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labels:

- 'Type-Auth'

- 'Stage-Stable'

summary: SQL Database authentication module

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Introduction

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Allow client authentication to be handled by an SQL database query.

Unlike mod\_storage\_sql (which is supplied with Prosody) this module

allows for custom schemas (though currently it is required to edit the

source).

Configuration

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As with all auth modules, there is no need to add this to

modules\_enabled. Simply add in the global section, or for the relevant

hosts:

        authentication = "sql"

This module reuses the database configuration of

[mod\_storage\_sql](http://prosody.im/doc/modules/mod_storage_sql) (the

'sql' option), which you can set even if you are not using SQL as

Prosody's primary storage backend.

The query is currently hardcoded in the module, so you will need to edit

the module to change it. The default query is compatible with jabberd2

DB schema.

Compatibility

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  0.8   Works

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