calipso-plugin-db-authentication Egg

Build

• To generate this egg

$ python setup.py sdist

• Add the file in requirements.txt

...
/path/to/eggs/calipso-plugin-db-authentication-1.20.3.tar.gz

• In the machine where your django app runs
  • If installed --> pip uninstall calipso-plugin-db-authentication-1.20.3.tar.gz
  • To install -> pip install --user calipso-plugin-db-authentication-1.20.3.tar.gz

Django external authenticate method.

INSTALLED_APPS

Add "cp_authentication" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this::

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'cp_authentication',
)

URL PATH MODIFICATIONS

Add "cp_authentication urls" to yours urls file:

this override login/logout url view methods by calipso

if settings.EXTERNAL_LOGIN_ACTIVE:
    urlpatterns.append(url('', include('cp_authentication.urls')))
else:
    urlpatterns.append(path('login/', login_user))
    urlpatterns.append(path('logout/', logout_user))

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS

Add "cp_authentication authentication backend" to yours settingS file:

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
   'cp_authentication.auth.backends.ExternalDatabaseAuthenticationBackend',
   ...
  )

SETTINGS configuration

• To be added in django settings file.

#  external db login configuration

# -----------------------------------------------
#  external db login configuration

EXTERNAL_LOGIN_ACTIVE = True / False

EXTERNAL_DB_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
EXTERNAL_DB_PORT = 0
EXTERNAL_DB_SCHEMA = '***'
EXTERNAL_DB_USER = '***'
EXTERNAL_DB_PASSWORD = '***'

EXTERNAL_DB_TABLE = ''
EXTERNAL_DB_USERNAME_FIELD = '***'
EXTERNAL_DB_PASSWORD_FIELD = '***'

EXTERNAL_DB_ENGINE = 'django.db.backends.***'  # 'mysql', 'oracle', 'postgresql', 'sqlite3'
EXTERNAL_DB_HASH = '***'

if EXTERNAL_LOGIN_ACTIVE:
    external_database = {'ENGINE': EXTERNAL_DB_ENGINE, 'NAME': EXTERNAL_DB_SCHEMA, 'USER': EXTERNAL_DB_USER,
                         'PASSWORD': EXTERNAL_DB_PASSWORD, 'HOST': EXTERNAL_DB_HOST, 'PORT': EXTERNAL_DB_PORT}

    DATABASES['external_db'] = external_database
# -----------------------------------------------