[HADOOP-9828] Common configuration for TokenAuth

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: security
• Labels: TokenAuth
• Assignee: Kai Zheng
• Reporter: Kai Zheng
• Created: 05/Aug/13 10:23
• Updated: 05/Aug/13 10:23

Description

This is to define and specify how to configure relevant entities and services to bootstrap TokenAuth framework with related implementations from solutions, mainly covers the following:

• Global switch options to use TokenAuth or not;
• Common configuration properties or just prefixes and postfixes to be used for TokenAuth and the implementations;
• Common API and facilities regarding TokenAuth configurations if better to have.

Issue Links

• Is contained by: HADOOP-9796 Pluggable TokenAuth framework and core facilities