GLAuth Plugin

This is a GLAuth plugin; that is, a backend that are not compiled in GLAuth by default.

To quote 'Butonic' (Jörn Friedrich Dreyer):

Just keep the 'lightweight' in mind.

To build either back-end, type

make plugin_name

where 'name' is the plugin's name; so, for instance: make plugin_sqlite

To build back-ends for specific architectures, specify PLUGIN_OS and PLUGIN_ARCH -- For instance, to build the sqlite plugin for the new Mac M1s:

make plugin_sqlite PLUGIN_OS=darwin PLUGIN_ARCH=arm64

Database Plugins

To use a database plugin, edit the configuration file (see pkg/plugins/sample-database.cfg) so that:

...
[backend]
  datastore = "plugin"
  plugin = "dynamic library you created using the previous 'make' command"
  database = "database connection string"
...

so, let's say you built the 'sqlite' plugin, you would now specify its library: database = sqlite.so

SQLite, MySQL, Postgres

Tables:

• users, ldapgroups are self-explanatory
• includegroups store the 'includegroups' relationships
• othergroups, on the other hand, are a comma-separated list found in the users table (performance)

For documentation on seeding your database schema, and more, please visit this page:

https://glauth.github.io/docs/databases.html