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On 05/13/2013 10:42 AM, Oved Ourfalli wrote:
> IMO, the following fields will fit most providers, at least the ones we
> plan to support in the near future:
> * id
> * name
> * type
> * URL
> * requires_authentication (boolean) to support development/POC/testing...
> mode
redundant with empty username/password?
Empty user/password is an implementation details.
Seems logical to me to be explicit about it.
> * username
> * password
do keystone based services allow to authenticate directly to them, or
you need an additional authentication url (to get the ticket)?
No, the OpenStack services require a header with the token:
"When Keystone is enabled, users that submit requests to the Quantum service must
provide an authentication token in X-Auth-Token request header. You obtain the token by
authenticating to the Keystone endpoint."
http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/Authenticatio...