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Apache2::AuthCASSimple(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Apache2::AuthCASSimple(3pm)NAME
Apache2::AuthCASSimple - Apache2 module to authentificate through a CAS server
DESCRIPTION
Apache2::AuthCASSimple is an authentication module for Apache2/mod_perl2. It allow you to authentificate users through a Yale CAS server.
It means you don't need to give login/password if you've already be authentificate by the CAS server, only tickets are exchanged between
Web client, Apache2 server and CAS server. If you not're authentificate yet, you'll be redirect on the CAS server login form.
This module allow the use of simple text files for sessions.
SYNOPSIS
PerlOptions +GlobalRequest
<Location /protected>
AuthType Apache2::AuthCASSimple
PerlAuthenHandler Apache2::AuthCASSimple
PerlSetVar CASServerName my.casserver.com
PerlSetVar CASServerPath /
# PerlSetVar CASServerPort 443
# PerlSetVar CASServerNoSSL 1
PerlSetVar CASSessionTimeout 3660
PerlSetVar CASSessionDirectory /tmp
# PerlSetVar CASFixDirectory /
# PerlSetVar ModProxy 1
# PerlSetVar HTTPSServer 1
require valid-user
</Location>
or
order deny,allow
deny from all
require user xxx yyyy
satisfy any
CONFIGURATION
CASServerName
Name of the CAS server. It can be a numeric IP address.
CASServerPort
Port of the CAS server. Default is 443.
CASServerPath
Path (URI) of the CAS server. Default is "/cas".
CASServerNoSSL
Disable SSL transaction wih CAS server (HTTPS). Default is off.
CASCaFile
CAS server public key. This file is used to allow secure connection between the webserver using Apache2::AuthCASSimple and the CAS
server.
DEPRECATED : Authen::CAS::Client use LWP::UserAgent to make https requests
CASSessionTimeout
Timeout (in second) for session create by Apache2::AuthCASSimple (to avoid CAS server overloading). Default is 60.
-1 means disable.
0 mean infinite (until the user close browser).
CASSessionDirectory
Directory where session data are stored. Default is /tmp.
CASFixDirectory
Force the path of the session cookie for same policy in all subdirectories else current directory is used.
ModProxy
Apache2 mod_perl2 don't be use with mod_proxy. Default is off.
HTTPSServer
If you want to keep a HTTPS server for all data. Default is 0.
OK AUTH_REQUIRED DECLINED REDIRECT SERVER_ERROR M_GET
Apache constants to make pod coverage happy
METHOD
handler
call by apache2
VERSION
This documentation describes Apache2::AuthCASSimple version 0.10
BUGS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
o Old expired sessions files must be deleted with an example provided script : "delete_session_data.pl"
o Apache::Session::Wrapper certainly need Apache2::Cookie
o $r must be global for sessions with Apache::Session::Wrapper, add
PerlOptions +GlobalRequest
in your virtualhost conf
o Apreq module must be enable in debian
a2enmod apreq
or add
LoadModule apreq_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_apreq2.so
in your apache configuration file
Please submit any bug reports to agostini@univ-metz.fr.
NOTES
Requires "mod_perl 2" version 2.02 or later Requires Authen::CAS::Client Requires Apache::Session::Wrapper
AUTHOR
Yves Agostini
CPAN ID: YVESAGO
Univ Metz
agostini@univ-metz.fr
http://www.crium.univ-metz.fr
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009 by Yves Agostini
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
perl v5.10.0 2009-05-10 Apache2::AuthCASSimple(3pm)