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Version 27.3 by Vincent Massol on 2008/12/30

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Vincent Massol 1.1 1 1 User Authentication
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jmcettrick 1.18 3 XWiki supports several different authentication mechanisms for authenticating users:
Vincent Massol 1.1 4 #toc("" "" "")
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6 The form authentication is the default mechanism.
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Vincent Massol 17.2 8 #info("Note that currently XWiki allows only one method of authentication to be enabled at a time. This will probably be improved in the future.")
Vincent Massol 1.1 9
10 1.1 Form Authentication
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12 TODO
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14 1.1 LDAP Authentication
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Vincent Massol 17.3 16 #warning("New LDAP implementation since XWiki Platform 1.3M2, see [previous LDAP authentication service documentation>AuthenticationLdapOld]")
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Vincent Massol 1.2 18 1.1.1 Generic LDAP configuration
Vincent Massol 1.1 19
Vincent Massol 1.2 20 In order to enable the LDAP support you have to change the authentication method in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ as follows:
21 {code}
Thomas Mortagne 7.1 22 ## Turn LDAP authentication on - otherwise only XWiki authentication
23 ## 0 : disable
24 ## 1 : enable
Vincent Massol 1.2 25 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
Thomas Mortagne 7.1 26
27 ## set LDAP as authentication service
Thomas Mortagne 18.1 28 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl
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Vincent Massol 1.2 30 {code}
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Vincent Massol 2.1 32 You can setup the LDAP configuration in the ~~xwiki.cfg~~ file by filling the following properties:
Vincent Massol 1.2 33
Thomas Mortagne 6.1 34 {code:none}
35 ## LDAP Server (Active Directory, eDirectory, OpenLDAP, etc.)
36 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=156.58.101.204
Vincent Massol 1.1 37 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
Thomas Mortagne 6.1 38
39 ## LDAP login, empty = anonymous access, otherwise specify full dn
40 ## {0} is replaced with the username, {1} with the password
Vincent Massol 1.1 41 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn={0},department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP
42 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
Thomas Mortagne 6.1 43
Thomas Mortagne 22.1 44 ## Force to check password after LDAP connection
45 ## 0: disable
46 ## 1: enable
Thomas Mortagne 12.1 47 xwiki.authentication.ldap.validate_password=0
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Thomas Mortagne 6.1 49 ## only members of the following group will be verified in the LDAP
50 ## otherwise only users that are found after searching starting from the base_DN
51 xwiki.authentication.ldap.user_group=cn=developers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
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Thomas Mortagne 22.1 53 ## only users not member of the following group can autheticate
54 xwiki.authentication.ldap.exclude_group=cn=admin,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
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Thomas Mortagne 6.1 56 ## base DN for searches
57 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=
58 department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP
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60 ## specifies the LDAP attribute containing the identifier to be used as the XWiki name (default=cn)
61 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=cn
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63 ## retrieve the following fields from LDAP and store them in the XWiki user object (xwiki-attribute=ldap-attribute)
Thomas Mortagne 27.1 64 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=fullName,email=mail
Thomas Mortagne 6.1 65
66 # on every login update the mapped attributes from LDAP to XWiki otherwise this happens only once when the XWiki account is created.
67 xwiki.authentication.ldap.update_user=1
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69 ## maps XWiki groups to LDAP groups, separator is "|"
70 xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping=XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup=cn=AdminRole,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US|\
71 XWiki.Organisation=cn=testers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
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73 ## time in seconds after which the list of members in a group is refreshed from LDAP (default=3600*6)
74 xwiki.authentication.ldap.groupcache_expiration=21800
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76 ## - create : synchronize group membership only when the user is first created
77 ## - always: synchronize on every login
78 xwiki.authentication.ldap.mode_group_sync=always
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80 ## if ldap authentication fails for any reason, try XWiki DB authentication with the same credentials
81 xwiki.authentication.ldap.trylocal=1
Thomas Mortagne 8.1 82
83 ## SSL connection to LDAP server
84 ## 0 : normal
85 ## 1 : SSL
86 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl=1
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88 ## The keystore file to use in SSL connection
89 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl.keystore=
Vincent Massol 1.1 90 {code}
Vincent Massol 3.1 91
Thomas Mortagne 23.1 92 #info("You can also setup the LDAP configuration in XWiki.XWikiPreferences page by going to the object editor. Simply replace \"xwiki.authentication.ldap.\" by \"ldap_\". For example <tt>xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN</tt> become <tt>ldap_base_DN</tt>")
Thomas Mortagne 9.1 93
greyfairer 1.3 94 1.1.1 LDAP Configuration for Active Directory
Vincent Massol 1.1 95
greyfairer 1.3 96 Here are values of the properties you need to set if your LDAP server implementation is Miscrosoft Active Directory:
97 - *ldap_server*: name/IP of AD server machine
98 - *ldap_port*: port ~~(e.g. 389)~~
99 - *ldap_base_DN*: name of root DN ~~(e.g. dc=ad,dc=company,dc=com)~~
100 - *ldap_bind_DN*: domain\{0\} ~~(e.g. ad\{0\} where \{0\} will be replaced by username during validation)~~
101 - *ldap_bind_pass*: \{1\} ~~(where \{1\} will be replaced by password during validation)~~
102 - *ldap_UID_attr*: sAMAccountName
103 - *ldap_fields_mapping*: name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
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jmcettrick 1.19 105 Example:
106 {code}
Thomas Mortagne 19.1 107 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl
jmcettrick 1.19 108 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
109 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=adserver
110 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
111 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=suffix
112 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=subdomain\\{0}
113 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
114 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=sAMAccountName
115 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
116 {code}
greyfairer 1.3 117
jmcettrick 1.19 118 The bind_DN and bind_pass fields contain the username and password for binding to the LDAP server in order to search, which will not necessarily be the same credentials as the user logging in.
