Security#

You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking for in-depth information about the security features of the Starburst Enterprise platform (SEP).

If you’re just starting to set up a cluster, we suggest going through our video training on securing Trino. The basic topics for securing Trino and SEP are the same, including:

  • Client to server encryption

  • Authentication and authorization in Trino

  • Securing Trino’s internal communications

  • Hive catalog security

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In this section of our reference documentation, learn about the basic workflows for securing your SEP cluster.

Security topic areas#

There are three main types of security measures for SEP clusters:

  • User authentication and client security

  • Security inside the cluster

  • Security between the cluster and data sources

This section provides reference material for each of these security types. Not sure where to start? Review our Security overview to get started.

Authentication and client security#

When setting up a new cluster, start with simple password file authentication. Once access to your cluster is secured, SEP provides a number of production-level options for authenticating users such as LDAP, Okta or OAuth 2.0.

SEP also offers several options for delegated authorization. These pass-through features guarantee that SEP uses the same token as a user directly accessing a data source.

Once authenticated, users are authorized by one of SEP’s available access control systems, including our comprehensive built-in access control.

Client security is covered in our user guide.

Cluster security#

Cluster security topics cover both securing external client access to your SEP cluster, and internal communications between cluster resources. Secrets are available for use in any configuration file throughout SEP to provide a secure means of managing values such as usernames, passwords and other strings used in the cluster through your provisioning system.

Security between the cluster and data sources#

Starburst Enterprise platform (SEP) provides a built-in role-based access control system that is integrated with the Starburst Enterprise web UI. This system makes it easy to configure any user’s correct access rights to catalogs, individual schemas, and tables.

If your organization uses Ranger, Privacera, or Immuta, SEP integrates with those access control systems.

Miscellaneous security options#

Learn about other security options that may apply to your environment.