache entries are valid
api-trust-store /etc/xroad/ssl/center-admin-service.p12 Path to a trust store containing certificates for the central server admin API.
api-trust-store-password center-admin-service Password for the trust store.
api-base-url https://127.0.0.1:4000/api/v1 Central server management API base URL.
api-token API token for the central server management API (required). The token needs to have the MANAGEMENT_SERVICE role (and for security, no other roles).

# 4.1.6 Center parameters: [management-service]

Name Default value Description
rate-limit-enabled true
(see Description for more information)		 Controls whether the built-in rate limiting is enabled.
Note. If the service is behind a reverse proxy (default), the proxy needs to forward the real IP address for the rate-limiting to work correctly. Therefore, by default, using forward headers is enabled.
If the service is exposed directly, it must not use forwarded (e.g. X-Forwarded-For) headers (can be spoofed by clients), and the corresponding configuration (server.forward-headers-strategy) needs to be disabled (see additional information).
rate-limit-requests-per-second -1 Controls how many requests from an IP address are allowed per second. To disable this feature, set this value to -1.
rate-limit-requests-per-minute 10 Controls how many requests from an IP address are allowed per minute. To disable this feature, set this value to -1.
rate-limit-cache-size 10000 Controls how many IP addresses can be remembered in the rate-limit cache Tradeoff between memory usage and protection from a large attack.
rate-limit-expire-after-access-minutes 2 Controls how long the rate-limit cache entries are valid
api-trust-store /etc/xroad/ssl/center-admin-service.p12 Path to a trust store containing certificates for the central server admin API.
api-trust-store-password center-admin-service Password for the trust store.
api-base-url https://127.0.0.1:4000/api/v1 Central server management API base URL.
api-token API token for the central server management API (required). The token needs to have the MANAGEMENT_SERVICE role (and for security, no other roles).

# 4.2 System Parameters in the Database

This section describes the system parameters used by the X-Road central server. For instructions on how to change the parameter values, see section Changing the System Parameter Values in the Central Server Database.

Name Value type Default value Description
confExpireIntervalSeconds integer 600 Time in seconds of the validity of the configuration after creation.
confHashAlgoUri string http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512 URI of the algorithm used for calculating the hash values of the global configuration files.
Possible values are
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256,
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512.
confSignDigestAlgoId string SHA-512 Identifier of the digest algorithm used for signing the global configuration.
Possible values are
- SHA-256,
- SHA-384,
- SHA-512.
confSignCertHashAlgoUri string http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512 URI of the algorithm used for calculating the hash value of the certificate used to sign the global configuration.
Possible values are
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256,
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512.
ocspFreshnessSeconds integer 3600 Defines the validity period (in seconds) for the OCSP responses retrieved from the OCSP responders. OCSP responses older than the validity period are considered expired and cannot be used for certificate verification.
timeStampingIntervalSeconds integer 60 Defines the interval of time-stamping service calls. Interval in seconds after which message log records must be timestamped. The interval must be between 60 and 86400 seconds. Note: this value must be less than ocspFreshnessSeconds.

# 5 Configuration Proxy System Parameters

This chapter describes the system parameters used by the X-Road configuration proxy.

# 5.1 Configuration proxy module parameters: [configuration-proxy]

Name Default value Description
address 0.0.0.0 The public IP or NAT address which is accessed for downloading the distributed global configuration.
configuration-path /etc/xroad/configurationproxy/ Absolute path to the directory containing the configuration files of the configuration proxy instance.
generated-conf-path /var/lib/xroad/public Absolute path to the public web server directory where the global configuration files that this configuration proxy generates are be placed for distribution.
signature-digest-algorithm-id SHA-512 ID of the digest algorithm the configuration proxy uses when computing global configuration signatures.
The possible values are
- SHA-256,
- SHA-384,
- SHA-512.
hash-algorithm-uri http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512 URI that identifies the algorithm the configuration proxy uses when calculating hash values for the global configuration files.
The possible values are
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256,
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512
download-script /usr/share/xroad/scripts/download_instance_configuration.sh Absolute path to the location of the script that initializes the global configuration download procedure.
minimum-global-configuration-version 2 The minimum supported global configuration version on the configuration proxy. This parameter is used if the configuration proxy needs to distribute multiple versions of global configuration. Note that the support for global configuration V1 has been dropped in X-Road 6.20.0 and since that version the minimum value for this parameter is 2.

