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Add a blueprint for moving authx into Gitaly

Patrick Steinhardt requested to merge pks-gitaly-authx into master

What does this MR do?

There is an ongoing effort to move authentication and authorization from GitLab Rails into Gitaly. This commit adds a blueprint for discussion of this topic.

Part of https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/architecture/tasks/-/issues/18

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

Conformity

Availability and Testing

Security

If this MR contains changes to processing or storing of credentials or tokens, authorization and authentication methods and other items described in the security review guidelines:

  • Label as security and @ mention @gitlab-com/gl-security/appsec
  • The MR includes necessary changes to maintain consistency between UI, API, email, or other methods
  • Security reports checked/validated by a reviewer from the AppSec team

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