Ok, so it seems with Apache > 2.4 the functionality of
Apache2::AuthCookieDBI can be duplicated using modules, specifically:
mod_auth_form AND mod_authn_dbd
This article gives a good writeup about it:
https://kodingnotes.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/authentication-in-apache2-4-part-1-installation/
In the config file you just need:
DBDriver mysql
DBDParams "dbname=myDB,user=root,pass=XXX"
<Location /private>
AuthFormProvider dbd
AuthType form
AuthName private
Session On
SessionCookieName session path=/
SessionCryptoPassphrase secret
ErrorDocument 401 /login.html
# mod_authz_core configuration
Require valid-user
# mod_authn_dbd SQL query to authenticate a user
AuthDBDUserPWQuery "SELECT password FROM apache_user WHERE username = %s"
</Location>
Now the followup. I personally need extra dynamism, specifically I need
DBDParams and SessionCookieName to be dynamic for each request. Intense
googling has lead me to believe I can do so within a <Perl> block,
something like:
When the user requests www.site.com/client_identifier/*anything* then
the <Perl> block needs to get $client_identifier from the URI and then
get $host, $database, $username, $password via:
select host, database, username, password from clients where client =
$client_identifier
But I'm kind of at a bit of a loss how to accomplish this. Anyone here
have any hints?
Thanks, and I hope this helps rescue people from Apache2::AuthCookieDBI
Tosh
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