From 7352e937778692993435532fcef3d71a27dbad73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Martinelli Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 04:03:52 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Revamp the documentation surrounding notifications Hopefully make the docs more clear on the two types of notifications that keystone emits. Provide several examples of the new CADF events. partially implements bp: cadf-everywhere Change-Id: I5c34b1ffffb594bd0f13fe0763439a64c03a48f2 --- doc/source/event_notifications.rst | 349 +++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 283 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/event_notifications.rst b/doc/source/event_notifications.rst index 7204365cfd..740986b1d2 100644 --- a/doc/source/event_notifications.rst +++ b/doc/source/event_notifications.rst @@ -19,59 +19,86 @@ Keystone Event Notifications ============================ Keystone provides notifications about usage data so that 3rd party applications -can use the data for billing, monitoring, or quota purposes. This document -describes the current inclusions and exclusions for Keystone usage -notifications. +can use the data for billing, monitoring, or quota purposes. This document +describes the current inclusions and exclusions for Keystone notifications. -Notifications for Create/Update/Delete Events -============================================= +Keystone currently supports two notification formats: a Basic Notification, +and a Cloud Auditing Data Federation (`CADF`_) Notification. +The supported operations between the two types of notification formats are +documented below. -A notification is sent when a resource is successfully ``created``, -``updated``, or ``deleted``. The following resource types (where a -```` is always a singular noun) produce notifications. For -resource types that are immutable, like trusts, notifications are only sent -on creation and deletion of that resource. Resource types that should be -immutable from a Keystone perspective will not support update operations: +Common Notification Structure +============================== -- ``group`` -- ``project`` (i.e. "tenant") -- ``role`` -- ``user`` -- ``trust`` (immutable resource - no ``updated`` notification) -- ``region`` -- ``endpoint`` -- ``service`` -- ``policy`` - -The following message template is used to form a message when an operation on a -resource completes successfully: +Notifications generated by Keystone are generated in JSON format. An external +application can format them into ATOM format and publish them as a feed. +Currently, all notifications are immediate, meaning they are generated when a +specific event happens. Notifications all adhere to a specific top level +format: .. code-block:: javascript { - "event_type": "identity..", - "message_id": "", - "payload": { - "resource_info": "" - }, + "event_type": "identity..", + "message_id": "", + "payload": {}, "priority": "INFO", "publisher_id": "identity.", "timestamp": "" } -Notifications for create, update and delete events are all similar to each -other, where either ``created``, ``updated`` or ``deleted`` is inserted as the -```` in the above notification's ``event_type``. +Where ```` is a Keystone resource, such as user or project, and +```` is a Keystone operation, such as created, deleted. + +The key differences between the two notification formats (Basic and CADF), lie +within the ``payload`` portion of the notification. The ``priority`` of the notification being sent is not configurable through the Keystone configuration file. This value is defaulted to INFO for all notifications sent in Keystone's case. -If the operation fails, the notification won't be sent, and no special error -notification will be sent. Information about the error is handled through -normal exception paths. +Basic Notifications +=================== -Notification Example +All basic notifications contain a limited amount of information, specifically, +just the resource type, operation, and resource id. + +The ``payload`` portion of a Basic Notification is a single key-value pair. + +.. code-block:: javascript + + { + "resource_info": + } + +Where ```` is the unique identifier assigned to the +``resource_type`` that is undergoing the ````. + +Supported Events +---------------- + +The following table displays the compatibility between resource types and +operations. + +======================== ================================= +resource type supported operations +======================== ================================= +group create, update, delete +project create, update, delete +role create, update, delete +domain create, update, delete +user create, update, delete +trust create, delete +region create, update, delete +endpoint create, update, delete +service create, update, delete +policy create, update, delete +======================== ================================= + +Note, ``trusts`` are an immutable resource, they do not support ``update`` +operations. + +Example Notification -------------------- This is an example of a notification sent for a newly created user: @@ -89,37 +116,153 @@ This is an example of a notification sent for a newly created user: "timestamp": "2013-08-29 19:03:45.960280" } -Recommendations for consumers ------------------------------ - -One of the most important notifications that Keystone emits is for project -deletions (``event_type`` = ``identity.project.deleted``). This