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 3.8.x. For vB 3.7.x, please use the MediaWiki/vBulletin Single Sign-On 3.7 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

[BRotondi]

So try to hardencode it: Search for the variable and replace it with "nothing" - only an idea...

[BRotondi]

O.K. I did plenty of tests and am sure now: It does not work with vB 4.0.1! You will remain logged in after the upgrade from 4.0.0 until you press Ctrl-F5 in the wiki while logged out in vB. Then you never can log in again...

Or does it work on the english 4.0.1?

... very sad...

Greetings, Bruno

[benjaminlwells]

The only place I could find it was in AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php

it was:

# INITIALIZE VBULLETIN SUBSYSTEM
if ( !defined( 'CWD' ) )
    define( 'CWD', ( VB_SYSTEM_PATH ) );

I tried replacing VB_SYSTEM_PATH with nothing, with a / and with the domain url. Just got a variation on a syntax error each time

Bruno, you are running on 4.01 also, other than your new issues, you seemed to be able to get it installed properly. Did you follow any other steps that aren't in the readme file?

[BRotondi]

Hi Benjamin

As much as I understand, it never worked with 4.0.1. It works fine with 4.0.0 and if you do not enter the wiki logged out after upgrading, you will never realize, it does not work any more.

Bruno

Edit: Perhaps vB 4.0 gives Vaultwiki (60$ then 25$/year, Demopage) the right chance ...

[benjaminlwells]

well, 4.02 comes out in a couple of days maybe it will work then...

[BRotondi]

I don't think so, but perhaps some one will find a way to fix it also for 4.0.1/2. From .0 to .1 they changed quite a lot. Perhaps a new fix would last longer...

[benjaminlwells]

I hope someone can come up with a solution, I'd rather not have to shell out $60. Software looks great, but I'm worried about my custom layouts in MediaWiki getting trashed, and I have visions of spending many hours fixing layouts for hundreds of entries!

[jawatkin]

Originally Posted by benjaminlwells

I hope someone can come up with a solution, I'd rather not have to shell out $60. Software looks great, but I'm worried about my custom layouts in MediaWiki getting trashed, and I have visions of spending many hours fixing layouts for hundreds of entries!

Actually, I paid for Vaultwiki and I am "all-in" on this instead. I'm not ready for 4.0 yet anyways, but I'll need a single-sign-on working because the Vaultwiki really doesn't do anything near what Mediawiki can.

[simunaqv]

Originally Posted by BRotondi

Hi Benjamin

As much as I understand, it never worked with 4.0.1. It works fine with 4.0.0 and if you do not enter the wiki logged out after upgrading, you will never realize, it does not work any more.

Bruno

Edit: Perhaps vB 4.0 gives Vaultwiki (60$ then 25$/year, Demopage) the right chance ...

Originally Posted by BRotondi

I don't think so, but perhaps some one will find a way to fix it also for 4.0.1/2. From .0 to .1 they changed quite a lot. Perhaps a new fix would last longer...

Well, at least the single sign on is working on my local installation with the instructions that you provided. I am using vb 4.01 and mediawiki 1.12.0. I am not sure about the later versions of mediawiki.

[benjaminlwells]

Originally Posted by simunaqv

Well, at least the single sign on is working on my local installation with the instructions that you provided. I am using vb 4.01 and mediawiki 1.12.0. I am not sure about the later versions of mediawiki.

did you just use the instructions in the readme file?

Ben