Policies

Policies

Watcher’s public API calls may be restricted to certain sets of users using a policy configuration file. This document explains exactly how policies are configured and what they apply to.

A policy is composed of a set of rules that are used in determining if a particular action may be performed by the authorized tenant.

Constructing a Policy Configuration File

A policy configuration file is a simply JSON object that contain sets of rules. Each top-level key is the name of a rule. Each rule is a string that describes an action that may be performed in the Watcher API.

The actions that may have a rule enforced on them are:

  • strategy:get_all, strategy:detail - List available strategies
    • GET /v1/strategies
    • GET /v1/strategies/detail
  • strategy:get - Retrieve a specific strategy entity
    • GET /v1/strategies/<STRATEGY_UUID>
    • GET /v1/strategies/<STRATEGY_NAME>
  • goal:get_all, goal:detail - List available goals
    • GET /v1/goals
    • GET /v1/goals/detail
  • goal:get - Retrieve a specific goal entity
    • GET /v1/goals/<GOAL_UUID>
    • GET /v1/goals/<GOAL_NAME>
  • audit_template:get_all, audit_template:detail - List available audit_templates
    • GET /v1/audit_templates
    • GET /v1/audit_templates/detail
  • audit_template:get - Retrieve a specific audit template entity
    • GET /v1/audit_templates/<AUDIT_TEMPLATE_UUID>
    • GET /v1/audit_templates/<AUDIT_TEMPLATE_NAME>
  • audit_template:create - Create an audit template entity
    • POST /v1/audit_templates
  • audit_template:delete - Delete an audit template entity
    • DELETE /v1/audit_templates/<AUDIT_TEMPLATE_UUID>
    • DELETE /v1/audit_templates/<AUDIT_TEMPLATE_NAME>
  • audit_template:update - Update an audit template entity
    • PATCH /v1/audit_templates/<AUDIT_TEMPLATE_UUID>
    • PATCH /v1/audit_templates/<AUDIT_TEMPLATE_NAME>
  • audit:get_all, audit:detail - List available audits
    • GET /v1/audits
    • GET /v1/audits/detail
  • audit:get - Retrieve a specific audit entity
    • GET /v1/audits/<AUDIT_UUID>
  • audit:create - Create an audit entity
    • POST /v1/audits
  • audit:delete - Delete an audit entity
    • DELETE /v1/audits/<AUDIT_UUID>
  • audit:update - Update an audit entity
    • PATCH /v1/audits/<AUDIT_UUID>
  • action_plan:get_all, action_plan:detail - List available action plans
    • GET /v1/action_plans
    • GET /v1/action_plans/detail
  • action_plan:get - Retrieve a specific action plan entity
    • GET /v1/action_plans/<ACTION_PLAN_UUID>
  • action_plan:delete - Delete an action plan entity
    • DELETE /v1/action_plans/<ACTION_PLAN_UUID>
  • action_plan:update - Update an action plan entity
    • PATCH /v1/audits/<ACTION_PLAN_UUID>
  • action:get_all, action:detail - List available action
    • GET /v1/actions
    • GET /v1/actions/detail
  • action:get - Retrieve a specific action plan entity
    • GET /v1/actions/<ACTION_UUID>
  • service:get_all, service:detail - List available Watcher services
    • GET /v1/services
    • GET /v1/services/detail
  • service:get - Retrieve a specific Watcher service entity
    • GET /v1/services/<SERVICE_ID>

To limit an action to a particular role or roles, you list the roles like so

{
  "audit:create": ["role:admin", "role:superuser"]
}

The above would add a rule that only allowed users that had roles of either “admin” or “superuser” to launch an audit.

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