When IS provisions users to other connected systems - are we maintaining
the list of id's returned by each CSP...?

IMO externaid is also useful. A given externalid could map to multiple id's
returned by CSPs.

Thanks & regards,
-Prabath


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Ishara Karunarathna <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Prabath,
>
> id (scimId attribute)
> Mandatory attribute, Random value generated by each Service Provider,
> Unique to each service provider, immutable
>
> exernalId
> Is not an mandatory attribute, Will be generated by consumers, unique
> across all Service Providers, not immutable
>
> userName
> Mandatory attribute, generated by consumer, unique across all Service
> Providers, immutable
>
>
>
> 1. SCIM consumer sends a provisioning request to IS - which is the SCIM
> CSP.
> If exernalId is available it will be stored as a user attribute.
> Randomly created a id and store under scimId attribute
>
>
> 2. [1] & Identity Server provisions the user to other CSPs
> If externalId available it will provision to other service providers
> scimId will not provision, each service provider will create its own scimId
>
>
> 3. Adding user from the IS management console and provision the user to
> other connected CSP.
> When a user added from Management console automatically scimId generated
> and stored as user attribute.
> externalId will not be generated
> When that user provision to other service providers it will work as
> scenario [2]
>
> In all of these scenarios username will be unique and will provision to
> other service providers.
>
> Users generated from Management console will provision to service
> providers only if they are configured as global service providers.
>
> implementation will not change for LDAP and JDBC but in LDAP or AD claim
> mapping should be set to SCIM attributes (externalId, scimId etc).
>
> IMO externalId is not an useful attribute in the spec. [1] here there are
> some arguments on this.
> [1] http://www.infoq.com/articles/scim-data-model-limitations
>
> Please add something mission or wrong.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Prabath Siriwardena <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> There are three use cases..
>>
>> 1. SCIM consumer sends a provisioning request to IS - which is the SCIM
>> CSP.
>> 2. [1] & Identity Server provisions the user to other CSPs
>> 3. Adding user from the IS management console and provision the user to
>> other connected CSP.
>>
>> How do we handle  id/externalid/userName in above three cases..? Also
>> please explain this both in the case of LDAP and JDBC based user stores.
>>
>> For [2] and [3] - what is the externalid we have..?
>>
>> *id* Unique identifier for the SCIM Resource as defined by the Service
>> Provider. Each representation of the Resource MUST include a non-empty id
>> value. This identifier MUST be unique across the Service Provider’s entire
>> set of Resources. It MUST be a stable, non-reassignable identifier that
>> does not change when the same Resource is returned in subsequent requests.
>> The value of the id attribute is always issued by the Service Provider and
>> MUST never be specified by the Service Consumer. bulkId: is a reserved
>> keyword and MUST NOT be used in the unique identifier. REQUIRED and
>> READ-ONLY.
>>
>> *externalId* An identifier for the Resource as defined by the Service
>> Consumer. The externalId may simplify identification of the Resource
>> between Service Consumer and Service provider by allowing the Consumer to
>> refer to the Resource with its own identifier, obviating the need to store
>> a local mapping between the local identifier of the Resource and the
>> identifier used by the Service Provider. Each Resource MAY include a
>> non-empty externalId value.The value of the externalId attribute is always
>> issued be the Service Consumer and can never be specified by the Service
>> Provider. The Service Provider MUST always interpret the externalId as
>> scoped to the Service Consumer’s tenant.
>>
>> *userName* Unique identifier for the User, typically used by the user to
>> directly authenticate to the service provider. Often displayed to the user
>> as their unique identifier within the system (as
>> opposed to id or externalId, which are generally opaque and not
>> user-friendly identifiers). Each User MUST include a non-empty userName
>> value. This identifier MUST be unique across the Service Consumer’s entire
>> set of Users. REQUIRED.
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Prabath
>>
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>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Ishara Karunarathna
> Software Engineer
> WSO2 Inc. - lean . enterprise . middleware |  wso2.com
>
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> 718211678
>



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