{"id":157,"date":"2017-03-03T11:39:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T05:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intentwise.com\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2024-02-06T06:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:34:28","slug":"rails-authentication-frameworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intentwise.com\/blog\/technology\/rails-authentication-frameworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rails Authentication Frameworks","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
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Authentication within any web application is an important aspect and cannot be taken lightly. There are many aspects that need to be considered such as security, maintainability, usability. Ruby on Rails<\/a> provides various authentication frameworks in the form of gems like Cancan, Auth-logic, Devise, etc. In a Ruby on Rails application, we can provide authentication without any of these authentication frameworks, but that\u2019s not recommended unless there are some serious requirements on how you handle security and encryption. Some of these frameworks have been used by many and are proven to be robust.<\/p>\n

Devise is an authentication framework most popular among rails developers. Devise is one of the most dynamic authentication frameworks out there, its less time consuming and can be set up within minutes. Once setup you can easily modify the UI aspects provided by default and changing it to use Bootstrap.<\/p>\n

What does it take to set up devise?<\/p>\n

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  1. Add devise gem in your app Gemfile<\/em><\/strong> gem \u2018devise\u2019<\/em><\/strong> \u2019 <\/em>and run \u2018<\/em>bundle install<\/em><\/strong>\u2019<\/em> in your terminal<\/li>\n
  2. Install devise by running \u2018<\/em>rails generate devise: install<\/em><\/strong>\u2019<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some configuration settings that are needed:<\/p>\n