OpenStack:Horizon User Registration Blueprint
Allow users to register. Right now only admin can create a new user.
Workflow
- Add a new signup form in horizon
- Onsubmit event of signup form, send user details to an external service (called it "security service")
- "security service" is nothing it is a webservice (We can use paste.httpserver or flask)
- Why we need an additional service?
* We need admin access to keystone to create a new user. * We can't login to keystone as admin from horizon, that is a security risk, right ?. * So I am planning to login to keystone as admin from "security service" * "security service" will makes an API call to keystone to create a new user * We can also save additional user details in the field 'text' of keystaon's 'user' table as json object. Or use our on Local DB.
- Security service creates user in disable mode and return the response back to horizon
- horizon will send account activation url to user's email id.
- Once the user clicks on activation link, flow is again same. First comes to horizon, then to 'security service' and makes keystone api call for user activation.
Workflow Diagram
File:Diagram user registartion.pdf
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