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.. _howto-apache-auth:
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Authenticating against Django's user database from Apache
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=========================================================
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Since keeping multiple authentication databases in sync is a common problem when
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dealing with Apache, you can configuring Apache to authenticate against Django's
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:ref:`authentication system <topics-auth>` directly. For example, you
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could:
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    * Serve static/media files directly from Apache only to authenticated users.
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    * Authenticate access to a Subversion_ repository against Django users with
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      a certain permission.
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    * Allow certain users to connect to a WebDAV share created with mod_dav_.
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.. _Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/
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.. _mod_dav: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_dav.html
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Configuring Apache
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==================
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To check against Django's authorization database from a Apache configuration
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file, you'll need to use mod_python's ``PythonAuthenHandler`` directive along
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with the standard ``Auth*`` and ``Require`` directives:
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.. code-block:: apache
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    <Location /example/>
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        AuthType Basic
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        AuthName "example.com"
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        Require valid-user
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        SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
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        PythonAuthenHandler django.contrib.auth.handlers.modpython
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    </Location>
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.. admonition:: Using the authentication handler with Apache 2.2
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    If you're using Apache 2.2, you'll need to take a couple extra steps.
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    You'll need to ensure that ``mod_auth_basic`` and ``mod_authz_user``
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    are loaded. These might be compiled statically into Apache, or you might
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    need to use ``LoadModule`` to load them dynamically (as shown in the
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    example at the bottom of this note).
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    You'll also need to insert configuration directives that prevent Apache
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    from trying to use other authentication modules, as well as specifying
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    the ``AuthUserFile`` directive and pointing it to ``/dev/null``. Depending
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    on which other authentication modules you have loaded, you might need one
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    or more of the following directives:
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    .. code-block:: apache
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        AuthBasicAuthoritative Off
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        AuthDefaultAuthoritative Off
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        AuthzLDAPAuthoritative Off
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        AuthzDBMAuthoritative Off
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        AuthzDefaultAuthoritative Off
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        AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative Off
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        AuthzOwnerAuthoritative Off
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        AuthzUserAuthoritative Off
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    A complete configuration, with differences between Apache 2.0 and
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    Apache 2.2 marked in bold, would look something like:
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    .. parsed-literal::
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        **LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so**
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        **LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so**
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        ...
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        <Location /example/>
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            AuthType Basic
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            AuthName "example.com"
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            **AuthUserFile /dev/null**
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            **AuthBasicAuthoritative Off**
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            Require valid-user
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            SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
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            PythonAuthenHandler django.contrib.auth.handlers.modpython
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        </Location>
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By default, the authentication handler will limit access to the ``/example/``
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location to users marked as staff members.  You can use a set of
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``PythonOption`` directives to modify this behavior:
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    ``PythonOption``                  Explanation
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    ``DjangoRequireStaffStatus``      If set to ``on`` only "staff" users (i.e.
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                                      those with the ``is_staff`` flag set)
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                                      will be allowed.
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                                      Defaults to ``on``.
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    ``DjangoRequireSuperuserStatus``  If set to ``on`` only superusers (i.e.
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                                      those with the ``is_superuser`` flag set)
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                                      will be allowed.
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                                      Defaults to ``off``.
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    ``DjangoPermissionName``          The name of a permission to require for
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                                      access. See :ref:`custom permissions
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                                      <custom-permissions>` for more
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                                      information.
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                                      By default no specific permission will be
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                                      required.
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Note that sometimes ``SetEnv`` doesn't play well in this mod_python
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configuration, for reasons unknown. If you're having problems getting
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mod_python to recognize your ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE``, you can set it using
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``PythonOption`` instead of ``SetEnv``. Therefore, these two Apache directives
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are equivalent::
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    SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
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    PythonOption DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings
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