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To generate the documentation web-site content from `docs/` see instructions | ||
[here](https://github.com/google/fhir-data-pipes/tree/master/doc#documentation-site). |
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# Concepts | ||
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## Common Terminologies | ||
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These are some common terminologies that are important when dealing with access | ||
control in general: | ||
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| Term | Description | | ||
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| Authentication and Identity Provider (IDP) | Who the user is. Establishing the identity can be done through a shared service (e.g., Google, GitHub) or a special one. | | ||
| Authorization (AuthZ) | Given the identity, what can a user access? Has context specific pieces (e.g., scopes) | | ||
| Access-control | How to make sure users access authorized resources only. This is the **core focus of the info gateway**. | | ||
| Client app | An app which needs to access FHIR resources on behalf of a user. | | ||
| User | The user that is using the app; this is the identity being "authenticated". | | ||
| Access Token | A JWT that is provided as a Bearer token when accessing FHIR resources. | | ||
| OAuth2.0 | A standard to grant access to an application on behalf of a user. | | ||
| [SMART-on-FHIR](https://hl7.org/fhir/smart-app-launch/) | Defines workflows that an application can use to securely request and access FHIR data. | | ||
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The following picture helps to visualise the relationship of these concepts. | ||
A client app (e.g., a SMART-on-FHIR app) should first use a process to fetch an | ||
_"access token"_ from the IDP+AuthZ service. For example, this process might | ||
be OAuth's | ||
[Authorization Code Flow](https://auth0.com/docs/get-started/authentication-and-authorization-flow/authorization-code-flow). | ||
This token is then provided on each request to the access-control gateway when | ||
accessing FHIR resources. | ||
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![FHIR Info Gateway](images/Info_Gateway_Overview.png) | ||
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## Info Gateway Modules | ||
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The Info Gateway consists of a core, which is in | ||
the [`server`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/tree/main/server) module, | ||
and a set of _access-checker_ plugins, which can be implemented by third parties | ||
and added to the proxy server. Two sample plugins are implemented in the | ||
[`plugins`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/tree/main/plugins) module. | ||
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There is also a sample | ||
[`exec`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/tree/main/exec) module which | ||
shows how all pieces can be woven together into a single Spring Boot app. It | ||
also has examples for implementing custom end-points. | ||
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**Notes:** | ||
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* [1] Spring Boot is not a requirement for using FHIR Info Gateway; we just use | ||
it to simplify the | ||
[MainApp](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/tree/main/exec/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/MainApp.java). | ||
* [2] The only Spring-related requirement is to do a | ||
[@ComponentScan](https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScan.html) | ||
to find all access-checker plugins in the classpath. | ||
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## Configuration parameters | ||
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The configuration parameters are provided through environment variables: | ||
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- `PROXY_TO`: The base url of the FHIR server e.g.: | ||
```shell | ||
export PROXY_TO=https://example.com/fhir | ||
``` | ||
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- `TOKEN_ISSUER`: The URL of the access token issuer, e.g.: | ||
```shell | ||
export TOKEN_ISSUER=http://localhost:9080/auth/realms/test | ||
``` | ||
The above example is based on the default config of a test IDP+AuthZ | ||
[Keycloak](https://www.keycloak.org/) server. To see how this server is | ||
configured, check the | ||
[docker/keycloak](docker/https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/tree/main/docker/keycloak) | ||
directory. If you want to use a SMART-on-FHIR (SoF) app use this realm instead | ||
which is based on Keycloak's | ||
[SoF extension](https://github.com/Alvearie/keycloak-extensions-for-fhir): | ||
```shell | ||
export TOKEN_ISSUER=http://localhost:9080/auth/realms/test-smart | ||
``` | ||
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- `ACCESS_CHECKER`: The access-checker to use. Each access-checker has a name | ||
(see [plugins](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/tree/main/plugins) for | ||
details) and this variable should be set to the name of the plugin to use. For | ||
example, to use one of the sample plugins use one of: | ||
```shell | ||
export ACCESS_CHECKER=list | ||
export ACCESS_CHECKER=patient | ||
``` | ||
For more information on how access-checkers work and building your own, | ||
see [section on access checkers](#access-checkers). | ||
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- `ALLOWED_QUERIES_FILE`: A list of URL requests that should bypass the access | ||
checker and always be allowed. | ||
[`AllowedQueriesChecker`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/main/server/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/AllowedQueriesChecker.java) | ||
compares the incoming request with a configured set of allowed-queries. The | ||
intended use of this checker is to override all other access-checkers for | ||
certain user-defined criteria. The user defines their criteria in a config | ||
file and if the URL query matches an entry in the config file, access is | ||
granted. [`AllowedQueriesConfig`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/main/server/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/AllowedQueriesConfig.java) | ||
shows all the supported configurations. An example config file is | ||
[`hapi_page_url_allowed_queries.json`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/main/resources/hapi_page_url_allowed_queries.json). | ||
To use this file with `ALLOWED_QUERIES_FILE`: | ||
```shell | ||
export ALLOWED_QUERIES_FILE="resources/hapi_page_url_allowed_queries.json" | ||
``` | ||
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- `BACKEND_TYPE`: The type of backend, either `HAPI` or `GCP`. `HAPI` should be | ||
used for most FHIR servers, while `GCP` should be used for GCP FHIR stores. | ||
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## Access Checkers | ||
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FHIR Info Gateway uses _access checker plugins_ to define the logic it uses to | ||
make decisions for access requests. Most users should create an access checker | ||
plugin to implement the access control logic for a specific use case. You can | ||
learn about access checker plugins by looking at the sample access checker | ||
[plugins](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/tree/main/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin). | ||
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See tutorial on | ||
[creating an access checker plugin](tutorial_first_access_checker.md). The core | ||
