With this incubator process, we (NFDI4Energy) want to commit to a specific CAAI solution, namely Reg-APP, and integrate it on the OpenEnergyPlatform (OEP). NFDI4Energy is committed in reusing already existing solutions and platforms. As a result, the OEP will serve as one of the main bases for further developments in Research Data Management in the Energy domain and will be a linking and collection point for further NFDI4Energy services. The OEP currently consists of a simple local login (E-Mail and Password) based on basic services available through the python package Django with a PostgreSQL database and simple fronted technology (HTML, JavaScript, CSS). To add Reg-APP support we plan to use the django-allauth module, which supports SAML as well as OpenID Connect.
Open Energy Platform is an incubator project within the Identity and Access Management (IAM) basic service of Base4NFDI.
Current status
Finished — cycle 3 completed on 2025-07-31.
Timeline
- Start: 2025-02-01
- End: 2025-07-31
- Cycle: 3
Goals
- Integrate RegAPP on the OpenEnergyPlatform as the primary Authentication Service
- Transfer or map existing user accounts, since we plan to maintain the legacy login as well as the RegAPP login
- Operate the OEP and associated services under real environment conditions. As the OEP is a community service we think that a connection to the NFDI Infra proxy will not be necessary
- The served user base will be a mix of researchers, industry partners and society. As such an authentication method that is not based on the research infrastructure needs to be supported, as well
Results
Partners & entities
- Partner publications: 0
Notes
This report maps to row iam-open-energy-platform in the NocoDB dashboard table.