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Allow config to restrict service plans to an exact org set, excluding protected orgs #234

@jblackman

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@jblackman

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
For security reasons, we want to restrict a custom service broker to a set of specific orgs, but using "limited_access_plans" means that protected orgs will also be granted access, which we don't necessarily want.

"Protected" orgs is a dual-use setting: protect from deletion and protect from service-access restrictions. So, whilst I enjoy the comfort of knowing that cf-mgmt won't delete my org, for my use case exposing my custom service to these orgs is a highly undesirable side-effect.

Describe the solution you'd like
Would it be feasible to add a new field to the configuration to exactly specify the orgs? Something like this:

service-access:
- broker: custom-but-secure-broker
  services:
  - service: a.secure.service
    restricted_access_plans: # a.secure.plan is only available to the foo-org
    - plan: a.secure.plan
      orgs:
      - foo-org

If a plan is specified as both "limited_access" and "restricted_access", then I would suggest the result is either undefined (caveat emptor) or an error would be raised.

Describe alternatives you've considered
We can work around this by globally disabling access in config, then having a further pipeline step to enable access just for the org(s) desired. It does leave a window where service instances cannot be created, which is slightly inconvenient :)

Additional context
Is including protected orgs in service plan access controls the best behaviour? The original feature request #84 and its feedback #160 do not define the use case that prompted it.

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