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Posted to user@syncope.apache.org by Inquisitor Shm <in...@gmail.com> on 2014/11/06 22:00:39 UTC
Researching Syncope for a SAAS app: Scalability and Multi-tenancy
I am looking to Syncope to provide Authentication and Authorization =
services for a large scale SAAS application.]
Primarily considering Authentication and Authorization:
Out the box, can Syncope support horizontal scalability? I am not too =
worried about this aspect because I figure with access to the code I can =
make this work.
A bigger issue is how to support multi-tenancy? Are there any nods =
toward multi-tenant design? Can I dynamically setup each tenant as a =
different data source? Multi-Tenancy is a potential deal-breaker. I can =
setup different datasources one per tenant, but I cannot have a =
different instance of Syncope one per tenant.
Any thoughts?
PS - beginner - I just read through all the documentation a few minutes =
ago.
Is the OpenAM stack any better for my needs? I have not looked at it yet =
and am wary of possible license issues. We need the most permissive =
licenses.
How about the JBoss Picket-Fence-named suites? Any comments on those?
Sincerely,
Ravenor
Re: Researching Syncope for a SAAS app: Scalability and Multi-tenancy
Posted by Francesco Chicchiriccò <il...@apache.org>.
Hi,
FYI, Apache Syncope is a provisioning engine, e.g. takes care of keeping
account data synchronized across identity stores and a wide range of
data formats, models, meanings and purposes.
If you are looking for authentication / authorization you should better
find other projects like as Apache CXF Fediz or the other products you
name below.
About multi-tenancy, it is currently planned for next major version (see
[1], SYNCOPE-119).
About horizontal scalability, see this example with Apache Tomcat 7 [2].
Regards.
[1]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SYNCOPE/Roadmap#Roadmap-1.3.0(Virtuoso)
[2]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SYNCOPE/Setup+a+Syncope+cluster
On 06/11/2014 22:00, Inquisitor Shm wrote:
>
> I am looking to Syncope to provide Authentication and Authorization =
> services for a large scale SAAS application.]
>
> Primarily considering Authentication and Authorization:
>
> Out the box, can Syncope support horizontal scalability? I am not too =
> worried about this aspect because I figure with access to the code I can =
> make this work.
>
> A bigger issue is how to support multi-tenancy? Are there any nods =
> toward multi-tenant design? Can I dynamically setup each tenant as a =
> different data source? Multi-Tenancy is a potential deal-breaker. I can =
> setup different datasources one per tenant, but I cannot have a =
> different instance of Syncope one per tenant.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> PS - beginner - I just read through all the documentation a few minutes =
> ago.
>
> Is the OpenAM stack any better for my needs? I have not looked at it yet =
> and am wary of possible license issues. We need the most permissive =
> licenses.
>
> How about the JBoss Picket-Fence-named suites? Any comments on those?
--
Francesco Chicchiriccò
Tirasa - Open Source Excellence
http://www.tirasa.net/
Involved at The Apache Software Foundation:
member, Syncope PMC chair, Cocoon PMC, Olingo PMC
http://people.apache.org/~ilgrosso/