Implementing Amazon Verified Permissions in Rust with the Amazon SDK - Amazon Verified Permissions
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Implementing Amazon Verified Permissions in Rust with the Amazon SDK

This topic provides a practical example of implementing Amazon Verified Permissions in Rust with the Amazon SDK. This example shows how to develop an authorization model that can test whether a user is able to view a photo. The sample code uses the aws-sdk-verifiedpermissions crate from the Amazon SDK for Rust, which offers a robust set of tools for interacting with Amazon Web Services services.

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure that you have the Amazon CLI configured on your system and that you're familiar with Rust.

With your environment prepared, let's explore how to implement Verified Permissions in Rust.

Test the sample code

The sample code does the following:

  • Sets up the SDK client to communicate with Amazon

  • Creates a policy store

  • Defines the structure of the policy store by adding a schema

  • Adds a policy to check authorization requests

  • Sends a test authorization request to verify everything is set up correctly

To test the sample code
  1. Create a Rust project.

  2. Replace any existing code in main.rs with the following code:

    use std::time::Duration; use std::thread::sleep; use aws_config::BehaviorVersion; use aws_sdk_verifiedpermissions::Client; use aws_sdk_verifiedpermissions::{ operation::{ create_policy::CreatePolicyOutput, create_policy_store::CreatePolicyStoreOutput, is_authorized::IsAuthorizedOutput, put_schema::PutSchemaOutput, }, types::{ ActionIdentifier, EntityIdentifier, PolicyDefinition, SchemaDefinition, StaticPolicyDefinition, ValidationSettings }, }; //Function that creates a policy store in the client that's passed async fn create_policy_store(client: &Client, valid_settings: &ValidationSettings)-> CreatePolicyStoreOutput { let policy_store = client.create_policy_store().validation_settings(valid_settings.clone()).send().await; return policy_store.unwrap(); } //Function that adds a schema to the policy store in the client async fn put_schema(client: &Client, ps_id: &str, schema: &str) -> PutSchemaOutput { let schema = client.put_schema().definition(SchemaDefinition::CedarJson(schema.to_string())).policy_store_id(ps_id.to_string()).send().await; return schema.unwrap(); } //Function that creates a policy in the policy store in the client async fn create_policy(client: &Client, ps_id: &str, policy_definition:&PolicyDefinition) -> CreatePolicyOutput { let create_policy = client.create_policy().definition(policy_definition.clone()).policy_store_id(ps_id).send().await; return create_policy.unwrap(); } //Function that tests the authorization request to the policy store in the client async fn authorize(client: &Client, ps_id: &str, principal: &EntityIdentifier, action: &ActionIdentifier, resource: &EntityIdentifier) -> IsAuthorizedOutput { let is_auth = client.is_authorized().principal(principal.to_owned()).action(action.to_owned()).resource(resource.to_owned()).policy_store_id(ps_id).send().await; return is_auth.unwrap(); } #[::tokio::main] async fn main() -> Result<(), aws_sdk_verifiedpermissions::Error> { //Set up SDK client let config = aws_config::load_defaults(BehaviorVersion::latest()).await; let client = aws_sdk_verifiedpermissions::Client::new(&config); //Create a policy store let valid_settings = ValidationSettings::builder() .mode({aws_sdk_verifiedpermissions::types::ValidationMode::Strict }) .build() .unwrap(); let policy_store = create_policy_store(&client, &valid_settings).await; println!( "Created Policy store with ID: {:?}", policy_store.policy_store_id ); //Add schema to policy store let schema= r#"{ "PhotoFlash": { "actions": { "ViewPhoto": { "appliesTo": { "context": { "type": "Record", "attributes": {} }, "principalTypes": [ "User" ], "resourceTypes": [ "Photo" ] }, "memberOf": [] } }, "entityTypes": { "Photo": { "memberOfTypes": [], "shape": { "type": "Record", "attributes": { "IsPrivate": { "type": "Boolean" } } } }, "User": { "memberOfTypes": [], "shape": { "attributes": {}, "type": "Record" } } } } }"#; let put_schema = put_schema(&client, &policy_store.policy_store_id, schema).await; println!( "Created Schema with Namespace: {:?}", put_schema.namespaces ); //Create policy let policy_text = r#" permit ( principal in PhotoFlash::User::"alice", action == PhotoFlash::Action::"ViewPhoto", resource == PhotoFlash::Photo::"VacationPhoto94.jpg" ); "#; let policy_definition = PolicyDefinition::Static(StaticPolicyDefinition::builder().statement(policy_text).build().unwrap()); let policy = create_policy(&client, &policy_store.policy_store_id, &policy_definition).await; println!( "Created Policy with ID: {:?}", policy.policy_id ); //Break to make sure the resources are created before testing authorization sleep(Duration::new(2, 0)); //Test authorization let principal= EntityIdentifier::builder().entity_id("alice").entity_type("PhotoFlash::User").build().unwrap(); let action = ActionIdentifier::builder().action_type("PhotoFlash::Action").action_id("ViewPhoto").build().unwrap(); let resource = EntityIdentifier::builder().entity_id("VacationPhoto94.jpg").entity_type("PhotoFlash::Photo").build().unwrap(); let auth = authorize(&client, &policy_store.policy_store_id, &principal, &action, &resource).await; println!( "Decision: {:?}", auth.decision ); println!( "Policy ID: {:?}", auth.determining_policies ); Ok(()) }
  3. Run the code by entering cargo run in the terminal.

If the code runs correctly, the terminal will show Decision: Allow followed by the policy ID of the determining policy. This means you've successfully created a policy store and tested it using the Amazon SDK for Rust.

Clean up resources

After you have finished exploring your policy store, delete it.

To delete a policy store

You can delete a policy store by using the delete-policy-store operation, replacing PSEXAMPLEabcdefg111111 with the policy store ID you want to delete.

$ aws verifiedpermissions delete-policy-store \ --policy-store-id PSEXAMPLEabcdefg111111

If successful, this command produces no output.