I am trying to migrate authentication via auth0 from a jvm based solution which uses auth0 rest api to a node based solution using node-auth0.
At present its a 2 step process:
Get token via POST /oauth/token
Get user profile via /userInfo
In the node application, I am constructing AuthenticationClient while providing clientId, clientSecret and domain as AuthenticationClientOptions and able to get the token successfully using passwordGrant but when I use the same authenticationClient object to call getProfile while providing the token obtained from passwordGrant, I get this error:
Request failed with status code 401
What’s confusing is that in Auth0 dashboard, this request is successful.
I am using node-auth0 SDK Version: 2.42.0 on Node 15.14.0
The token obtained via passwordGrant will be processed to respond for userInfo. Hence, the token must have in its audience claim <your-auth0-domain>/userInfo.
We have an authenticated HTTP cloud function (CF). The endpoint for this CF is public but because it is authenticated, it requires a valid identity token (id_token) to be added to the Authorization header.
We have another Node JS application that is deployed in the same Google Cloud. What we want is to call the CF from the Node application, for which we will be needing a valid id token.
The GCP documentation for authentication is too generic and does not have anything for such kind of scenario.
So what is the best way to achieve this?
Note
Like every google Kubernetes deployment, the node application has a service account attached to it which already has cloud function invoker access.
Follow Up
Before posting the question here I had already followed the same approach as #guillaume mentioned in his answer.
In my current code, I am hitting the metadata server from the Node JS application to get an id_token, and then I am sending the id_token in a header Authorization: 'Bearer [id_token]' to the CF HTTP request.
However, I am getting a 403 forbidden when I do that. I am not sure why??
I can verify the id_token fetched from the metadata server with the following endpoint.
https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/tokeninfo?id_token=[id_token]
It's a valid one.
And it has the following fields.
Decoding the id_token in https://jwt.io/ shows the same field in the payload.
{
"issued_to": "XXX",
"audience": "[CLOUD_FUNTION_URL]",
"user_id": "XXX",
"expires_in": 3570,
"issuer": "https://accounts.google.com",
"issued_at": 1610010647
}
There is no service account email field!
You have what you need in the documentation but I agree, it's not clear. It's named function-to-function authentication.
In fact, because the metadata server is deployed on each computes element on Google Cloud, you can reuse this solution everywhere (or almost everywhere! You can't generate an id_token on Cloud Build, I wrote an article and a workaround on this)
This article provides also a great workaround for local testing (because you don't have metadata server on your computer!)
I got this error trying to get an auth token from Sharepoint REST api. My SP is cloud based and I am using Postman to test the requests, as a previous attempt similarly ran into a dead end when much troubleshooting back and forth with Msoft lead no where .. Anyway, I have the following error and I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what it is or how I can troubleshoot this issue.
error_description: "AADSTS50169: The realm 'realm' is not a configured realm of the current service namespace"
error_codes : 50169
I followed this tutorial
Thanks!
Edit: I went through and started again, this tut seems to be working I guess I may have missed a step (my guess is I didn't correctly configure the app permissions with xml when creating the app)
To do authorization of SharePoint online and use REST API via Postman, here is a solution for your reference:
First: get security Token
Access [https://login.microsoftonline.com/extSTS.srf] via Http Post method. The content of the http request is as follows.
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"
xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-
utility-1.0.xsd">
<s:Header>
<a:Action
s:mustUnderstand="1">http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/RST/Issue</a:Action>
<a:ReplyTo>
<a:Address>http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous</a:Address>
</a:ReplyTo>
<a:To s:mustUnderstand="1">https://login.microsoftonline.com/extSTS.srf</a:To>
<o:Security s:mustUnderstand="1"
xmlns:o="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
<o:UsernameToken>
<o:Username>[username]</o:Username>
<o:Password>[password]</o:Password>
</o:UsernameToken>
</o:Security>
</s:Header>
<s:Body>
<t:RequestSecurityToken xmlns:t="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust">
<wsp:AppliesTo xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy">
<a:EndpointReference>
<a:Address>[endpoint]</a:Address>
</a:EndpointReference>
</wsp:AppliesTo>
<t:KeyType>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/NoProofKey</t:KeyType>
<t:RequestType>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/Issue</t:RequestType>
<t:TokenType>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:assertion</t:TokenType>
</t:RequestSecurityToken>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
The demonstration screenshot in Postman:
And the response content will include a security token as below, we can use this security token to get Access Token of SharePoint.
