django-cliauth 0.9.1

Authenticate Apache2 (basic auth) using your Django DB

Authenticating Apache2 using your Django DB

• Make sure you have apache2 mod-auth-external installed and configured (See: http://code.google.com/p/mod-auth-external/wiki/Configuration)

• Define django-cliauth as your external authenticator by adding the following line in your virtualhost:

  • DefineExternalAuth django_cliauth pipe “/path/to/your/django-admin.py cliauth –settings=”YOUR_PROJECT.settings””

• Set your authentication using a .htaccess file (or <Location> inside the virtualhost):

  • AuthType Basic

  • AuthName <authname>

  • AuthBasicProvider external

  • AuthExternal django_cliauth

  • Require valid-user

• Reload your apache2 configuration

Checking is the user belongs to a group

• Define django-cliauth as your external group checker by adding the following to your apache virtualhost:

  • DefineExternalGroup django_cliauth_grpck pipe “/path/to/your/django-admin.py cliauth –groupcheck –settings=’YOUR_PROJECT.settings’”

• Set your authentication using a .htaccess file (or <Location> inside the virtualhost):

  • AuthType Basic

  • AuthName <authname>

  • AuthBasicProvider external

  • AuthExternal django_cliauth

  • GroupExternal django_cliauth_grpck

  • Require group <groupname1> <groupname2> …