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Align external console guide with the platform API reference
Use the documented endpoints, auth scheme (Authorization: token, ?org=), and request-body schemas instead of raw curl snippets. Switch the session handoff to POST /api/v1/user/signin and logout to GET /api/v1/user/signout. Add a Client Organizations section for granting scoped cluster access, and cross-link the relevant API reference pages. Regenerate both diagrams. Signed-off-by: Tamal Saha <tamal@appscode.com>
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# Integrating an External Console with the KubeDB Platform
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This guide is for **Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)** and ISVs who already operate their
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own web console and want to embed the KubeDB Platform console for their end users.
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own web console and want to embed the KubeDB Platform console for their end users, so that
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a user who signs in to the CSP console is transparently signed in to the KubeDB console
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hosted on a subdomain — with no second login prompt.
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All endpoints referenced here are documented in the
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[KubeDB Platform API Reference](../../../api/). The most relevant pages are:
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- [Administrative-Org Admin](../../../api/administration/admin-org.md) — the admin user
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APIs used to provision and maintain the mirrored user.
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- [Public & Basic-auth User APIs](../../../api/users-settings/public-user-apis.md) — the
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public `POST /user/signin` endpoint that establishes the browser session.
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- [Authenticated User APIs](../../../api/users-settings/authenticated-user.md) — `GET
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/user/signout` and other session-scoped calls.
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- [Client Organizations](../../../api/client-organizations/overview.md) — the
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managed-service-provider model for granting each user scoped access to clusters.
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## 1. Goal
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| KubeDB Platform console **and** API server (per-CSP deployment) | `https://db.acme.com` |
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The requirement: **when a user logs into the CSP console, the CSP backend should
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seamlessly log that same user into the KubeDB console** — no second username/password
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prompt. The user's identity of record lives in the CSP console; the KubeDB Platform holds a
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*mirror* of that identity that the CSP backend controls.
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seamlessly log that same user into the KubeDB console.** The user's identity of record
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lives in the CSP console; the KubeDB Platform holds a *mirror* of that identity that the
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CSP backend controls.
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This is achieved with two flows:
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1. **Provisioning (once per user)** — the CSP backend creates a mirrored KubeDB user
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using an **admin bearer token**. The CSP generates and stores that user's KubeDB
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password; the end user never sees or types it.
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2. **Session handoff (every CSP login)** — the CSP backend performs a server-side login
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with the admin API, authenticating with a site-admin **personal access token**. The CSP
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generates and stores that user's KubeDB password; the end user never sees or types it.
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2. **Session handoff (every CSP login)** — the CSP backend performs a server-side sign-in
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- A per-CSP KubeDB Platform deployment reachable at the subdomain (`https://db.acme.com`),
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- An **admin personal access token** (bearer token) issued to the CSP, held **only** by
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the CSP backend — never shipped to a browser. Used for `/api/v1/admin/*` calls.
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- A site-admin **personal access token** issued to the CSP, held **only** by the CSP
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backend — never shipped to a browser. It is sent as an `Authorization: token <TOKEN>`
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header and authorizes the `/api/v1/admin/*` calls (which require the
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`admin_of_administrative_org` relation). See
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[Administrative-Org Admin](../../../api/administration/admin-org.md).
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- The administrative organization slug (e.g. `appscode`) to pass as the `?org=` context on
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admin calls.
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- TLS on both hosts. All calls below assume `https://`.
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- The mirrored KubeDB users must **not** have 2FA enabled — the password login endpoint
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rejects 2FA-enrolled users (HTTP 405). Since the CSP console is the identity provider,
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- The mirrored KubeDB users must **not** have 2FA enabled — `POST /user/signin` rejects
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2FA-enrolled accounts with HTTP `405`. Since the CSP console is the identity provider,
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leave 2FA off on the mirror and enforce MFA in the CSP console instead.
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Throughout, replace:
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Throughout, replace the placeholders:
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- `db.acme.com` → your KubeDB Platform subdomain
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- `2ed08ee9a855b8ff614ef1505b33c75a8836d55d` → your admin bearer token
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- `db.acme.com` → your KubeDB Platform subdomain (shown as `<akp-host>` in the API reference)
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- `$AKP_TOKEN` → your site-admin token
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- `appscode` → your administrative-org slug
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## 3. Phase 1 — Provision the mirrored user (once, at CSP signup)
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signup API — user creation is an admin operation.
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**Create user**`POST /api/v1/admin/users`:
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### 3.1 Create the user
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([reference](../../../api/administration/admin-org.md)):
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| `username` | string | yes | Stable, collision-free (e.g. prefix with your tenant slug). |
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| `password` | string | yes | CSP-generated random secret; store it encrypted. |
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| `must_change_password` | boolean | no | **Set `false`** — a forced change breaks the automated handoff. |
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