cmdb-insight/docs/AUTHENTICATION-IMPLEMENTATION-STATUS.md

Authentication System Implementation Status

✅ Completed Features

Backend

• ✅ Database schema with users, roles, permissions, sessions, user_settings, email_tokens tables
• ✅ User service (CRUD, password hashing, email verification, password reset)
• ✅ Role service (dynamic role and permission management)
• ✅ Auth service (local auth + OAuth with database-backed sessions)
• ✅ Email service (Nodemailer with SMTP)
• ✅ Encryption service (AES-256-GCM for sensitive data)
• ✅ User settings service (Jira PAT, AI features, API keys)
• ✅ Authorization middleware (requireAuth, requireRole, requirePermission)
• ✅ All API routes protected with authentication
• ✅ Auth routes (login, logout, password reset, email verification, invitations)
• ✅ User management routes (admin only)
• ✅ Role management routes
• ✅ User settings routes
• ✅ Profile routes

Frontend

• ✅ Auth store extended with roles, permissions, local auth support
• ✅ Permission hooks (useHasPermission, useHasRole, usePermissions)
• ✅ ProtectedRoute component
• ✅ Login component (local login + OAuth choice)
• ✅ ForgotPassword component
• ✅ ResetPassword component
• ✅ AcceptInvitation component
• ✅ UserManagement component (admin)
• ✅ RoleManagement component (admin)
• ✅ UserSettings component
• ✅ Profile component
• ✅ UserMenu with logout and profile/settings links
• ✅ Feature gating based on permissions

🔧 Configuration Required

Environment Variables

Required for local authentication:

LOCAL_AUTH_ENABLED=true

Required for email functionality:

SMTP_HOST=smtp.example.com
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_SECURE=false
SMTP_USER=your-email@example.com
SMTP_PASSWORD=your-password
SMTP_FROM=noreply@example.com

Required for encryption:

ENCRYPTION_KEY=your-32-byte-encryption-key-base64

Optional - Initial admin user:

ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@example.com
ADMIN_PASSWORD=SecurePassword123!
ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
ADMIN_DISPLAY_NAME=Administrator

Password requirements:

PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH=8
PASSWORD_REQUIRE_UPPERCASE=true
PASSWORD_REQUIRE_LOWERCASE=true
PASSWORD_REQUIRE_NUMBER=true
PASSWORD_REQUIRE_SPECIAL=false

Session duration:

SESSION_DURATION_HOURS=24

📝 Notes

JIRA_AUTH Settings

• JIRA_PAT can be removed from global env - users configure their own PAT in settings
• JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID and JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET are still needed for OAuth flow
• JIRA_HOST and JIRA_SCHEMA_ID are still needed (infrastructure settings)

AI API Keys

• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY can be removed from global env - users configure their own keys
• OPENAI_API_KEY can be removed from global env - users configure their own keys
• TAVILY_API_KEY can be removed from global env - users configure their own keys
• These are now stored per-user in the user_settings table (encrypted)

Authentication Flow

1. On first run, migrations create database tables
2. If ADMIN_EMAIL and ADMIN_PASSWORD are set, initial admin user is created
3. Once users exist, authentication is automatically required
4. Users can log in with email/password (local auth) or OAuth (if configured)
5. User menu shows logged-in user with links to Profile and Settings
6. Logout is available for all authenticated users

🚀 Next Steps

1. Set LOCAL_AUTH_ENABLED=true in environment
2. Configure SMTP settings for email functionality
3. Generate encryption key: openssl rand -base64 32
4. Set initial admin credentials (optional)
5. Run the application - migrations will run automatically
6. Log in with admin account
7. Create additional users via User Management
8. Configure roles and permissions as needed

⚠️ Important

• Once users exist in the database, authentication is automatically required
• Service account mode only works if no users exist AND local auth is not enabled
• All API routes are protected - unauthenticated requests return 401
• User-specific settings (Jira PAT, AI keys) are encrypted at rest