Second: get Access Token
Here i show you how to get access token of SharePoint online using the security token and SharePoint Rest API.
Access [https://yourdomain.sharepoint.com/_forms/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0] via http Post method. The content of the request is the security token that we have got above as below.
And the response as below:
We can see that there are two cookie, rtFa and FedAuth in response header, and these two cookie need to be added to the request in subsequent request.
Third: get Request Digest
Access [https://yourdomain.sharepoint.com/_api/contextinfo] via http Post method with that two cookies which we have got above.
And the response as below:
This is the final Token we want!
Then we can use REST API of SharePoint, we only need to add this token and the previous two cookie, as shown in the following figure.
I am sure someone out there has already done this, but I have yet to find any documentation with regard to the Microsoft implementation of JWT. The official documentation from Microsoft for their JWT library is basically an empty page, see:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/security/json-web-token-handler-api-reference
So, here is what I (and I am sure many others) would like to accomplish:
Definition: User ID = The username or email address used to log into a system.
AUTHENTICATION:
A user logs in. The user fills in web form and the system sends (via HTTPS POST) the users ID and password (hashed) to the server in order to authenticate / validate the user.
Server Authenticates user. The users ID and password are checked against the values saved in the database and if NOT valid, an invalid login response is returned to the caller.
Create a JWT Token - ???? No documentation available!
Return the JWT token to the caller - ???? - I assume in a header? via JSON, not sure -- again - no documentation.
Given the code below, can anyone provide a code example for steps 3 and 4?
[FunctionName( "authenticate" )]
public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run( [HttpTrigger( AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", "post", Route = null )]HttpRequestMessage req, TraceWriter log )
{
// Step 1 - Get user ID and password from POST data
/*
* Step 2 - Verify user ID and password (compare against DB values)
* If user ID or password is not valid, return Invalid User response
*/
// Step 3 - Create JWT token - ????
// Step 4 - Return JWT token - ????
}
AUTHORIZATION:
Assuming the user was authenticated and now has a JWT token (I am assuming the JWT token is saved in the users session; if someone wants to provide more info, please do):
A POST request is made to an Azure Function to do something (like get a users birth date). The JWT token obtained above is loaded (from the POST data or a header - does it matter?) along with any other data required by the function.
The JWT token is validated - ???? No documentation available!
If the JWT token is NOT valid, a BadRequest response is returned by the function.
If the JWT token is valid, the function uses the data passed to it to process and issue a response.
Given the code below, can anyone provide a code example for steps 1 and 2?
[FunctionName( "do_something" )]
public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run( [HttpTrigger( AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", "post", Route = null )]HttpRequestMessage req, TraceWriter log )
{
// Step 1 - Get JWT token (from POST data or headers?)
// Step 2 - Validate the JWT token - ???
// Step 3 - If JWT token is not valid, return BadRequest response
// Step 4 - Process the request and return data as JSON
}
Any and all information would really help those of us (me) understand how to use JWT with Azure (anonymous) functions in order to build a "secure" REST API.
Thanks in advance.
Any and all information would really help those of us (me) understand how to use JWT with Azure (anonymous) functions in order to build a "secure" REST API.
Per my understanding, you could use the related library in your azure function code to generate / validate the JWT token. Here are some tutorials, you could refer to them:
Create and Consume JWT Tokens in C#.
Jwt.Net, a JWT (JSON Web Token) implementation for .NET
JWT Authentication for Asp.Net Web Api
Moreover, you could leverage App Service Authentication / Authorization to configure the function app level Authentication / Authorization. You could go to your Function App Settings, click "NETWORKING > Authentication / Authorization" under the Platform features tab. Enable App Service Authentication and choose Allow Anonymous requests (no action) as follows:
You could create a HttpTrigger function with anonymous accessing for user logging and return the JWT token if the user exists. For the protected REST APIs, you could follow the code sample below:
if(System.Security.Claims.ClaimsPrincipal.Current.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
//TODO: retrieve the username claim
return req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK,(System.Security.Claims.ClaimsPrincipal.Current.Identity as ClaimsIdentity).Claims.Select(c => new { key = c.Type, value = c.Value }),"application/json");
}
else
{
return req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized,"Access Denied!");
}
For generating the JWT token used in App Service Authentication, you could follow How to: Use custom authentication for your application and the code under custom API controller CustomAuthController from adrian hall's book about Custom Authentication to create the JWT token.
