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1 README
2 ======
3
4 Astakos is an identity management service, built by GRNET using Django (https://www.djangoproject.com/).
5 Learn more about Astakos at: http://code.grnet.gr/projects/astakos
6
7 Consult COPYRIGHT for licensing information.
8
9 About Astakos application
10 -------------------------
11
12 This package contains the Django application that implements all identity management functions.
13
14 How to run
15 ----------
16
17 Use snf-webproject to run Astakos automatically.
18
19 To use Astakos in a custom Django project, add ``astakos.im`` to ``INSTALLED_APPS``. Astakos requires South (http://south.aeracode.org/).
20
21 Also, add the following to your ``settings.py``::
22
23     TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
24         ...
25         'astakos.im.context_processors.cloudbar',
26         'astakos.im.context_processors.im_modules',
27         'astakos.im.context_processors.next',
28         'astakos.im.context_processors.code',
29         'astakos.im.context_processors.invitations')
30     
31     AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ('astakos.im.auth_backends.EmailBackend',
32                                'astakos.im.auth_backends.TokenBackend')
33     
34     CUSTOM_USER_MODEL = 'astakos.im.AstakosUser'
35     
36     LOGIN_URL = '/im'
37
38 Settings
39 --------
40
41 Configure in ``settings.py`` or a ``.conf`` file in ``/etc/synnefo`` if using snf-webproject.
42
43 =================================== =============================================================================   ===========================================================================================
44 Name                                Default value                                                                   Description
45 =================================== =============================================================================   ===========================================================================================
46 ASTAKOS_AUTH_TOKEN_DURATION         one month                                                                       Expiration time of newly created auth tokens
47 ASTAKOS_DEFAULT_USER_LEVEL          4                                                                               Default (not-invited) user level
48 ASTAKOS_INVITATIONS_PER_LEVEL       {0:100, 1:2, 2:0, 3:0, 4:0}                                                     Number of user invitations per user level
49 ASTAKOS_DEFAULT_CONTACT_EMAIL       support\@cloud.grnet.gr                                                         Contact email
50 ASTAKOS_IM_MODULES                  ['local', 'shibboleth']                                                         Signup modules
51 ASTAKOS_FORCE_PROFILE_UPDATE        True                                                                            Force user profile verification
52 ASTAKOS_INVITATIONS_ENABLED         True                                                                            Enable invitations
53 ASTAKOS_COOKIE_NAME                 _pithos2_a                                                                      ``Key`` parameter passed in ``django.http.HttpResponse.set_cookie``
54 ASTAKOS_COOKIE_DOMAIN               None                                                                            ``Domain`` parameter passed in ``django.http.HttpResponse.set_cookie``
55 ASTAKOS_COOKIE_SECURE               True                                                                            ``Secure`` parameter passed in ``django.http.HttpResponse.set_cookie``
56 ASTAKOS_IM_STATIC_URL               /static/im/                                                                     URL to use when referring to static files
57 ASTAKOS_MODERATION_ENABLED          True                                                                            If False and invitations are not enabled newly created user will be automatically accepted
58 ASTAKOS_BASEURL                     \http://pithos.dev.grnet.gr                                                     Astakos baseurl
59 ASTAKOS_SITENAME                    GRNET Cloud                                                                     Service name that appears in emails
60 ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_ENABLED           True                                                                            Enable recaptcha
61 ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY                                                                                        Recaptcha public key obtained after registration here: http://recaptcha.net
62 ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY                                                                                       Recaptcha private key obtained after registration here: http://recaptcha.net
63 ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_OPTIONS           {'theme': 'white'}                                                              Options for customizing reCAPTCHA look and feel
64                                                                                                                     (see: http://code.google.com/intl/el-GR/apis/recaptcha/docs/customization.html)
65 ASTAKOS_LOGOUT_NEXT                                                                                                 Where the user should be redirected after logout
66                                                                                                                     (if not set and no next parameter is defined it renders login page with message)
67 ASTAKOS_BILLING_FIELDS              ['id', 'is_active', 'provider', 'third_party_identifier']                       AstakosUser fields to propagate in the billing system
68 ASTAKOS_QUEUE_CONNECTION                                                                                            The queue connection ex. 'rabbitmq://guest:guest@localhost:5672/astakos'
69                                                                                                                     (if it is not set, it does not send messages)
70 ASTAKOS_RE_USER_EMAIL_PATTERNS      []                                                                              Email patterns that are automatically activated ex. ['^[a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+@grnet\.gr$']
71
72 ASTAKOS_LOGIN_MESSAGES              {}                                                                              Notification messages to display on login page header
73                                                                                                                     e.g. {'warning': 'Warning message (can contain html)'}
74 ASTAKOS_PROFILE_EXTRA_LINKS         {}                                                                              Messages to display as extra actions in account forms
75                                                                                                                     e.g. {'https://cms.okeanos.grnet.gr/': 'Back to ~okeanos'}
76 ASTAKOS_RATELIMIT_RETRIES_ALLOWED   3                                                                               Number of unsuccessful login requests per minute allowed for a specific account.
77                                                                                                                     When this number exceeds and ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_ENABLED is set the user has to solve a
78                                                                                                                     captcha challenge.
79 ASTAKOS_EMAILCHANGE_ENABLED         False                                                                           Enable email change mechanism
80 ASTAKOS_EMAILCHANGE_ACTIVATION_DAYS 10                                                                              Number of days that email change requests remain active
81 ASTAKOS_LOGGING_LEVEL               INFO                                                                            Message logging severity
82 ASTAKOS_QUOTA_HOLDER_URL            ''                                                                              The quota holder URI
83                                                                                                                     e.g. ``http://localhost:8080/api/quotaholder/v``
84 AQUARIUM_URL                        ''                                                                              The billing (aquarium) URI
85                                                                                                                     e.g. ``http://localhost:8888/user``
86 =================================== =============================================================================   ===========================================================================================
87
88 Administrator functions
89 -----------------------
90
91 Available as extensions to Django's command-line management utility:
92
93 ===============  ===========================
94 Name             Description
95 ===============  ===========================
96 addgroup         Add new group
97 addterms         Add new approval terms
98 createuser       Create a user
99 inviteuser       Invite a user
100 listgroups       List groups
101 listinvitations  List invitations
102 listusers        List users
103 modifyuser       Modify a user's attributes
104 sendactivation   Send activation email
105 showinvitation   Show invitation info
106 showuser         Show user info
107 ===============  ===========================
108
109 To update user credibility from the billing system (Aquarium), enable the queue, install snf-pithos-tools and use ``pithos-dispatcher``::
110
111     pithos-dispatcher --exchange=aquarium --callback=astakos.im.endpoints.aquarium.consumer.on_creditevent