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Astakos service co-ordinates the access to resources (and the subsequent


  		





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permission model) and acts as the single point of registry and entry to the


  		





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GRNET cloud offering, comprising of Cyclades and Pithos+ subsystems.


  		





  
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GRNET cloud offering, comprising of Cyclades and Pithos subsystems.


  		





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It also propagates the user state to the Aquarium pricing subsystem.


  		





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Alice requests a specific resource from a cloud service ex. Pithos+. In the


  		





  
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Alice requests a specific resource from a cloud service ex. Pithos. In the


  		





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perform the specific task. The service contacts Astakos through its


  		





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``/astakos/api/authenticate`` api call (see :ref:`authenticate-api-label`)


  		





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Services (ex. cyclades, pithos+) are registered in astakos via ``snf-manage registerservice``. This command generates and prints a service token useful for accessing the service API.


  		





  
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Services (ex. Cyclades, Pithos) are registered in astakos via ``snf-manage registerservice``. This command generates and prints a service token useful for accessing the service API.


  		





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Registered services can be viewed by ``snf-manage showservices`` command and ``snf-manage unregisterservice`` can be used to unregister a service.


  		





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.. _authentication-label:


  		












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