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External Access Token Validator

Note: this is an abstract component that cannot be instantiated.

Note: this component stores cluster-wide configuration data and is mirrored across all servers in the topology within the the same cluster.

Note: changes to cluster-wide configuration objects are immediately and automatically mirrored across all servers within the same cluster, so offline changes are not supported.

External Access Token Validators validate access tokens by communicating with an external validation server over HTTP or HTTPS.

Direct Subcomponents
Parent Component
Relations from This Component
Properties
dsconfig Usage

Direct Subcomponents

The following External Access Token Validators are available in the server :

These External Access Token Validators inherit from the properties described below.

Parent Component

The External Access Token Validator component inherits from the Access Token Validator

Relations from This Component

The following components have a direct aggregation relation from External Access Token Validators:

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ description ↓ subject-claim-name
↓ enabled
↓ evaluation-order-index
↓ authorization-server

Basic Properties

description

Description
A description for this Access Token Validator
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

enabled

Description
Indicates whether this Access Token Validator is enabled for use in Data Governance Server.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

evaluation-order-index

Description
When multiple Access Token Validators are defined for a single Data Governance Server, this property determines the evaluation order for determining the correct validator class for an access token received by the Data Governance Server. Values of this property must be unique among all Access Token Validators defined within Data Governance Server but not necessarily contiguous. Access Token Validators with a smaller value will be evaluated first to determine if they are able to validate the access token.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower limit is 0.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

authorization-server

Description
Specifies the external server that will be used to aid in validating access tokens. In most cases this will be the Authorization Server that minted the token.
Default Value
Not specifying an authorization server implies that no external communication is required to validate access tokens.
Allowed Values
The DN of any HTTP External Server.
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action


Advanced Properties

subject-claim-name (Advanced Property)

Description
The name of the token claim that contains the subject, i.e. the logged-in user in an access token. If the claim specified by this property is present in the access token, then the PingDataGovernance Server will set the HttpRequest.AccessToken.user_token flag to "true" when authorizing HTTP requests and responses with the policy decision point.
Default Value
sub
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Access Token Validators:

dsconfig list-access-token-validators
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Access Token Validator:

dsconfig get-access-token-validator-prop
     --validator-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Access Token Validator:

dsconfig set-access-token-validator-prop
     --validator-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing Access Token Validator:

dsconfig delete-access-token-validator
     --validator-name {name}