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Gabriel Hurley c339189b44 Auth refactor.
Switch to using the self-contained django_openstack_auth
package which is a proper django.contrib.auth pluggable
backend.

Notable functional improvements include:

  * Better overall security via use of standard Django
    auth code (well-vetted by security experts).
  * Token expiration checking.
  * User "enabled" attribute checking.
  * Support for full range of Django auth attributes
    such as is_anonymous, is_active, is_superuser, etc.
  * Improved hooks for RBAC/permission-based acess control.

Regarding the RBAC/permission-based access control, this
patch moves all "role" and "service"-oriented checks to
permission checks. This will make transitioning to
policy-driven checking much easier once that fully lands
in OpenStack.

Implements blueprint move-keystone-support-to-django-auth-backend

Change-Id: I4f3112af797aff8c4c5e9930c6ca33a70e45589d
2012-07-09 16:57:52 -07:00

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========================================
Horizon: The OpenStack Dashboard Project
========================================
Introduction
============
Horizon is the canonical implementation of `Openstack's Dashboard
<https://github.com/openstack/horizon>`_, which provides a web based user
interface to OpenStack services including Nova, Swift, Keystone, etc.
For a more in-depth look at Horizon and its architecture, see the
:doc:`Introduction to Horizon <intro>`.
To learn what you need to know to get going, see the :doc:`quickstart`.
Getting Started With Horizon
============================
How to use Horizon in your own projects.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
intro
quickstart
topics/tutorial
topics/deployment
topics/customizing
Developer Docs
==============
For those wishing to develop Horizon itself, or go in-depth with building
your own :class:`~horizon.Dashboard` or :class:`~horizon.Panel` classes,
the following documentation is provided.
General information
-------------------
Brief guides to areas of interest and importance when developing Horizon.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
contributing
testing
Topic Guides
------------
Information on how to work with specific areas of Horizon can be found in
the following topic guides.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
topics/tables
topics/testing
API Reference
-------------
In-depth documentation for Horizon and its APIs.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
ref/run_tests
ref/horizon
ref/workflows
ref/tables
ref/tabs
ref/forms
ref/middleware
ref/context_processors
ref/decorators
ref/exceptions
ref/test
Source Code Reference
---------------------
Auto-generated reference for the complete source code.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
sourcecode/autoindex
Release Notes
=============
.. toctree::
:glob:
:maxdepth: 1
releases/*
Information
===========
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
faq
glossary
* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`