loopback-component-cas

This component provides a loopback native implementation of a CAS Protocol Specification.

Use it with loopback

• SAML
• SAML v1.1

DONE : CASv1, CASv2, CASv3, SAMLv1.1

TODO : SLO logout, SAMLv2, Regression Test

Installation

• npm i loopback-component-cas
• Don't forget to add express-xml-bodyparser to your project

Configuration

Application Model

You MUST use application model to store RegExp url field.

User Model

User model MUST have a profile entry with user JSON profile AND uuid for each user.

Example in common/models/account.json:

{
  "name": "Account",
  "base": "User",
  "idInjection": true,
  "options": {
    "validateUpsert": true
  },
  "properties": {
    "uuid": {
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    "profile": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "validations": [],
  "relations": {},
  "acls": [],
  "methods": {}
}

AccessToken model

In model-config.json, add appId field and modify belongsTo relation to use Account.

"AccessToken": {
  ...
  "relations": {
    "application": {
      "type": "belongsTo",
      "model": "Application",
      "foreignKey": "appId"
    },
    "user": {
      "type": "belongsTo",
      "model": "Account",
      "foreignKey": "userId"
    }
  }
}

login and logout WEB Pages

CAS redirect on theses pages if necessary.

login Page parameter

• redirect [OPTIONAL] - the full URL-encoded cas login service as described in section 2.2 of RFC 3986 (ex. ${accessUrl}/cas/login?service=serviceUrl)

logout Page parameter

• redirect [OPTIONAL] - the full URL-encoded service URL as described in section 2.2 of RFC 3986

token, cookie-parser and express-xml-bodyparser

In server/middleware.json, add in request cookie-parser, token and express-xml-bodyparser

"session:before": {
   "cookie-parser": {
     "params": "${cookieSecret}"
   }
},
"auth": {
  "loopback#token": {
    "params": {
      "model": "AccessToken"
   }
  }
},
"parse": {
  "express-xml-bodyparser": {
    "params": {
     "normalize": true,
     "normalizeTags": false,
     "explicitArray": false
    }
  }
}

Don't forget to add config.json#cookieSecret.

Component configuration

In server/component-config.json

"./components/loopback-component-cas": {
  "accessUrl": "https://my.access.Url"
  "serviceTicketTTL": 60000,
  "loginPage": "/account/signin",
  "logoutPage": "/account/signout",
  "userModel": "User",
  "attributes": [
    "authenticationDate",
    "longTermAuthenticationRequestTokenUsed",
    "isFromNewLogin",
    "memberOf",
    "email",
    "displayName",
    "firstname",
    "lastname",
    "languages",
    "userId",
    "uuid"
  ],
  "loginCallback": "loginCallback"
}

${userModel}.uuid is always injected

Attributes may comply with contact schema established by [Joseph Smarr][schema-author].

Attributes can be any key from ${userModel}.profile.

If optional loginCallback(req, service, user) exist, loopback-component-cas call it when login occure.

Specific case

• email come from model ${userModel}.email
• firstname come from ${userModel}.profile.name.givenName
• lastname come from ${userModel}.profile.name.familyName