Hey everyone!
Excited to share a walkthrough on using Cerbos Synapse to
add authorization to legacy applications without any code changes 🙂
Envoy sits in front of the app as a reverse proxy, handles authentication against your IdP, and calls Synapse for a policy decision on every request. The legacy app doesn’t need an SDK, doesn’t need modifications, doesn’t even know Cerbos is there.
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Full guide with policy examples and a phased rollout path
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showing it in action with a legacy payroll app
If you’re dealing with legacy systems that have been sitting outside your authorization framework, this one’s for you!