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OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection Policy

Policy Name

OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection Policy

Summary

Allows access only to authorized client applications

Category

Security

First Flex Gateway version available

v1.3.0

Returned Status Codes

400 - Invalid token

401 - Unauthorized access or error when connecting to the authorization server

403 - Forbidden, invalid client application credentials

500 - Bad response from authorization server, or WSDL SOAP fault error

Summary

The OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection policy enables you to configure OAuth 2.0 using any third-party Identify Provider (IdP), such as Okta, AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform. The policy allows for tokens based on the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework to be authorized without having to register an external IdP server in the Anypoint Platform.

The policy validates the token sent by the client to the protected API, and allows access to the backend server only if the introspection endpoint authorizes the token.

Configuring Policy Parameters

Flex Gateway

To apply OAuth 2.0 token introspection when using Flex Gateway as your runtime, you must manually configure the policy in a YAML configuration file. Refer to the following policy definition and table of parameters:

- policyRef:
    name: oauth2-token-introspection-flex
  config:
    introspection_url: <string> // REQUIRED
    authorization_value: <string> // REQUIRED
    validated_token_ttl: <number> // OPTIONAL
    authentication_timeout: <number> // OPTIONAL
    skip_client_id_validation: <boolean> // REQUIRED
    consumer_by: <string> // REQUIRED
    expose_headers: <boolean> // OPTIONAL
    scopes: <string> // OPTIONAL
    scope_validation_criteria: <string> // OPTIONAL
    max_cache_entries: <number> // OPTIONAL
Parameter Required or Optional Default Value Description

introspection_url

Required

The third-party token introspection URL

authorization_value

Required

The method to request authorization from the authentication service. Specify either a Basic Auth string with client_id and client_secret, or a Bearer Token.

validated_token_ttl

Optional

600

The caching limit for the validated token

authentication_timeout

Optional

10000

The timeout when sending data to the authentication service

skip_client_id_validation

Required

false

Enables/disables client ID enforcement support

consumer_by

Required

Associate an identity provider’s username or client_id response with a registered platform’s client_id. Required if skip_client_id_validation`is `true.

expose_headers

Optional

false

scopes

Optional

""

A space-delimited list

scope_validation_criteria

Optional

"AND"

The criteria to apply to the scopes values. Valid parameter values are "AND" or "OR".

max_cache_entries

Optional

1000

Resource Configuration Example

- policyRef:
    name: oauth2-token-introspection-flex
  config:
    introspection_url: https://my-introspection.com/introspect
    authorization_value: Basic am9obkBleGFtcGxlLmNvbTphYmMxMjM=
    validated_token_ttl: 600
    authentication_timeout: 10000
    skip_client_id_validation: false
    consumer_by: "client_id"
    expose_headers: true
    scopes: "profile email shopping"
    scope_validation_criteria: "AND"
    max_cache_entries: 1000