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# Issuer Directory Architecture
> **Status:** Initial service scaffold (Sprint 100 Identity & Signing)
## 1. Purpose
Issuer Directory centralises trusted VEX/CSAF publisher metadata so downstream services (VEX Lens, Excititor, Policy Engine) can resolve issuer identity, active keys, and trust weights. The initial milestone delivers tenant-scoped CRUD APIs with audit logging plus bootstrap import for CSAF publishers.
## 2. Runtime Topology
- **Service name:** `stellaops/issuer-directory`
- **Framework:** ASP.NET Core minimal APIs (`net10.0`)
- **Persistence:** MongoDB (`issuer-directory.issuers`, `issuer-directory.issuer_keys`, `issuer-directory.issuer_audit`)
- **AuthZ:** StellaOps resource server scopes (`issuer-directory:read`, `issuer-directory:write`, `issuer-directory:admin`)
- **Audit:** Every create/update/delete emits an audit record with actor, reason, and context.
- **Bootstrap:** On startup, the service imports `data/csaf-publishers.json` into the global tenant (`@global`) and records a `seeded` audit the first time each publisher is added.
- **Key lifecycle:** API validates Ed25519 public keys, X.509 certificates, and DSSE public keys, enforces future expiries, deduplicates fingerprints, and records audit entries for create/rotate/revoke actions.
```
Clients ──> Authority (DPoP/JWT) ──> IssuerDirectory WebService ──> MongoDB
└─> Audit sink (Mongo)
```
## 3. Configuration
Configuration is resolved via `IssuerDirectoryWebServiceOptions` (section name `IssuerDirectory`). The default YAML sample lives at `etc/issuer-directory.yaml.sample` and exposes:
```yaml
IssuerDirectory:
telemetry:
minimumLogLevel: Information
authority:
enabled: true
issuer: https://authority.example.com/realms/stellaops
requireHttpsMetadata: true
audiences:
- stellaops-platform
readScope: issuer-directory:read
writeScope: issuer-directory:write
adminScope: issuer-directory:admin
tenantHeader: X-StellaOps-Tenant
seedCsafPublishers: true
csafSeedPath: data/csaf-publishers.json
Mongo:
connectionString: mongodb://localhost:27017
database: issuer-directory
issuersCollection: issuers
issuerKeysCollection: issuer_keys
auditCollection: issuer_audit
```
## 4. API Surface (v0)
| Method | Route | Scope | Description |
|--------|-------|-------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/issuer-directory/issuers` | `issuer-directory:read` | List tenant issuers (optionally include global seeds). |
| `GET` | `/issuer-directory/issuers/{id}` | `issuer-directory:read` | Fetch a single issuer by identifier. |
| `POST` | `/issuer-directory/issuers` | `issuer-directory:write` | Create a tenant issuer. Requires `X-StellaOps-Tenant` header and optional `X-StellaOps-Reason`. |
| `PUT` | `/issuer-directory/issuers/{id}` | `issuer-directory:write` | Update issuer metadata/endpoints/tags. |
| `DELETE` | `/issuer-directory/issuers/{id}` | `issuer-directory:admin` | Delete issuer (records audit). |
| `GET` | `/issuer-directory/issuers/{id}/keys` | `issuer-directory:read` | List issuer keys (tenant + optional `@global` seeds). |
| `POST` | `/issuer-directory/issuers/{id}/keys` | `issuer-directory:write` | Add a signing key (validates format, deduplicates fingerprint, audits). |
| `POST` | `/issuer-directory/issuers/{id}/keys/{keyId}/rotate` | `issuer-directory:write` | Retire an active key and create a replacement atomically. |
| `DELETE` | `/issuer-directory/issuers/{id}/keys/{keyId}` | `issuer-directory:admin` | Revoke a key (status → revoked, audit logged). |
Payloads follow the contract in `Contracts/IssuerDtos.cs` and align with domain types (`IssuerRecord`, `IssuerMetadata`, `IssuerEndpoint`).
## 5. Dependencies & Reuse
- `StellaOps.IssuerDirectory.Core` — domain model (`IssuerRecord`, `IssuerKeyRecord`) + application services.
- `StellaOps.IssuerDirectory.Infrastructure` — MongoDB persistence, audit sink, seed loader.
- `StellaOps.IssuerDirectory.WebService` — minimal API host, authentication wiring.
- Shared libraries: `StellaOps.Configuration`, `StellaOps.Auth.ServerIntegration`.
## 6. Testing
- Unit coverage for issuer CRUD (`IssuerDirectoryServiceTests`) and key lifecycle (`IssuerKeyServiceTests`) in `StellaOps.IssuerDirectory.Core.Tests`.
- Test infrastructure leverages `FakeTimeProvider` for deterministic timestamps and in-memory fakes for repository + audit sink.
## 7. Observability
- **Metrics.** `issuer_directory_changes_total` (labels: `tenant`, `issuer`, `action`) tracks issuer create/update/delete events; `issuer_directory_key_operations_total` (labels: `tenant`, `issuer`, `operation`, `key_type`) covers key create/rotate/revoke flows; `issuer_directory_key_validation_failures_total` (labels: `tenant`, `issuer`, `reason`) captures validation/verification failures. The WebService exports these via OpenTelemetry (`StellaOps.IssuerDirectory` meter).
- **Logs.** Service-level `ILogger` instrumentation records structured entries for issuer CRUD, key lifecycle operations, and validation failures; audit logs remain the authoritative trail.
## 8. Roadmap (next milestones)
1. **Key management APIs (ISSUER-30-002)** — manage signing keys, enforce expiry, integrate with KMS.
2. **Trust weight overrides (ISSUER-30-003)** — expose policy-friendly trust weighting with audit trails.
3. **SDK integration (ISSUER-30-004)** — supply cached issuer metadata to VEX Lens and Excititor clients.
4. **Observability & Ops (ISSUER-30-005/006)** — metrics, dashboards, deployment automation, offline kit.
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*Document owner: Issuer Directory Guild*