[cgiapp] CAP::Authentication, CA::Dispatch and CA::Server

[Richard Jones]

Anyone managing to get CAP::Authentication, CA::Dispatch and CA::Server 
working together?

In cgiapp_init:

$self->authen_config(
   ....
   LOGIN_URL => '/app/login', # CA::Server sends /app/* to Dispatch
);

Then in cgiapp_prerun:

$self->authen->username ?
   $self->authen->redirect_after_login :
     $self->authen->redirect_to_login;

In the case of a non-logged in user, this causes a redirection loop : 
'Redirection limit for this URL exceeded. Unable to load the requested 
page. The site is redirecting the request in a way that will never 
complete.'

Using LOGIN_URL => '/login' (or 'login') gets over the redirect problem, 
but causes the address to switch to localhost:8080/login which is not a 
recognised app for CA::Server, unless I make it so, then we get the 
redirection loop again.

Using LOGIN_URL => '' (or no LOGIN_URL defined) loads the default login 
box and works fine, and re-directs to the Dispatch default page after login.

Switching to LOGIN_RUNMODE instead of LOGIN_URL causes the app to load 
the AUTOLOAD => \&_exception page - ie it can't find the runmode 
'login', yet login() is the defined StartRunmode (using 
CAP::AutoRunmode) in the base app. module.

And if I replace $self->authen->redirect_to_login with 
$self->forward('login') it works fine, provided LOGIN_RUNMODE => 
'login', otherwise I get the default login page.

So it looks like the LOGIN_URL/LOGIN_RUNMODE and redirect_to_login() 
functions aren't working with CA::Dispatch. Unfortunately the default 
login box is not an option as I *need* to use a custom login page.

I can't see where I've gone wrong since the default behaviour displaying 
the default login page seems to work OK. Presumably I've mis-configured 
CAP::Authen or CA::Dispatch somewhere?
-- 
Richard Jones