From c5f89fba55b2529b2c8a76e272a21d551ffa82fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Cloke Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:28:42 -0400 Subject: Add developer documentation for running a local CAS server (#7147) --- changelog.d/7147.doc | 1 + docs/dev/cas.md | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/dev/saml.md | 8 +++++-- 3 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changelog.d/7147.doc create mode 100644 docs/dev/cas.md diff --git a/changelog.d/7147.doc b/changelog.d/7147.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2c855ff5f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/7147.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add documentation for running a local CAS server for testing. diff --git a/docs/dev/cas.md b/docs/dev/cas.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f8d02cc82c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/dev/cas.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +# How to test CAS as a developer without a server + +The [django-mama-cas](https://github.com/jbittel/django-mama-cas) project is an +easy to run CAS implementation built on top of Django. + +## Prerequisites + +1. Create a new virtualenv: `python3 -m venv ` +2. Activate your virtualenv: `source /path/to/your/virtualenv/bin/activate` +3. Install Django and django-mama-cas: + ``` + python -m pip install "django<3" "django-mama-cas==2.4.0" + ``` +4. Create a Django project in the current directory: + ``` + django-admin startproject cas_test . + ``` +5. Follow the [install directions](https://django-mama-cas.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#configuring) for django-mama-cas +6. Setup the SQLite database: `python manage.py migrate` +7. Create a user: + ``` + python manage.py createsuperuser + ``` + 1. Use whatever you want as the username and password. + 2. Leave the other fields blank. +8. Use the built-in Django test server to serve the CAS endpoints on port 8000: + ``` + python manage.py runserver + ``` + +You should now have a Django project configured to serve CAS authentication with +a single user created. + +## Configure Synapse (and Riot) to use CAS + +1. Modify your `homeserver.yaml` to enable CAS and point it to your locally + running Django test server: + ```yaml + cas_config: + enabled: true + server_url: "http://localhost:8000" + service_url: "http://localhost:8081" + #displayname_attribute: name + #required_attributes: + # name: value + ``` +2. Restart Synapse. + +Note that the above configuration assumes the homeserver is running on port 8081 +and that the CAS server is on port 8000, both on localhost. + +## Testing the configuration + +Then in Riot: + +1. Visit the login page with a Riot pointing at your homeserver. +2. Click the Single Sign-On button. +3. Login using the credentials created with `createsuperuser`. +4. You should be logged in. + +If you want to repeat this process you'll need to manually logout first: + +1. http://localhost:8000/admin/ +2. Click "logout" in the top right. diff --git a/docs/dev/saml.md b/docs/dev/saml.md index f41aadce47..a9bfd2dc05 100644 --- a/docs/dev/saml.md +++ b/docs/dev/saml.md @@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ To make Synapse (and therefore Riot) use it: metadata: local: ["samling.xml"] ``` -5. Run `apt-get install xmlsec1` and `pip install --upgrade --force 'pysaml2>=4.5.0'` to ensure +5. Ensure that your `homeserver.yaml` has a setting for `public_baseurl`: + ```yaml + public_baseurl: http://localhost:8080/ + ``` +6. Run `apt-get install xmlsec1` and `pip install --upgrade --force 'pysaml2>=4.5.0'` to ensure the dependencies are installed and ready to go. -6. Restart Synapse. +7. Restart Synapse. Then in Riot: -- cgit 1.4.1