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[06/29] incubator-usergrid git commit: Adding in missing Using Roles
section (incomplete).
Adding in missing Using Roles section (incomplete).
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-usergrid/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-usergrid/commit/51734d42
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-usergrid/tree/51734d42
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-usergrid/diff/51734d42
Branch: refs/heads/asf-site
Commit: 51734d426220388e569c0e60a4e4a0c96e030183
Parents: f39505d
Author: Dave Johnson <sn...@apache.org>
Authored: Thu Aug 6 11:38:21 2015 -0400
Committer: Dave Johnson <sn...@apache.org>
Committed: Thu Aug 6 11:38:21 2015 -0400
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docs/_static/css/theme.css | 8 +-
docs/index.rst | 7 +-
docs/security-and-auth/using-roles.md | 293 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 303 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-usergrid/blob/51734d42/docs/_static/css/theme.css
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diff --git a/docs/_static/css/theme.css b/docs/_static/css/theme.css
index 870e633..f225469 100755
--- a/docs/_static/css/theme.css
+++ b/docs/_static/css/theme.css
@@ -5321,6 +5321,10 @@ span[id*='MathJax-Span'] {
margin-bottom: 2em;
}
+.usergrid-30 {
+ width:30%;
+}
+
.usergrid-table tr td {
padding: 0.5em;
border: 1px solid grey;
@@ -5356,7 +5360,7 @@ h2.usergrid-DELETE-heading {
margin-bottom: 2em;
}
-/* css from petstore example */
+/* css from petstore example
body {
font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;
@@ -5510,5 +5514,5 @@ code {
text-decoration: none;
}
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+*/
http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-usergrid/blob/51734d42/docs/index.rst
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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index e25eebc..e3fab8f 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
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@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Apache Usergrid Documentation
security-and-auth/app-security
security-and-auth/using-permissions
+ security-and-auth/using-roles
security-and-auth/authenticating-users-and-application-clients
security-and-auth/user-authentication-types
security-and-auth/changing-token-time-live-ttl
@@ -98,9 +99,9 @@ Apache Usergrid Documentation
:maxdepth: 2
:caption: Assets & Files
- asset-and-files/uploading-assets.md
- asset-and-files/retrieving-assets.md
- asset-and-files/folders.md
+ assets-and-files/uploading-assets.md
+ assets-and-files/retrieving-assets.md
+ assets-and-files/folders.md
.. _counters-and-events:
http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-usergrid/blob/51734d42/docs/security-and-auth/using-roles.md
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+# Using roles
+Roles are named sets of one or more permissions, and are useful for defining specific access levels to resources in your API BaaS data store. Multiple roles can be assigned to a user or group, giving you a great deal of flexibility in how access to resources are defined.
+
+For example, in a blogging app you might create a 'reviewer' role that allows GET and PUT access to an articles collection to allow the user to retrieve and update articles, but not allow them to create new articles.
+
+## Default roles
+While you can create as many custom roles as you want per application, all API BaaS applications include three default roles. These roles each serve a special purpose and should not be deleted; however, you can and should adjust the permissions assigned to these roles to suit the needs of you app.
+
+The following table describes each pre-defined role, and the permissions that are assigned to them by default.
+
+<table class="usergrid-table">
+<tr>
+ <th>Role</th>
+ <th class="usergrid-30"> Permissions</th>
+ <th>Description</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>Guest</td>
+ <td>
+
+* post: /devices
+* post: /users
+* put: /devices/*
+
+ </td>
+ <td>
+
+ Assigned to all unauthenticated requests. Includes a basic set of permissions that are commonly needed by unregistered or unauthenticated users.
+ <p>Grants permission for a user to create a user account and for their device to be registered.
+
+ </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>Default</td>
+ <td>
+
+* get, post, put, delete: /**
+
+ </td>
+ <td>
+
+ Default for authenticated users. Assigns the associated permissions to all users whose requests are authenticated with a valid access token.
