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• Launchpad Entry: OpenID Authentication Service API in OpenStack Nova
• Created: Rasib Hassan Khan
• Contributors: Jukka Ylitalo, Abu Shohel Ahmed

Summary

Currently, the Django-Nova/Dashboard supports only basic username/password based access. There is separate user credential management both on the web service point and OpenStack. OpenStack relies on the web server for user authentication resulting in Multiple Policy Decision Points (PDP). Integration of OpenID with Openstack allows flexible SSO mechanism for administrators. The solution also removes the existing multiple identity silos in web server and OpenStack.

Release Note

Integration of OpenID with OpenStack. Introducing OpenID Authentication API in OpenStack Extending OpenID service for Dashboard and Django-Nova.

User stories

Flexibility for Administrators to use user-centric OpenID Authentication in OpenStack.

Implementation

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UI Changes

Should cover changes required to the UI, or specific UI that is required to implement this

Code Changes

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Migration

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• data migration, if any
• redirects from old URLs to new ones, if any
• how users will be pointed to the new way of doing things, if necessary.

Test/Demo Plan

This need not be added or completed until the specification is nearing beta.

Unresolved issues

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BoF agenda and discussion

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