Basics

Basic configuration revolves around 4 settings:
The store to read JWTs from
The HTTP/S configuration
NATS (for cases where updates are enabled)
Logging
For complete information, please refer to the project's Github.
Directory Configuration
You can start a server using a plain directory. In this case you'll be responsible for adding any JWT that you want resolved.
The server looks for account JWTs by using the public key of the account as the file name followed by the extension .jwt. The server will not introspect the JWTs, so if you don't name the files correctly, it will fail to find them or serve a JWT that doesn't match the requested account.
mkdir /tmp/jwts
nats-account-server -dir /tmp/jwts
2019/05/10 11:33:40.501305 [INF] starting NATS Account server, version 0.0-dev
2019/05/10 11:33:40.501383 [INF] server time is Fri May 10 11:33:40 CDT 2019
2019/05/10 11:33:40.501404 [INF] creating a store at /tmp/jwts
2019/05/10 11:33:40.501430 [INF] NATS is not configured, server will not fire notifications on update
2019/05/10 11:33:40.510273 [INF] http listening on port 9090
2019/05/10 11:33:40.510283 [INF] nats-account-server is running
2019/05/10 11:33:40.510285 [INF] configure the nats-server with:
2019/05/10 11:33:40.510291 [INF]   resolver: URL(http://localhost:9090/jwt/v1/accounts/)
Configuration for the NATS server is the same as in the previous example:
operator: /Users/synadia/.nsc/nats/Test/Test.jwt
resolver: URL(http://localhost:9090/jwt/v1/accounts/)
A step by step tutorial using directory configuration can be found here.
Configuration File
While the -dir store flag is sufficient for some very simple developer setups, any production or non-read-only server will require a configuration file.
Let's take a look at the configuration options:
Configuration Options
Option
Description
http
An http configuration block specifying HTTP options.
logging
A logging configuration block specifying server logging options.
nats
A nats configuration block specifying NATS connection information for the account server to push JWT changes to a NATS server.
operatorjwtpath
The path to an operator JWT. Required for non-read-only servers. Only JWTs signed by the operator (or one of it's signing keys) are accepted.
store
A store configuration block specifying store options.
systemaccountjwtpath
Path to an Account JWT that should be returned as the system account.
primary
URL for the primary, protocol://host:port.
replicationtimeout
Timeout, in milliseconds, used by the replica when talking to the primary, defaults to 5000.
store Configuration
Option
Description
dir
Configures a directory as a store.
readonly
If true, the store will not accept POST requests. Note that to receive requests, the store must also have operatorjwtpath specified as a root option.
shard
If true, JWTs will be stored in multiple sub directories of the store directory.
logging Options
Option
Description
time
If true, a timestamp is added to log messages.
debug
If true, debug messages are logged.
trace
If true, trace messages are logged.
colors
If true, messages are logged using ANSI color escape sequences.
pid
If true, the process id for the server is added to log messages.
http Options
Option
Description
host
Interface to listen for requests on.
port
Port to listen for requests on.
readtimeout
Max amount of time in milliseconds to wait for a http read operation to complete.
writetimeout
Max amount of time in milliseconds to wait for a http write operation to complete.
nats Options
Option
Description
servers
List of NATS servers for the account server to use when connecting to a NATS server to publish updates.
connecttimeout
Max amount of time in milliseconds to wait for a NATS connection.
reconnecttimewait
Amount of time in milliseconds to between NATS server reconnect attempts.
tls
A tls configuration block.
usercredentials
A credentials creds file for connecting to the NATS server. Account must be a member of a system account.
tls Options
Option
Description
root
filepath to the CA certificate.
cert
filepath to the certificate.
cert
filepath to the certificate key.
Example Setup
Provided a setup with 4 accounts, one of them a system account, this example shows how to set up the account server by:
adding the account server to the operator
configuring the account server
push the accounts to the account server
configure a nats-server to make use of the account server
test the setup
Set environment variables
export NKEYS_PATH=$(pwd)/nsc/nkeys
export NSC_HOME=$(pwd)/nsc/accounts
Run setup script that creates a few sample accounts and a system account
curl -sSL https://nats-io.github.io/k8s/setup/nsc-setup.sh | sh
List all accounts
nsc list accounts
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                            Accounts                             │
├──────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Name │ Public Key                                               │
├──────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ A    │ AA6LOQIZRKEAC5FUGLMZHAXERZRQFAFQOO7YC6ZMQ325BYUAEPDUEIV5 │
│ B    │ ACPD2M7QFV33HPPY563PI7C664LXG2YVWXQBB6EAHDXZR7EK7L52AWUG │
│ STAN │ ABD4DPO745A5U2JKPWCI7LFGW4UCTN5LPUXDA5BCMXEYWLCU7J346NGU │
│ SYS  │ AB25DCM6BL5SDWYR45F65MSVOVXATN64AZXGI7IGS3IXBPWWDB4FIR2H │
╰──────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
Add the endpoint for the account server to which accounts can be published
nsc edit operator --account-jwt-server-url http://localhost:9090/jwt/v1/ --service-url nats://localhost:4222
Generate account server config that references the operator jwt
echo '
operatorjwtpath: "./nsc/accounts/nats/KO/KO.jwt"
​
http {
    port: 9090
}
' > nats-account-server.conf
Start the account server
nats-account-server -c nats-account-server.conf &
Upload the local accounts in the nsc directory structure
nsc push -A
Generate the NATS Server config that points to the account server
echo '
operator: "./nsc/accounts/nats/KO/KO.jwt"
resolver: URL(http://localhost:9090/jwt/v1/accounts/)
system_account: AB25DCM6BL5SDWYR45F65MSVOVXATN64AZXGI7IGS3IXBPWWDB4FIR2H
' > nats-server.conf
Start the NATS Server in trusted operator mode
nats-server -c nats-server.conf &
Try to subscribe on account without permissions, this should fail
nats sub -creds nsc/nkeys/creds/KO/A/test.creds foo
nats: Permissions Violation for Subscription to "foo"
Subscribe then publish to subject should work on 'test' since enough permissions
nats sub -creds nsc/nkeys/creds/KO/A/test.creds test &
Published message on 'test' subject would be received by started subscriber above
nats pub -creds nsc/nkeys/creds/KO/A/test.creds test foo &
Subscribe using the system account user credentials can receive all system events
nats sub -creds nsc/nkeys/creds/KO/SYS/sys.creds '>'

