OpenID Connect for Linux

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Description

We are working at the European scientific project called INDIGO Data Cloud. As part of that there is a need to harmonize identities all over the European Federations and provide an easy to use single sing on system.

This is where you come into play! You will implement a service that will enable a user to login at a single-sign-on system and use those credentials to do e.g. ssh, ftp or even S3.

Our Idea is a RESTful service with a plugin-interface. Plugins will be provided and implemented on a end-service base.

So during your PSE you will be working with:

• OpenID Connect
• OAuth 2.0
• Json Web Tokens (JWT)
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Security Considerations (optional)
• replication and high availability (optional)

And you will implement:

• a RESTful webservice
  • multiple clients
  • multiple concurrent requests
• remote execution of code, e.g. using a ssh-connection (could be by using Anisble)
• multiple different plugins for the services that need authorization/authentication

Goals

• Meet the PSE Goals
  • Requirement specification (Pflichtenheft)
  • System Design (Systementwurf)
  • Implementation (Implementierung)
  • Validation (Validierung (Qualitätskontrolle/Softwaretest)
  • Final Report (Projektabnahme und Abschlussveranstaltung)
• Get better knowledge about authentication and authorization
• Learn about client/server communications
• Get better at understanding of systems, designing and implementing them
• Learn about the Linux Operating System
• Have fun

Requirements

• English (at least basic)
• Linux (basic knowledge, you should have seen the command line)
• Python (basic knowledge)
• Erlang (optional)
• eager to learn new things

What we provide

• a group of smart and fun people
• several virtual machines as playground (yes, Linux and root ;) )
• a PSE project that will be used for real later on

Contact

Bas.Wegh∂kit.edu

Benjamin.Ertl∂kit.edu

Uros.Stevanovic∂kit.edu

Further Informations

Informations regarding PSE WS2015/16 (German)