[openstack-dev] [Solum][Pecan][Security] Pecan SecureController vs. Nova policy

Doug Hellmann doug.hellmann at dreamhost.com
Mon Jan 6 22:45:58 UTC 2014


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Georgy Okrokvertskhov <
gokrokvertskhov at mirantis.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In Solum project we will need to implement security and ACL for Solum API.
> Currently we use Pecan framework for API. Pecan has its own security model
> based on SecureController class. At the same time OpenStack widely uses
> policy mechanism which uses json files to control access to specific API
> methods.
>
> I wonder if someone has any experience with implementing security and ACL
> stuff with using Pecan framework. What is the right way to provide security
> for API?
>

In ceilometer we are using the keystone middleware and the policy
framework to manage arguments that constrain the queries handled by the
storage layer.

http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/ceilometer/tree/ceilometer/api/acl.py

and

http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/ceilometer/tree/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py#n337

Doug



>
> Thanks
> Georgy
>
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