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ORY Keto is an permission server that implements best practice access control mechanisms. If you came looking for the answer to the question: * is certain user is allowed to modify that blog article? * is this service is allowed to print a document? * is the user of the ACME organisation allowed to modify data in one of their tenants? * is this process allowed to execute the worker when coming from IP 10.0.0.2 between 4pm and 5pm on every monday? * ...

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--- - [Introduction](#introduction) - [Installation](#installation) - [Ecosystem](#ecosystem) - [ORY Security Console: Administrative User Interface](#ory-security-console-administrative-user-interface) - [ORY Hydra: OAuth2 & OpenID Connect Server](#ory-hydra-oauth2--openid-connect-server) - [ORY Oathkeeper: Identity & Access Proxy](#ory-oathkeeper-identity--access-proxy) - [Examples](#examples) - [Security](#security) - [Disclosing vulnerabilities](#disclosing-vulnerabilities) - [Telemetry](#telemetry) - [Guide](#guide) - [HTTP API documentation](#http-api-documentation) - [Upgrading and Changelog](#upgrading-and-changelog) - [Command line documentation](#command-line-documentation) - [Backers](#backers) - [Sponsors](#sponsors) ## Introduction ORY Keto is an permission server that implements best practice access control mechanisms: * Available today: * ORY-flavored Access Control Policies with exact, glob, and regexp matching strategies * Available soon: * [Access Control Lists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_control_list) * [Role Based Access Control](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_Based_Access_Control) * Role Based Access Control with Context (Google/Kubernetes-flavored) * Amazon Web Services Identity & Access Management Policies (AWS IAM Policies) Each mechanism is powered by a decision engine implemented on top of the [Open Policy Agent](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/) and provides well-defined management and authorization endpoints. ### Installation Head over to the documentation to learn about ways of [installing ORY Keto](https://www.ory.sh/docs/next/keto/install). ## Ecosystem ORY Security Console ### ORY Security Console: Administrative User Interface The [ORY Security Console](https://console.ory.sh/) is a visual admin interface for ORY Hydra, ORY Oathkeeper, and ORY Keto. ### ORY Hydra: OAuth2 & OpenID Connect Server [ORY Hydra](https://github.com/ory/hydra) ORY Hydra is a hardened OAuth2 and OpenID Connect server optimized for low-latency, high throughput, and low resource consumption. ORY Hydra is not an identity provider, which would include user sign up, user log in, password reset flow. Hydra but connects to your existing identity provider through a consent app. ### ORY Oathkeeper: Identity & Access Proxy [ORY Oathkeeper](https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper) is a BeyondCorp/Zero Trust Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) built on top of OAuth2 and ORY Hydra. ### Examples The [ory/examples](https://github.com/ory/examples) repository contains numerous examples of setting up this project and combining it with other services from the ORY Ecosystem. ## Security ### Disclosing vulnerabilities If you think you found a security vulnerability, please refrain from posting it publicly on the forums, the chat, or GitHub and send us an email to [hi@ory.am](mailto:hi@ory.am) instead. ## Telemetry Our services collect summarized, anonymized data which can optionally be turned off. Click [here](https://www.ory.sh/docs/ecosystem/sqa) to learn more. ### Guide The Guide is available [here](https://www.ory.sh/docs/next/keto/). ### HTTP API documentation The HTTP API is documented [here](https://www.ory.sh/docs/next/keto/sdk/api). ### Upgrading and Changelog New releases might introduce breaking changes. To help you identify and incorporate those changes, we document these changes in [UPGRADE.md](./UPGRADE.md) and [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md). ### Command line documentation Run `keto -h` or `keto help`. ## Backers Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 [[Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/ory#backer)] We would also like to thank (past & current) supporters (in alphabetical order) on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/_ory): Alexander Alimovs, Chancy Kennedy, Drozzy, Oz Haven, TheCrealm ## Sponsors Sponsors support this project. The sponsor's logo or brand will show up here with a link to the website. [[Become a sponsor](https://opencollective.com/ory#sponsor)] A special thanks goes out to **Wayne Robinson** for supporting this ecosystem with $200 every month since Oktober 2016 [on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/_ory).