RESTful Service Registry

implementation "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-rest-service-registry:${project.'cas.version'}"
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apereo.cas</groupId>
  <artifactId>cas-server-support-rest-service-registry</artifactId>
  <version>${cas.version}</version>
</dependency>
dependencyManagement {
  imports {
    mavenBom "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-bom:${project.'cas.version'}"
  }
}

dependencies {  
  implementation "org.apereo.cas:cas-server-support-rest-service-registry"
}

Configuration

The following settings and properties are available from the CAS configuration catalog:

The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Required in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting is not strictly necessary in the end-user CAS configuration, because a default value may be assigned or the feature in question may not be immediately intended for use. You may want to own the setting and update it assigned value, assuming the intended feature controlled by the setting is utilized.

The configuration settings listed below are tagged as Optional in the CAS configuration metadata. This flag indicates that the presence of the setting is not immediately necessary in the end-user CAS configuration, because a default value is assigned or the activation of the feature is not conditionally controlled by the setting value.

Configuration Metadata

The collection of configuration properties listed in this section are automatically generated from the CAS source and components that contain the actual field definitions, types, descriptions, modules, etc. This metadata may not always be 100% accurate, or could be lacking details and sufficient explanations. Over time and with community contributions, the accuracy and volume of the documentation should improve over time.

Be Selective

This section is meant as a guide only. Do NOT copy/paste the entire collection of settings into your CAS configuration; rather pick only the properties that you need. Do NOT enable settings unless you are certain of their purpose and do NOT copy settings into your configuration only to keep them as reference. All these ideas lead to upgrade headaches, maintenance nightmares and premature aging.

YAGNI

Note that for nearly ALL use cases, declaring and configuring properties listed below is sufficient. You should NOT have to explicitly massage a CAS XML/Java/etc configuration file to design an authentication handler, create attribute release policies, etc. CAS at runtime will auto-configure all required changes for you. If you are unsure about the meaning of a given CAS setting, do NOT turn it on without hesitation. Review the codebase or better yet, ask questions to clarify the intended behavior.

Naming Convention

Property names can be specified in very relaxed terms. For instance cas.someProperty, cas.some-property, cas.some_property are all valid names. While all forms are accepted by CAS, there are certain components (in CAS and other frameworks used) whose activation at runtime is conditional on a property value, where this property is required to have been specified in CAS configuration using kebab case. This is both true for properties that are owned by CAS as well as those that might be presented to the system via an external library or framework such as Spring Boot, etc. When possible, properties should be stored in lower-case kebab format, such as cas.property-name=value.S ettings and properties that are controlled by the CAS platform directly always begin with the prefix cas. All other settings are controlled and provided to CAS via other underlying frameworks and may have their own schemas and syntax. BE CAREFUL with the distinction. Unrecognized properties are rejected by CAS and/or frameworks upon which CAS depends. This means if you somehow misspell a property definition or fail to adhere to the dot-notation syntax and such, your setting is entirely refused by CAS and likely the feature it controls will never be activated in the way you intend.

Validation

Configuration properties are automatically validated on CAS startup to report issues with configuration binding, specially if defined CAS settings cannot be recognized or validated by the configuration schema. The validation process is on by default and can be skipped on startup using a special system property SKIP_CONFIG_VALIDATION that should be set to true. Additional validation processes are also handled via Configuration Metadata and property migrations applied automatically on startup by Spring Boot and family.

Indexed Settings

CAS settings able to accept multiple values are typically documented with an index, such as cas.some.setting[0]=value. The index [0] is meant to be incremented by the adopter to allow for distinct multiple configuration blocks.

Time Unit of Measure

All CAS settings that deal with time units, unless noted otherwise, should support the duration syntax for full clarity on unit of measure: PT20S, PT15M, PT10H, PT6D, P2DT3H4M.

Operation Method Body Response
Save POST RegisteredService object RegisteredService object
Delete DELETE RegisteredService object None
Load GET None Collection of RegisteredService objects
FindById GET Service numeric id appended to the endpoint url as a path variable RegisteredService object
FindById GET Service url appended to the endpoint url as a path variable RegisteredService object

All operations are expected to return a 200 status code. All other response status codes will force CAS to consider the requested operation nullified.

Auto Initialization

Upon startup and configuration permitting, the registry is able to auto initialize itself from default JSON service definitions available to CAS. See this guide for more info.

Implementation

The following code snippet demonstrates an example implementation of the REST API expected by CAS via Spring Boot:

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@RestController
@RequestMapping("/services")
public class ServicesController {
    
    @DeleteMapping
    public Integer findByServiceId(@RequestBody final RegisteredService service) {
        // Locate the service...
        return HttpStatus.SC_OK;
    }

    @PostMapping
    public RegisteredService save(@RequestBody final RegisteredService service) {
        // Save the provided service...
        return ...;
    }

    @GetMapping("/{id}")
    public RegisteredService findServiceById(@PathVariable(name = "id") final String id) {
        if (NumberUtils.isParsable(id)) {
            // Locate service by its numeric internal identifier
            return ...
        }
         // Locate service by its service identifier
        return ...
    }

    @GetMapping
    public RegisteredService[] load() {
        // Load services...
        return new RegisteredService[]{...};
    }
}