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To allow tenant administrators or "super users" to adminstrate users, or if you are using an external authentication source, you must create custom authentication.  Custom authentication will allow the developer to use a users table in the database for authentication or access an external authentication directory.NOTE: To

Steps

• If using Servoy for storing user data, create a user database for the application or set of applications.  Be sure to at least include a username and password column in the database.
• Create a login solution.  A login solution should have the following attributes:
  • Solution type of login
    
  • A login form set as the first form.
  • The login form should have fields (normally form variables) for entering a username and password
  • A button or method that will validate the fields are not null and finally call the authentication method of the authenticator solution.  See Login Method Example.
  • The login solution has no database access, so if there is any validation done during the login process (find tenant id, verify user exists, etc.), the login solution must call an authenticator solution for any database information.
•  Create an authenticator solution (during the solution creation process, same as login solution).  The authenticator has the following attributes:
  • Solution type of authenticator
    
  • Includes a global method to authenticate users.  This method will check the users table or call external authentication to authenticate.  This method will also log the user into Servoy.  See Authenticator Method Example.
  • Can also include other methods for checking a user or getting a tenant id.
  • The authenticator solution is not a module of the solution, but must be in the repository of the application server or in the developer's workspace.
• Set the login solution property to the login solution you have just created.
• Deploy the application, making sure to include the authenticator solution if you do an import on the application server.  The custom login form will appear when launching the solution.

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