Ref T5833. Currently, SSH keys are associated only with users, and are a bit un-modern. I want to let Almanac Devices have SSH keys so devices in a cluster can identify to one another.
For example, with hosted installs, initialization will go something like this:
- A request comes in for company.phacility.com.
- A SiteSource (from D10787) makes a Conduit call to Almanac on the master install to check if company is a valid install and pull config if it is.
- This call can be signed with an SSH key which identifies a trusted Almanac Device.
In the cluster case, a web host can make an authenticated call to a repository host with similar key signing.
To move toward this, put a proper Query class on top of SSH key access (this diff). In following diffs, I'll:
- Rename userPHID to objectPHID.
- Move this to the auth database.
- Provide UI for device/key association.
An alternative approach would be to build some kind of special token layer in Conduit, but I think that would be a lot harder to manage in the hosting case. This gives us a more direct attack on trusting requests from machines and recognizing machines as first (well, sort of second-class) actors without needing things like fake user accounts.