F5 Distributed Cloud User and Group Synchronization - Specifications¶

Overview¶

This directory contains production-ready IEEE 29148:2018 compliant specifications for the F5 Distributed Cloud User and Group Synchronization Tool. These specifications are intended for handoff to implementation teams and are independent of the development process and issue tracking.

Document Standards¶

All specifications in this directory conform to:

• ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2018 - Systems and software engineering — Life cycle processes — Requirements engineering
• Industry best practices for software requirements specifications
• Complete, unambiguous, verifiable, consistent, modifiable, and traceable requirements

Specifications¶

System Requirements Specification (SRS)¶

File: user-group-sync-srs.md

Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2018 Status: Production Ready Version: 1.0.0 Last Updated: 2025-11-13

Scope: Complete system specification for F5 Distributed Cloud user and group synchronization tool

Contents:

• System overview and context (Sections 1-2)
• 6 major features with 64 functional requirements (Section 3)
• External interface specifications - CLI, API, CSV (Section 4)
• 22 non-functional requirements - performance, security, quality (Section 5)
• Data requirements and transformations (Section 6)
• Development requirements - see development/quality-standards.md
• Quality attributes - testability, traceability, maintainability (Section 8)
• Appendices - API contracts, CSV examples, glossary (Section 9)

Implementation Guidance (extracted to focused documents): - implementation/roadmap.md - Feature priorities and 3-phase implementation - implementation/workflows.md - Operational procedures (setup, sync, prune) - implementation/testing-strategy.md - Unit, integration, and E2E testing - guides/deployment-guide.md - Deployment scenarios overview - guides/github-actions-guide.md - GitHub Actions configuration - guides/jenkins-guide.md - Jenkins pipeline configuration - guides/troubleshooting-guide.md - Diagnostic commands and resolutions

User Lifecycle Management Specification¶

File: user-lifecycle-management-srs.md

Standard: ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2018 Status: Production Ready Version: 1.0 Last Updated: 2025-11-13

Scope: User lifecycle management workflows and operations

Contents:

• User creation, modification, and deletion workflows
• CSV-driven user synchronization
• User validation and error handling
• Integration with group management

API Contracts¶

F5 XC IAM API Specification¶

File: api/contracts/xc-iam.yaml

Format: OpenAPI 3.0 Status: Production Ready

Description: Complete API specification for F5 Distributed Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) endpoints used for user and group synchronization.

Endpoints:

• User Groups (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Authentication and authorization requirements
• Request/response schemas
• Error handling

Development Standards¶

Quality Standards Document¶

File: development/quality-standards.md

Status: Mandatory for all development work Version: 1.0.0 Last Updated: 2025-11-13

Contents:

• FR-DEV-001 through FR-DEV-011: Functional requirements for pre-commit hooks, linting, security, CI/CD
• SC-DEV-001 through SC-DEV-008: Success criteria and measurements
• Pre-commit Hook Requirements: Code formatting, linting, security scanning, repository policies, DRY enforcement
• CI/CD Integration: Local-CI parity matrix, PR blocking, hook version management
• Development Workflow: Local setup, commit workflow, CI stages
• Tool Configuration Reference: All configuration file locations
• Troubleshooting: Common issues and solutions

Key Principle: Zero tolerance for violations - all checks MUST pass locally and in CI.

Document Relationships¶

user-group-sync-srs.md (System Specification)
├── References: development/quality-standards.md (Development Requirements)
├── Includes: user-lifecycle-management-srs.md (Feature)
└── References: api/contracts/xc-iam.yaml (API Contract)

Implementation Guidance¶

Comprehensive implementation guidance has been extracted to focused, role-based documents:

Implementation Planning¶

• implementation/roadmap.md - 6-8 week phased roadmap (MVP → Production → Advanced) with feature priorities and dependency matrix
• implementation/workflows.md - Operational procedures: setup, regular sync, and prune workflows
• implementation/testing-strategy.md - Unit (≥90% coverage), integration, and E2E testing strategies

Deployment and Operations¶

• guides/deployment-guide.md - Overview of all deployment scenarios with platform comparison
• guides/github-actions-guide.md - Complete GitHub Actions workflow with secrets configuration
• guides/jenkins-guide.md - Jenkins pipeline (declarative + scripted) with credential setup
• guides/troubleshooting-guide.md - Common issues, diagnostic commands, and resolutions

These focused guides provide role-specific documentation for project managers, developers, DevOps/SRE teams, QA engineers, and operations personnel.

