How to get Liferay Authverifer working - liferay

Question

I am implementing Liferay 6.2 AuthVerifier. I developed it but it does not get called that is, TestAuthVerifier.verify() method.
I referred https://docs.liferay.com/portal/6.2/propertiesdoc/portal.properties.html the link to develop tthe est AuthVerifer. Here is what I do below
I make entries in portal-ext.properties file as below and develop the class further.
auth.verifier.pipeline=com.test.TestAuthVerifier
auth.verifier.TestAuthVerifier.version.supported=1.0
my code is as below just for reference.
package comt.test;
import com.liferay.portal.security.auth.*;
public class TestAuthVerifier implements AuthVerifier {
#Override
public String getAuthType() {
return PhAuthVerifier.class.getSimpleName();
}
#Override
public AuthVerifierResult verify(
AccessControlContext accessControlContext, Properties properties)
throws AuthException {
System.out.println("MyAuthVerifier.verify() invoked..")
try {
.....
return authVerifierResult;
} catch (AutoLoginException e) {
throw new AuthException(e);
}
}
On debugging from Liferay 6.2.3 source code I see the point when
the flow is broken is AuthVerifierPipeline._mergeAuthVerifierConfiguration() method.
the statement : Map settings = accessControlContext.getSettings(); returns zero size map.
Finally the actual place where the Verifier is called : AuthVerifierPipeline._verifyRequest() does not run as List authVerifierConfigurations is ZERO size.
I looked in AccessControlContext class and other classes, I could not see any setter method to set _settings or any references which set this var.
any help around this is much appreciated.
note : I verified that LifeRay does recognize my TestAuthVerifier impl.

Answer 1

to make it work you have to work with the hook plugin. First create a file liferay-hook.xml in WEB-INF folder to override the portal.properties
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hook PUBLIC "-//Liferay//DTD Hook 6.2.0//EN" "http://www.liferay.com/dtd/liferay-hook_6_2_0.dtd">
<hook>
<portal-properties>portal.properties</portal-properties>
</hook>
In the src folder put the file portal.properties or if you are using maven in the resource folder with the properties of the AuthVerifier in your case
auth.verifier.pipeline=com.test.TestAuthVerifier
auth.verifier.TestAuthVerifier.version.supported=1.0
This is a link of a sample in liferay git for more detail sample-authverifier-hook