OpenAthens LA 2.0: An introduction

OpenAthensLA 2.0: An introduction OpenAthens workshops, February/March 2009 David Orrell, Eduserv david.orrell@eduserv.org.uk www.eduserv.org.uk

Product goals and rationale Architecture Demo of administration tools 2

What is OpenAthens LA? Software to enable federated access to internal and external Web resources

Federated identity Identity Provider Service Providers (resources) Control Policy Subscriptions Management

OpenAthens LA 1.0 • You know it as Athens DA • 'Semi' federated – depends on central service • Not fully standards compliant – only via central service

Since 1.0, a lot has changed...

1) Formation of The UK Access Management Federation, and other federations

2) Changing user behaviour • Web 2.0 • User-centric identity • Social networks

3) Multiple identity standards • SAML • OpenID • Information Cards

That's all very well... but...

But... • We've lost control and flexibility! • We can't meet students expectations • Athens also... – hid much of the complexity – provided web-based administration → distributed control – provided statistics

Shibboleth administration System IT Services administrator Shibboleth server Librarian Configuration User-repository

Our top 3 priorities for OpenAthens LA 2.0...

Priorities 1) Ease of installation, configuration & maintenance • Web-based administration • Built-in diagnostics and statistics

Priorities 2) Support for multiple, Open Standards

Priorities 3) Extendable • Modular architecture • Open APIs – write your own extensions

OpenAthens LA 2.0 • Greater control...

OpenAthens LA 2.0: administration System administrator Administration Runtime server(s) server Model Runtime Librarian User-repository Staff / students

Administration interface Administration server Admin application(s) Model

Administration interface Administration server Model history Admin application(s) Model

OpenAthens LA 2.0 More flexibility... •

OpenAthens 'Atacama' platform Protocol modules

OpenAthens LA 2.0: modules OpenAthens LA runtime Platform Webserver

OpenAthens LA 2.0: modules • Authentication OpenAthens LA runtime Platform Webserver

OpenAthens LA 2.0: modules • Authentication • Data-store connectors OpenAthens LA runtime Platform Webserver

OpenAthens LA 2.0: modules • Authentication • Data-store connectors OpenAthens LA runtime • Identity protocols (SAML, OpenID Platform etc) Webserver

OpenAthens LA 2.0: modules • Authentication • Data-store connectors OpenAthens LA runtime • Identity protocols (SAML, OpenID Platform etc) • Attribute Webserver release policies

OpenAthens LA 2.0: modules • Authentication • Data-store connectors OpenAthens LA runtime • Identity protocols (SAML, OpenID Platform etc) • Attribute Webserver release policies • Custom attributes • …

Open APIs: write your own modules • OpenAthens platform is multi-language – C/C++, C#/.NET, Java, PHP, Ruby • Can write in-line 'scriptlets' – JavaScript, Ruby OpenAthens LA runtime

OpenAthens LA 2.0: release schedule June 2009: April 2009: End of Beta Beta release programme 2009 July 2009: March 2009: OpenAthens LA 2.0 Initial Alpha General Availability

Thank you! david.orrell@eduserv.org.uk

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