Usage for Implementation Teams¶

Getting Started¶

1. Read System Specification First: Start with user-group-sync-srs.md for complete system understanding
2. Review Feature Specifications: Read user-lifecycle-management-srs.md for detailed feature requirements
3. Reference API Contract: Use api/contracts/xc-iam.yaml for API integration details

Implementation Phases¶

Phase 1: MVP (2-3 weeks)

• Foundation: Data models, CSV parsing, configuration
• Core sync: API client, group synchronization
• Basic CLI with dry-run mode

Phase 2: Production Readiness (2-3 weeks)

• Reliability: Retry mechanisms, error handling
• User experience: CLI feedback, execution summaries
• Operational: Setup automation, CI/CD integration

Phase 3: Advanced Features (1-2 weeks)

• Resource pruning with safety validation
• Large dataset testing (100K+ rows)
• Production deployment validation

Requirements Traceability¶

All requirements are uniquely identified:

• FR-XXX-###: Functional Requirements (e.g., FR-SYNC-001)
• NFR-XXX-###: Non-Functional Requirements (e.g., NFR-PERF-001)

Complete traceability matrices are provided in each specification linking requirements to test cases and implementation.

For Developers¶

All development work MUST adhere to mandatory requirements defined in development/quality-standards.md:

• Pre-commit Hooks: Black, Ruff, MyPy, ShellCheck, PyMarkdown, detect-secrets, Bandit, pip-audit, actionlint, jscpd
• Code Quality: 95%+ test coverage, zero linting errors, zero duplication violations (≥15 lines)
• CI/CD Integration: 100% parity between local pre-commit and CI checks, all checks block PR merge
• Security: Zero tolerance for secrets, MEDIUM+ Bandit issues, HIGH/CRITICAL pip-audit vulnerabilities
• Workflow: Feature branches only (###-feature-name), no direct commits to main, all work tracked via GitHub issues

Quick Links:

• Complete Development Requirements
• System Requirements Specification
• API Contracts

Quality Standards¶

All specifications in this directory meet:

• ✅ IEEE 29148:2018 compliance
• ✅ Complete requirements coverage
• ✅ Full traceability (requirements → tests → implementation)
• ✅ Verifiable acceptance criteria
• ✅ Professional documentation standards
• ✅ Mandatory development quality gates

Document Organization¶

Specifications are organized for different audiences:

Current Structure¶

docs/specifications/
├── user-group-sync-srs.md           # System Requirements (IEEE 29148) - 2,786 lines
├── user-lifecycle-management-srs.md # Feature Specifications
├── development/
│   └── quality-standards.md         # Development Requirements (FR-DEV, SC-DEV)
├── implementation/
│   ├── roadmap.md                   # Feature priorities & 3-phase plan
│   ├── workflows.md                 # Operational procedures
│   └── testing-strategy.md          # Unit, integration, E2E testing
├── guides/
│   ├── deployment-guide.md          # Deployment scenarios
│   ├── github-actions-guide.md      # GitHub Actions configuration
│   ├── jenkins-guide.md             # Jenkins pipeline configuration
│   └── troubleshooting-guide.md     # Diagnostics and resolutions
├── api/contracts/
│   └── xc-iam.yaml                  # OpenAPI 3.0 API Contracts
└── README.md                        # This file

Modularization History¶

• Phase 1 (Issue #121): Extracted development standards to development/quality-standards.md (reduced SRS by 267 lines)
• Phase 2 (Issue #123): Extracted implementation guidance to implementation/ and guides/ directories (reduced SRS by 1,240 lines)
• Total Reduction: SRS reduced from 4,026 → 2,786 lines (31% reduction)

Version History¶

Contact¶

For questions about these specifications or clarifications needed during implementation, please contact the project team.

License¶

These specifications are proprietary and confidential. Distribution is limited to authorized implementation teams.