Extension Passwordless


Extension Basics

Title
Passwordless
Name
ckanext-passwordless
Type
Public extension
Description
Extension to allow paswordless login in CKAN
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Last commit
3 months ago (2025-09-26 13:16:16)
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Category
Authentication & Security


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DEPRECATED

This extension has been replaced by the ckanext-passwordless_api <https://gitlabext.wsl.ch/EnviDat/ckan_extensions/ckanext-passwordless_api>_ extension.


ckanext-passwordless

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This extension prevents the storage of passwords. Login is performed by requesting a single use token via email.

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Passwordless login process

Requirements

Developed for CKAN version 2.8 (should still work for 2.7.2, otherwise select the tag v1.0)


Installation

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To install ckanext-passwordless:

  1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example::

    . /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate

  2. Install the ckanext-passwordless Python package into your virtual environment::

    pip install ckanext-passwordless

  3. Add passwordless to the ckan.plugins setting in your CKAN config file (by default the config file is located at /etc/ckan/default/production.ini).

  4. Restart CKAN. For example if you’ve deployed CKAN with Apache on Ubuntu::

    sudo service apache2 reload


Config Settings

Document any optional config settings here. For example::

# The minimum number of hours to wait before re-checking a resource
# (optional, default: 24).
ckanext.passwordless.some_setting = some_default_value

Development Installation

To install ckanext-passwordless for development, activate your CKAN virtualenv and do::

git clone https://github.com/espo
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Installation Guide

Configuration hints
Plugins to configure (ckan.ini)
passwordless
CKAN Settings (ckan.ini)
# ckanext.passwordless.some_setting = some_default_value
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