Integration with vBulletin - MediaWiki/vBulletin Single Sign-On

Overview:
This hack provides single sign-on capability for MediaWiki using your vBulletin users. You must ensure your cookie path in Admin CP is set to '/' for this to work. Also, I have not tested this if your wiki and your forums are on different subdomains - but as long as your have your cookie domain set properly it *should* work. This is not a user bridge - it is a complete single sign-on using your vBulletin user repository.

The install process has been extremely simplified in version 2.x of this product. You only have to edit LocalSettings.php, import a product, and change a setting in your Admin Control Panel. It's been completely packaged as a vBulletin product - unlike the previous hacked up version, heh. I didn't originally plan to release this so I designed it so it worked - not so it could be redistributed. I searched high and low for a functional MediaWiki bridge - almost bought NuHIT's product, and then realized it had been abandoned for over a year.

This hack no longer requires an edit to class_core.php.

I'll do my best to support it, but I can make no promises.

This thread is for discussion of this mod on vB 3.7.x. For vB 3.8.x, please use the MediaWiki/vBulletin Single Sign-On 3.8 thread

Demo of plugin in action: MyMMOGames - Multiplayer Gaming and Media Community

Also, if you use memcached - ensure you do not cache sessions. If you do, restart it at least once a week. If you don't, you'll end up with invalid session errors out of MediaWiki.

Requirements:
MediaWiki Version: 1.11.0-1.14.0
vBulletin Version: 3.6.9-3.8.2

Features:
- Provides single sign on capability between vBulletin and Mediawiki. vBulletin user repository is used
- Configurable sysop/bureaucrat groups
- Configurable disallowed user groups
- Configurable "Who's Online" display
- Counts users viewing wiki in vBulletin's "Who's Online"

Installation/Upgrade:
Please read the included "readme.txt" file in the "docs (do not upload)" folder.

Options:
Admin Control Panel->vBulletin Options->MMOG Wiki Options

Change Log:
1.0.0.0 - Sep 18, 2008
- Initial Release

1.0.3.0 - Sep 29, 2008
- Bugfix: Incorrect redirects for login/logout

2.0.0.0 - Sep 30, 2008
- Feature: Streamlined installation procedure
- Feature: Wiki path set in ACP
- Bugfix: Forum paths no longer hardcoded

2.1.0 - Oct 4, 2008
- Feature: ACP option to use MediaWiki Short URLs
- Feature: ACP option to set sysop groups
- Feature: ACP option to set bureaucrat groups
- Feature: ACP option to disallow login to certain groups
- Feature: ACP option to change WOL display text

2.2.0 - May 1, 2005
- Bugfix: Users are not logged out when logging out of the forum
- Bugfix: No longer requires modification to class_core.php
- Feature: Mediawiki 1.13.0+ supported (verified on 1.14.0 also)

If you like it, please click "mark as installed" The more people that use this, the more time I will make to try and support/update it.

Been pulling your hair out looking for this as long as I have? Nominate it for Mod of the Month =]

AuthPlugin was inspired by and modified from this existing MediaWiki Extension:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QISSingleSignOn

[Big Kahuna]

Checking back to see if there was a fix yet to the newest version of MediaWiki and Vbulletin. Looks like the answer is still no.

[Varsh]

Well I tried installing this and looked throughout the thread. I'm bemused on how you guys have managed to get it to work. I've installed it exactly as the instructions asked and yet, despite changing the forum path in localsettings.php, it seems that it's trying to find the file from the wiki path. This is what's happening.

1. Files uploaded
2. localsettings.php set to:
   define( VB_SYSTEM_PATH, '/home/varsh/public_html/forums' );
   require_once( "$IP/includes/AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php" );
3. Wiki's user.php set to '+#+'
4. plugin installed and URL set to above link

So what exactly have I done wrong? I must've missed something.

vBulletin 3.8 RC1 and the latest MediaWiki 1.13.2.

edit: I changed require_once( "$IP/includes/AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php" ); to require_once( "/home/varsh/public_html/forums/includes/AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php" ); and it worked fine, hope this doesn't mess anything up though.