+
+ <div class="admonition warning"> <p class="first admonition-title">WARNING</p> <p class="last">
+ __Note__: By default, __grants full access for all resources in your application__. A first task in securing your application should be to restrict access by redefining this role to narrow the access it provides. Remove the default full permission rule and add restrictive permission rules for a production deployment.
+ </p></div>
+
+ </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>Administrator</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td></td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td></td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+Role Permissions Description
+Guest
+post: /devices
+post: /users
+put: /devices/*
+Assigned to all unauthenticated requests. Includes a basic set of permissions that are commonly needed by unregistered or unauthenticated users.
+
+Grants permission for a user to create a user account and for their device to be registered.
+
+Default
+get, post, put, delete: /**
+Default for authenticated users. Assigns the associated permissions to all users whose requests are authenticated with a valid access token.
+
+By default, grants full access for all resources in your application. A first task in securing your application should be to restrict access by redefining this role to narrow the access it provides. Remove the default full permission rule and add restrictive permission rules for a production deployment.
+Administrator
+None
+
+Unused until you associate it with users or groups. By default, includes no permissions that provide access.
+
+Grants no access. Consider this a blank slate. Add permission rules and associate this role with users and groups as needed.
+
+Note: The Administrator role is not the same as an organization administrator -- that is, someone who authenticates as an Admin User. The Admin User is an implicit user created when you create an organization. After authenticating, the Admin User has full access to all of the administration features of the API BaaS API. By comparison, the Administrator role is simply a role (initially without permissions) that can be assigned to any user.
+
+## Creating roles
+Generally, it is easiest to a create a role for each access type you want to enable in your app. You may, however, assign multiple roles to any user or group entity, so you have the flexibility to define any schema for applying roles that you like.
+
+The following shows how to create a new role and assign permissions to it.
+
+### Request syntax
+With cURL requests a role entity is created with a POST request, then permissions must be assigned to it with a separate request. For more on assigning permissions with cURL, see Using permissions.
+
+The following details how to create a new role entity.
+
+ curl -X POST https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/roles -d '{"name":<roleName>}'
+
+Parameters
+
+Parameter Description
+--------- -----------
+org Organization UUID or organization name
+app Application UUID or application name
+roleName The name of the role to be created
+
+### Example request
+
+ curl -X POST "https://api.usergrid.com/my-org/my-app/roles/ -d '{"name":"manager"}'
+
+### Example response
+
+ {
+ "action" : "post",
+ "application" : "f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0",
+ "params" : { },
+ "path" : "/roles",
+ "uri" : "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/roles",
+ "entities" : [ {
+ "uuid" : "382d0991-74bb-3548-8166-6b07e44495ef",
+ "type" : "role",
+ "name" : "manager",
+ "created" : 1402612783104,
+ "modified" : 1402612783104,
+ "roleName" : "manager",
+ "title" : "manager",
+ "inactivity" : 0,
+ "metadata" : {
+ "path" : "/roles/382d0991-74bb-3548-8166-6b07e44495ef",
+ "sets" : {
+ "permissions" : "/roles/382d0991-74bb-3548-8166-6b07e44495ef/permissions"
+ },
+ "collections" : {
+ "groups" : "/roles/382d0991-74bb-3548-8166-6b07e44495ef/groups",
+ "users" : "/roles/382d0991-74bb-3548-8166-6b07e44495ef/users"
+ }
+ }
+ } ],
+ "timestamp" : 1402612783102,
+ "duration" : 30,
+ "organization" : "your-org",
+ "applicationName" : "your-app"
+ }
+
+## Assigning roles
+Once you have created some roles, you will need to explicitly assign them to a user or group entity. The permissions associated with that role will be granted to the entity immediately for any requests they send that are authenticated by a valid access token. Please note that assigning a role to a group will grant the associated permissions to every user in that group.
+
+The following shows how to assign a role to an entity.
+
+### Request syntax
+
+ curl -X POST https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/roles/<roleName>/<entityType>/<entityID>
+
+Parameters
+
+Parameter Description
+--------- -----------
+org Organization UUID or organization name
+app Application UUID or application name
+roleName The name of the role to be created
+entityType The type of the entity the role is being assigned to. 'Group' and 'user' are valid values.
