README.md
1# Azure Active Directory authentication for Go
2
3This is a standalone package for authenticating with Azure Active
4Directory from other Go libraries and applications, in particular the [Azure SDK
5for Go](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go).
6
7Note: Despite the package's name it is not related to other "ADAL" libraries
8maintained in the [github.com/AzureAD](https://github.com/AzureAD) org. Issues
9should be opened in [this repo's](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/issues)
10or [the SDK's](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/issues) issue
11trackers.
12
13## Install
14
15```bash
16go get -u github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal
17```
18
19## Usage
20
21An Active Directory application is required in order to use this library. An application can be registered in the [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/) by following these [guidelines](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/active-directory-integrating-applications) or using the [Azure CLI](https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli).
22
23### Register an Azure AD Application with secret
24
25
261. Register a new application with a `secret` credential
27
28 ```
29 az ad app create \
30 --display-name example-app \
31 --homepage https://example-app/home \
32 --identifier-uris https://example-app/app \
33 --password secret
34 ```
35
362. Create a service principal using the `Application ID` from previous step
37
38 ```
39 az ad sp create --id "Application ID"
40 ```
41
42 * Replace `Application ID` with `appId` from step 1.
43
44### Register an Azure AD Application with certificate
45
461. Create a private key
47
48 ```
49 openssl genrsa -out "example-app.key" 2048
50 ```
51
522. Create the certificate
53
54 ```
55 openssl req -new -key "example-app.key" -subj "/CN=example-app" -out "example-app.csr"
56 openssl x509 -req -in "example-app.csr" -signkey "example-app.key" -out "example-app.crt" -days 10000
57 ```
58
593. Create the PKCS12 version of the certificate containing also the private key
60
61 ```
62 openssl pkcs12 -export -out "example-app.pfx" -inkey "example-app.key" -in "example-app.crt" -passout pass:
63
64 ```
65
664. Register a new application with the certificate content form `example-app.crt`
67
68 ```
69 certificateContents="$(tail -n+2 "example-app.crt" | head -n-1)"
70
71 az ad app create \
72 --display-name example-app \
73 --homepage https://example-app/home \
74 --identifier-uris https://example-app/app \
75 --key-usage Verify --end-date 2018-01-01 \
76 --key-value "${certificateContents}"
77 ```
78
795. Create a service principal using the `Application ID` from previous step
80
81 ```
82 az ad sp create --id "APPLICATION_ID"
83 ```
84
85 * Replace `APPLICATION_ID` with `appId` from step 4.
86
87
88### Grant the necessary permissions
89
90Azure relies on a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) model to manage the access to resources at a fine-grained
91level. There is a set of [pre-defined roles](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/role-based-access-built-in-roles)
92which can be assigned to a service principal of an Azure AD application depending of your needs.
93
94```
95az role assignment create --assigner "SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_ID" --role "ROLE_NAME"
96```
97
98* Replace the `SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_ID` with the `appId` from previous step.
99* Replace the `ROLE_NAME` with a role name of your choice.
100
101It is also possible to define custom role definitions.
102
103```
104az role definition create --role-definition role-definition.json
105```
106
107* Check [custom roles](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/role-based-access-control-custom-roles) for more details regarding the content of `role-definition.json` file.
108
109
110### Acquire Access Token
111
112The common configuration used by all flows:
113
114```Go
115const activeDirectoryEndpoint = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/"
116tenantID := "TENANT_ID"
117oauthConfig, err := adal.NewOAuthConfig(activeDirectoryEndpoint, tenantID)
118
119applicationID := "APPLICATION_ID"
120
121callback := func(token adal.Token) error {
122 // This is called after the token is acquired
123}
124
125// The resource for which the token is acquired
126resource := "https://management.core.windows.net/"
127```
128
129* Replace the `TENANT_ID` with your tenant ID.
130* Replace the `APPLICATION_ID` with the value from previous section.