of FHIR Info Gateway, provides libraries that make it easier to create | ||
access-checkers. For example, | ||
[PatientFinder](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/main/server/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/interfaces/PatientFinder.java) | ||
can be used to limit access to a certain set of patients. | ||
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### Patient access checker plugin | ||
The [`PatientAccessChecker` plugin](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/main/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/PatientAccessChecker.java) | ||
can be used if the client is a SMART-on-FHIR app that uses the | ||
[standalone app launch flow](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/smart-app-launch/app-launch.html#launch-app-standalone-launch). | ||
It expects a `patient_id` claim in the access-token and limits access to FHIR | ||
resources that belong to that patient. It supports | ||
[SoF scopes](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/smart-app-launch/scopes-and-launch-context.html#scopes-for-requesting-clinical-data) | ||
(both v1 and v2). | ||
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### Explore the List access checker plugin | ||
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The [`ListAccessChecker` plugin](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/main/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/ListAccessChecker.java) | ||
is a simple example of list-based access control. It works by assigning each | ||
user a [FHIR `List` resource](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/list.html) which contains | ||
a list of references of `Patient` resources that the user should have access to. | ||
When a client makes a request to FHIR Information Gateway, | ||
the `ListAccessChecker` grants access if all patients that are referenced in | ||
the query are on the user's patient access list. | ||
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The plugin expects the patient `List` resource's ID to be included as the value | ||
to a claim named `patient_list` in the access token used to authorize requests | ||
to the FHIR Information Gateway server. For example, following the | ||
[test Docker deployment](https://github.com/google/fhir-access-proxy/wiki/Try-out-FHIR-Information-Gateway) | ||
you may get a decoded JWT like the following (note if you use the default | ||
settings you will get more claims that are not relevant to the access-checker | ||
logic; so they are removed in this example): | ||
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```json | ||
{ | ||
"header": { | ||
"alg": "RS256", | ||
"typ": "JWT", | ||
"kid": "MnXk25Vp_W6X_UMi4sA3_iEMwuumZkwhOuE8eMY8LFo" | ||
}, | ||
"payload": { | ||
"exp": 1673990497, | ||
"iat": 1673990197, | ||
"jti": "5bb2b1a0-e9c6-442f-abfd-a22f1798fd11", | ||
"iss": "http://localhost:9080/auth/realms/test", | ||
"aud": "account", | ||
"sub": "76315cd1-9681-4a4e-b733-e6d811058e40", | ||
"typ": "Bearer", | ||
"azp": "my-fhir-client", | ||
"session_state": "967e82a2-0188-4774-abbc-6bb4ce26536f", | ||
"acr": "1", | ||
"scope": "email profile", | ||
"sid": "967e82a2-0188-4774-abbc-6bb4ce26536f", | ||
"email_verified": false, | ||
"patient_list": "patient-list-example", | ||
"preferred_username": "testuser", | ||
"group": [ | ||
"fhirUser" | ||
] | ||
} | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
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Here `patient_list` equals `patient-list-example`, so if your FHIR server is | ||
at `http://localhost:8099/fhir/` then this user's patient access list resource | ||
is `http://localhost:8099/fhir/List/patient-list-example`. | ||
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The decoded JWT is passed to the | ||
[`AccessCheckerFactory`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/main/server/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/interfaces/AccessCheckerFactory.java) | ||
implementation's `create()` function. The `ListAccessChecker` implementation | ||
extracts the patient list ID from the JWT and saves it internally. Custom JWT | ||
claims in the access token can be a good way to pass additional information to | ||
your access checker beyond what your authentication server provides. | ||
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`ListAccessChecker`'s | ||
[`checkAccess`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/19447d7152804d2b790f22cc44ad3b1ca21c7040/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/ListAccessChecker.java#L157) | ||
function splits access logic according to the HTTP method. Simple yes/no access | ||
decisions like `processGet()` use the | ||
[`NoOpAccessDecision`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/main/server/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/interfaces/NoOpAccessDecision.java) | ||
class which you may also use in your own implementations. Alternatively, you may | ||
have more complex decision needs, such as doing additional processing after the | ||
data access like | ||
[`processPost()`](https://github.com/google/fhir-gateway/blob/19447d7152804d2b790f22cc44ad3b1ca21c7040/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/ListAccessChecker.java#L202). | ||
In this case, implement your own version of | ||
[`AccessDecision`](https://github.com/google/fhir-access-proxy/blob/main/server/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/interfaces/AccessDecision.java). | ||
The `ListAccessChecker` allows clients to create new `Patient` resources without | ||
restriction (always allow access), and then as a post-processing step adds the | ||
new Patient id to the client's patient access list. You can see this implemented | ||
in [`AccessGrantedAndUpdateList`](https://github.com/google/fhir-access-proxy/blob/main/plugins/src/main/java/com/google/fhir/gateway/plugin/AccessGrantedAndUpdateList.java). |
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# How to Contribute | ||
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We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. There are | ||
just a few small guidelines you need to follow. | ||
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## Contributor License Agreement | ||
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Contributions to this project must be accompanied by a Contributor License | ||
Agreement (CLA). You (or your employer) retain the copyright to your | ||
contribution; this simply gives us permission to use and redistribute your | ||
contributions as part of the project. Head over | ||
to <https://cla.developers.google.com/> to see your current agreements on file | ||
or to sign a new one. | ||
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You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted | ||
one (even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it | ||
again. | ||
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## Code reviews | ||
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All code changes require review. We use GitHub pull-requests for this purpose. | ||
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* Consult [GitHub Help](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/) | ||
for more information on using pull requests. | ||
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* We use GitHub for issue tracking. | ||
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## Community Guidelines | ||
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This project | ||
follows [Google's Open Source Community Guidelines](https://opensource.google/conduct/). |
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