simpleauthentication.mvc

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     ##    SimpleAuthentication - making authentication ... simple!    ##
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Starting Options ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• Use the web.config custom provider or
• Manually wire up the providers you will offer.

Easy vs Hard ^^^^^^^^^^^^

• EASY: Choose to use the provided Nancy Module or Mvc Controller to make setup -really- simple. If you do this, you will need to install-package .. a. Nancy Module: Install-Package Nancy.SimpleAuthentication b. Mvc Controller: Install-Package SimpleAuthentication.Mvc or
• HARD: Create your own module/controller, your own routes and code all of this. Manually.

Setup Instructions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• MVC Automatic Setup - https://github.com/SimpleAuthentication/SimpleAuthentication/tree/master/Samples/SimpleAuthentication.Sample.MvcAuto
• NancyFX Automatic Setup - https://github.com/SimpleAuthentication/SimpleAuthentication/tree/master/Samples/SimpleAuthentication.Sample.NancyAuto

!! SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS IF YOU WANT TO OFFER AUTHENTICATION VIA MICROSOFT LIVE !! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you wish to provide authentication via MS Live, then you will need to do some special hacks to your localhost if you want to develop and TEST the authentication on your development machine(s). This is because the Microsoft Live team do NOT allow a callback to http://localhost:port . Yes, this is very frustrating, but until they change their system, we're stuck with this issue.

This means a few things, for you.

• You need to use a fully qualified domain name which resolves to localhost/127.0.0.1.
• Your IIS or IISExpress needs to accept requests for that custom domain.

Here's the pro steps :)

• There's a free domain we can all leverage called http://localtest.me . All subdomains resolve to 127.0.0.1. You can make any subdomain you want without having to go to some admin page or account page and 'creating' it. Just go and try: ping whateverYouWant.localtest.me and it should resolve to 127.0.0.1 ! Awesome! For more info: http://readme.localtest.me/
• Make sure your machine can accept this domain, etc. a) Run command line AS ADMIN. b) type => netsh http add urlacl url=http://create-some-subdomain-here.localtest.me:1337/ user=everyone
• Add this binding to your website. a) IIS: Just open up IIS -> your website -> Bindings -> add the domain name. b) IIS Express: open up \MyDocuments\IISExpress\config\application.config ... and look for the element (around line 155). Find your IIS Express website and add in a new binding, like : ** I added the 2nd binding, in. The first binding was already there.

And now you should be able to accept the callback from MS Live, when it tries to 'goto' that ***.localtest.me:port url :)

Bonus Pro Tips ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• Free Login Images: Need some login buttons? Thought so: http://bit.ly/U3qSIL
• Coding Choons: You can't get away without some pro coding choons. Here's four: a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byZO3dMLtpA b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG1AT6tylA4 c) http://soundcloud.com/phazing-004/dirty-south-phazing-radio-004 d) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cla38u6MrEI

Now go forth and execute World Domination! Seriously. Go. Dominate. Even a wee bit. Go.

-Justin Adler [from Melbourne, Australia ... mate :) ]- -Phillip Haydon [from Auckland, New Zealand... kia ora... BRO!]-