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Essentially hologram is a proxy to sts - the server uses sts api on the
back. The main problem we were trying to solve is distributing aws keys -
if the agent connects directly to sts, the agent then needs aws keys.
It also centralizes auth, so we can gate it with ldap, vpn etc. we intend
to also restrict user access to roles - you could do this in iam but we
also don't want to manage user specific accounts in iam
On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Grant Rodgers [email protected] wrote:
Hologram server and STS seem equivalent at first glance:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/UsingSTS/Welcome.htmlWhat does Hologram server provide that STS doesn't? Why not use STS as the
backend for Hologram agent?—
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub
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Thanks for the info @walterking! The local metadata service would definitely make using AWS apis much easier.
if the agent connects directly to sts, the agent then needs aws keys.
STS supports auth methods that don't require AWS keys in advance. Check out http://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/UsingSTS/CreatingFedTokens.html#saml-temp-creds. If your LDAP or VPN identity provider supports SAML, you can send a SAML assertion to STS in an unsigned request and get aws keys back.
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@grantr ultimately even with SAML, you need some other server/entity making sure you're who you say you are and certifying that. The hologram server is conceptually just that, even if the mechanism is slightly different. The hologram agent is just emulating the EC2 instance credential mechanism on a user machine.
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Related Issues (20)
- Support for WSL? HOT 1
- Consider ECS Task role support
- Install is broken HOT 1
- mTLS support would be nice
- M1 chip support
- Receiving panic when trying to run hologram-agent in a Kubernetes pod
- No ability to easily open AWS console using hologram credentials HOT 5
- Provide better error message when hologram-agent is not running HOT 1
- hologram-ping can not connect to hologram-server
- Insecure default connection to hologram server? HOT 3
- Occasional DNS lookup failures when calling hologram agent HOT 5
- Go 1.4 builds as specified in the Dockerfile fail on macOS Sierra HOT 3
- Sierra issues HOT 3
- The hologram roles feature doesn't work with AD servers HOT 1
- hologram-boot process uses 60%+ CPU on macOS Sierra HOT 6
- Error reading data from stream HOT 6
- Support for iam/info endpoint? HOT 1
- gpg-agent managed SSH_AUTH_SOCK encounters signing error HOT 1
- Metadata available on network HOT 6
- Not able to getHologram working because userPassword field does not exist in the LDAP user entry.
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