A comprehensive microservice providing multi-tenant user management, role-based access control (RBAC), and organization hierarchy support for enterprise LMS platforms.
REQ-ORG-001: Organization Creation
System must allow creation of new organizations with unique identifiers, names, and slugs
REQ-ORG-002: Custom Domain Support
Each organization must support custom domain mapping (e.g., learn.acme.com)
REQ-ORG-003: Organization Settings
Organizations must have customizable settings including branding (logo, colors), feature flags, and regional preferences
REQ-ORG-004: Organization Status Management
Support for organization lifecycle states: active, trial, suspended, archived
REQ-ORG-005: Organization Metadata
Track creation date, last update, and maintain audit trail of organization changes
REQ-USER-001: User Registration
Users must be able to register with email, password, first name, and last name within an organization context
REQ-USER-002: Email Uniqueness per Organization
Email addresses must be unique within an organization but can be reused across different organizations
REQ-USER-003: User Profile Management
Users must be able to update their profile information including name, avatar, bio, and custom fields stored as JSONB
REQ-USER-004: User Status Management
Support user lifecycle states: active, inactive, suspended, pending verification
REQ-USER-005: Email Verification
System must track email verification status and send verification emails
REQ-USER-006: Last Login Tracking
System must record and display last login timestamp for each user
REQ-USER-007: Bulk User Operations
Admins must be able to import, export, and bulk update users via CSV or API
REQ-ROLE-001: Role Creation
Organizations must be able to create custom roles with names and descriptions
REQ-ROLE-002: System Roles
System must support predefined system roles that cannot be deleted (e.g., Admin, Super Admin)
REQ-ROLE-003: Role Uniqueness
Role names must be unique within an organization but can be reused across organizations
REQ-PERM-001: Permission System
System must support fine-grained permissions with resource and action combinations (e.g., course.create, user.edit)
REQ-PERM-002: Global Permissions
Permissions must be defined globally and assignable to roles across all organizations
REQ-PERM-003: Permission Assignment
Admins must be able to assign and revoke permissions to/from roles dynamically
REQ-PERM-004: Multi-Role Support
Users must be able to have multiple roles simultaneously with cumulative permissions
REQ-PERM-005: Permission Checking
System must provide fast permission checking API for authorization decisions
REQ-AUTH-001: Password Security
Passwords must be hashed using bcrypt with minimum cost factor of 10
REQ-AUTH-002: Session Management
System must support secure session management with token-based authentication (JWT)
REQ-AUTH-003: Password Reset
Users must be able to reset passwords via secure email link with expiration
REQ-AUTH-004: Account Lockout
System must implement account lockout after configurable failed login attempts
REQ-AUTH-005: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
System must support optional MFA via TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password)
REQ-PERF-001: Response Time
User authentication and authorization checks must complete within 200ms for 95th percentile
REQ-PERF-002: Concurrent Users
System must support at least 10,000 concurrent authenticated users per organization
REQ-PERF-003: Database Queries
All database queries must utilize proper indexes to maintain sub-100ms query times
REQ-SEC-001: Data Isolation
Complete data isolation must be enforced at database level using organization_id in all queries
REQ-SEC-002: API Authentication
All API endpoints must require authentication except public registration/login endpoints
REQ-SEC-003: Audit Logging
All user actions (create, update, delete) must be logged with timestamp and actor information
REQ-SEC-004: GDPR Compliance
System must support user data export and complete data deletion (right to be forgotten)
REQ-SCALE-001: Multi-Tenant Scalability
System must support at least 1,000 organizations with independent scaling capabilities
REQ-SCALE-002: Horizontal Scaling
Microservice must be stateless to support horizontal pod autoscaling
REQ-SCALE-003: Caching Strategy
Implement Redis caching for permissions and role data to reduce database load
REQ-AVAIL-001: Uptime
Service must maintain 99.9% uptime (less than 43 minutes downtime per month)
REQ-AVAIL-002: Database Backups
Automated daily backups with 30-day retention and point-in-time recovery capability
REQ-AVAIL-003: Health Checks
Implement liveness and readiness probes for Kubernetes orchestration
POST /api/v1/organizations
Create new organization
GET /api/v1/organizations/:id
Get organization details
POST /api/v1/users
Register new user
GET /api/v1/users/:id
Get user profile
PATCH /api/v1/users/:id
Update user profile
POST /api/v1/auth/login
Authenticate user
POST /api/v1/roles
Create role
POST /api/v1/roles/:id/permissions
Assign permissions to role
POST /api/v1/users/:id/roles
Assign role to user
GET /api/v1/users/:id/permissions
Check user permissions
Organizations
Primary tenant entity with settings, branding, and status
Users
User accounts scoped to organizations with profile data and authentication credentials
Roles
Organization-specific roles with names and descriptions
Permissions
Global permissions with resource-action pairs
Role-Permission Mappings
Junction table linking roles to their assigned permissions
User-Role Assignments
Junction table tracking which users have which roles
These requirements should be validated against the Database Design to ensure all functional requirements are supported by the data model. Check that each requirement has corresponding tables, columns, constraints, and indexes in the database schema. Missing mappings indicate potential gaps in implementation.