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Basic Installation

First, you'll need a few prerequisites.

• the latest libopkele from http://kin.klever.net/libopkele (C++ implementation of important OpenID functions)
• libsqlite from http://www.sqlite.org (SQLite C libs)

Next, run:

 ./configure

or

 ./configure --help

to see additional options that can be specified.

Next, run:

 make
 su root
 make install

Make sure that the file /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db is owned by the user running Apache. You can do this by (assuming www-data is the user running apache):

 su root
 touch /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db
 chown www-data /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db

Or you can specify an alternate location that the user running apache has write privieges on (see the docs for the AuthOpenIDDBLocation directive on the homepage).

Usage

In either a Directory, Location, or File directive in httpd.conf, place the following directive:

 AuthType            OpenID
 Require             valid-user

There are also additional, optional directives. See the homepage for a list and docs.

The user's identity URL will be available in the REMOTE_USER cgi environment variable after authentication.

Usage with HTTP Basic

You can configure Apache's HTTP Basic mechanism ahead of mod_auth_openid, allowing a client to present either a valid Basic auth credential first or an OpenID credential second.

 AuthType               Basic
 AuthBasicAuthoritative Off
 AuthUserFile           .htpasswd

 AuthType               OpenID
 Require                valid-user

See the project page for more information.