Option	Description
`http`	An `http` configuration block specifying HTTP options.
`logging`	A `logging` configuration block specifying server logging options.
`nats`	A `nats` configuration block specifying NATS connection information for the account server to push JWT changes to a NATS server.
`operatorjwtpath`	The path to an operator JWT. Required for non-read-only servers. Only JWTs signed by the operator (or one of it's signing keys) are accepted.
`store`	A `store` configuration block specifying store options.
`systemaccountjwtpath`	Path to an Account JWT that should be returned as the system account.
`primary`	URL for the primary, `protocol://host:port`.
`replicationtimeout`	Timeout, in milliseconds, used by the replica when talking to the primary, defaults to `5000`.

Option	Description
`dir`	Configures a directory as a store.
`readonly`	If `true`, the store will not accept POST requests. Note that to receive requests, the store must also have `operatorjwtpath` specified as a root option.
`shard`	If `true`, JWTs will be stored in multiple sub directories of the store directory.

Option	Description
`time`	If `true`, a timestamp is added to log messages.
`debug`	If `true`, debug messages are logged.
`trace`	If `true`, trace messages are logged.
`colors`	If `true`, messages are logged using ANSI color escape sequences.
`pid`	If `true`, the process id for the server is added to log messages.

Option	Description
`host`	Interface to listen for requests on.
`port`	Port to listen for requests on.
`readtimeout`	Max amount of time in milliseconds to wait for a http read operation to complete.
`writetimeout`	Max amount of time in milliseconds to wait for a http write operation to complete.

Option	Description
`servers`	List of NATS servers for the account server to use when connecting to a NATS server to publish updates.
`connecttimeout`	Max amount of time in milliseconds to wait for a NATS connection.
`reconnecttimewait`	Amount of time in milliseconds to between NATS server reconnect attempts.
`tls`	A `tls` configuration block.
`usercredentials`	A credentials creds file for connecting to the NATS server. Account must be a member of a system account.

Option	Description
`root`	filepath to the CA certificate.
`cert`	filepath to the certificate.
`cert`	filepath to the certificate key.

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Basics

Directory Configuration

Configuration File

Configuration Options

`store` Configuration

`logging` Options

`http` Options

`nats` Options

`tls` Options

Example Setup