ckanext-passwordless

This extension prevents the storage of passwords. Login is performed by requesting a single use token via email.

Passwordless login process

Requirements

Developed for CKAN version 2.8 (should still work for 2.7.2, otherwise select the tag v1.0)

Installation

To install ckanext-passwordless:

1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:

   . /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate
   

2. Install the ckanext-passwordless Python package into your virtual environment:

   pip install ckanext-passwordless
   

3. Add passwordless to the ckan.plugins setting in your CKAN config file (by default the config file is located at /etc/ckan/default/production.ini).

4. Restart CKAN. For example if you've deployed CKAN with Apache on Ubuntu:

   sudo service apache2 reload
   

Config Settings

Document any optional config settings here. For example:

# The minimum number of hours to wait before re-checking a resource
# (optional, default: 24).
ckanext.passwordless.some_setting = some_default_value

Development Installation

To install ckanext-passwordless for development, activate your CKAN virtualenv and do:

git clone https://github.com/espona/ckanext-passwordless.git
cd ckanext-passwordless
python setup.py develop
pip install -r dev-requirements.txt

Running the Tests

To run the tests, do:

nosetests --nologcapture --with-pylons=test.ini

To run the tests and produce a coverage report, first make sure you have coverage installed in your virtualenv (pip install coverage) then run:

nosetests --nologcapture --with-pylons=test.ini --with-coverage --cover-package=ckanext.passwordless --cover-inclusive --cover-erase --cover-tests

Registering ckanext-passwordless on PyPI

ckanext-passwordless should be availabe on PyPI as https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ckanext-passwordless. If that link doesn't work, then you can register the project on PyPI for the first time by following these steps:

1. Create a source distribution of the project:

   python setup.py sdist
   

2. Register the project:

   python setup.py register
   

3. Upload the source distribution to PyPI:

   python setup.py sdist upload
   

4. Tag the first release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the setup.py file. For example if the version number in setup.py is 0.0.1 then do:

   git tag 0.0.1
   git push --tags
   

Releasing a New Version of ckanext-passwordless

ckanext-passwordless is availabe on PyPI as https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ckanext-passwordless. To publish a new version to PyPI follow these steps:

1. Update the version number in the setup.py file. See PEP 440 for how to choose version numbers.

2. Create a source distribution of the new version:

   python setup.py sdist
   

3. Upload the source distribution to PyPI:

   python setup.py sdist upload
   

4. Tag the new release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the setup.py file. For example if the version number in setup.py is 0.0.2 then do:

   git tag 0.0.2
   git push --tags