Sveltekit Clerk Cerbos

Overview

This product analysis examines an example of using Clerk with Cerbos in a SvelteKit application. Cerbos is an open-source authorization-as-a-service option that allows for decoupled access control in software. It uses human-readable policy definitions to determine access control policies for application resources. Clerk is used as the identity provider in this example, and the SvelteKit application connects with Clerk for authentication and Cerbos for authorization.

Features

• Authorization-as-a-service with Cerbos
• Integration with Clerk for authentication
• Human-readable policy definitions
• Decoupled access control
• Works with various identity provider services

Installation

To run the example, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository and install the dependencies.
2. Set up a Clerk account and project.
3. Add the necessary environment variables to an env.local file at the root of the project.
4. Start Cerbos locally.
5. Start the demo locally.
6. Explore the example implementation.

Summary

This product analysis discussed an example of using Clerk with Cerbos in a SvelteKit application. It highlighted the key features of Cerbos and demonstrated how to install and run the example. This integration allows for decoupled access control and authentication in software applications.