oslo.policy.remote 0.0.3.dev3

Remote HTTP-based policy checker for Oslo Policy

Warning

This project is currently in early development phase and is NOT ready for production use. The codebase is undergoing active development and significant changes may occur.

Key limitations:

• API interfaces may change without notice

• Some features are incomplete or experimental

• Documentation may be outdated

• Test coverage is not comprehensive

Use at your own risk. For production use, please wait for a stable release.

This package extends Oslo Policy to support remote HTTP-based policy checking, allowing policy decisions to be made by a remote service. It is designed to work in conjunction with goslo.policy.server, a Go-based policy server that provides centralized policy enforcement for OpenStack services.

Installation

pip install oslo.policy.remote

Configuration

Add to your service’s configuration file:

[remote_policy]
server_url = http://policy-server:8082
timeout = 3
fail_closed = true
ssl_verify = false

Policy File Example

create_instance: remote:create_instance
delete_instance: rule:admin_or_owner

Generating Sample Policies

oslopolicy-remote-policy-generator --namespace nova > /etc/nova/policy.yaml

Development

To set up a development environment:

git clone https://github.com/mehmettopcu/oslo.policy.remote
cd oslo.policy.remote
pip install -e .[test]
pytest tests/

License

Apache 2.0