With the release of Digital Factory 7.1 we have gone one step further into the direction of simplifying the integration of external sources and repositories, including the integration of external user and group providers. This session will briefly reveal the details of the new integration point and show possible use cases and examples of its usage.

1. External user/group providers in
Digital Factory 7.1
Sergiy Shyrkov
Software Architect @ Jahia Solutions Group SA
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2. Outline
Refactoring in Digital Factory 7.1
Steps for custom provider integration
Demo
Questions
Useful links
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3. Full multitenancy support
 Global + site-level groups
 Global platform users
 User provisioning on site
level (7.1+)
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Refactoring – Multitenancy (1)
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4. Standard JCR API for user/group access
 Transparent access to
users/groups via JCR API
 Increased usability and
maintainability
 Improved performance (no
intermediate objects)
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Refactoring – JCR API (2)
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5. Improved extensibility
 Ad-hoc integration points
 Custom provider
integration was never so
easy
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6. External data provider
 User and group nodes are handled as JCR nodes
 External providers are mounted under
 /users/providers/xyz
 /groups/providers/xyz
 User / group service uses those nodes as normal users
and groups
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Integration – Base (1)
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Integration – Diagram (2)
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Integration – What to do (3)
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What we’ve done:
 Automatic registration of
providers
 Provider management UI
 Seamless translation of
JCR calls for providers
 Support for custom UI
views for provider
management
What you have to do:
 Implement code for
custom user/group data
access
 (Optionally) provide views
for provider creation and
configuration

9. What to implement for user provider
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<<interface>>
UserGroupProvider
getUser(String name): JahiaUser
searchUsers(Properties searchCriteria, long offset, long
limit): List<String>
…

10. What to implement for group provider
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<<interface>>
UserGroupProvider
getGroup(String name): JahiaGroup
getGroupMembers(String groupName): List<Member>
getMembership(Member member): List<String>
searchGroups(Properties searchCriteria, long offset, long
limit): List<String>
supportsGroups(): Boolean
…

11. Demo
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Provider management
Database provider
JCR queries
LDAP provider

12. Questions
Questions
Comments
Thoughts
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13. Useful links
 Showcase provider
https://github.com/shyrkov/df-users-groups-db-provider-
showcase
 External Provider User and Groups
https://github.com/Jahia/external-provider-users-groups
 External Data Provider
http://www.jahiaone.com/home/program/session/external-
data-provider
https://github.com/Jahia/external-provider
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14. Thank you and stay tuned!
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Sergiy Shyrkov
Software Architect @ Jahia Solutions Group SA
sergiy.shyrkov@jahia.com