System and method for supporting security in a multitenant application server environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9578009-B2
Application number	US-201514747778-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2015
Priority date	Jun 23, 2014
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing security in a multitenant application server environment. In accordance with an embodiment, per-partition security configuration includes: per-partition security realm (including configuration for authentication, authorization, credential mapping, auditing, password validation, certificate validation, and user lockout); SSL configuration, including keys, certificates, and other configuration attributes; and access control for partition and global resources. An administrator can designate one or more partition users as partition administrators, via grant of roles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing security in a multitenant application server environment (MASE) comprising a plurality of partitions, a plurality of partition resources and a plurality of global resources, the method comprising:
defining a plurality of security realms in the MASE, including an admin security realm, a first security realm, and a second security realm;
configuring a first partition of the plurality of partitions of the MASE to have a first plurality of partition resources of the plurality of partition resources of the MASE;
configuring a second partition of the plurality of partitions of the MASE to have a second plurality of partition resources of the plurality of partition resources of the MASE;
providing a first security configuration associating the first partition with the first security realm;
providing a second security configuration associating the second partition with the second security realm;
associating a first primary identity domain with the first partition, wherein the first primary identity domain represents a first plurality of users associated with a first tenant;
associating each of the first plurality of partition resources of the MASE with the first primary identity domain;
associating a second primary identity domain with the second partition wherein the second primary identity domain represents a second plurality of users associated with a second tenant;
associating each of the second plurality of partition resources of the MASE with the second primary identity domain;
operating each of said admin security realm, first security realm, and second security realm simultaneously at runtime in the MASE to control authentication and authorization for access to said plurality of partition resources and said plurality of global resources;
wherein said operating step includes providing an authorization service in the MASE which in response to receiving a call from a user to access a partition resource of the plurality of partition resources compares a primary identity domain associated with said user to a primary identity domain associated with said partition resource and authorizes access to said partition resource only if the primary identity domain associated with said user matches the primary identity domain associated with said partition resource;
whereby the first plurality of users associated with the first tenant have access to the first plurality of partition resources of the first partition but not the second plurality of partition resources of the second partition; and
whereby the second plurality of users associated with the second tenant have access to the second plurality of partition resources of the second partition but not the first plurality of partition resources of the first partition.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
configuring the first primary identity domain to reference a first identity store for storing a first representation of the first plurality of users associated with the first tenant; and
configuring the second primary identity domain to reference a second identity store, different than the first identity store, for storing a second representation of the second plurality of users associated with the second tenant.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
configuring the first primary identity domain to reference a first portion of an identity store for storing a first representation of the first plurality of users associated with the first tenant; and
configuring the second primary identity domain to reference a second portion of said identity store for storing a second representation of the second plurality of users associated with the second tenant.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
associating an admin identity domain with the multitenant application server environment, wherein the admin identity domain represents a plurality of system administrators of the multitenant application server environment; and
whereby the plurality of system administrators associated with the multitenant application server environment have access to said plurality of global resources.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a first authentication service configured to authenticate the first plurality of users associated with the first tenant and generate first signed principals identifying said first primary identity domain in combination with one or more of said first plurality of users.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a first authentication service configured to authenticate the first plurality of users associated with the first tenant and generate first signed principals identifying said first primary identity domain in combination with one or more of said first plurality of users; and
providing a second authentication service configured to authenticate the second plurality of users associated with the second tenant and generate second signed principals identifying said second primary identity domain in combination with one or more of said second plurality of users.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions stored thereon for providing security in a multitenant application server environment (MASE) comprising a plurality of partitions having a plurality of partition resources and a plurality of global resources, which instructions, when executed, cause a system to perform steps comprising:
defining a plurality of security realms in the MASE, including an admin security realm, a first security realm, and a second security realm;
configuring a first partition of the plurality of partitions of the MASE to have a first plurality of partition resources of the plurality of partition resources of the MASE;
configuring a second partition of the plurality of partitions of the MASE to have a second plurality of partition resources of the plurality of partition resources of the MASE;
providing a first security configuration associating the first partition with the first security realm;
providing a second security configuration associating the second partition with the second security realm;
associating a first primary identity domain with the first partition, wherein the first primary identity domain represents a first plurality of users associated with a first tenant;
associating each of the first plurality of partition resources of the MASE with the first primary identity domain;
associating a second primary identity domain with the second partition wherein the second primary identity domain represents a second plurality of users associated with a second tenant;
associating each of the second plurality of partition resources of the MASE with the second primary identity domain;
operating each of said admin security realm, first security realm, and second security realm simultaneously at runtime in the MASE to control authentication and authorization for access to said plurality of partition resources and said plurality of global resources;
wherein said operating step includes providing an authorization service in the MASE which in response to receiving a call from a user to access a partition resource of the plurality of partition resources compares a primary identity domain associated with said user to a primary identity domain associated with said partition resource and authorizes access to said partition resource only if the primary identity domain associated with said user matches the primary identity domain associated with said partition resource;
whereby the first plurality of users associated with the first tenant have access to the first plurality of partition resources of the first partition but not the second plurality of partition resources of the second partition; and
whereby th

Assignees

• Oracle Int Corp

Inventors

• Hopkins William S
• Perez Craig
• Guy David A
• Bower Peter
• Li Juan
• Tancill Jeff J
• Sriramadhesikan Krishna

Classifications

• G06F16/278

  Data partitioning, e.g. horizontal or vertical partitioning · CPC title

• H04L63/105

  Multiple levels of security · CPC title

• H04L63/08 Primary

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title