example: authentication

examples/features/authentication/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Authentication
+
+In grpc, authentication is abstracted as
+[`credentials.PerRPCCredentials`](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc/credentials#PerRPCCredentials).
+It usually also encompasses authorization. Users can configure it on a
+per-connection basis or a per-call basis.
+
+The example for authentication currently includes an example for using oauth2
+with grpc.
+
+## Try it
+
+```
+go run server/main.go
+```
+
+```
+go run client/main.go
+```
+
+## Explanation
+
+### OAuth2
+
+OAuth 2.0 Protocol is a widely used authentication and authorization mechanism
+nowadays. And grpc provides convenient APIs to configure OAuth to use with grpc.
+Please refer to the godoc:
+https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/oauth for details.
+
+#### Client
+
+On client side, users should first get a valid oauth token, and then call
+[`credentials.NewOauthAccess`](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/oauth#NewOauthAccess)
+to initialize a `credentials.PerRPCCredentials` with it. Next, if user wants to
+apply a single OAuth token for all RPC calls on the same connection, then
+configure grpc `Dial` with `DialOption`
+[`WithPerRPCCredentials`](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#WithPerRPCCredentials).
+Or, if user wants to apply OAuth token per call, then configure the grpc RPC
+call with `CallOption`
+[`PerRPCCredentials`](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#PerRPCCredentials).
+
+Note that OAuth requires the underlying transport to be secure (e.g. TLS, etc.)
+
+Inside grpc, the provided token is prefixed with the token type and a space, and
+is then attached to the metadata with the key "authorization".
+
+### Server
+
+On server side, users usually get the token and verify it inside an interceptor.
+To get the token, call
+[`metadata.FromIncomingContext`](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc/metadata#FromIncomingContext)
+on the given context. It returns the metadata map. Next, use the key
+"authorization" to get corresponding value, which is a slice of strings. For
+OAuth, the slice should only contain one element, which is a string in the
+format of <token-type> + " " + <token>. Users can easily get the token by
+parsing the string, and then verify the validity of it.
+
+If the token is not valid, returns an error with error code
+`codes.Unauthenticated`.
+
+If the token is valid, then invoke the method handler to start processing the
+RPC.

examples/oauth/client/main.go → examples/features/authentication/oauth/client/main.go

@@ -21,19 +21,40 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"crypto/tls"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/oauth"
-	pb "google.golang.org/grpc/examples/helloworld/helloworld"
+	ecpb "google.golang.org/grpc/examples/features/proto/echo"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/testdata"
 )
 
+var addr = flag.String("addr", "localhost:50051", "the address to connect to")
+
+func callUnaryEcho(client ecpb.EchoClient, message string) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	resp, err := client.UnaryEcho(ctx, &ecpb.EchoRequest{Message: message})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("client.UnaryEcho(_) = _, %v: ", err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println("UnaryEcho: ", resp.Message)
+}
+
 func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// Set up the credentials for the connection.
 	perRPC := oauth.NewOauthAccess(fetchToken())
+	creds, err := credentials.NewClientTLSFromFile(testdata.Path("ca.pem"), "x.test.youtube.com")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to load credentials: %v", err)
+	}
 	opts := []grpc.DialOption{
 		// In addition to the following grpc.DialOption, callers may also use
 		// the grpc.CallOption grpc.PerRPCCredentials with the RPC invocation
@@ -42,24 +63,17 @@ func main() {
 		grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(perRPC),
 		// oauth.NewOauthAccess requires the configuration of transport
 		// credentials.
-		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(
-			credentials.NewTLS(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}),
-		),
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(creds),
 	}
-	conn, err := grpc.Dial(":8080", opts...)
+
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(*addr, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("did not connect: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
-	c := pb.NewGreeterClient(conn)
+	rgc := ecpb.NewEchoClient(conn)
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-	r, err := c.SayHello(ctx, &pb.HelloRequest{Name: "authenticated-client"})
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("could not greet: %v", err)
-	}
-	log.Printf("Greeting: %s", r.Message)
+	callUnaryEcho(rgc, "hello world")
 }
 
 // fetchToken simulates a token lookup and omits the details of proper token

examples/oauth/server/main.go → examples/features/authentication/oauth/server/main.go

@@ -23,14 +23,16 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
-	pb "google.golang.org/grpc/examples/helloworld/helloworld"
+	ecpb "google.golang.org/grpc/examples/features/proto/echo"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/testdata"
@@ -41,8 +43,12 @@ var (
 	errInvalidToken    = status.Errorf(codes.Unauthenticated, "invalid token")
 )
 
+var port = flag.Int("port", 50051, "the port to serve on")
+
 func main() {
-	log.Println("server starting on port 8080...")
+	flag.Parse()
+	fmt.Printf("server starting on port %d...\n", *port)
+
 	cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(testdata.Path("server1.pem"), testdata.Path("server1.key"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to load key pair: %s", err)
@@ -56,8 +62,8 @@ func main() {
 		grpc.Creds(credentials.NewServerTLSFromCert(&cert)),
 	}
 	s := grpc.NewServer(opts...)
-	pb.RegisterGreeterServer(s, &server{})
-	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":8080")
+	ecpb.RegisterEchoServer(s, &ecServer{})
+	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf(":%d", *port))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to listen: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -66,12 +72,19 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-// server is used to implement helloworld.GreeterServer.
-type server struct{}
+type ecServer struct{}
 
-// SayHello implements helloworld.GreeterServer
-func (s *server) SayHello(ctx context.Context, in *pb.HelloRequest) (*pb.HelloReply, error) {
-	return &pb.HelloReply{Message: "Hello " + in.Name}, nil
+func (s *ecServer) UnaryEcho(ctx context.Context, req *ecpb.EchoRequest) (*ecpb.EchoResponse, error) {
+	return &ecpb.EchoResponse{Message: req.Message}, nil
+}
+func (s *ecServer) ServerStreamingEcho(*ecpb.EchoRequest, ecpb.Echo_ServerStreamingEchoServer) error {
+	return status.Errorf(codes.Unimplemented, "not implemented")
+}
+func (s *ecServer) ClientStreamingEcho(ecpb.Echo_ClientStreamingEchoServer) error {
+	return status.Errorf(codes.Unimplemented, "not implemented")
+}
+func (s *ecServer) BidirectionalStreamingEcho(ecpb.Echo_BidirectionalStreamingEchoServer) error {
+	return status.Errorf(codes.Unimplemented, "not implemented")
 }
 
 // valid validates the authorization.