## Default Auth service By default, users are stored in json file. For some use-cases, this is enough. It also makes this app lightweight since no database is required. Default handler accepts only file name parameter. This file should be writable by the web server. ``` 'Filegator\Services\Auth\AuthInterface' => [ 'handler' => '\Filegator\Services\Auth\Adapters\JsonFile', 'config' => [ 'file' => __DIR__.'/private/users.json', ], ], ``` ## Configuring Auth service to use database You can use mysql database to store your users. First, create a table ```users``` with this sql query: ``` CREATE TABLE `users` ( `id` int(10) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `role` varchar(20) NOT NULL, `permissions` varchar(200) NOT NULL, `homedir` varchar(2000) NOT NULL, `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`), KEY `username` (`username`) ) CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin; ``` Then, import default users with sql query: ``` INSERT INTO `users` (`username`, `name`, `role`, `permissions`, `homedir`, `password`) VALUES ('guest', 'Guest', 'guest', '', '/', ''), ('admin', 'Admin', 'admin', 'read|write|upload|download|batchdownload|zip', '/', '$2y$10$Nu35w4pteLfc7BDCIkDPkecjw8wsH8Y2GMfIewUbXLT7zzW6WOxwq'); ``` At the end, open ```configuration.php``` and update AuthInterface handler to reflect your database settings: ``` 'Filegator\Services\Auth\AuthInterface' => [ 'handler' => '\Filegator\Services\Auth\Adapters\Database', 'config' => [ 'driver' => 'mysqli', 'host' => 'localhost', 'username' => 'root', 'password' => 'password', 'database' => 'filegator', ], ], ``` ## API authentication Front-end will use session based authentication to authenticate and consume the back-end. Note: The application will not work if you disable cookies.