diff --git a/.changeset/late-turkeys-remember.md b/.changeset/late-turkeys-remember.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0640797b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-turkeys-remember.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-permission-common': patch
+---
+
+The `token` option of the `PermissionEvaluator` methods is now deprecated. The options that only apply to backend implementations have been moved to `PermissionsService` from `@backstage/backend-plugin-api` instead.
diff --git a/.changeset/neat-owls-pump.md b/.changeset/neat-owls-pump.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca34d12756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/neat-owls-pump.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-app-api': patch
+---
+
+Updated the `permissionsServiceFactory` to forward the `AuthService` to the implementation.
diff --git a/.changeset/polite-tips-begin.md b/.changeset/polite-tips-begin.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1211c91a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-tips-begin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-plugin-api': patch
+---
+
+Updated the `PermissionsService` methods to accept `BackstageCredentials` through options.
diff --git a/.changeset/soft-grapes-cough.md b/.changeset/soft-grapes-cough.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e43c01a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/soft-grapes-cough.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-permission-node': patch
+---
+
+The `ServerPermissionClient` has been migrated to implement the `PermissionsService` interface, now accepting the new `BackstageCredentials` object in addition to the `token` option, which is now deprecated. It now also optionally depends on the new `AuthService`.
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/permissions/permissionsServiceFactory.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/permissions/permissionsServiceFactory.ts
index 3e5b7da9dd..9824eb2145 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/permissions/permissionsServiceFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/permissions/permissionsServiceFactory.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ import { ServerPermissionClient } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
export const permissionsServiceFactory = createServiceFactory({
service: coreServices.permissions,
deps: {
+ auth: coreServices.auth,
config: coreServices.rootConfig,
discovery: coreServices.discovery,
tokenManager: coreServices.tokenManager,
},
- async factory({ config, discovery, tokenManager }) {
+ async factory({ auth, config, discovery, tokenManager }) {
return ServerPermissionClient.fromConfig(config, {
+ auth,
discovery,
tokenManager,
});
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report.md b/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report.md
index d676de2fce..cb44ba158d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
```ts
///
+import { AuthorizePermissionRequest } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import { AuthorizePermissionResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
import { Handler } from 'express';
import { IdentityApi } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
import { Knex } from 'knex';
import { PermissionEvaluator } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { PluginTaskScheduler } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
+import { QueryPermissionRequest } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import { QueryPermissionResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { Readable } from 'stream';
import { Request as Request_2 } from 'express';
import { Response as Response_2 } from 'express';
@@ -364,7 +368,27 @@ export interface LoggerService {
}
// @public (undocumented)
-export interface PermissionsService extends PermissionEvaluator {}
+export interface PermissionsService extends PermissionEvaluator {
+ // (undocumented)
+ authorize(
+ requests: AuthorizePermissionRequest[],
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
+ ): Promise;
+ // (undocumented)
+ authorizeConditional(
+ requests: QueryPermissionRequest[],
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
+ ): Promise;
+}
+
+// @public
+export type PermissionsServiceRequestOptions =
+ | {
+ token?: string;
+ }
+ | {
+ credentials: BackstageCredentials;
+ };
// @public (undocumented)
export interface PluginMetadataService {
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/PermissionsService.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/PermissionsService.ts
index 5847f55ee6..1db15ce5e5 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/PermissionsService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/PermissionsService.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,38 @@
* limitations under the License.
*/
-import { PermissionEvaluator } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import {
+ AuthorizePermissionRequest,
+ AuthorizePermissionResponse,
+ PermissionEvaluator,
+ QueryPermissionRequest,
+ QueryPermissionResponse,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import { BackstageCredentials } from './AuthService';
+
+/**
+ * Options for {@link @backstage/plugin-permission-common#PermissionEvaluator} requests.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type PermissionsServiceRequestOptions =
+ | {
+ /** @deprecated use the `credentials` option instead. */
+ token?: string;
+ }
+ | {
+ credentials: BackstageCredentials;
+ };
/** @public */
-export interface PermissionsService extends PermissionEvaluator {}
+export interface PermissionsService extends PermissionEvaluator {
+ authorize(
+ requests: AuthorizePermissionRequest[],
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
+ ): Promise;
+
+ authorizeConditional(
+ requests: QueryPermissionRequest[],
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
+ ): Promise;
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
index 5955c4cbb1..8a5176379f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ export type {
LifecycleServiceShutdownOptions,
} from './LifecycleService';
export type { LoggerService } from './LoggerService';
-export type { PermissionsService } from './PermissionsService';
+export type {
+ PermissionsService,
+ PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
+} from './PermissionsService';
export type { PluginMetadataService } from './PluginMetadataService';
export type { RootHttpRouterService } from './RootHttpRouterService';
export type { RootLifecycleService } from './RootLifecycleService';
diff --git a/plugins/permission-common/src/types/api.ts b/plugins/permission-common/src/types/api.ts
index 322195a63f..e597384a56 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-common/src/types/api.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-common/src/types/api.ts
@@ -263,9 +263,16 @@ export interface PermissionEvaluator {
/**
* Options for {@link PermissionEvaluator} requests.
- * The Backstage identity token should be defined if available.
+ *
* @public
*/
export type EvaluatorRequestOptions = {
+ /**
+ * @deprecated Backend plugins should no longer depend on the
+ * `PermissionEvaluator`, but instead use the `PermissionService` from
+ * `@backstage/backend-plugin-api`. Frontend plugins should not need to inject
+ * this token at all, but instead implicitly rely on underlying fetchApi to do
+ * it for them.
