Using Clerk Organizations to Create Role-Based (RBAC) Authentication in Next.js

Overview

This project demonstrates how to implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) authentication in a Next.js application using Clerk Organizations. Clerk Organizations is a user authentication and management platform that allows you to easily add RBAC functionality to your web applications.

Article Link

Implementing Role-Based Access Control in Next.js App Router using Clerk Organizations

Deployed Website

https://nextjs-clerk-organizations-rbac-authentication.vercel.app/

Prerequisites

Before getting started, ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm or Yarn

Installation

To install and run the project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/musebe/nextjs-clerk-organizations-rbac-authentication
2. Navigate to the project folder: cd your-project
3. Install the dependencies: npm install or yarn install
4. Start the development server: npm run dev or yarn dev
5. Create a .env file and put in the credentials
6. Open your browser and visit http://localhost:3000 to see the application.

.env File Configs

NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=your_clerk_publishable_key CLERK_SECRET_KEY=your_clerk_secret_key NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_IN_URL=/sign-in NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_UP_URL=/sign-up NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_AFTER_SIGN_IN_URL=/ NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_AFTER_SIGN_UP_URL=/

Usage

Step 1: Sign Up and Create Organizations

• Sign up for an account on Clerk (https://clerk.com/) and create a new project.

Step 2: Integrate Clerk Organizations

• Follow the integration guide provided by Clerk (https://clerk.com/docs/organizations/overview) to use Clerk Organizations into your Next.js application.
• Use the Clerk API to manage user roles and permissions based on the organizations they belong to.
• You can follow this tutorial to set up Organizations : Implementing Role-Based Access Control in Next.js App Router using Clerk Organizations

Configuration

In the .env.local file, you can customize the following environment variables:

• CLERK_FRONTEND_API: Your Clerk Frontend API key.
• CLERK_API_URL: The URL for the Clerk API.
• NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL: The public URL of your Next.js application.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Credits

• Clerk Organizations (https://clerk.dev/)
• Next.js (https://nextjs.org/)

Contact

If you have any questions or need support, feel free to contact the project maintainers:

• Name - Eugene Musebe
• Email- emusebe9@gmail.com

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