131
132#### Client Credentials
133
134```Go
135applicationSecret := "APPLICATION_SECRET"
136
137spt, err := adal.NewServicePrincipalToken(
138 *oauthConfig,
139 appliationID,
140 applicationSecret,
141 resource,
142 callbacks...)
143if err != nil {
144 return nil, err
145}
146
147// Acquire a new access token
148err = spt.Refresh()
149if (err == nil) {
150 token := spt.Token
151}
152```
153
154* Replace the `APPLICATION_SECRET` with the `password` value from previous section.
155
156#### Client Certificate
157
158```Go
159certificatePath := "./example-app.pfx"
160
161certData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(certificatePath)
162if err != nil {
163 return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read the certificate file (%s): %v", certificatePath, err)
164}
165
166// Get the certificate and private key from pfx file
167certificate, rsaPrivateKey, err := decodePkcs12(certData, "")
168if err != nil {
169 return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode pkcs12 certificate while creating spt: %v", err)
170}
171
172spt, err := adal.NewServicePrincipalTokenFromCertificate(
173 *oauthConfig,
174 applicationID,
175 certificate,
176 rsaPrivateKey,
177 resource,
178 callbacks...)
179
180// Acquire a new access token
181err = spt.Refresh()
182if (err == nil) {
183 token := spt.Token
184}
185```
186
187* Update the certificate path to point to the example-app.pfx file which was created in previous section.
188
189
190#### Device Code
191
192```Go
193oauthClient := &http.Client{}
194
195// Acquire the device code
196deviceCode, err := adal.InitiateDeviceAuth(
197 oauthClient,
198 *oauthConfig,
199 applicationID,
200 resource)
201if err != nil {
202 return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to start device auth flow: %s", err)
203}
204
205// Display the authentication message
206fmt.Println(*deviceCode.Message)
207
208// Wait here until the user is authenticated
209token, err := adal.WaitForUserCompletion(oauthClient, deviceCode)
210if err != nil {
211 return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to finish device auth flow: %s", err)
212}
213
214spt, err := adal.NewServicePrincipalTokenFromManualToken(
215 *oauthConfig,
216 applicationID,
217 resource,
218 *token,
219 callbacks...)
220
221if (err == nil) {
222 token := spt.Token
223}
224```
225
226#### Username password authenticate
227
228```Go
229spt, err := adal.NewServicePrincipalTokenFromUsernamePassword(
230 *oauthConfig,
231 applicationID,
232 username,
233 password,
234 resource,
235 callbacks...)
236
237if (err == nil) {
238 token := spt.Token
239}
240```
241
242#### Authorization code authenticate
243
244``` Go
245spt, err := adal.NewServicePrincipalTokenFromAuthorizationCode(
246 *oauthConfig,
247 applicationID,
248 clientSecret,
249 authorizationCode,
250 redirectURI,
251 resource,
252 callbacks...)
253
254err = spt.Refresh()
255if (err == nil) {
256 token := spt.Token
257}
258```
259
260### Command Line Tool
261
262A command line tool is available in `cmd/adal.go` that can acquire a token for a given resource. It supports all flows mentioned above.
263
264```
265adal -h
266
267Usage of ./adal:
268 -applicationId string
269 application id
270 -certificatePath string
271 path to pk12/PFC application certificate
272 -mode string
273 authentication mode (device, secret, cert, refresh) (default "device")
274 -resource string
275 resource for which the token is requested
276 -secret string
277 application secret
278 -tenantId string
279 tenant id
280 -tokenCachePath string
281 location of oath token cache (default "/home/cgc/.adal/accessToken.json")
282```
283
284Example acquire a token for `https://management.core.windows.net/` using device code flow:
285
286```
287adal -mode device \
288 -applicationId "APPLICATION_ID" \
289 -tenantId "TENANT_ID" \
290 -resource https://management.core.windows.net/
291
292```
293