ASTRA

Current location of ASTRA documentation:

http://www.washington.edu/computing/astra/

Browse to the ASTRA Web Application URL:

http://ucs.admin.washington.edu/astra/

Updated ASTRA documentation:

Site Audience:

• ASTRA Authorizers and Delegators
• Consuming application users authorized viaASTRA
• Business Application Owners (Service Owners and Operators)
• Consuming application Developers
• Data custodians

Site Purpose: This site provides access to ASTRA documentation in wiki format.

Contents: There Is Something For Everyone!

• ASTRA Authorizers and Delegators

• Consuming Application Users Authorized Through ASTRA

• Developer Information

• Data Custodians

• Business Application Owners

• Contact the ASTRA Team

ASTRA Authorizer and Delegator Information

This section contains documents of interest for ASTRA authorizers and delegators: people who use ASTRA to grant authorizations to others.

End User Information

• What is ASTRA?
• What Consuming Applications Am I authorized For? Search ASTRA To Find Out.
• Who Can Authorize Me?
• Who Do I Contact For Help For My Consuming Application?

Developer Information

This section contains documents of general interest to developers using ASTRA.

• ASTRA Overview
• The Bigger Picture: What Other Tools Are Available For Use?
• Implementing ASTRA As Your Application's Authorization Management Tool
• ASTRA Best Practices (Guidelines for Consuming App Developers current doc)
• Production Checklist
• Authorization Schema
• ASTRA Security Features
• ASTRA Release Notifications
• Consuming Authorizations From ASTRA
  • How Can My Application Consume ASTRA Authorizations?
  • AstraWS Web Service Overview and Security Requirements
  • UWCA X.509 Certficates
    • Acquire a Certificate from the UW Certficate Authority (UWCA)
    •  Configure a ASP.NET Web Application to use X.509 Certifcates
  • AstraWS Web Service v.2 API How-To Documents:
    • How-to: Consume AstraWS Web Service v.2 using Microsoft .Net2.0/WSE 3.0
    • How-to: Consume AstraWS Web Service v.2 using PHP
  • LEGACY:  AstraWS Web Service v.1 API How-To Documents:
    • How-to: Consume ASTRA Web Service v.1 using Microsoft.NET 1.1/WSE 2.0 SP1
    • How-to: Consume ASTRA Web Service v.1 using Microsoft.NET 2.0/WSE 3.0
    • How-to: Consume ASTRA Web Service v.1 from Java J2EE
    • How-to: Consume ASTRA Web Service v.1 from Coldfusion MX
    • How-to: Consume ASTRA Web Service v.1 from Classic ASP
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ASTRA Data Custodian Information

This section contains documents of interest for data custodians who have a stake in how their data is being used by consuming appplications that use ASTRA.

• Who are the current data custodians?
• What is ASTRA?
• Who can use and see my data?
• Which apps use my data?
• Authorization management: Auto-deprovisioning

ASTRA Business Owner/Service Operator/Service Owner Information

• What is ASTRA?
• Responsibilities of a Business Owner
• Implementation and Rollout Plan
• Use of ASTRA to build Mailman Groups
• How to get Reports and Statistics

Your Question Isn't Answered Here?

Contact the ASTRA team at astra@uw.edu