ceph/doc/radosgw/swift/auth.rst
John Wilkins 3a377c44e1 doc: Overhauled Swift API documentation.
Signed-off-by: John Wilkins <john.wilkins@inktank.com>
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Authentication
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Swift API requests that require authentication must contain an
``X-Storage-Token`` authentication token in the request header.
The token may be retrieved from RADOS Gateway, or from another authenticator.
To obtain a token from RADOS Gateway, you must create a user. For example::
sudo radosgw-admin user create --uid="{username}" --displayname="{Display Name}"
For details on RADOS Gateway administration, see `radosgw-admin`_.
.. _radosgw-admin: ../../man/8/radosgw-admin/
Auth Get
--------
To authenticate a user, make a request containing an ``X-Auth-User`` and a
``X-Auth-Key`` in the header.
Syntax
~~~~~~
::
GET /auth HTTP/1.1
Host: swift.radosgwhost.com
X-Auth-User: johndoe
X-Auth-Key: R7UUOLFDI2ZI9PRCQ53K
Request Headers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
``X-Auth-User``
:Description: The key RADOS GW username to authenticate.
:Type: String
:Required: Yes
``X-Auth-Key``
:Description: The key associated to a RADOS GW username.
:Type: String
:Required: Yes
Response Headers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The response from the server should include an ``X-Auth-Token`` value. The
response may also contain a ``X-Storage-Url`` that provides the
``{api version}/{account}`` prefix that is specified in other requests
throughout the API documentation.
``X-Storage-Token``
:Description: The authorization token for the ``X-Auth-User`` specified in the request.
:Type: String
``X-Storage-Url``
:Description: The URL and ``{api version}/{account}`` path for the user.
:Type: String
A typical response looks like this::
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:05:33 GMT
Server: swift
X-Storage-Url: https://swift.radosgwhost.com/v1/ACCT-12345
X-Auth-Token: UOlCCC8TahFKlWuv9DB09TWHF0nDjpPElha0kAa
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8