Guardian Manual

Contents:

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Guardian administrators
  • 1.2. App infrastructure maintainers
  • 1.3. App developers
• 2. What is the Guardian?
  • 2.1. Guardian apps
  • 2.2. What does the Guardian do?
  • 2.3. Terminology
• 3. Installation
  • 3.1. Installation on a UCS Primary Directory Node
  • 3.2. Upgrading the Guardian
  • 3.3. Installation on various UCS server roles
  • 3.4. Load balancing and multiple instances
• 4. Configuration
  • 4.1. Management API
  • 4.2. Authorization API
  • 4.3. Management UI
• 5. Troubleshooting
  • 5.1. Common issues
  • 5.2. Logging
  • 5.3. First time installation and configuration
  • 5.4. Management UI
  • 5.5. Management API
  • 5.6. Debugging OPA decisions
  • 5.7. Authentication issues
• 6. Management UI
  • 6.1. Roles
  • 6.2. Capabilities of a role
  • 6.3. Namespaces
  • 6.4. Contexts
• 7. Assigning roles to users or objects
• 8. Management API and Authorization API
  • 8.1. Management API
  • 8.2. Authorization API
• 9. Developer quick start
  • 9.1. Management API
  • 9.2. Authorization API
• 10. Limitations
  • 10.1. Management API
  • 10.2. Authorization API
  • 10.3. Management UI

• Conditions Reference
• Glossary
• Changelogs
  • Authorization API
    • Version 3.0.7 (2026-03-27)
    • Version 3.0.6 (2026-03-13)
    • Version 3.0.5 (2026-02-25)
    • Version 3.0.4 (2026-01-15)
    • Version 3.0.3 (2025-12-16)
    • Version 3.0.2 (2025-12-15)
    • Version 3.0.1 (2025-07-10)
    • Version 3.0.0 (2024-12-16)
    • Version 2.0.3 (2024-04-18)
    • Version 2.0.2 (2024-03-26)
    • Version 2.0.1 (2024-01-22)
    • Version 2.0.0 (2024-01-15)
    • Version 1.1.0 (2023-12-22)
    • Version 1.0.0 (2023-12-11)
  • Management API
    • Version 3.0.7 (2026-03-27)
    • Version 3.0.6 (2026-03-13)
    • Version 3.0.5 (2026-02-25)
    • Version 3.0.4 (2026-01-15)
    • Version 3.0.3 (2025-12-16)
    • Version 3.0.2 (2025-12-15)
    • Version 3.0.1 (2025-07-10)
    • Version 3.0.0 (2024-12-16)
    • Version 2.0.2 (2024-04-18)
    • Version 2.0.1 (2024-03-26)
    • Version 2.0.0 (2024-01-15)
    • Version 1.1.0 (2023-12-22)
    • Version 1.0.0 (2023-12-11)
  • Management UI
    • Version 3.0.7 (2026-03-27)
    • Version 3.0.6 (2026-03-13)
    • Version 3.0.5 (2026-02-25)
    • Version 3.0.4 (2026-01-15)
    • Version 3.0.3 (2025-12-16)
    • Version 3.0.2 (2025-12-15)
    • Version 3.0.1 (2025-07-10)
    • Version 3.0.0 (2024-12-16)
    • Version 2.0.1 (2024-03-26)
    • Version 2.0.0 (2024-01-15)
    • Version 1.1.0 (2023-12-22)
    • Version 1.0.0 (2023-12-11)
  • Guardian Manual
    • Version 2.0 (2024-01-15)
      • Minor changes
        • 2024-01-24
    • Version 1.1 (2023-12-22)
    • Version 1.0 (2023-12-22)