External Authentication feature, Orchard Nuggets: How to add workflows to an ASP.NET Core app - This week in Orchard (18/10/2024)

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The new AddShapeTableProvider extension method and the new External Authentication Feature are the topics for this week. Don't forget to check out our newest Orchard Nuggets post about how to add workflows to an ASP.NET Core app! Let's see the details!

Orchard Core updates

Add AddShapeTableProvider extension method

There is a new AddShapeTableProvider extension method that registers required services for the specified IShapeTableProvider. Here you can see some examples of how to use this new method instead of needing to pass the IShapeTableProvider to register it.

New ShapeTableProvider extension method

External Authentication Feature

We've introduced a new feature called External Authentication. This feature has been separated from the existing Users feature to improve dependency management and to provide an option to disable external authentication by default. As a result, the User Registration feature no longer needs to be enabled unless you specifically want to allow site registration.

This feature is only available on-demand and cannot be manually enabled or disabled. It is automatically enabled when a feature requiring external authentication is activated. We included a fast-forward migration to enable this feature automatically if previously needed. No action is needed from site administrators.

The following settings have been relocated to new classes as part of this update:

  • The properties UseScriptToSyncRoles and SyncRolesScript have been moved from LoginSettings to the new ExternalLoginSettings class.
  • The property UseExternalProviderIfOnlyOneDefined has also been moved from LoginSettings to ExternalLoginSettings.

In addition, several properties have been moved from RegistrationSettings to a new ExternalRegistrationSettings class:

  • NoPasswordForExternalUsers is now ExternalRegistrationSettings.NoPassword.
  • NoUsernameForExternalUsers is now ExternalRegistrationSettings.NoUsername.
  • NoEmailForExternalUsers is now ExternalRegistrationSettings.NoEmail.
  • UseScriptToGenerateUsername is now ExternalRegistrationSettings.UseScriptToGenerateUsername.
  • GenerateUsernameScript is now ExternalRegistrationSettings.GenerateUsernameScript.

Moreover, a new property, DisableNewRegistrations, has been added to ExternalRegistrationSettings, allowing you to prevent new external users from registering on the site. This property will be set by default if you currently use the NoRegistration value for the obsolete UsersCanRegister property.

External Authentication feature

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