+1 from me Ian
On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 at 12:32, Imran Rajjad <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear List, > > *Introduction and Background:* > This email is a proposal for a new Authentication module that can be used > to integrate GeoServer with external HTTP Authentication endpoints. > GeoServer already provides authentication via JDBC, LDAP. The new proposed > module works similarly, as it queries an external URL to authenticate the > user. There are multiple scenarios where GeoServer is deployed in > environments having centralized authentication services. This community > module is aimed at simplifying and streamlining this type integration. > > *Authentication :* > The external HTTP endpoint will be configurable through known place > holders {user} and {passowrd}. (e.g > http://localhost:5000/auth?u={user}&p={password}. These placeholders will > be substituted with credentials. > [image: image.png] > > *Authorization Options :* > For services responding with roles, the module will parse the roles in > response using a configured Regex expression. > [image: image.png] > > > Alternatively, an existing Role service can be selected to authorize a > successfully authenticated user. By default the system level Role service > will be used. > > [image: image.png] > > > Looking forward to your valuable feedback and suggestions > > regards, > Imran > > -- I.R > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > -- Ian Turton
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