Etherpad lite ICAT+ authentication and authorization

This plugin, based on the sessionId passed by query param, authenticates and authorizes an user. The authorization is based on the permissions to the logbook via icatplus

Plugin installation

In your etherpad-lite dir:

npm install ep_icatplus_auth

Add to settings.json:

"users": {
    "icatplus": {
        "server": "https://icatplus.server.com"
    },
}

Users who are which have access to the logbook of the padName will have access to the pad

Integration on the client

It is supposed to be used inside an iframe:

 <iframe
              title="Report Auth"
              src={`http://etherpad-logbook/auth_session?sessionID=${user.sessionId}&padName=${investigationId}&username=${fullName}`}
              width="100%"
              height={window.innerHeight}
              frameBorder="0"
            ></iframe>

Etherpad

Installation

Etherpad can be fully installed by following the next recipe:

git clone --branch master https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git &&
cd etherpad-lite &&
npm install --legacy-peer-deps ep_headings2 ep_markdown ep_comments_page ep_align ep_font_color ep_embedded_hyperlinks2 ep_icatplus_auth ep_auth_session &&
./bin/run.sh

I did experience problems with the latest version of node. I work around the issue by installing the version 14.18.2 via nvm

nvm install 14.18.2

Configuration

Copy the settings.json into the etherpad-lite folder and adapt it to your needs