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

[Varsh]

I did a quick reboot of the server. It's still going slow though, wasn't like that the other day. Ah I bet it was after updating Apache... ugh! Cheers for the ups on that btw. xD

Anyway at least you know now that it's possible on 3.8 RC1 and 1.13.2.

[TomasDR]

Originally Posted by 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.

Glad you did it, I sent BRotonedi a PM since I run an adult board. Wanted BRotonedi to be sure they wanted to visit my board before sending the URL.

But I do want to mention Logging in through WIki works fine for me and logs me into vBulletin & Wiki.

Only the logout fails on the Wiki side, I stay logged into Wiki but do logout of vBulletin. This is the case logging out on either side.

[Varsh]

I tested the login on the Wiki side too and it worked fine also. And yes, I have the same problem signing out, however when it takes you back to the Wiki, logout again and it'll work.

Oh and don't mess around with the Wiki anymore.

[BRotondi]

@TomasDR Thanks for the info, have not seen your PM since it's only blinking a little big on the upper right
@Varsh: Wiki-Login now works. What have you changed? (I'm quite sure I tested it correct... perhaps it was a problem with these 80s-Site-loads )

What could be the Problem on my www.SinnImLeben.net/wiki ? There I cannot login through Wiki, but I've found no missconfiguration... Where should I have a deeper look?

Bruno

[Varsh]

I haven't changed anything, you're most likely right in thinking that it was because my site was running slowly at the time. At least now it loads in about 1-3s. Told you I was with a fast host.

[DawnsWebDesigns]

I tried to log-out of my site & that worked but I can't log-out of wiki. I keep going to the wiki page & trying to log-out there too & it still won't let me...it redirects me back to the forum. I logged in on someone else's account & when I tried to visit the wiki it still shows me logged in versus the someone else.

http://www.dawnswebdesigns.com/forum/index.php
http://dawnswebdesigns.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Thanks for any help

[trackpedia]

Just wanted to drop a line here and say with Mediawiki 1.13.2 and VB3.7.4 making this change gets me rolling along just swimmingly

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

logout from vb doesn't propigate but at the moment I dont see that being and issue and given how great the developer is working on this I am sure there will be a fix coming soon.

Thanks for the work that's gone into this baby.

[BRotondi]

Logout from Wiki
You need to add manually a link to the wiki-logout, since the hack currently reroutes to vBulletin-logout:

Look at Varsh's Wiki (Top right) or mine (Logout through Sidebar).
english 1: .../login.php?do=logout
english 2: .../Special:UserLogout
german: .../index.php?title=Spezial:Abmelden

If these links do not work on your wiki, you can find the correct Link by temporarly disable the Hack (// require_once( "$IP/includes/AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php" ); ) and perhaps reset the original /wiki/includes/Userlogin.php

Bruno

[DawnsWebDesigns]

Originally Posted by BRotondi

Logout from Wiki
You need to add manually a link to the wiki-logout, since the hack currently reroutes to vBulletin-logout:

Look at Varsh's Wiki (Top right) or mine (Logout through Sidebar).
english: .../login.php?do=logout
german: .../index.php?title=Spezial:Abmelden

If these links do not work on your wiki, you can find the correct Link by temporarly disable the Hack (// require_once( "$IP/includes/AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php" ); ) and perhaps reset the original /wiki/includes/Userlogin.php

Bruno

Actually I'm just going to wait until this one's a lil more done. There's edits all over the place & it's too much for me. I'm no programmer I admit it.

[Varsh]

There are barely any edits at all, just look at my previous post:

Originally Posted by Varsh

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

Using: vBulletin 3.8 RC1 and the latest MediaWiki 1.13.2.

Just remember to change the system path to yours from mine. If I knew about the change in the require_once setting, then it would've taken me only a minute to install the entire thing. Other than the signing off bug (which isn't much of one), then it works perfectly.