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Eoin McDonnell updated RANGER-5730:
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    Description: 
When importing roles via RoleREST.importRolesFromFile with 
createNonExistUserGroupRole=false, import can fail if a role references nested 
(child) roles that have not been created yet in the same import run.

Example failure:
  "Role with name: <roleName> does not exist"

Setting createNonExistUserGroupRole=true avoids the failure by creating missing 
referenced roles, but the same flag also creates missing users and groups. That 
is undesirable for customers who already sync large user/group sets (for 
example during Unix to LDAP sync-source migration) and do not want Ranger to 
create unsynced users/groups during role import.

Today there is no option to create missing roles only, and import processes 
roles in file order without resolving nested-role dependencies within the 
import payload.

Proposal:
1. For role import (importRolesFromFile), restrict 
createNonExistUserGroupRole=true
   so it creates missing nested roles only; do not create missing users or 
groups.
2. (Optional) Make import dependency-aware / two-pass so nested roles present 
in the
   same import file succeed even when createNonExistUserGroupRole=false.
3. Add tests covering nested role import without creating users/groups.

Primary code areas:
 - security-admin/.../RoleREST.java (importRolesFromFile)
 - security-admin/.../RoleRefUpdater.java
 - security-admin/.../RoleDBStore.java

  was:
When importing roles via RoleREST.importRolesFromFile with 
createNonExistUserGroupRole=false, import can fail if a role references nested 
(child) roles that have not been created yet in the same import run.

Example failure:
  "Role with name: <roleName> does not exist"

Setting createNonExistUserGroupRole=true avoids the failure by creating missing 
referenced roles, but the same flag also creates missing users and groups. That 
is undesirable for customers who already sync large user/group sets (for 
example during Unix to LDAP sync-source migration) and do not want Ranger to 
create unsynced users/groups during role import.

Today there is no option to create missing roles only, and import processes 
roles in file order without resolving nested-role dependencies within the 
import payload.

Proposal:
1. Make importRolesFromFile dependency-aware (for example two-pass import): 
first create/update roles, then apply nested role/user/group memberships once 
referenced roles from the same file exist.
2. Keep createNonExistUserGroupRole behavior for missing users/groups/roles 
that are not present in the import file.
3. Add tests for nested role import with createNonExistUserGroupRole=false when 
all referenced roles are included in the same JSON file.

Primary code areas:
- security-admin/.../RoleREST.java (importRolesFromFile)
- security-admin/.../RoleRefUpdater.java
- security-admin/.../RoleDBStore.java


> Improve nested role import to resolve in-file role dependencies without 
> creating users/groups
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: RANGER-5730
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-5730
>             Project: Ranger
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: admin
>            Reporter: Eoin McDonnell
>            Assignee: Eoin McDonnell
>            Priority: Major
>
> When importing roles via RoleREST.importRolesFromFile with 
> createNonExistUserGroupRole=false, import can fail if a role references 
> nested (child) roles that have not been created yet in the same import run.
> Example failure:
>   "Role with name: <roleName> does not exist"
> Setting createNonExistUserGroupRole=true avoids the failure by creating 
> missing referenced roles, but the same flag also creates missing users and 
> groups. That is undesirable for customers who already sync large user/group 
> sets (for example during Unix to LDAP sync-source migration) and do not want 
> Ranger to create unsynced users/groups during role import.
> Today there is no option to create missing roles only, and import processes 
> roles in file order without resolving nested-role dependencies within the 
> import payload.
> Proposal:
> 1. For role import (importRolesFromFile), restrict 
> createNonExistUserGroupRole=true
>    so it creates missing nested roles only; do not create missing users or 
> groups.
> 2. (Optional) Make import dependency-aware / two-pass so nested roles present 
> in the
>    same import file succeed even when createNonExistUserGroupRole=false.
> 3. Add tests covering nested role import without creating users/groups.
> Primary code areas:
>  - security-admin/.../RoleREST.java (importRolesFromFile)
>  - security-admin/.../RoleRefUpdater.java
>  - security-admin/.../RoleDBStore.java



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