Allow for role name to be used as entity alias #226
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Overview
Allows for the name of the role being used during authentication to be provided as the name of the entity alias. This allows for JWTs with many distinct, disparate claims to effectively be mapped to a single identity. Examples and more explanation can be found in #217.
Closes #217.
If this is something y'all would be willing to accept, I can make the documentation PR. 😄
Design of Change
Adds a boolean to roles on the JWT auth backend (
role_name_as_entity_alias
) which is checked at login and if true causes the name of the role being used to be provided as the entity alias name. This defaults tofalse
.Related Issues/Pull Requests
Testing Output
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