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121 The exact details of this configuration will vary based on your server configuration. It may not be necessary to prefix the username (represented by {0}) with the subdomain.
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123 For testing purposes, you may wish to omit the "ldap.fields_mapping" field, to test the authentication first, and then add it later to get the mappings right.
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125 This java client, [LDAP Browser/Editor > http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/] is a handy tool for checking your configuration.
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Thomas Mortagne 24.1 127 1.1.1 Detailed use cases
jmcettrick 1.19 128
Thomas Mortagne 24.1 129 See [LDAP configuration uses cases>LDAPAuthenticationUseCases] for some detailed use cases.
Thomas Mortagne 12.1 130
Thomas Mortagne 25.1 131 1.1.1 Enable LDAP debug log
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Thomas Mortagne 26.1 133 See [AdminGuide.Logging]. The specific targets for LDAP authentication are:
Thomas Mortagne 25.1 134 {code}
135 log4j.logger.com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.ldap=debug
136 log4j.logger.com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP=debug
137 {code}
Thomas Mortagne 27.1 138
Vincent Massol 1.1 139 1.1 eXo Authentication
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141 The eXo authentication is used automatically by adding/editing the ~~xwiki.exo=1~~ property in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~.
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143 1.1 Custom Authentication
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145 This allows plugging to any existing authentication mechanism such as SiteMinder, etc. To configure a custom authentication do the following:
Vincent Massol 27.3 146 # Implement the [XWikiAuthService>http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/user/api/XWikiAuthService.java] interface.
Vincent Massol 1.1 147 # Edit the ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ file and add a ~~xwiki.authentication.authclass~~ property pointing to your class. For example:
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149 {code}
150 xwiki.authentication.authclass = com.acme.MyCustomAuthenticationService
151 {code}
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Vincent Massol 27.2 153 Here's a [tutorial on implementing a custom authentication class for authenticating against Oracle's SSO>http://bodez.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/xwiki-user-authentication-with-oracle-sso/].
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Vincent Massol 27.3 155 Note, that you also can implement own right management service by implementing [XWikiRightService>http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/user/api/XWikiRightService.java] interface:
rssh 4.1 156 {code}
rssh 5.1 157 xwiki.authentication.rightsclass = com.acme.MyCustomRightsService
rssh 4.1 158 {code}
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Vincent Massol 27.3 160 and Group Service by implementing [XWikiGroupService>http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/user/api/XWikiGroupService.java]:
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Vincent Massol 27.3 162 {code}
163 xwiki.authentication.groupclass = com.acme.MyCustomGroupService
164 {code}
rssh 4.1 165
ShawnLauzon 1.14 166 1.1 Authentication parameters
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168 You can set each of these parameters by setting:
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170 {code}
171 xwiki.authentication.~~param_name~~=~~param_value~~
172 {code}
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174 {table}
175 Name | Optional | Allowed values | Default value | Description
ShawnLauzon 1.15 176 encryptionKey | No(1) | ? | n/a | Set the Encryption Key used to create a secret key, the secret key is passed to the Cipher object to be used during encryption and decryption of cookie values.
177 validationKey | No(2) | ? | n/a | Set the Validation Key used to generate hash value; the hash value is stored with the cookie and used to verify that the cookie has not been tampered with.
