OAuth2.0 Client Credentials Grant Flow¶
Overview¶
OAuth2.0 Client Credentials Grant based on RFC6749 is implemented as an
extension of Keystone. This extension uses the application credentials as
its back-end because they have some similar features. Users can use
application_credentials_id and application_credentials_secret as client
credentials to obtain the OAuth2.0 access token. The access token can then be
used to access the protected resources of the OpenStack API using
Keystonemiddleware that supports receiving access tokens in the Authorization
header. See the Identity API reference for more information on generating
OAuth2.0 access token.
Guide¶
Enable Keystone identity server to support OAuth2.0 Client Credentials
Grant by the following steps in this guide. In this example,
keystone.host is the domain name used by the Keystone identity server.
Warning
It is strongly recommended that HTTPS be enabled in Keystone when using OAuth2.0 Client Credentials. See Configure HTTPS in Identity Service for details. According to RFC6749 , HTTPS must be enabled in the authorization server since requests include sensitive information, e.g., a client secret, in plain text. Note that you might have to enable both HTTP and HTTPS as some other OpenStack services or third-party applications don’t use OAuth2.0 and need HTTP for the authentication with the Keystone identity server.
Enable application credentials authentication¶
Due to the design of the current implementation, the application credentials must be enabled in Keystone as it is used for the management of OAuth2.0 client credentials.
Modify
keystone.confto support application credentials authentication.
stack@oauth2-0-server:/$ vi /etc/keystone/keystone.conf
[auth]
methods = external,password,token,application_credential
Restart Keystone service so that the modified configuration information takes effect.
stack@oauth2-0-server:/$ sudo systemctl restart devstack@keystone.service
Try to access the Keystone APIs¶
At last, try to access the Keystone APIs to confirm that the server is working properly.
Create OAuth2.0 client credentials through the application credentials API.
stack@oauth2-0-server:/$ openstack application credential create sample_001
+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field | Value |
+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| description | None |
| expires_at | None |
| id | a7850381222a4e2cb595664dfd57d083 |
| name | sample_001 |
| project_id | 2b90a96668694041a640a2ef84be6de7 |
| roles | admin reader member |
| secret | GVm33KC6AqpDZj_ZzKhZClDqnCpNDMNh66Mvait8Dxw7Kc8kwVj7ImkwnRWvovs437f2aftbW46wEMtH0cyBQA |
| system | None |
| unrestricted | False |
| user_id | 0b8426bb83d944bc8d0fe4c3b9a3f635 |
+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Obtain oauth2.0 access tokens through the “Basic” HTTP authentication with OAuth2.0 client credentials.
stack@oauth2-0-server:/$ curl -sik -u "$a7850381222a4e2cb595664dfd57d083:GVm33KC6AqpDZj_ZzKhZClDqnCpNDMNh66Mvait8Dxw7Kc8kwVj7ImkwnRWvovs437f2aftbW46wEMtH0cyBQA" \
-X POST https://keystone.host/identity/v3/OS-OAUTH2/token
-H "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "grant_type=client_credentials"
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:56:59 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 264
Vary: X-Auth-Token
x-openstack-request-id: req-a8358f51-2e0f-45a7-bb1e-7d29c6a793f4
Connection: close
{"access_token":"gAAAAABhi1cMynG89h8t6TJrxNiZuNzjcIUIxNctoVfuqTw7BpUedLKxjPymClVEnj9GhIT5u2mpjaJATlEAtaa3D6_t8jk_fV-mqo2IUlsmTPTnMwkcjh5FSHQVRdqvDxgY3nSqLA_Hfv-zPmjS5KWX3hmyDE5YWO1ztX6QNVQb4wTPyNL1-7I","expires_in":3600,"token_type":"Bearer"}
