ASTRA

Browse to the ASTRA Web Application URL:

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

Legacy ASTRA documentation:

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

New & Improved ASTRA documentation:

• 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

This section contains documents of interest for people who don't actually use ASTRA themselves, but rather have been authorized in ASTRA to have access to a variety of administrative applications here at the UW>

• 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 for consuming application developers using ASTRA for their authorization management requirements.

• ASTRA Overview
• 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?
• 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