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feat: implement custom resolvers for custom auth over oauth2 #11053

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@Aiosa Aiosa commented Oct 8, 2024

Resolves #11052

Describe changes proposed in this pull request:

  • SecurityMapper no longer retrieves study groups, these have their own mapper
  • SecurityRepository now is parametrized by another generic object, that is given by the auth configuration to the repository if used. Such repository then decides whether it is able to be used in the current context. Newly, repository can be switched between with security.repository.type:
    • cbioportal: the default, injects SecurityMyBatisRepository
    • disabled: allows all access, injects FullAccessResolver
    • [any other]: custom implementation + custom args

There is included a LsaaiOauth2DrivenResolver that demonstrates the usage; I would like to remove this implementation as it is specially designed to work for my usecase. It can be used like this:

security.repository.type=lsaai
security.repository.lsaai.userinfo=https://example.com/oidc/userinfo

I would like a discussion on whether this is a good design, or whether there are some issues (interaction with different flows, usage in different scenarios, over-complexity due the need to compile / build images yourself...). But IMHO this is a crucial feature if this app should be used in production systems - being able to customize authentication and authorization to your needs.

No new tests are necessary since this PR just modularizes the current behavior, so the current test suite should be sufficient.

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inodb commented Oct 24, 2024

Thanks @Aiosa ! Let's discuss if an alternative is to use keycloak as a middleman instead and manage custom resolvers there: https://www.keycloak.org/docs/latest/server_development/index.html#_providers

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Aiosa commented Oct 25, 2024

That indeed is a possible solution (at least not really looking into details). Of course cbioportal cannot support all the authentication designs out there, but so cannot keycloak.

There is included a LsaaiOauth2DrivenResolver that demonstrates the usage; I would like to remove this implementation as it is specially designed to work for my usecase.

The idea is that cbioportal implements the same logics as before, but in a way that someone can add custom resolver and compile own image. The same logics as keycloak supports I believe.

I would like to avoid dealing with keycloak, since it makes things harder to manage - unclear sources of auth errors, at least two more containers to run, unclear design (confusing for newcomers), bad user experience (some apps use lsaai, some keycloak, I cannot change every service we run just because of cbioportal), ...

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Aiosa commented Nov 6, 2024

I have tested this implementation with a private study, mapping OIDC provider user groups to the study user groups, and it works.
I am willing to write a documentation for it. Shall I remove the custom implementation and get it ready? What is else needed?

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Custom OAuth2 Authroziation Hardcoded in Database
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