Re: [id-cloud] Gap Analysis Use Case 2: Identity Provisioning

[Anil Saldhana <Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com>]

On 02/05/2012 11:11 PM, Gershon Janssen wrote:
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> This discussion thread is to start an on-list discussion on the Gap Analysis
> of individual use cases. Use case numbers refer to the use cases as
> described in the 'OASIS Identity in the Cloud TC Use Cases' Version 1.0,
> Working Draft 02, 15 December 2011, which is available at
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=44915&wg_abbre
> v=id-cloud
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> The information below describes the current state. You are invited to
> respond on-list to this thread with any comments, insights, additions, etc.
> All input will be gathered from the list and consolidated into the next
> revision of the Gap Analysis document.
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> Use Case 2: Identity Provisioning
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> Short description:
> Feature the need support and manage customer policies for identity
> decommissioning including transitioning of affected resources to new
> identities.
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> Relevant applicable standards:
> - UUID
> - Cloud Management WG
> - SPML
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> Analysis notes:
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> Possible GAPs identified:
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> The following possible GAPs have been identified:
> - CRUD of Virtual Machines
There does not seem to be any standard followed in the identification of 
virtual machines.  It seems to be a trend among all the VM vendors to 
use UUID as the identification for the VMs. There is no formal 
specification for identification of virtual machines.

> - Commissioning / decommissioning of cloud resources (including their
> attributes)
> - Transitioning of resources (including their attributes) to a different
> identity when a particular identity is decommissioned
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