Terminology

The documentation and object model use a certain terminology that you should be aware of.

Applications

Allow you to manage multiple different software projects, for example. Each application has its own unique set of roles and delegations.

Roles

Are similar to security groups, to which users can become members and acquire a level of security that gives them the ability to perform some business operations. Roles can contain permissions, subjects and mappings. A role could be a teacher, custodian, student, etc.

Permissions

A permission is the ability to perform some specific operation like view grades, edit grades, etc.

Subjects

Subjects (Users) are grouped into roles and role access permissions are based upon the role, not individual.

Mappings

Roles coming from authentication system can be mapped to the application roles.

Store

A mechanism that allow you to store persistent the Balea’s object model such as applications, roles, permissions, delegations. Balea provides out-of-the-box two stores:

• ASP.NET Core JSON Configuration Provider.
• Entity Framework Core.