This is the question I asked the Ortus Documentation AI
how do I set up cbsecurity module in an app
This is the response…
You can create a cbsecurity key in the modulesettings or if you are in ColdBox 7 you can create a config/modules/cbsecurity.cfc as well. You can find much more information about cbsecurity here: FORGEBOX: cbauth.
I then asked the same question to ChatGPT 4
how do I set up cbsecurity module in an app
This is the response…
cbsecurityis a security module for the ColdBox platform, which is an MVC framework for ColdFusion (CFML) language. To set up the cbsecurity module in your ColdBox application, follow these steps:
- Install cbsecurity:
You can install cbsecurity using CommandBox, a ColdFusion (CFML) CLI and package manager. Open your terminal or command prompt, navigate to your application’s root directory, and run the following command:
box install cbsecurity
This command will download and install the cbsecurity module in your application.
- Configure cbsecurity:
After the installation, create a new file in your application’s config directory called CBSecurity.cfc. This file will hold all the security configuration settings for your application.
Here’s a basic template to get you started:
component {
function configure() {
// Set the authentication service
settings( "authenticationService" = "UserService" );
// Configure rules
rules( [
{
rule: "allow",
roles: "admin",
resources: "/admin"
},
{
rule: "allow",
roles: "user",
resources: "/user"
}
] );
}
}
Replace UserService with your actual authentication service and customize the rules array to fit your application’s requirements.
- Wirebox Bindings:
In your config/Wirebox.cfc file, create a binding for the UserService. Replace UserService with the actual path to your service file and IUserService with the appropriate interface or alias:
component {
function configure() {
// Other bindings...
map( "IUserService" ).to( "UserService" );
}
}
- Update ColdBox configuration:
In your config/Coldbox.cfc, add the cbsecurity module to the modules array:
component {
function configure() {
// ... other ColdBox configurations
// Modules
modules = [
// ... other modules
{ "cbsecurity" }
];
}
}
- Implement authentication logic:
In your UserService (or your chosen authentication service), implement the authentication logic. This service should have a getAuthenticationInfo method that returns the user’s authentication data, including roles and permissions.
- Secure handlers or actions:
You can now secure specific handlers or actions using the secured annotation. For example:
component secured="admin" {
function index( event, rc, prc ) {
// Your secured action logic
}
}
The secured annotation will make sure that only users with the admin role can access this handler or action.
With these steps, you should have a basic setup for the cbsecurity module in your ColdBox application. You can further customize the configuration as needed, and refer to the official documentation for more options: https://coldbox-security.ortusbooks.com/
Now, I don’t think the second response is fully correct as ChatGPT4 is only trained up until September 2021 but it gives the kind of steps that people unfamiliar with Coldbox can work with.
Could somebody please point me to a fully working step by step guide to getting cbSecurity 3.0 working or just give me a quick rundown of the steps required. The closest I got to the answer is Irvin Wilson - cbSecurity 3.0 but it is broken when going to the security visualiser - it tells me that a database link is missing modules/cbsecurity/models/util/DBLogger.cfc:338 but no further clue as to what the problem is. How can I dig around in the actual cbsecurity package whilst I still don’t know the module?
This link - ShiftInsert is more helpful but is only version 2.0 of cbsecurity.
If I had the permissions to do so, I would move it into a separate thread so we don’t hijack this one. 