[BRotondi]

Hi Varsh

Since your login is not beeing redirected to vBulletin your wiki/LocalSettings.php seems not to be correct. Or did you disabled it again?

Have a look at my site: If you press login on Wiki it should redirect to vB: http://www.sinnimleben.net/wiki/

Bruno

[TomasDR]

Originally Posted by rlfs

Check the MediaWiki 1.13.2 RELEASE-NOTES file.

* AutoAuthenticate hook renamed to UserLoadFromSession

I had to change that hook in includes/AuthPlugin_vBBSSO.php below:

//$wgHooks['AutoAuthenticate'][] = 'vBSSOAutoAuth';
$wgHooks['UserLoadFromSession'][] = 'vBSSOAutoAuth';

Otherwise Single-Signon did not work with MediaWiki 1.13.2.

FYI for y'all.
Rick

This worked for me except for one minor issue. I logout of vBulletin but not Wiki, not a really big deal.

3.7.4PL1 + MediaWiki 1.13.2

[Varsh]

That's the only issue I'm having at the moment. Doesn't bother me either, I'll just have to mention it in the FAQs.

Originally Posted by BRotondi

Hi Varsh

Since your login is not beeing redirected to vBulletin your wiki/LocalSettings.php seems not to be correct. Or did you disabled it again?

Have a look at my site: If you press login on Wiki it should redirect to vB: http://www.sinnimleben.net/wiki/

Bruno

Since I did the change in my edit, Wiki logs me in via vBulletin, however if I put the $IP in localsettings, then it just wants to pick up from the wiki directory and not my forums directory, which is why I just put the straight path, replacing the $IP altogether.

If doing it this way has no effects to the usage of the Wiki then I shall leave it as is, if it does then I'll be eager to see some sort of alternative fix for this. Fantastic sign in mod and so far is working nicely, although I haven't used the Wiki yet, once the sign out part is sorted then it really will be complete. Keep it up!

[BRotondi]

On my side it's not possible to login through Wiki: If I enter my Login-Data there, and press the button, vb will appear, but without logging in.
Does it work on your installations?

@TomasDR, Varsh: Can you please post the link to your site? I want to test, if it works there better than on my site...

Bruno

[Varsh]

Just sign up at my site here and mess around with the Wiki. I haven't tested it myself yet but it's definitely running so far.

[BRotondi]

Thanks for the link!
I registered but... where's the Wiki? (found it now, from your previous post: http://wiki.nexusrealms.co.uk)

If you want to add it left of "Register", you can customize the navbar-Tamplate by adding the red line:

<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<div class="tborder" style="padding:$stylevar[cellspacing]px; border-top-width:0px">
     <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
     <tr align="center">
            <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://wiki.nexusrealms.co.uk">Wiki</a></td>
            <if condition="$show['member']">

Your wiki needs 80 Seconds to load a Page, your Forum 20 seconds... seems you got an even slover provider than me

1. Wiki-Login bad: "Login error: Incorrect password entered. Please try again."
2. Login via vB o.k.
3. Wiki-Mainpage o.k. (logged in)
4. Wiki-Log out bad: vB loggs out, Back, (Ctrl-F5) -> Wiki still logged in!

You seem to have the same Problems: Does not work perfect, but better than nothing

Thanks for your link and all the best with your site!
Bruno

[Varsh]

Oh, forgot to set the new template to default, my fault. :P

I've only just installed the stuff on the site so there's barely anything there and needs to be fully configured. I think the VPS just needs a reboot, knowing Apache it's misbehaving as usual, I'm actually with a very very fast provider. Actually wow it is going slow, time to sort that out.

[BRotondi]

10 Seconds now for Wiki
Bruno