feat: accomplish dashboard_admin

config/opensearch_dashboards.yml

@@ -268,3 +268,6 @@
 # Set the value of this setting to true to enable plugin augmentation on Dashboard
 # vis_augmenter.pluginAugmentationEnabled: true
 
+# Set the backend roles, whoever has the backend roles defined in this config will be regard as dashboard admin.
+# Dashboard admin will have the access to all the workspaces and objects inside OpenSearch Dashboards.
+# workspace.dashboardAdmin.backendRoles: ["dashboard_admin"]

src/plugins/workspace/config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { schema, TypeOf } from '@osd/config-schema';
+
+export const configSchema = schema.object({
+  enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
+  dashboardAdmin: schema.object(
+    {
+      backendRoles: schema.arrayOf(schema.string(), {
+        defaultValue: ['dashboard_admin'],
+      }),
+    },
+    {
+      defaultValue: {
+        backendRoles: ['dashboard_admin'],
+      },
+    }
+  ),
+});
+
+export type ConfigSchema = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;

src/plugins/workspace/server/index.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
  * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-
-import { schema } from '@osd/config-schema';
-
 import { PluginConfigDescriptor, PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../core/server';
 import { WorkspacePlugin } from './plugin';
+import { configSchema } from '../config';
 
 // This exports static code and TypeScript types,
 // as well as, OpenSearch Dashboards Platform `plugin()` initializer.
@@ -15,10 +13,6 @@ export function plugin(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
   return new WorkspacePlugin(initializerContext);
 }
 
-export { MlCommonsPluginSetup, MlCommonsPluginStart } from './types';
-
 export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor = {
-  schema: schema.object({
-    enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
-  }),
+  schema: configSchema,
 };

src/plugins/workspace/server/plugin.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
 import {
   PluginInitializerContext,
@@ -23,10 +24,12 @@ import { IWorkspaceDBImpl, WorkspaceAttribute } from './types';
 import { WorkspaceClientWithSavedObject } from './workspace_client';
 import { WorkspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper } from './saved_objects';
 import { registerRoutes } from './routes';
+import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 
 export class WorkspacePlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
   private readonly logger: Logger;
   private client?: IWorkspaceDBImpl;
+  private config$: Observable<ConfigSchema>;
 
   private proxyWorkspaceTrafficToRealHandler(setupDeps: CoreSetup) {
     /**
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ export class WorkspacePlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
 
   constructor(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
     this.logger = initializerContext.logger.get('plugins', 'workspace');
+    this.config$ = initializerContext.config.create<ConfigSchema>();
   }
 
   public async setup(core: CoreSetup) {
@@ -56,7 +60,10 @@ export class WorkspacePlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
 
     await this.client.setup(core);
     const workspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper = new WorkspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper(
-      core.savedObjects.permissionControl
+      core.savedObjects.permissionControl,
+      {
+        config$: this.config$,
+      }
     );
 
     core.savedObjects.addClientWrapper(

src/plugins/workspace/server/saved_objects/workspace_saved_objects_client_wrapper.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
 import Boom from '@hapi/boom';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import {
   OpenSearchDashboardsRequest,
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   ACL,
   WorkspacePermissionMode,
 } from '../../../../core/server';
+import { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
 
 // Can't throw unauthorized for now, the page will be refreshed if unauthorized
 const generateWorkspacePermissionError = () =>
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ const isWorkspacesLikeAttributes = (attributes: unknown): attributes is Attribut
   Array.isArray((attributes as { workspaces: unknown }).workspaces);
 
 export class WorkspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper {
+  private config?: ConfigSchema;
   private formatWorkspacePermissionModeToStringArray(
     permission: WorkspacePermissionMode | WorkspacePermissionMode[]
   ): string[] {
@@ -140,6 +144,14 @@ export class WorkspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper {
     }
   }
 
+  private isDashboardAdmin(request: OpenSearchDashboardsRequest): boolean {
+    const config = this.config || ({} as ConfigSchema);
+    const principals = this.permissionControl.getPrincipalsFromRequest(request);
+    const adminBackendRoles = config?.dashboardAdmin?.backendRoles || [];
+    const matchAny = principals?.groups?.some((item) => adminBackendRoles.includes(item)) || false;
+    return matchAny;
+  }
+
   /**
    * check if the type include workspace
    * Workspace permission check is totally different from object permission check.
@@ -377,6 +389,12 @@ export class WorkspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper {
       return await wrapperOptions.client.addToWorkspaces(objects, targetWorkspaces, options);
     };
 
+    const isDashboardAdmin = this.isDashboardAdmin(wrapperOptions.request);
+
+    if (isDashboardAdmin) {
+      return wrapperOptions.client;
+    }
+
     return {
       ...wrapperOptions.client,
       get: getWithWorkspacePermissionControl,
@@ -395,5 +413,20 @@ export class WorkspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper {
     };
   };
 
-  constructor(private readonly permissionControl: SavedObjectsPermissionControlContract) {}
+  constructor(
+    private readonly permissionControl: SavedObjectsPermissionControlContract,
+    private readonly options: {
+      config$: Observable<ConfigSchema>;
+    }
+  ) {
+    this.options.config$.subscribe((config) => {
+      this.config = config;
+    });
+    this.options.config$
+      .pipe(first())
+      .toPromise()
+      .then((config) => {
+        this.config = config;
+      });
+  }
 }