UPDATE:
For the custom authentication approach under App Service Authentication, I just want op to leverage the authentication / Authorization provided by EasyAuth. I have did some test for this approach and found it could work on my side. Op could send the username and password to the HttpTrigger for authentication, then the HttpTrigger backend need to validate the user info, and use Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Server.Login package for issuing App Service Authentication token to the client, then the client could retrieve the token from the AuthenticationToken property. The subsequent requests against the protected APIs could look like as follows:
https://<your-funapp-name>.azurewebsites.net/api/<httpTrigger-functionName>
Header: x-zumo-auth:<AuthenticationToken>
NOTE:
For this approach, the related HttpTrigger functions need to allow anonymous accessing and the App Service Authentication also needs to choose Allow Anonymous requests (no action). Otherwise, the App Service Authentication and function level authentication would both validate the request. For the protected APIs, op needs to manually add the System.Security.Claims.ClaimsPrincipal.Current.Identity.IsAuthenticated checking.
Try this: https://liftcodeplay.com/2017/11/25/validating-auth0-jwt-tokens-in-azure-functions-aka-how-to-use-auth0-with-azure-functions/
I successfully made it work using this guide. It took awhile due to nuget versions.
Follow that guide properly and use the following nuget versions
IdentityModel.Protocols (2.1.4)
IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConenct (2.1.4)
IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt (5.1.4)
Oh and, the guide tells you to write your AUDIENCE as your api link, don't. You'll get unauthorized error. Just write the name of your api, e.g. myapi
If you get error about System.http.formatting not being loaded when running the function, try to reinstall NET.Sdk.Functions and ignore the warning about AspNet.WebApi.Client being restored using .NETFramework. And restart visual studio.
What you're describing is something that you should be able to do yourself by doing a little bit of research. To address your specific questions:
Create a JWT Token - ???? No documentation available!
The link Bruce gave you gives a nice example for how to create a JWT: https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1208535/Create-And-Consume-JWT-Tokens-in-csharp
Return the JWT token to the caller - ???? - I assume in a header? via JSON, not sure -- again - no documentation.
There's no documentation because you're basically inventing your own protocol. That means how you do it is entirely up to you and your application requirements. If it's a login action, it might make sense to return it as part of the HTTP response payload. Just make sure that you're using HTTPS so that the token stays protected over the wire.
A POST request is made to an Azure Function to do something (like get a users birth date). The JWT token obtained above is loaded (from the POST data or a header - does it matter?) along with any other data required by the function.
How you send the token is, again, entirely up to you. Most platforms use the HTTP Authorization request header, but you don't have to if you don't want to.
The JWT token is validated - ???? No documentation available!
Use the ValidateToken method of the JwtSecurityTokenHandler (see the previous link for how to get the JwtSecurityTokenHandler). Docs here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn451155(v=vs.114).aspx.
I created an Azure Functions input binding for JWT Token Validation. You can use this as an extra parameter with the [JwtBinding] attribute. See https://hexmaster.nl/posts/az-func-jwt-validator-binding/ for source and NuGet package information.
Basically Azure Functions built on top of ASP.NET Core. By making some dependency injection tricks you could add your own authentication and policy-based authorization. I created demo solution with JWT authentication just for fun, beware to use it on production.
I suddenly started to receive the following error in my app. I'm sure it has been running fine before - atleast on my machine :-)
Error: Client side authentication flow with Google is not supported.
I get this error when I try to login using a accesstoken I've received from a gapi authorize call:
// login with google using gapi
gapi.auth.authorize({ client_id: clientId, scope: scopes, immediate: noPopup },
function (authResult) {
// Pass the accesstoken into azure
client.login("google", {"access_token": authResult.access_token}).then(
function(user) {
// logged into azure...
Then I receive the error about not supported flow.
(if I change from "google" to "facebook", the error is: Error: The Facebook Graph API access token authorization request failed with HTTP status code 400 - which makes sence since it's a google accesstoken I'm passing in)
If I paste in the url directly in a browser https://kjokken.azure-mobile.net/login/google, then everything seems to be ok.
Any ideas why this is happening?
Thanks for any help
Larsi
Thank you for using Mobile Services and taking the time to report this. We actively working on adding support for this particular scenario over the next couple of weeks, which explains what you are seeing. I will update this post when we have more information.
In the interim, did you consider using MobileServiceClient.login(MobileServiceAuthenticationProvider provider, UserAuthenticationCallback callback)?
Thanks,
-Yavor