add out-of-the-box support for external authentication with OIDC/OAuth

[morotti]

Hello,

I tried using the tool but there is no support for external authentication system, like OIDC.

I found there are some plugins https://github.com/apache/answer-plugins
including an OAuth 2 plugin https://github.com/apache/answer-plugins/tree/main/connector-basic

I've tried using the plugin but it doesn't work.
plugins can only be used by making a custom build of apache answer.
I've tried that but I hit successive errors, with needing firewall access to go to github, then needing go 1.22.x to run, then some error in PNPM, that needed to have exactly pnpm 1.10 to pass, then error in NPM and finally some javascript install scripts.

At this point I gave up.
I'm sorry to say but the tool is not usable without support for authentication out-of-the-box.

Could you consider including auth support in the app?

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apache answer has no support for external authentication out of the box.

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apache answer has no support for external authentication out of the box.

Describe the solution you'd like

OIDC/OAuth authentication support out of the box.

Describe alternatives you've considered

tried the plugin, doesn't work

[shuashuai]

Did you refer to the documentation for the steps to use it? After following the document and blog, you can continue to feedback.

1.https://answer.apache.org/blog/category/tutorials
2.https://answer.apache.org/docs/development/plugins

[morotti]

hello, sorry for delay,

i was following the instructions from the README https://github.com/apache/answer-plugins/tree/main/connector-basic
that refers to ./answer build --with github.com/apache/answer-plugins/connector-basic to setup the plugin

EDIT: from your guide I see there is a tutorial to develop and add plugins. it's even more complex than answer build ... so it doesn't really help.
still need to have complete development environments with specific versions of pnpm/npm/go.
https://answer.apache.org/blog/guide-to-add-answer-plugins

[shuashuai]

hello, sorry for delay,

i was following the instructions from the README https://github.com/apache/answer-plugins/tree/main/connector-basic that refers to ./answer build --with github.com/apache/answer-plugins/connector-basic to setup the plugin

EDIT: from your guide I see there is a tutorial to develop and add plugins. it's even more complex than answer build ... so it doesn't really help. still need to have complete development environments with specific versions of pnpm/npm/go. https://answer.apache.org/blog/guide-to-add-answer-plugins

Sorry, but currently all plugins need to be built by the user! And a significant number of users have already built successful!

eg: https://meta.answer.dev/questions/D1oY2/what-is-the-best-approach-for-building-a-docker-image-with-plugins-for-running-on-the-server