Re: [Users] Authentication for REST APIs?

> 3.1 added support for non admin to use the api. > i.e., this should work. > which specific version are you using? From the about box in the admin web app: oVirt Engine Version:3.1.0-2.fc17 The curl command I send is: curl --cacert $CA_FILE -X GET -H "Filter: true" -u user@domain:password https://$OVIRT/api/vms > uservms.xml The output when my user's group has a DOMAIN_ADMIN role contains the xml for the VMs. The output when the user's group has either a power user or a regular user role contains the error response with a 401 unauthorized error. I had lots of fun getting this server set up so it is possible I made a mistake during installation, but it seems pretty functional right now. Everything seems to be working but I haven't been able to to test out how/if I can connect a new, non-portal client without having to add new servlets.

Brian On Oct 2, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 10/02/2012 04:52 PM, Brian Vetter wrote: >> Adding the "Filter:true" header to the curl request doesn't change >> anything. If the user account is not an admin account, I get a 401 >> status result. So my question still stands, can the REST API be used >> by a mere, non-admin "mortal" or is it only for administrative functions? >> >> I'm in the process of trying to hook up a different client to a VM >> managed by ovirt. I can't use the user portal app. So I was trying to >> use the REST APIs on behalf of a normal, non-admin user to get the >> list of the authenticating user's VMs and their connection information. > > 3.1 added support for non admin to use the api. > i.e., this should work. > which specific version are you using? > >> >> Brian >> >> On Oct 2, 2012, at 2:15 AM, Itamar Heim wrote: >> >>> On 10/02/2012 06:28 AM, Brian Vetter wrote: >>>> I've done two different things. First, I associated one of my >>>> groups in my directory with being a VMUser which gave members >>>> access to a particular VM. If I login with one of those users via >>>> the User portal, I can see their VM (or VMs if I do more than one). >>>> If I use the REST API (or ovirt-shell) using this user's account >>>> and password, I get an unauthorized error. >>>> >>>> Similarly, I have another group that is assigned the DomainManager >>>> role. If I add this other user to that group, when I login with >>>> that user via the user portal, I see the advanced portal. If I use >>>> the REST-API (using curl) or ovirt-shell and use the user's login >>>> information, I now am authorized and see a list of VMs returned as >>>> XML (in the case of curl). >>>> >>>> That said, I see all VMs in the system, not just the one assigned >>>> to the user that logged in. So this makes me think that either the >>>> REST API for getting the APIs as suggested by the article is an >>>> administrative API and there is either (a) a different rest API/uri >>>> that returns the logged in user's vms (the list that would be >>>> returned to the portal) or (b) no way to get a particular user's >>>> list of VMs authenticated as the user. >>> >>> you need to specify to the api you want to view things in "user >>> mode" via the filter header. >>> Example: >>> curl -X GET -H "Filter: true" -u user@domain:password >>> http://[servername]:PORT/api/vms >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Brian >>>> >>>> On Oct 1, 2012, at 10:49 PM, Yair Zaslavsky wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Brian, >>>>> I looked at the wiki - >>>>> I assume you're referring to the "showVm" part. >>>>> Have you assigned any permissions to the user that is supposed to >>>>> view the VMs? >>>>> I assume you created the VMs with the administrator user, so any >>>>> other user will require to have a proper permissions in order to >>>>> view these VMs >>>>> >>>>> Yair >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 10/02/2012 05:09 AM, Brian Vetter wrote: >>>>>> I was trying to use both the rest api to view a user's vm >>>>>> information. I found that the REST APIs always returned an >>>>>> authentication error if the account I had logged into was not an >>>>>> ovirt administrator. I am guessing that either (a) I am using the >>>>>> wrong URL in the REST api or (b) you must be some kind of admin >>>>>> to access the REST APIs. I noticed the same behavior when I was >>>>>> using the ovirt-shell tool. >>>>>> >>>>>> For example, I was trying to follow the instructions in >>>>>> http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/How_to_Connect_to_SPICE_Console_Without_Portal >>>>>> to get the list of VMs (presumably for the user that is logging >>>>>> in), I get an unauthorized error. If the user account I login >>>>>> with in the curl or ovirt-shell connect statement is an admin, I >>>>>> get the list of VMs. >>>>>> >>>>>> So my question here is does the REST-API need admin privileges or >>>>>> am I using a url that requires admin privileges whereas some >>>>>> others don't. And if it is the latter, is there somewhere that >>>>>> documents the various rest api resources? For example, to go back >>>>>> to the "How to connect to Spice console ..." article, how would >>>>>> one use the REST API to fetch one's virtual machines, their >>>>>> status, and connection info for them? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian >> > >