# 5.2 Signer parameters: [signer]

Name Default value Description
ocsp-response-retrieval-active false
(see Description for more information)		 This property is used as an override to deactivate periodic OCSP-response retrieval for components that don't need that functionality, but still use signer.

Values:
false - OCSP-response retrieval jobs are never scheduled
true - periodic OCSP-response retrieval is active based on ocspFetchInterval. Note that if the entire property is missing, it is interpreted as true.

This property is delivered as an override and only for the components where the OCSP-response retrieval jobs need to be deactivated. The property is missing for components that require OCSP-response retrieval to be activated.
ocsp-cache-path /var/cache/xroad Absolute path to the directory where the cached OCSP responses are stored.
enforce-token-pin-policy false Controls enforcing the token pin policy. When set to true, software token pin is required to be at least 10 ASCII characters from at least tree character classes (lowercase letters, uppercase letters, digits, special characters). (since version 6.7.7)

[1] Default value for proxy.client-tls-ciphers.

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

[2] Default value for proxy.xroad-tls-ciphers.

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256

(see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/SunProviders.html#SunJSSEProvider (opens new window) for possible values)

Note. OpenJDK 8 on RHEL 7 supports ECDHE key agreement protocol starting from RHEL 7.3. In RHEL 7 versions prior to RHEL 7.3 only DHE cipher suites are supported.

# 6 Adding command line arguments

Sometimes you may need to provide command line arguments for Security Server, Central Server or Configuration Proxy, in order to override some parameters. For example if you wish to increase Java's maximum heap size, you can do it with the properties file /etc/xroad/services/local.properties. The file is also included in the backup archive file when taking a configuration backup of either Central Server or Security Server.

# 6.1 The configuration file

The file /etc/xroad/services/local.properties replaces the file /etc/xroad/services/local.conf starting from X-Road version 7.

The local.properties file's contents consists of key-value pairs such as XROAD_SIGNER_PARAMS=-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=100m. Notice that you cannot use quotes in the values. If you have multiple values for one key, use space to separate the values e.g. XROAD_SIGNER_PARAMS=-Xmx100m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=100m. Also notice that with local.properties you can only add new parameters and override old ones – you cannot remove existing default parameters.

Example of /etc/xroad/services/local.properties with modifications that override the default Java memory parameters for Security Server:

XROAD_PROXY_PARAMS=-Xms200m -Xmx1024m

Example of /etc/xroad/services/local.properties with modifications that override the default Java memory parameters for Central Server:

XROAD_CS_ADMIN_SERVICE_PARAMS=-Xms200m -Xmx1024m

Example of /etc/xroad/services/local.properties with modifications that override the default Spring Boot parameter for Central Servers management API:

XROAD_CS_ADMIN_SERVICE_PARAMS=-Dserver.forward-headers-strategy=NONE

All possible properties to adjust in this file:

Property Details
XROAD_PARAMS Parameters for all processes
XROAD_SIGNER_PARAMS Parameters for the Signer
XROAD_ADDON_PARAMS Parameters for all addons
XROAD_CONFCLIENT_PARAMS Parameters for the Configuration Client
XROAD_CONFPROXY_PARAMS Parameters for the Configuration Proxy
XROAD_MONITOR_PARAMS Parameters for the Environmental Monitor
XROAD_OPMON_PARAMS Parameters for the Operational Monitor
XROAD_PROXY_PARAMS Parameters for the Security Server
XROAD_PROXY_UI_API_PARAMS Parameters for the Security Server's admin API
XROAD_SIGNER_CONSOLE_PARAMS Parameters for the Signer Console
XROAD_CS_ADMIN_SERVICE_PARAMS Parameters for the Central Server's admin API
XROAD_CS_REGISTRATION_SERVICE_PARAMS Parameters for the Central Server's registration API
XROAD_CS_MANAGEMENT_SERVICE_PARAMS Parameters for the Central Server's management API

# 6.2 Legacy configuration file support in X-Road v7

If you have upgraded from X-Road version 6 to version 7, you might still be using local.conf script file with legacy parameters (non XROAD_ prefixed parameters), which is considered deprecated in X-Road version 7. The legacy file local.conf will not be included in the configuration backups anymore – the new file local.properties will be included instead, therefore it is strongly recommended migrating to the new local.properties file.

The legacy file local.conf will still be supported along with the legacy parameters. It is possible for both files to exist side-by-side. In this case the values from local.properties are appended first and then the local.conf file gets executed as a script afterwards. Notice that if your local.conf script contains new XROAD_ prefixed parameters and old legacy parameters, the new XROAD_ prefixed parameters will always be preferred.