Security/Projects/Minion/Architecture

Minion Architecture

A simple representation of Minion:

And now for a more complicated one :)

At a very high level the responsibilities of each component are:

• Web UI
  • Generating the web UI (not surprisingly)
  • Authenticating and managing users and user sessions
• Task Engine
  • Providing a REST based API
  • Handling requests from trusted components (eg the Web UI)
  • Scheduling work across the available resources (ie plugins)
  • Persisting data
• Plugin Service
  • Providing a REST based API
  • Handling requests from trusted components (eg the Task Engine)
  • Communication with the Plugins
• Plugins
  • Providing a consistent API to other security tools