Coherence is a full featured, configurable authentication and user management system for Phoenix, providing a number of optional features configured with a installation mix task:

• Database Authenticatable: handles hashing and storing an encrypted password in the database.
• Invitable: sends invites to new users with a sign-up link, allowing the user to create their account with their own password.
• Registerable: allows anonymous users to register a users email address and password.
• Confirmable: new accounts require clicking a link in a confirmation email.
• Recoverable: provides a link to generate a password reset link with token expiry.
• Trackable: saves login statics like login counts, timestamps, and IP address for each user.
• Lockable: locks an account when a specified number of failed sign-in attempts has been exceeded.
• Unlockable With Token: provides a link to send yourself an unlock email.
• Rememberable: provides persistent login with 'Remember me?' check box on login page.

See the README file for an overview, installation, and setup instructions.

Authenticatable

Handles hashing and storing an encrypted password in the database.

Provides /sessions/new and /sessions/delete routes for logging in and out with the appropriate templates and view.

The following columns are added the <timestamp>_add_coherence_to_user.exs migration:

• :password_hash, :string - the encrypted password

The following options can be customized (default shown):

config :coherence,
  password_hash_field: :password_hash    # you must recompile Coherence after changing this

Invitable

Handles sending invites to new users with a sign-up link, allowing the user to create their account with their own password.

Provides /invitations/new and invitations/edit routes for creating a new invitation and creating a new account from the invite email.

These routes can be configured to require login by using the coherence_routes :protected macro in your router.exs file.

Invitation token timeout will be added in the future.

The following table is created by the generated <timestamp>_create_coherence_invitable.exs migration:

create table(:invitations) do
  add :name, :string
  add :email, :string
  add :token, :string
end

Registerable

Allows anonymous users to register a users email address and password.

Provides /registrations/new and /registrations/create routes for creating a new registration.

Adds a Register New Account to the log-in page.

It is recommended that the :confirmable option is used with :registerable to ensure a valid email address is captured.

Confirmable

Requires a new account be conformed. During registration, a confirmation token is generated and sent to the registering email. This link must be clicked before the user can sign-in.

Provides edit action for the /confirmations route.

The following options can be customized (default shown):

config :coherence,
  confirmation_token_expire_days: 5,
  allow_unconfirmed_access_for: 0       # number of days. 0 to disable

Recoverable

Allows users to reset their password using an expiring token send by email.

Provides new, create, edit, update actions for the /passwords route.

Adds a "Forgot your password?" link to the log-in form. When clicked, the user provides their email address and if found, sends a reset password instructions email with a reset link.

The following options can be customized (default shown):

config :coherence,
  reset_token_expire_days: 2

Trackable

Saves login statics like login counts, timestamps, and IP address for each user.

Adds the following database field to your User model with the generated migration:

add :sign_in_count, :integer, default: 0  # how many times the user has logged in
add :current_sign_in_at, :datetime        # the current login timestamp
add :last_sign_in_at, :datetime           # the timestamp of the previous login
add :current_sign_in_ip, :string          # the current login IP adddress
add :last_sign_in_ip, :string             # the IP address of the previous login

Lockable

Locks an account when a specified number of failed sign-in attempts has been exceeded.

The following defaults can be changed with the following config entries:

The following options can be customized (default shown):

config :coherence,
  unlock_timeout_minutes: 5,
  max_failed_login_attempts: 5

Adds the following database field to your User model with the generated migration:

add :failed_attempts, :integer, default: 0
add :unlock_token, :string
add :locked_at, :datetime

Unlockable with Token

Provides a link to send yourself an unlock email. When the user clicks the link, the user is presented a form to enter their email address and password. If the token has not expired and the email and password are valid, a unlock email is sent to the user's email address with an expiring token.

The following options can be customized (default shown):

config :coherence,
  unlock_token_expire_minutes: 5

Remember Me

The rememberable option provides persistent login when the 'Remember Me?' box is checked during login.

With this feature, you will automatically be logged in from the same browser when your current login session dies using a configurable expiring persistent cookie.

For security, both a token and series number stored in the cookie on initial login. Each new creates a new token, but preserves the series number, providing protection against fraud. As well, both the token and series numbers are hashed before saving them to the database, providing protection if the database is compromised.

The following options can be customized (default shown):

config :coherence,
  rememberable_cookie_expire_hours: 2*24,
  login_cookie: "coherence_login"

The following table is created by the generated <timestamp>_create_coherence_rememberable.exs migration:

create table(:rememberables) do
  add :series_hash, :string
  add :token_hash, :string
  add :token_created_at, :datetime
  add :user_id, references(:users, on_delete: :delete_all)

  timestamps
end
create index(:rememberables, [:user_id])
create index(:rememberables, [:series_hash])
create index(:rememberables, [:token_hash])
create unique_index(:rememberables, [:user_id, :series_hash, :token_hash])

The --rememberable install option is not provided in any of the installer group options. You must provide the --rememberable option to install the migration and its support.

Mix Tasks

Backwords compatibility note: For versions of Phoenix previous to 1.3 use mix coherence.<command>. The new mix coh.<command> better understands the newer Phoenix patterns.

Installer

The following examples illustrate various configuration scenarios for the install mix task:

# Install with only the `authenticatable` option
$ mix coh.install

# Install all the options except `confirmable` and `invitable`
$ mix coh.install --full

# Install all the options except `invitable`
$ mix coh.install --full-confirmable

# Install all the options except `confirmable`
$ mix coh.install --full-invitable

# Install the `full` options except `lockable` and `trackable`
$ mix coh.install --full --no-lockable --no-trackable

And some reinstall examples:

# Reinstall with defaults (--silent --no-migrations --no-config --confirm-once)
$ mix coh.install --reinstall

# Confirm to overwrite files, show instructions, and generate migrations
$ mix coh.install --reinstall --no-confirm-once --with-migrations

Run $ mix help coh.install for more information.

Clean

The following examples illustrate how to remove the files created by the installer:

# Clean all the installed files
$ mix coh.clean --all

# Clean only the installed view and template files
$ mix coh.clean --views --templates

# Clean all but the models
$ mix coh.clean --all --no-models

# Prompt once to confirm the removal
$ mix coh.clean --all --confirm-once

After installation, if you later want to remove one more options, here are a couple examples:

# Clean one option
$ mix coh.clean --options=recoverable

# Clean several options without confirmation
$ mix coh.clicked --no-confirm --options="recoverable unlockable-with-token"

# Test the uninstaller without removing files
$ mix coh.clicked --dry-run --options="recoverable unlockable-with-token"

Run $ mix help coh.install or $ mix help coherence.install for more information.