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mod_migrate: Provides a prosodyctl mod_migrate command for copying data between storage backends
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1 #summary Authentication via external script/process
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2 #labels Stage-Alpha,Type-Auth
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4 = Introduction =
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6 Allow client authentication to be handled by an external script/process.
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8 = Installation =
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10 mod_auth_external depends on a Lua module called [http://www.tset.de/lpty/ lpty]. You can install it on many platforms using [http://luarocks.org/ LuaRocks], for example:
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12 {{{
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13 sudo luarocks install lpty
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14 }}}
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16 Note: Earlier versions of the module did not depend on lpty. While using the newer version is strongly recommended, you can find the [https://prosody-modules.googlecode.com/hg-history/50ee38e95e754bf1034d980364f93564028b2f34/mod_auth_external/mod_auth_external.lua older version here] if you need it (revision 50ee38e95e75 of the repository).
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18 = Configuration =
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20 As with all auth modules, there is no need to add this to modules_enabled. Simply add in the global section, or for the relevant hosts:
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22 {{{
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23 authentication = "external"
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24 }}}
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26 These options are specific to mod_auth_external:
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28 ||external_auth_protocol||May be "generic" or "ejabberd" (the latter for compatibility with ejabberd external auth scripts. Default is "generic".||
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29 ||external_auth_command||The command/script to execute.||
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31 Two other options are also available, depending on whether the module is running in 'blocking' or 'non-blocking' mode:
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32 ||external_auth_timeout||blocking||The number of seconds to wait for a response from the auth process. Default is 5.||
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33 ||external_auth_processes||non-blocking||The number of concurrent processes to spawn. Default is 1, increase to handle high connection rates efficiently.||
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35 == Blocking vs non-blocking ==
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37 Non-blocking mode is automatically activated when:
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39 * Running Prosody trunk ([http://prosody.im/nightly/ nightly] build 414+).
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40 * [http://prosody.im/doc/libevent libevent] is enabled in the config, and LuaEvent is available.
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41 * lpty (see installation above) is version 1.0.1 or later.
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43 = Protocol =
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45 Prosody executes the given command/script, and sends it queries.
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47 Your auth script should simply read a line from standard input, and write the result to standard output.
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48 It must do this in a loop, until there's nothing left to read. Prosody can keep sending more lines to the script,
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49 with a command on each line.
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51 Each command is one line, and the response is expected to be a single line containing "0" for failure or "1" for success.
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52 Your script must respond with "0" for anything it doesn't understand.
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54 There are three commands used at the moment:
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56 == auth ==
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57 Check if a user's password is valid.
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59 Example: {{{auth:username:example.com:abc123}}}
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61 Note: The password can contain colons. Make sure to handle that.
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63 == isuser ==
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64 Check if a user exists.
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66 Example: {{{isuser:username:example.com}}}
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68 == setpass ==
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69 Set a new password for the user. Implementing this is optional.
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71 Example: {{{setpass:username:example.com:abc123}}}
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73 Note: The password can contain colons. Make sure to handle that.
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75 == ejabberd compatibilty ==
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76 ejabberd implements a similar protocol. The main difference is that Prosody's protocol is line-based, while ejabberd's is length-prefixed.
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78 Add this to your config if you need to use an ejabberd auth script:
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79 {{{
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80 external_auth_protocol = "ejabberd"
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81 }}}
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83 = Compatibility =
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84 ||0.8||Works||
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85 ||0.9||Works||