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Authenticating against Django's user database from Apache
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Since keeping multiple authentication databases in sync is a common problem when
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dealing with Apache, you can configuring Apache to authenticate against Django's
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`authentication system`_ directly. For example, you could:
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* Serve static/media files directly from Apache only to authenticated users.
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* Authenticate access to a Subversion_ repository against Django users with
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a certain permission.
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* Allow certain users to connect to a WebDAV share created with mod_dav_.
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Configuring Apache
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To check against Django's authorization database from a Apache configuration
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file, you'll need to use mod_python's ``PythonAuthenHandler`` directive along
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with the standard ``Auth*`` and ``Require`` directives::
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<Location /example/>
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AuthType Basic
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AuthName "example.com"
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Require valid-user
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SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
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PythonAuthenHandler django.contrib.auth.handlers.modpython
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</Location>
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.. admonition:: Using the authentication handler with Apache 2.2
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If you're using Apache 2.2, you'll need to take a couple extra steps.
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You'll need to ensure that ``mod_auth_basic`` and ``mod_authz_user``
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are loaded. These might be compiled statically into Apache, or you might
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need to use ``LoadModule`` to load them dynamically (as shown in the
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example at the bottom of this note).
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You'll also need to insert configuration directives that prevent Apache
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from trying to use other authentication modules. Depending on which other
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authentication modules you have loaded, you might need one or more of
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the following directives::
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AuthBasicAuthoritative Off
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AuthDefaultAuthoritative Off
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AuthzLDAPAuthoritative Off
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AuthzDBMAuthoritative Off
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AuthzDefaultAuthoritative Off
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AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative Off
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AuthzOwnerAuthoritative Off
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AuthzUserAuthoritative Off
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A complete configuration, with differences between Apache 2.0 and
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Apache 2.2 marked in bold, would look something like:
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.. parsed-literal::
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**LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so**
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**LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so**
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...
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<Location /example/>
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AuthType Basic
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AuthName "example.com"
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**AuthBasicAuthoritative Off**
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Require valid-user
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SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
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PythonAuthenHandler django.contrib.auth.handlers.modpython
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</Location>
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By default, the authentication handler will limit access to the ``/example/``
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location to users marked as staff members. You can use a set of
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``PythonOption`` directives to modify this behavior:
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``PythonOption`` Explanation
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``DjangoRequireStaffStatus`` If set to ``on`` only "staff" users (i.e.
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those with the ``is_staff`` flag set)
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will be allowed.
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Defaults to ``on``.
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``DjangoRequireSuperuserStatus`` If set to ``on`` only superusers (i.e.
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those with the ``is_superuser`` flag set)
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will be allowed.
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Defaults to ``off``.
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``DjangoPermissionName`` The name of a permission to require for
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access. See `custom permissions`_ for
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more information.
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By default no specific permission will be
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required.
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Note that sometimes ``SetEnv`` doesn't play well in this mod_python
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configuration, for reasons unknown. If you're having problems getting
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mod_python to recognize your ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE``, you can set it using
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``PythonOption`` instead of ``SetEnv``. Therefore, these two Apache directives
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are equivalent::
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SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
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PythonOption DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
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.. _authentication system: ../authentication/
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.. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/
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.. _mod_dav: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_dav.html
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.. _custom permissions: ../authentication/#custom-permissions
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