+ */
token?: string;
};
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md b/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
index ea99d22fc5..7d2910d391 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
@@ -7,20 +7,21 @@ import { AllOfCriteria } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { AnyOfCriteria } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { AuthorizePermissionRequest } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { AuthorizePermissionResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import { AuthService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
import { BackstageIdentityResponse } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
import { ConditionalPolicyDecision } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
import { DefinitivePolicyDecision } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { EvaluatorRequestOptions } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import { DiscoveryService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
import express from 'express';
import { IdentifiedPermissionMessage } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { NotCriteria } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { Permission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { PermissionCondition } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { PermissionCriteria } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { PermissionEvaluator } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { PermissionRuleParams } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
-import { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { PermissionsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { PermissionsServiceRequestOptions } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
import { PolicyDecision } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { QueryPermissionRequest } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
import { ResourcePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
@@ -272,23 +273,24 @@ export type PolicyQuery = {
};
// @public
-export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionEvaluator {
+export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionsService {
// (undocumented)
authorize(
requests: AuthorizePermissionRequest[],
- options?: EvaluatorRequestOptions,
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
): Promise;
// (undocumented)
authorizeConditional(
queries: QueryPermissionRequest[],
- options?: EvaluatorRequestOptions,
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
): Promise;
// (undocumented)
static fromConfig(
config: Config,
options: {
- discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+ discovery: DiscoveryService;
tokenManager: TokenManager;
+ auth?: AuthService;
},
): ServerPermissionClient;
}
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.ts
index 6275fb835e..87e0eb98d1 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.ts
@@ -16,15 +16,20 @@
import {
TokenManager,
- PluginEndpointDiscovery,
+ createLegacyAuthAdapters,
} from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import {
+ AuthService,
+ BackstageCredentials,
+ DiscoveryService,
+ PermissionsService,
+ PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
+} from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
import {
AuthorizeResult,
PermissionClient,
- PermissionEvaluator,
AuthorizePermissionRequest,
- EvaluatorRequestOptions,
AuthorizePermissionResponse,
PolicyDecision,
QueryPermissionRequest,
@@ -36,16 +41,17 @@ import {
* service-to-service requests.
* @public
*/
-export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionEvaluator {
+export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionsService {
+ private readonly auth: AuthService;
private readonly permissionClient: PermissionClient;
- private readonly tokenManager: TokenManager;
private readonly permissionEnabled: boolean;
static fromConfig(
config: Config,
options: {
- discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+ discovery: DiscoveryService;
tokenManager: TokenManager;
+ auth?: AuthService;
},
) {
const { discovery, tokenManager } = options;
@@ -62,58 +68,88 @@ export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionEvaluator {
);
}
+ const { auth } = createLegacyAuthAdapters(options);
+
return new ServerPermissionClient({
+ auth,
permissionClient,
- tokenManager,
permissionEnabled,
});
}
private constructor(options: {
+ auth: AuthService;
permissionClient: PermissionClient;
- tokenManager: TokenManager;
permissionEnabled: boolean;
}) {
+ this.auth = options.auth;
this.permissionClient = options.permissionClient;
- this.tokenManager = options.tokenManager;
this.permissionEnabled = options.permissionEnabled;
}
async authorizeConditional(
queries: QueryPermissionRequest[],
- options?: EvaluatorRequestOptions,
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
): Promise {
- return (await this.isEnabled(options?.token))
- ? this.permissionClient.authorizeConditional(queries, options)
+ return (await this.shouldPermissionsBeApplied(options))
+ ? this.permissionClient.authorizeConditional(
+ queries,
+ await this.getRequestOptions(options),
+ )
: queries.map(_ => ({ result: AuthorizeResult.ALLOW }));
}
async authorize(
requests: AuthorizePermissionRequest[],
- options?: EvaluatorRequestOptions,
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
): Promise {
- return (await this.isEnabled(options?.token))
- ? this.permissionClient.authorize(requests, options)
+ return (await this.shouldPermissionsBeApplied(options))
+ ? this.permissionClient.authorize(
+ requests,
+ await this.getRequestOptions(options),
+ )
: requests.map(_ => ({ result: AuthorizeResult.ALLOW }));
}
- private async isValidServerToken(
- token: string | undefined,
- ): Promise {
- if (!token) {
- return false;
+ private async getRequestOptions(options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions) {
+ if (options && 'credentials' in options) {
+ if (this.auth.isPrincipal(options.credentials, 'none')) {
+ return {};
+ }
+
+ return this.auth.getPluginRequestToken({
+ onBehalfOf: options.credentials,
+ targetPluginId: 'permissions',
+ });
}
- return this.tokenManager
- .authenticate(token)
- .then(() => true)
- .catch(() => false);
+
+ return options;
}
- private async isEnabled(token?: string) {
- // Check if permissions are enabled before validating the server token. That
- // way when permissions are disabled, the noop token manager can be used
- // without fouling up the logic inside the ServerPermissionClient, because
- // the code path won't be reached.
- return this.permissionEnabled && !(await this.isValidServerToken(token));
+ private async shouldPermissionsBeApplied(
+ options?: PermissionsServiceRequestOptions,
+ ) {
+ if (!this.permissionEnabled) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ let credentials: BackstageCredentials;
+ if (options && 'credentials' in options) {
+ credentials = options.credentials;
+ } else {
+ if (!options?.token) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ try {
+ credentials = await this.auth.authenticate(options.token);
+ } catch {
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (this.auth.isPrincipal(credentials, 'service')) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
}
}