Use requester secrets
Prerequisites
Please make sure you have already checked the Quickstart, Your first application and Build trusted applications tutorials before learning how to use requester secrets.
Trusted Execution Environments offer a huge advantage from a security perspective. They guarantee that the behavior of execution does not change even when launched on an untrusted remote machine. The data inside this type of environment is also protected, which allows its monetization while preventing leakage.
With iExec, it is possible to securely consume requester-provided secrets in the application.
Your secrets are securely transferred with the SDK from your machine to the SMS over a TLS channel. Internally, your secrets are encrypted with standard AES encryption before being written to disk. Next releases will feature an SMS running entirely inside a trusted enclave.
Let's see how to do all of that!
We will use the API countapi.xyz. This service keeps a count of hit on any couple of
namespace/key (ex: https://api.countapi.xyz/hit/foo/bar). In this example, we will use requester secrets to set namespace/key.Let's create a directory tree for this app in
~/iexec-projects/.cd ~/iexec-projects
mkdir tee-requester-secrets-app && cd tee-requester-secrets-app
iexec init --skip-wallet
mkdir src
touch Dockerfile
touch sconify.sh
The application use the requester secrets to make a call to a secret endpoint of countapi.xyz and writes the result in a file:
Copy the following content in
src/ .Javascript
Python
src/app.js
const fsPromises = require("fs").promises;
const axios = require("axios");
(async () => {
try {
const iexecOut = process.env.IEXEC_OUT;
// get the secret endpoint from requester secrets
const secretNamespace = process.env.IEXEC_REQUESTER_SECRET_1;
const secretKey = process.env.IEXEC_REQUESTER_SECRET_2;
if (!secretNamespace) {
console.log("missing requester secret 1 (namespace)");
process.exit(1);
}
if (!secretKey) {
console.log("missing requester secret 2 (key)");
process.exit(1);
}
// get the hit count from countapi
const hitCount = await axios
.get(`https://api.countapi.xyz/hit/${secretNamespace}/${secretKey}`)
.then(({ data }) => data.value);
const result = `endpoint hit ${hitCount} times`;
console.log(result);
// write the result
await fsPromises.writeFile(`${iexecOut}/result.txt`, result);
// declare everything is computed
const computedJsonObj = {
"deterministic-output-path": `${iexecOut}/result.txt`,
};
await fsPromises.writeFile(
`${iexecOut}/computed.json`,
JSON.stringify(computedJsonObj)
);
} catch (e) {
// do not log anything that could reveal the requester secrets!
console.log("something went wrong");
process.exit(1);
}
})();
src/app.py
import os
import json
import requests
try:
iexec_out = os.environ["IEXEC_OUT"]
# get the secret endpoint from requester secrets
try:
secret_namespace = os.environ["IEXEC_REQUESTER_SECRET_1"]
except Exception:
print("missing requester secret 1 (namespace)")
exit(1)
try:
secret_key = os.environ["IEXEC_REQUESTER_SECRET_2"]
except Exception:
print("missing requester secret 2 (key)")
exit(1)
# get the hit count from countapi
response = requests.request("GET", "https://api.countapi.xyz/hit/" + secret_namespace + "/" + secret_key)
json_response = response.json()
hit_count = json_response["value"]
result = "endpoint hit " + str(hit_count) + " times"
print(result)
# write the result
with open(iexec_out + "/result.txt", "w+") as fout:
fout.write(result)
# declare everything is computed
with open(iexec_out + "/computed.json", "w+") as f:
json.dump({ "deterministic-output-path" : iexec_out + "/result.txt" }, f)
except Exception:
