Authentication and Authorization in Microservice-Based Applications

The development of microservice-based applications adds challenges when using different cloud services. One such challenge is the integration of authentication and authorization among different systems. In this publication, we describe the development of a software as a service solution with the focus on the integration of authentication and authorization. For the development of the business logic, the integration platform as a service MuleSoft is used. The identity and access management as a service solution Okta is used to provide the necessary means for authentication. To perform authorization decisions, JSON Web Tokens and API proxies are used.