AlchemyCMS has no authentication in its core. So it is possible to bring your own authentication and use it to authorize users in AlchemyCMS. If you don't have your own authentication, you can use this gem.

Just put the gem into your projects Gemfile.

# Gemfile
gem 'alchemy-devise'

and run bundle install.

Then run the installer:

$ bin/rails g alchemy:devise:install

After updating the gem, please run the installer again.

$ bundle update alchemy-devise
$ bin/rails g alchemy:devise:install

Default Devise modules included in Alchemy::User model

• :database_authenticatable
• :trackable
• :validatable
• :timeoutable
• :recoverable
• :rememberable

If you want to add additional modules into the Alchemy user class append them to Alchemy::Devise.config.devise_modules in an initializer in your app.

# config/initializers/alchemy.rb
Alchemy::Devise.config.devise_modules << :registerable

If your app uses an old encryption that needs the +devise-encryptable+ gem you also need to load the devise module.

# config/initializers/alchemy.rb
Alchemy::Devise.config.devise_modules << :encryptable

Granting or revoking the admin role asks the admin performing the change to confirm their own password, both when creating a user and when editing one. Since admin is the only role that can manage users, every other role and every other user attribute can be edited with a valid session alone.

Roles that need a password are configurable:

# config/initializers/alchemy.rb
Alchemy::Devise.config.privileged_user_roles << "editor"

Set this to false to grant roles with a valid session alone:

# config/initializers/alchemy.rb
Alchemy::Devise.config.require_password_for_role_change = false

If you want to contribute (and you should ^_^), you need to run the tests locally on your machine.

Just follow these pretty rails standard way of testing projects:

Clone the repo to your local harddrive. Then

$ bundle install
$ rake alchemy:spec:prepare

$ rspec

Optional: Even shorter

$ rake

That prepares the database and runs the Rspec task in one step.

• If you have bugs, please use the issue tracker on Github.
• For Q&A and general usage, please use the Slack

• Homepage: https://alchemy-cms.com
• Live-Demo: https://alchemy-demo.herokuapp.com (user: demo, password: demo123)
• API Documentation: https://www.rubydoc.info/github/AlchemyCMS/alchemy-devise
• Issue-Tracker: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy-devise/issues
• Sourcecode: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy-devise
• Slack: https://slackin.alchemy-cms.com

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