+entityID The UUID of the entity the role is being assigned to.
+
+For groups, the 'name' property can be used. For users, the 'username' property can be used.
+
+### Example request
+
+ curl -X POST "https://api.usergrid.com/my-org/my-app/roles/manager/users/someUser
+
+
+### Example response
+{
+ "action" : "post",
+ "application" : "f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0",
+ "params" : { },
+ "path" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users",
+ "uri" : "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users",
+ "entities" : [ {
+ "uuid" : "410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376",
+ "type" : "user",
+ "name" : "someUser",
+ "created" : 1395681911491,
+ "modified" : 1399070010291,
+ "username" : "someUser",
+ "activated" : true,
+ "file" : "fobnszewobnioerabnoiawegbrn\n",
+ "metadata" : {
+ "connecting" : {
+ "friends" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/connecting/friends",
+ "likes" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/connecting/likes"
+ },
+ "path" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376",
+ "sets" : {
+ "rolenames" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/roles",
+ "permissions" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/permissions"
+ },
+ "connections" : {
+ "completed" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/completed",
+ "follows" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/follows"
+ },
+ "collections" : {
+ "activities" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/activities",
+ "devices" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/devices",
+ "feed" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/feed",
+ "groups" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/groups",
+ "roles" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/roles",
+ "following" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/following",
+ "followers" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/followers"
+ }
+ }
+ } ],
+ "timestamp" : 1402965083889,
+ "duration" : 41,
+ "organization" : "your-org",
+ "applicationName" : "your-app"
+}
+
+## Removing roles
+At times it may be necessary to remove a role from a user or group entity, for example if a user changes jobs, or the duties of a group are altered. Please note that removing a role from a group will remove the associated permissions from every user in that group.
+
+The following shows how to remove a role from an entity.
+
+### Request syntax
+
+ curl -X DELETE https://api.usergrid.com/<org>/<app>/roles/<roleName>/<entityType>/<entityID>
+
+Parameters
+
+Parameter Description
+--------- -----------
+org Organization UUID or organization name
+app Application UUID or application name
+roleName The name of the role to be created
+entityType The type of the entity the role is being removed from. 'Group' and 'user' are valid values.
+entityID The UUID of the entity the role is being removed from.
+
+For groups, the 'name' property can be used. For users, the 'username' property can be used.
+
+### Example request
+
+ curl -X DELETE https://api.usergrid.com/my-org/my-app/roles/manager/users/someUser
+
+
+### Example response
+
+ {
+ "action" : "delete",
+ "application" : "f34f4222-a166-11e2-a7f7-02e81adcf3d0",
+ "params" : { },
+ "path" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users",
+ "uri" : "https://api.usergrid.com/your-org/your-app/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users",
+ "entities" : [ {
+ "uuid" : "410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376",
+ "type" : "user",
+ "name" : "someUser",
+ "created" : 1395681911491,
+ "modified" : 1399070010291,
+ "username" : "someUser",
+ "activated" : true,
+ "metadata" : {
+ "connecting" : {
+ "friends" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/connecting/friends",
+ "likes" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/connecting/likes"
+ },
+ "path" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376",
+ "sets" : {
+ "rolenames" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/roles",
+ "permissions" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/permissions"
+ },
+ "connections" : {
+ "completed" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/completed",
+ "follows" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/follows"
+ },
+ "collections" : {
+ "activities" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/activities",
+ "devices" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/devices",
+ "feed" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/feed",
+ "groups" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/groups",
+ "roles" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/roles",
+ "following" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/following",
+ "followers" : "/roles/348388de-a5c5-3c1e-9de5-9efc8ad529d8/users/410b213a-b379-11e3-a0e5-9953085ea376/followers"
+ }
+ }
+ } ],
+ "timestamp" : 1403214283808,
+ "duration" : 358,
+ "organization" : "your-org",
+ "applicationName" : "your-app"
+ }
+
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