From ca5117778e3011eaf1ab4ae95b6754ce6220ebf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lance Bragstad Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:54:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for auto-provisioning We need some concrete examples that describe how auto-provisioning works. bp shadow-mapping Change-Id: I503316840baa84b4bad7824f599dc69da6044925 --- .../federation/mapping_combinations.rst | 149 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 149 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/source/federation/mapping_combinations.rst b/doc/source/federation/mapping_combinations.rst index 5528ec9fcd..24b175e2f5 100644 --- a/doc/source/federation/mapping_combinations.rst +++ b/doc/source/federation/mapping_combinations.rst @@ -597,6 +597,155 @@ global username mapping. ] } + +Auto-Provisioning +----------------- + +The mapping engine has the ability to aid in the auto-provisioning of resources +when a federated user authenticates for the first time. This can be achieved +using a specific mapping syntax that the mapping engine can parse and +ultimately make decisions on. + +For example, consider the following mapping: + +.. code-block:: javascript + + { + "rules": [ + { + "local": [ + { + "user": { + "name": "{0}" + } + }, + { + "projects": [ + { + "name": "Production", + "roles": [ + { + "name": "observer" + } + ] + }, + { + "name": "Staging", + "roles": [ + { + "name": "member" + } + ] + }, + { + "name": "Project for {0}", + "roles": [ + { + "name": "admin" + } + ] + } + ] + } + ], + "remote": [ + { + "type": "UserName" + } + ] + } + ] + } + +The ``remote`` section of the mapping is relatively straight-forward. The main +difference between this mapping and the other examples is the addition of a +``projects`` section within the ``local`` rules. The ``projects`` list supplies +a list of projects that the federated user will be given access to. This is +achieved when a user has successfully authenticated and the mapping engine has +applied values from the assertion and mapped them into the ``local`` rules. In +the above example, an authenticated federated user will be granted the +``observer`` role on the ``Production`` project, ``member`` role on the +``Staging`` project, and they will have ``admin`` role on the ``Project for +jsmith``. + +It is important to note the following constraints apply when auto-provisioning: + +* Projects are the only resource that will be created dynamically. +* Projects will be created within the domain associated with the Identity + Provider. +* The ``projects`` section of the mapping must also contain a ``roles`` + section. + + Roles within the project must already exist in the deployment or domain. + +Since the creation of roles typically requires policy changes across other +services in the deployment, it is expected that roles are created ahead of +time. Federated authentication should also be considered idempotent if the +attributes from the SAML assertion have not changed. In the example from above, +if the user's name is still ``jsmith``, then no new projects will be +created as a result of authentication. + +Mappings can be created that mix ``groups`` and ``projects`` within the +``local`` section. The mapping shown in the example above does not contain a +``groups`` section in the ``local`` rules. This will result in the federated +user having direct role assignments on the projects in the ``projects`` list. +The following example contains ``local`` rules comprised of both ``projects`` +and ``groups``, which allow for direct role assignments and group memberships. + +.. code-block:: javascript + + { + "rules": [ + { + "local": [ + { + "user": { + "name": "{0}" + } + }, + { + "projects": [ + { + "name": "Marketing", + "roles": [ + { + "name": "member" + } + ] + }, + { + "name": "Development project for {0}", + "roles": [ + { + "name": "admin" + } + ] + } + ] + }, + { + "group": { + "name": "Finance", + "domain": { + "id": "6fe767" + } + } + } + ], + "remote": [ + { + "type": "UserName" + } + ] + } + ] + } + +In the above example, a federated user will receive direct role assignments on +the ``Marketing`` project, as well as a dedicated project specific to the +federated user's name. In addition to that, they will also be placed in the +``Finance`` group and receive all role assignments that group has on projects +and domains. + Keystone to Keystone --------------------