*(Under Review for V2 - Not Completed Yet)

Introduction

The "Roles" endpoint allows you to manage the set of permissions(Create, Read, Update, Delete) that are granted to the users and are applied to each endpoint.

How Does it Work?

The primary method for authorisation (what a user can do) is now based on the users Roles. Roles are defined as admin, org_admin, reporter and user by default. Each role has a set of permissions (Create, Read, Update, Delete) for each endpoint. Standard roles (as shipped should cover 99.9% of use-cases. The ability to define additional roles and edit existing roles is enabled in Open-AudIT Enterprise.

Creating a Role Entry

A roles entry can be created using the web interface if the current user logged in has a defined role that contains the user::create permission. Go to menu: Manage -> Roles -> Create Roles. Also can be created from the Roles View, using the "Create" button.

To add a new user to Open-AudIT you have to provide the details of that person, assign the organization, select the relevant Roles (multiple roles can be selected), select if the user is active or not, etc. In addition, you must grand permission to that user to access one or more organisations. It is important to notice that selecting a parent organization will automatically provide access to its children.

View Role Details

Go to menu: Manage-> Roles -> List Roles.

You will see a list of roles. You can view a role by clicking on the blue view icon. You can also edit or delete roles (except standard roles).

Database Schema

The schema for the database is below. It can also be found in the application is the user has database::read permission by going to menu: Manage -> Database -> List, then clicking on the "roles" table.

CREATE TABLE `roles` ( `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `name` varchar(200) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `description` text NOT NULL, `permissions` text NOT NULL, `ad_group` varchar(100) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `edited_by` varchar(200) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `edited_date` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '2000-01-01 00:00:00', PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=5 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

A typical entry looks as below.

 id: 1 name: admin description: This role can change global options. permissions: {"attributes":"crud","baselines":"crud","configuration":"crud","database":"crud","errors":"r","groups":"crud","ldap_servers":"crud","logs":"crud","nmis":"crud","queries":"crud","reports":"r","roles":"crud","search":"crud","sessions":"crud","summaries":"crud","tasks":"crud"} ad_group: open-audit_roles_admin edited_by: system edited_date: 2000-01-01 00:00:00

API / Web Access

You can access the /roles collection using the normal Open-AudIT JSON based API. Just like any other collection. Please see the API documentation for further details.

Access is provided as part of a roles permissions. Roles is a standard resource and can have create, read, update and delete permissions.

The API routes below are usable from both a JSON Restful API and the web interface. The Web application routes are specifically designed to be called from the web interface (a browser).

API Routes

Request Method	ID	Resulting Function	Permission Required	URL Example	Notes	Example Response
POST	n	create	roles::create	/roles	Insert a new role entry.	roles_create.json
GET	y	read	roles::read	/roles/{id}	Returns a role details.	roles_read.json
PATCH	y	update	roles::update	/roles/{id}	Update an attribute of a role entry.	roles_update.json
DELETE	y	delete	roles::delete	/roles/{id}	Delete a role entry.	roles_delete.json
GET	n	collection	roles::read	/roles	Returns a list of roles.	roles_collection.json

Web Application Routes

Request Method	ID	Action	Resulting Function	Permission Required	URL Example	Notes
GET	n	create	create_form	roles::create	/roles/create	Displays a standard web form for submission to POST /roles.
GET	y	update	update_form	roles::update	/roles/{id}/update	Show the role details with the option to update attributes using PATCH to /roles/{id}