ShawnLauzon 1.14 178 cookiedomains | Yes | String | Server host name | Which host(s) should your cookies be sent to; use only if you want to share cookies across domains, otherwise should be commented out
179 cookielife | Yes | Number | 14 | Number of days cookies take to expire
180 cookiepath | Yes | String | / | The webapp path that XWiki cookies should be sent to; if you have anything else running on your web server, this should be set to ~~/xwiki~~
ShawnLauzon 1.17 181 default_page | Yes | String | /bin/view/ Main/WebHome | Page to redirect to if xredirect parameter is not set
ShawnLauzon 1.15 182 encryptionalgorithm | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
183 encryptionmode | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Mode used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
184 encryptionpadding | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Padding used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
ShawnLauzon 1.17 185 errorpage | Yes | String | /bin/loginerror/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to if there is an error logging in
186 loginpage | Yes | String | /bin/login/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to when not logged in
187 loginsubmitpage | Yes | String | /loginsubmit/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | ?
188 logoutpage | Yes | String | /bin/logout/ XWiki/XWikiLogout | Page to redirect to after logged out
Vincent Massol 15.2 189 realmname | Yes | String | XWiki | Sets the realm name
ShawnLauzon 1.16 190 protection | Yes | all, validation, encryption, none | all | Protection level for the "remember me" cookie functionality
ShawnLauzon 1.15 191 unauthorized_code | Yes | ? | ? | ?
ShawnLauzon 1.14 192 useip | Yes | true / false | true | Specify to use the IP address when encrypting the cookie data; if IP address changes will need to re-login.
193 {table}
ShawnLauzon 1.15 194 # Only required if protection = encryption or all (default)
195 # Only required if protection = validation or all (default)
ShawnLauzon 1.16 196
JasperSiepkes 20.1 197 1.1 Kerberos SSO Authentication
ShawnLauzon 1.17 198
JasperSiepkes 21.1 199 #warning("This implementation of SSO is currently under review see: http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-2496 . The class which is described in this segment of documentation, AppServerTrustedKerberosAuthServiceImpl, is not part of the default XWiki distribution!")
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JasperSiepkes 20.1 201 The following is an example of mod_auth_kerb for Apache being used to easily implement Xwiki authentication of users via by HTTP Negotiate on a linux server. This example assumes you already have a working Apache2 HTTPD and Apache Tomcat setup with mod_jk.
jmcettrick 1.18 202
JasperSiepkes 20.1 203 First of all you need to create a principal and keytab for the webserver:
204 {code}
205 # kadmin
206 kadmin> addprinc -randkey HTTP/wiki.example.com
207 kadmin> ktadd -k /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab HTTP/wiki.example.com
208 kadmin> quit
209 {code}
Thomas Mortagne 10.1 210
JasperSiepkes 20.1 211 Make sure the keytab has the right permissions and ownership:
212 {code}
213 chown www-data:www-data /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab
214 chmod 400 /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab
215 {code}
Thomas Mortagne 11.1 216
JasperSiepkes 20.1 217 Install mod_auth_kerb in your linux installation. On Debian or Ubuntu this would be achieved by running:
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219 aptitude install libapache2-mod-auth-kerb
220 {code}
221 Of course the installation procedure varies per Linux distribution.
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223 If your xwiki installation is mounted in Apache HTTPD under /xwiki, add the following to the virtual host configuration:
224 {code}
225 <Location /xwiki/>
226 AuthType Kerberos
227 AuthName "Kerberos Login"
228 KrbAuthRealms EXAMPLE.COM
229 Krb5Keytab "/etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab"
230 KrbMethodK5Passwd off
231 KrbMethodNegotiate on
232 KrbSaveCredentials on
233 require valid-user
234 </Location>
235 {code}
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237 Make sure Apache Tomcat uses the authentication performed by Apache HTTPD with the "tomcatAuthentication" property in the connector description (which is in the server.xml file of Apache Tomcat):
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239 <Connector port="8009" address="127.0.0.1" enableLookups="false" tomcatAuthentication="false" redirectPort="8443" protocol="AJP/1.3" />
240 {code}
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242 Place the authkerb.jar jar in the WEB-INF/lib directory of Xwiki in Apache Tomcat.
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244 Have Xwiki use the authentication module by changing the "xwiki.authentication.authclass" property in WEB-INF/lib/xwiki.cfg file.
245 {code}
246 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.xwiki.AppServerTrustedKerberosAuthServiceImpl
247 {code}
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249 If you use Firefox, do not forget to whitelist the xwiki URL for HTTP Negotiate in about:config with the "network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris" property. possible values for this propperty include (without the quotes): "https://" for all secured connections or "example.com" for all example.com subdomains.
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