KeystoneR1

Launchpad Entry: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/keystone/+spec/openstack-identity-service
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Contributors: ziad-sawalha, jorgew, khussein, anotherjesse

Summary

OpenStack Identity service https://launchpad.net/keystone.

Proposed API Spec: https://github.com/khussein/keystone/raw/master/keystone/content/identitydevguide.pdf

See also: Auth Middleware Spec http://wiki.openstack.org/openstack-authn

See also: AuthN+Z spec http://wiki.openstack.org/AuthnAuthz

Release Note

This first release is intended to address existing use cases for authentication and identity in Nova and Swift (and planned integration with Glance and other core or affiliated services). The goal is to be able to download the set of OpenStack services and be able to run them as an integrated suite. Keystone will provide the common identity components (user store, authentication service, endpoint management, and middleware to integrate with services.

Rationale

For OpenStack to be a cohesive suite, a common identity store and integration middleware is needed.

User stories

As someone considering OpenStack, I can download the code, follow simple instructions, and get the stack up and running to test the capabilities and APIs and play around with the dashboard and mobile apps without heavy, external dependencies.
As a service developer, I don't need to develop authentication code. I just plug in the Keystone middleware and my service can support a variety of pluggable authentication protocols and identity providers.

Assumptions

Design

Python service modeled after other OpenStack services. Using pluggable protocol and backend model (see Burrow), WSGI, and eventlet.

Support Rackspace Auth http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/files/api/v1/cfdevguide_d5/content/ch03s01.html protocol.

AnyScale - runs on one laptop and can be scaled for production load.

Implementation

Release 1 - Early June 2011

Milestone 1 towards Diablo []

Rackspace Auth protocol, endpoints, tenants, multiple-tenenats per user

Use case data flow:https://github.com/khussein/keystone/raw/master/docs/design/flow_diagram.png

Proposed API Spec: https://github.com/khussein/keystone/raw/master/keystone/content/identitydevguide.pdf

Code Changes

New code for Keystone service.

Adapters and patches to Nova, Swift, and Glance

Test/Demo Plan

Tests will be included in code.

BoF agenda and discussion

See project Keystone; https://launchpad.net/keystone on Launchpad for list of links to Etherpad and other discussions.