BoostAuth

Authentication system for Boost Plan. The Boost Plan is a scaffold for building usable web applications in no time.

BoostAuth provides a unified authentication and authorization service for all other systems provided in the Boost Plan. It supports multiple authentication methods with a built-in administration system.

Features

• Token-based authentication and authorization
• Basic access authentication (RFC 7617)
• Fully-fledged access control
• Management system with frontend
• Delegation support
• Email service
• Admin management
• Group management
• Role-based access control
• Docker-based deployment
• Clients in multiple languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, PHP)
• Integration with third-party services (e.g., Next Cloud)

Setup

Environment

• Java 11
• Maven 3.6+

Configuration

src/main/resources/application[-dev/-local/-prod].yml

Start with Docker

docker-compose up

Start with Maven

mvn clean package -D maven.test.skip=true -P [local/dev/prod]

Common Issues

• Cannot connect to DB: wait until DB is fully initialized and restart web service

API Document

domain:9000/swagger-ui.html

Registration Workflow

Frontend

1. User: access /view/preregister to preregister
2. Admin: access /admin/view/manage/preregister to approve the preregistration
3. Optionally, User: access an endpoint to officially register with a unique code issued by Admin

API

1. User: call /token/auth/preregister to preregister
2. Admin: call /admin/identity/approve/{id} to approve the preregistration
3. Optionally, User: access an endpoint to officially register with a unique code issued by Admin

Basic Access Authentication

• Authentication endpoint: GET /basic/login
• Header: Authorization: Basic <username>:<source>:<password>

Token-Based authentication

1. /token/auth/preregister Generate Identity with UUID and Token
2. /token/auth/register Make Identity valid
3. /token/auth/login Sign in
4. /token/verify Verify a token
5. /token/auth/logout Sign out
6. /token/auth/reset/password Reset password

Frontend

User

• Preregistration: /view/preregister

Admin

• Manage preregistration: /admin/view/manage/preregister

• Manage group: /admin/view/manage/group

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References

• Spring Boot
• Spring Web
• Spring Data JPA
• Spring Security
• Spring Testing
• Springdoc-openapi
• Thymeleaf
• Lombok
• auth0 JWT