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mooredstoday at 4:13 PM1 replyview on HN

I posted this because using an authorization server like OpenFGA creates a real issue: syncing authorization related data.

There's identity data that needs to be synced (from an identity provider). This seemed like a cool open source solution for that. It's not enough, of course.

You also need to sync data between your application/domain and the authorization server to have accurate authorization decisions. But other than using the authorization server's SDK, I don't think there's a general solution to that problem.

Disclaimers: I have not used this software. I don't know if it is maintained. I also work for a company that has competitive offerings for both Keycloak and OpenFGA.


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MidnightRider39today at 5:49 PM

In your view why is using the AuthZ server SDK not a good solution - or maybe other way around, what would be a more general solution?

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