event should -indicate to the rest of OpenStack that all resources (such as virtual machines) -associated with the project should be deleted. - -Projects can also have update events (``event_type`` = -``identity.project.updated``), wherein the project has been disabled. Keystone -ensures this has an immediate impact on the accessibility of the project's -resources by revoking tokens with authorization on the project, but should -**not** have a direct impact on the projects resources (in other words, virtual -machines should **not** be deleted). +If the operation fails, the notification won't be sent, and no special error +notification will be sent. Information about the error is handled through +normal exception paths. Auditing with CADF ================== -Keystone has begun to add audit notification support for authentication and -for authorization events using the `DMTF Cloud Auditing Data Federation (CADF) -Open Standard. `_ +Keystone uses the `PyCADF`_ library to emit CADF notifications, these events +adhere to the DMTF `CADF`_ specification. This standard provides auditing +capabilities for compliance with security, operational, and business processes +and supports normalized and categorized event data for federation and +aggregation. -Note that the CADF format is used in place of the traditional notification -format mentioned above. +.. _PyCADF: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/pycadf +.. _CADF: http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cadf -This standard provides auditing capabilities for compliance with security, -operational, and business processes and supports normalized and categorized -event data for federation and aggregation. +CADF notifications include additional context data around the ``resource``, +the ``action`` and the ``initiator``. -The following CADF example illustrates a Keystone event record whereby the -user has failed to authenticate: +CADF notifications may be emitted by changing the ``notification_format`` to +``cadf`` in the configuration file. + +The ``payload`` portion of a CADF Notification is a CADF ``event``, which +is represented as a JSON dictionary. For example: + +.. code-block:: javascript + + { + "typeURI": "http://schemas.dmtf.org/cloud/audit/1.0/event", + "initiator": { + "typeURI": "service/security/account/user", + "host": { + "agent": "curl/7.22.0(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)", + "address": "127.0.0.1" + }, + "id": "" + }, + "target": { + "typeURI": "", + "id": "openstack:1c2fc591-facb-4479-a327-520dade1ea15" + }, + "observer": { + "typeURI": "service/security", + "id": "openstack:3d4a50a9-2b59-438b-bf19-c231f9c7625a" + }, + "eventType": "activity", + "eventTime": "2014-02-14T01:20:47.932842+00:00", + "action": "", + "outcome": "success", + "id": "openstack:f5352d7b-bee6-4c22-8213-450e7b646e9f", + } + +Where the following are defined: + +* ````: ID of the user that performed the operation +* ````: CADF specific target URI, (i.e.: data/security/project) +* ````: The action being performed, typically: + ````. ```` + +Additionally there may be extra keys present depending on the operation being +performed, these will be discussed below. + +Note, the ``eventType`` property of the CADF payload is different from the +``event_type`` property of a notifications. The former (``eventType``) is a +CADF keyword which designates the type of event that is being measured, this +can be: `activity`, `monitor` or `control`. Whereas the latter +(``event_type``) is described in previous sections as: +`identity..` + +Supported Events +---------------- + +The following table displays the compatibility between resource types and +operations. + +====================== ============================= ============================= +resource type supported operations typeURI +====================== ============================= ============================= +group create, update, delete data/security/group +project create, update, delete data/security/project +role create, update, delete data/security/role +domain create, update, delete data/security/domain +user create, update, delete data/security/account/user +trust create, delete data/security/trust +region create, update, delete data/security/region +endpoint create, update, delete data/security/endpoint +service create, update, delete data/security/service +policy create, update, delete data/security/policy +role assignment add, remove data/security/account/user +None authenticate data/security/account/user +====================== ============================= ============================= + +Example Notification - Project Create +------------------------------------- + +The following is an example of a notification that is sent when a project is +created. This example can be applied for any ``create``, ``update`` or +``delete`` event that is seen in the table above. The ```` and +``typeURI`` fields will be change. + +The difference to note is the inclusion of the ``resource_info`` field which +contains the ```` that is undergoing the operation. Thus creating +a common element between the CADF and Basic notification formats. + +.. code-block:: javascript + + { + "event_type": "identity.project.created", + "message_id": "0156ee79-b35f-4cef-ac37-d4a85f231c69", + "payload": { + "typeURI": "http://schemas.dmtf.org/cloud/audit/1.0/event", + "initiator": { + "typeURI": "service/security/account/user", + "host": { + "agent": "curl/7.22.0(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)", + "address": "127.0.0.1" + }, + "id": "c9f76d3c31e142af9291de2935bde98a" + }, + "target": { + "typeURI": "data/security/project", + "id": "openstack:1c2fc591-facb-4479-a327-520dade1ea15" + }, + "observer": { + "typeURI": "service/security", + "id": "openstack:3d4a50a9-2b59-438b-bf19-c231f9c7625a" + }, + "eventType": "activity", + "eventTime": "2014-02-14T01:20:47.932842+00:00", + "action": "created.project", + "outcome": "success", + "id": "openstack:f5352d7b-bee6-4c22-8213-450e7b646e9f", + "resource_info": "671da331c47d4e29bb6ea1d270154ec3" + } + "priority": "INFO", + "publisher_id": "identity.host1234", + "timestamp": "2013-08-29 19:03:45.960280" + } + +Example Notification - Authentication +------------------------------------- + +The following is an example of a notification that is sent when a user +authenticates with Keystone. + +Note that this notification will be emitted if a user successfully +authenticates, and when a user fails to authenticate. .. code-block:: javascript @@ -134,8 +277,7 @@ user has failed to authenticate: "agent": "curl/7.22.0(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)", "address": "127.0.0.1" }, - "id": "openstack:5ee22124-6f41-4d23-a9f7-862c13a53a66", - "name": "joeuser" + "id": "c9f76d3c31e142af9291de2935bde98a" }, "target": { "typeURI": "service/security/account/user", @@ -148,7 +290,7 @@ user has failed to authenticate: "eventType": "activity", "eventTime": "2014-02-14T01:20:47.932842+00:00", "action": "authenticate", - "outcome": "failure", + "outcome": "success", "id": "openstack:f5352d7b-bee6-4c22-8213-450e7b646e9f" }, "priority": "INFO", @@ -156,8 +298,69 @@ user has failed to authenticate: "timestamp": "2014-02-14T01:20:47.932842" } -The following CADF example illustrates a Keystone event record whereby the -user has assigned a role to a group on a specific project: +Example Notification - Federated Authentication +----------------------------------------------- + +The following is an example of a notification that is sent when a user +authenticates with Keystone via Federation. + +This example is similar to the one seen above, however the ``initiator`` +portion of the ``payload`` contains a new ``credential`` section. + +.. code-block:: javascript + + { + "event_type": "identity.authenticate", + "message_id": "1371a590-d5fd-448f-b3bb-a14dead6f4cb", + "payload": { + "typeURI": "http://schemas.dmtf.org/cloud/audit/1.0/event", + "initiator": { + "credential": { + "type": "http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0", + "token": "671da331c47d4e29bb6ea1d270154ec3", + "identity_provider": "ACME", + "user": "c9f76d3c31e142af9291de2935bde98a", + "groups": [ + "developers" + ] + }, + "typeURI": "service/security/account/user", + "host": { + "agent": "curl/7.22.0(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)", + "address": "127.0.0.1" + }, + "id": "c9f76d3c31e142af9291de2935bde98a" + }, + "target": { + "typeURI": "service/security/account/user", + "id": "openstack:1c2fc591-facb-4479-a327-520dade1ea15" + }, + "observer": { + "typeURI": "service/security", + "id": "openstack:3d4a50a9-2b59-438b-bf19-c231f9c7625a" + }, + "eventType": "activity", + "eventTime": "2014-02-14T01:20:47.932842+00:00", + "action": "authenticate", + "outcome": "success", + "id": "openstack:f5352d7b-bee6-4c22-8213-450e7b646e9f" + }, + "priority": "INFO", + "publisher_id": "identity.host1234", + "timestamp": "2014-02-14T01:20:47.932842" + } + +Example Notification - Role Assignment +-------------------------------------- + +The following is an example of a notification that is sent when a role is +granted or revoked to a project or domain, for a user or group. + +It is important to note that this type of notification has many new keys +that convey the necessary information. Expect the following in the ``payload``: +``role``, ``inherited_to_project``, ``project`` or ``domain``, ``user`` or +``group``. With the exception of ``inherited_to_project``, each will represent +the unique identifier of the resource type. .. code-block:: javascript @@ -172,8 +375,7 @@ user has assigned a role to a group on a specific project: "agent": "curl/7.22.0(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)", "address": "127.0.0.1" }, - "id": "openstack:f6eac6ad-ef02-4469-a40f-c1c9151d3813", - "name": "7bdae1f0c3754e9f8af3794016b88093" + "id": "c9f76d3c31e142af9291de2935bde98a" }, "target": { "typeURI": "service/security/account/user", @@ -197,3 +399,18 @@ user has assigned a role to a group on a specific project: "publisher_id": "identity.host1234", "timestamp": "2014-08-20T01:20:47.932842" } + +Recommendations for consumers +============================= + +One of the most important notifications that Keystone emits is for project +deletions (``event_type`` = ``identity.project.deleted``). This event should +indicate to the rest of OpenStack that all resources (such as virtual machines) +associated with the project should be deleted. + +Projects can also have update events (``event_type`` = +``identity.project.updated``), wherein the project has been disabled. Keystone +ensures this has an immediate impact on the accessibility of the project's +resources by revoking tokens with authorization on the project, but should +**not** have a direct impact on the projects resources (in other words, virtual +machines should **not** be deleted).