# do not log anything that could reveal the app developer secret!
print("something went wrong")
exit(1)
The Dockerfile and the build scripts are similar to the ones we saw previously for a trusted application:
Javascript
Python
Dockerfile
# Starting from a base image supported by SCONE
FROM node:14-alpine3.11
# install your dependencies
RUN mkdir /app && cd /app && npm install axios
COPY ./src /app
ENTRYPOINT [ "node", "/app/app.js"]
Dockerfile
FROM python:3.7.3-alpine3.10
RUN pip3 install requests
COPY ./src /app
ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "/app/app.py"]
Javascript
Python
sconify.sh
#!/bin/bash
# declare the app entrypoint
ENTRYPOINT="node /app/app.js"
# declare an image name
IMG_NAME=tee-requester-secrets-app
IMG_FROM=${IMG_NAME}:temp-non-tee
IMG_TO=${IMG_NAME}:tee-debug
# build the regular non-TEE image
docker build . -t ${IMG_FROM}
# pull the SCONE curated image corresponding to our base image
docker pull registry.scontain.com:5050/sconecuratedimages/node:14.4.0-alpine3.11
# run the sconifier to build the TEE image based on the non-TEE image
docker run -it --rm \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
registry.scontain.com:5050/scone-production/iexec-sconify-image:5.3.15-v6 \
sconify_iexec \
--name=${IMG_NAME} \
--from=${IMG_FROM} \
--to=${IMG_TO} \
--binary-fs \
--fs-dir=/app \
--host-path=/etc/hosts \
--host-path=/etc/resolv.conf \
--binary=/usr/local/bin/node \
--heap=1G \
--dlopen=2 \
--no-color \
--verbose \
--command=${ENTRYPOINT} \
&& echo -e "\n------------------\n" \
&& echo "successfully built TEE docker image => ${IMG_TO}" \
&& echo "application mrenclave.fingerprint is $(docker run -it --rm -e SCONE_HASH=1 ${IMG_TO})"
sconify.sh
#!/bin/bash
# declare the app entrypoint
ENTRYPOINT="python3 /app/app.py"
# declare an image name
IMG_NAME=tee-requester-secrets-app
IMG_FROM=${IMG_NAME}:temp-non-tee
IMG_TO=${IMG_NAME}:tee-debug
# build the regular non-TEE image
docker build . -t ${IMG_FROM}
# run the sconifier to build the TEE image based on the non-TEE image
docker run -it \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
registry.scontain.com:5050/scone-production/iexec-sconify-image:5.3.15-v6 \
sconify_iexec \
--name=${IMG_NAME} \
--from=${IMG_FROM} \
--to=${IMG_TO} \
--binary-fs \
--fs-dir=/app \
--host-path=/etc/hosts \
--host-path=/etc/resolv.conf \
--binary=/usr/local/bin/python3.7 \
--heap=1G \
--dlopen=2 \
--no-color \
--verbose \
--command=${ENTRYPOINT} \
&& echo -e "\n------------------\n" \
&& echo "successfully built TEE docker image => ${IMG_TO}" \
&& echo "application mrenclave.fingerprint is $(docker run -it --rm -e SCONE_HASH=1 ${IMG_TO})"
Run the
sconify.sh script to build the TEE-debug app.The
sconify.sh script prints the generated docker image name, you must retag this image and push it on dockerhub.At this stage, your application is ready to be tested on iExec. The process is similar to testing any type of application on the platform, with these minor exceptions:
TEE applications require some additional information to be filled in during deployment.
# prepare the TEE application template
iexec app init --tee
Edit
iexec.json and fill in the standard keys and the mrenclave object:{
...
"app": {
"owner": "0xF048eF3d7E3B33A465E0599E641BB29421f7Df92", // your address
"name": "tee-requester-secrets-app", // application name
"type": "DOCKER",
"multiaddr": "docker.io/username/tee-requester-secrets-app:1.0.0", // app image
"checksum": "0xa562ff90fd989ca618f2bb17f87b00b4b0486f46d3dae868350f9a27c424ed94", // image digest
"mrenclave": {
"provider": "SCONE", // TEE provider (keep default value)
"version": "v5", // Scone version (keep default value)
"entrypoint": "node /app/app.js" OR "python3 /app/app.py", // your app image entrypoint
"heapSize": 1073741824, // heap size in bytes (1GB)
"fingerprint": "253e7253d201ce25327becf1a3351f8945770e9624570fecd7db7d836b7ea192" // fingerprint of the enclave code (mrenclave), see how to retrieve it below
}
},
...
}
Run your TEE image with
SCONE_HASH=1 to get the enclave fingerprint (mrenclave):docker run -it --rm -e SCONE_HASH=1 tee-developer-secret-app:tee-debug
Deploy the app with the standard command:
iexec app deploy --chain bellecour
You will get a hexadecimal address for your deployed app. Use that address to push the app developer secret to the SMS.
For simplicity, we will use the secret in a TEE-debug app on a debug workerpool. The debug workerpool is connected to a debug Secret Management Service so we will send the dataset encryption key to this SMS (this is fine for debugging but do not use to store production secrets).
These
sed commands will do the trick:# set a custom bellecour SMS in chain.json
sed -i 's|"bellecour": {},|"bellecour": { "sms": "https://v7.sms.debug-tee-services.bellecour.iex.ec" },|g' chain.json
# push some requester secrets to the SMS
iexec requester push-secret my-namespace --chain bellecour
iexec requester push-secret my-key --chain bellecour
# check the secret is available on the SMS
iexec requester check-secret my-namespace --chain bellecour
iexec requester check-secret my-key --chain bellecour
# restore the default configuration in chain.json
sed -i 's|"bellecour": { "sms": "https://v7.sms.debug-tee-services.bellecour.iex.ec" },|"bellecour": {},|g' chain.json
Specify the tag
--tag tee in iexec app run command to run a tee app with an app developer secret.One last thing, in order to run a TEE-debug app you will also need to select a debug workerpool, use the debug workerpool
v7-debug.main.pools.iexec.eth.You are now ready to run the app with requester secrets.
iexec app run <appAddress> \
--tag tee \
--workerpool v7-debug.main.pools.iexec.eth \
--secret 1=my-namespace \
--secret 2=my-key \
--watch \
--chain bellecour
The option
--secret <secretMapping...> allow the requester to provision any number of secrets with the mapping syntax <key>=<name>.example:
--secret 1=foo 3=bar
- the secret named
foowill be available inIEXEC_REQUESTER_SECRET_1 - the secret named
barwill be available inIEXEC_REQUESTER_SECRET_3 IEXEC_REQUESTER_SECRET_2will be skipped
Thanks to the explained confidential computing workflow, it is possible to consume requester secrets with a trusted application.
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