CakePHP 2.x Application Settings UI

UI for CakePHP application settings

This plugin provides next features:

• Base settings for the CakePHP application;
• Creating сustom Settings:
  • Defining the settings scheme;
  • Defining rules for validate settings;
  • Creating UI for settings.
• Setting users with role and prefix, that are members of a of security group on LDAP server
• Setting for sending an E-mail including the encrypted user password
• Getting list of E-mail for users, that are members of a of security group on LDAP server

Installation

1. Install the Plugin using composer: composer require anklimsk/cakephp-settings-app

2. Add the next line to the end of the file app/Config/bootstrap.php:

   CakePlugin::load('CakeSettingsApp', ['bootstrap' => true, 'routes' => true]);

3. Get the name of the user that is running the web server, run the command: ps aux | grep -E '[a]pache|[h]ttpd|[_]www|[w]ww-data|[n]ginx' | grep -v root | head -1 | cut -d\ -f1.

4. Set owner of file app/Config/config.php run the command chown www-data app/Config/config.php where www-data - user name for web server.

5. Add to file app/Config/core.php:

   /**
    * A random numeric string (digits only) used to encrypt/decrypt strings.
    */
       Configure::write('Security.key', '9b8964f94127f5b843c67e8c89479e4f2cfac2b182c72dc0691cc384c438f9ca');
   
    /**
     * Set Security.useOpenSsl to use OpenSSL instead of the deprecated mcrpyt extension.
     */
       Configure::write('Security.useOpenSsl', true);

See https://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/security.html#Security::encrypt

Using

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