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Local developer experience (OneBox)

Aserto's authorizer is available as a docker container that you can run locally. This "all-in-one" version of the Aserto Authorizer is referred to as the OneBox.

The CLI provides a management experience over the OneBox.

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The OneBox requires docker to be installed and running. To install Docker on a Mac or Linux system: brew install --cask docker

To get started with the OneBox, you can pull it down using the Aserto CLI.

Sign in to your Aserto account:

aserto login

The following command will pull down the latest aserto-one docker image.

aserto developer install

The next command will pull down the configuration for a policy that you've set up in the console, using the name you gave it (in the example below, peoplefinder).

aserto developer configure peoplefinder

The following command will docker run a local container with the peoplefinder policy configuration:

aserto developer start peoplefinder

You can use the next command to open a browser window that shows a local version of the console, to see what policies and users the local authorizer has. It also has a Rego playground and an API explorer that allow you to experiment with the Aserto authorization system.

aserto developer console  # will show you what the local authorizer is running

The next few commands help manage the aserto-one docker instance and image.

aserto developer status   # displays the running status of the authorizer
aserto developer stop     # stops the authorizer
aserto developer update   # updates the authorizer image to :latest

The OneBox can be connected to the Aserto control plane. This enables additional functionality, including the ability to issue commands to the OneBox remotely. To connect the OneBox to the Aserto control plane see the edge authorizers section.