Re: [Engine-devel] Improvement for the oVirt java sdk

-----Original Message----- From: Michael Pasternak [mailto:mpastern@redhat.com] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 6:37 AM To: Morrissey, Christopher Cc: users(a)ovirt.org; engine-devel Subject: Re: Improvement for the oVirt java sdk On 03/04/2013 05:26 PM, Morrissey, Christopher wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Yes, that is the case here. I'm getting the JSESSIONID from the client > and passing it to our server so that it can perform REST-API calls back to oVirt under the logged in user's authenticated session. done, see http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2013-March/012969.html

> > -Chris > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael Pasternak [mailto:mpastern@redhat.com] >> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 4:44 AM >> To: Morrissey, Christopher >> Cc: users(a)ovirt.org; engine-devel >> Subject: Re: Improvement for the oVirt java sdk >> >> >> Hi Christopher, >> >> In general SDK abstracts the transport layer, therefore all >> authentication internals hidden from the user, >> >> i.e SESSION based authentication happens implicitly (by default), >> when you initiate SDK entry point, >> >> the story is different if you want using SSO-like login by reusing >> JSESSIONID from the REST-API for instance, and i can support such >> scenario, >> >> but, is this your case? >> >> On 02/28/2013 10:04 PM, Morrissey, Christopher wrote: >>> Hi Michael, >>> >>> I'm looking to use the oVirt java sdk for connecting into oVirt from >>> our server. However, we have a UI plugin that gets access to a >>> session ID that we should be able to use to connect through the REST >>> API instead of the username and password. Any chance the sdk could >>> be >> updated to take the session ID and create a connection vs. a user >> name and password? >>> >>> -Chris >>> >>> Chris Morrissey >>> Software Engineer >>> NetApp Inc. >>> 919.476.4428 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Michael Pasternak >> RedHat, ENG-Virtualization R&D -- Michael Pasternak RedHat, ENG-Virtualization R&D