This document discusses integrating Apache CXF with Apache Syncope. It introduces Apache Syncope as an open source identity management system. It then discusses Syncope's architecture, workflow examples, connectors, persistence, containers, and REST API. It outlines new features in Syncope 1.1.0 including role provisioning, OSGi support, and integrating the Apache CXF web services stack. It describes upgrading Syncope's REST API and how CXF is integrated to power the new REST API. The document concludes with a demonstration of Syncope with CXF authentication.

1. Integrating Apache
Syncope with Apache CXF
Dr. Colm Ó hÉigeartaigh

2. Agenda
● Introducing Apache Syncope
● Apache Syncope architecture
● Apache Syncope demo
● Syncope 1.1.0 - Integrating Apache CXF
with Apache Syncope
● Apache CXF and Syncope demo

3. About me

4. Identity Management
● IdM is concerned with managing user data
on systems + applications.
● Involves User attributes, roles, resources,
entitlements, etc.
● Who has access to What, When, How, and
Why?

5. Introducing Apache Syncope
● Apache Syncope is an Open Source
system for managing digital identities in
enterprise environments, implemented in
JEE technology and released under
Apache 2.0 license.

6. Syncope @ Apache

7. Apache Syncope architecture

8. Workflow Example

9. Connectors

10. Persistence

11. Containers

12. REST API
● Core functionality exposed via a REST API
● For example:
GET /users.json
[{"attributes":[
{"schema":"fullname","values":["white"], "readonly":false},
{"schema":"loginDate","values":["2009-05-26","2010-05-26"],
...

13. Console
● Web management
interface.
● Uses Apache
Wicket
● Communicates with
the core via REST.

14. Apache Syncope Demo – part I
Deploy Persist
Synchronize

15. Apache Syncope 1.1.0
● Role provisioning.
● OSGi support.
● Upgrade to Apache Wicket 6.
● Rest API Upgrade.
● Introducing Apache CXF WS Stack

16. REST API upgrade
● 1.0.X REST API redesigned to apply
RESTful best practices, e.g.
● use HTTP operations instead of URL
encoded operation names
● GET does not modify any object
● CREATE operations return location URL in
header for newly created object

17. Apache CXF
● One of the leading web service
frameworks.
● Supports JAX-WS and JAX-RS.
● Protocols: SOAP, XML/HTTP, RESTful
HTTP, CORBA, etc.
● Transports: HTTP, JMS, JBI, etc.
● Comprehensive WS standards support.

18. Integrating CXF with Syncope
● New REST API powered by CXF
● Using JAXB + JAX-RS annotations instead
of Spring annotations.
● Full power of CXF stack now available to
Syncope...
STS? SAML?

19. Apache Syncope Demo – part II
Authenticate Authentication
User Response
“double-it”
“double-it response”

20. Further Information + Questions
● http://syncope.apache.org/
● http://cxf.apache.org/
● http://coheigea.blogspot.com