Auth Server

Auth server is an authentication and authorization microservice. It's used to authenticate both users and services. It also provides a mechanism for managing role based authorization.

Auth server currently implement Oauth2.

Implemented security features

• No Cleartext Storage of Credentials
• Encryption of Credentials
• Use Short Expiration Time
• Limit Number of Usages or One-Time Usage
• Bind Token to Client id
• Automatic Revocation of Derived Tokens If Abuse Is Detected
• Binding of Refresh Token to "client_id"
• Refresh Token Rotation
• Revocation of Refresh Tokens
• Validate Pre-Registered "redirect_uri"
• Binding of Authorization "code" to "client_id"
• Binding of Authorization "code" to "redirect_uri"
• Opaque access tokens
• Opaque refresh tokens
• Ensure Confidentiality of Requests
  • ensures that redirect URIs use https except localhost

Getting started

1. Install Consul

   Consul is the default registry/discovery for go-micro apps. It's however pluggable. https://www.consul.io/intro/getting-started/install.html

2. Run Consul

   $ consul agent -server -bootstrap-expect 1 -data-dir /tmp/consul
   

3. Start a mysql database

4. Download and start the service

   go get github.com/microhq/auth-srv
   auth-srv --database_url="root:root@tcp(192.168.99.100:3306)/auth"

   OR as a docker container

   docker run microhq/auth-srv --database_url="root:root@tcp(192.168.99.100:3306)/auth" --registry_address=YOUR_REGISTRY_ADDRESS

The API

Auth server implements the following RPC Methods

Account

• Read
• Create
• Update
• Delete
• Search

Oauth2

• Authorize
• Token
• Revoke
• Introspect

Account.Create

micro query go.micro.srv.auth Account.Create '{"account": {"type": "user", "client_id": "asim", "client_secret": "foobar"}}'

Account.Search

micro query go.micro.srv.auth Account.Search
{
	"accounts": [
		{
			"client_id": "asim",
			"created": 1.452816108e+09,
			"id": "2c02eea6-bb1b-11e5-9f39-68a86d0d36b6",
			"type": "user",
			"updated": 1.452816108e+09
		}
	]
}

Oauth2.Authorize

Authorization Code Flow

micro query go.micro.srv.auth Oauth2.Authorize '{"response_type": "code", "client_id": "asim", "state": "mystatetoken", "redirect_uri": "https://foo.bar.com"}'
{
	"code": "cJMKdcx7iwAyhBLzNpmWQsSxpJOnuztB",
	"state": "mystatetoken"
}

Oauth2.Token

Get Token

micro query go.micro.srv.auth Oauth2.Token '{"client_id": "asim", "client_secret": "foobar", "code": "cJMKdcx7iwAyhBLzNpmWQsSxpJOnuztB", "grant_type": "authorization_code", "redirect_uri": "https://foo.bar.com"}'
{
	"token": {
		"access_token": "V2swWmtsRm50WEtKSDhXSEtFdVlCNUo1WG5iTk9BYjh1dUVnT0JlOW9DS2FjWFg3c1FCaHBDbWFpaUhtQVUxUw==",
		"expires_at": 1.452819823e+09,
		"refresh_token": "OEZJUXBtdnNlTHNIWkhkRkQ4bTJFZkNNYlN6d0RQa2N6dkNwcDY1MkFCY0F5THdPZEFjdzB0a0JzNHpXYlJ4Ng==",
		"scopes": [
			"micro"
		],
		"token_type": "bearer"
	}
}

Oauth2.Revoke

micro query go.micro.srv.auth Oauth2.Revoke '{"access_token": "V2swWmtsRm50WEtKSDhXSEtFdVlCNUo1WG5iTk9BYjh1dUVnT0JlOW9DS2FjWFg3c1FCaHBDbWFpaUhtQVUxUw=="}'