[Users] Authentication for REST APIs?

[Itamar Heim]

On 10/03/2012 07:56 PM, Brian Vetter wrote:
> On Oct 3, 2012, at 12:55 AM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>
>>> snip ...
>>>
>>> So based upon what I see in this log file, it would seem that the
>>> connect API wants to make sure that I am an admin and not a regular user.
>>>
>>> Which gets me back to my original question: Do the REST API and the
>>> ovirt-shell require admin privileges or is there a separate uri
>>> namespace for regular users to make requests? Or perhaps more direct,
>>> should https://$ovirt-server/api/vms be accessible to non-admins or is
>>> there a different url a non-admin should use?
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>
>> which version of the sdk are you using?
>> michael - maybe user level api made it into upstream post ovirt 3.1
>> feature freeze (brian, in that case, it will be in ovirt 3.2, slated
>> for freeze in novemeber/release in december)
>>
>
> oVirt Engine version is 3.1.0-2.fc17
> oVirt API/shell/tool version from yum is 3.1.0.6-1.fc17
>
> Results from 'info' command in ovirt-shell:
>
>     [oVirt shell (connected)]# info
>
>     backend version: 3.1
>     sdk version    : 3.1.0.4
>     cli version    : 3.1.0.6
>     python version : 2.7.3.final.0
>
>
> If the user level api isn't in 3.1, then I presume it would be in the
> nightly builds. Are there instructions for pulling the nightly builds
> and/or upgrading them. I saw the build instructions, but was hoping to
> save some time while evaluating things.
>
> Brian
>

true, nightly builds should have them.
ofer - any wiki on how best to use the nightly builds?