Anonymous Authentication

This plugin provides anonymous authentication. Users are automatically logged as a configurable Anonymous user. This module also includes additional actions (to be able to login when already logged as Anonymous) and a dedicated Exception handling (to automatically redirect Anonymous users to login screen after a security error).

To activate this authentication plugin:

1. Add the plugin to the authentication chain. Contribute an XML extension from the following content. Adapt the authenticationChain element content with the list of plugins you want to use.

   <extension
    target="org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.ui.web.auth.service.PluggableAuthenticationService"
    point="chain">
    <authenticationChain>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>BASIC_AUTH</plugin>
        <plugin>ANONYMOUS_AUTH</plugin>
        <plugin>THE_PLUGIN_I_WANT_TO_USE</plugin>
      </plugins>
    </authenticationChain>
   </extension>
   

   Use ANONYMOUS_AUTH.

2. Configure the plugin via an XML descriptor (define who the anonymous user will be) in an XML extension in Nuxeo Studio or an XML file nxserver/config/anonymous-auth-config.xml.

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <component name="org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.login.anonymous.config">
   
      <!-- Add an Anonymous user -->
      <extension target="org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.usermanager.UserService" point="userManager">
        <userManager>
          <users>
            <anonymousUser id="Guest">
              <property name="firstName">Guest</property>
              <property name="lastName">User</property>
            </anonymousUser>
          </users>
        </userManager>
      </extension>
   
    </component>
   
   

3. Adapt the anonymousUser id and properties.
4. Save.