[Openstack-operators] Better error messages for API policy enforcements

Robert Starmer robert at kumul.us
Wed Dec 2 23:24:08 UTC 2015


I can't think of a case where better error response and log messages are
not useful/desired.

Robert

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Mike Dorman <mdorman at godaddy.com> wrote:

> We use some custom API policies (as in policy.json) to restrict certain
> operations to particular roles or requiring some fields on calls (i.e. we
> require that users give us an availability zone when booting an instance.)
>
> When the policy causes the operation to be denied, the only response that
> goes back to the user is something like “operation is denied by policy.”
>  This is confusing and it’d be really nice if we could send back a response
> like “you need to have xxxx role to do this”, or “availability zone is
> required.”
>
> I was thinking about writing up a RFE bug for a feature that would allow
> configuration of a custom “policy denied” message in policy.json.  Would
> this be useful/desired by others?
>
> Mike
>
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