Identity Management (End User) - UI

Easy to integrate, standalone UI to demonstrate ForgeRock Identity Management.
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The purpose of this readme is to help users setup a self contained development environment for the End User UI that can be customized and expanded.

Table of contents

• Quick start
• Development server
• Development server tools
• Testing
• Testing tools
• Application structure
• Application tools
• Translations and Text
• Deployment
• Theming
• Build command summary
• Build source code and Docker images using Maven
• Browser support
• Common questions

Quick start

• Download and install the latest node or verify your node version node -v
• Check that you have the latest npm with npm install npm@latest -g
• Clone or download the repo: https://stash.forgerock.org/projects/OPENIDM/repos/openidm-enduser or https://github.com/ForgeRock/end-user-ui
• Navigate to your openidm-enduser directory and install dependencies with npm: npm install
• Update proxyTable:target in vue.config.js to point to your target IDM
• Start up target IDM (default startup is http://localhost:8080)
• Start development server with npm: npm run dev

Optional Help

Vue provides a CLI to help with managing clients if you wish to make use of it you can do the following

• Run command npm install -g @vue/cli to install the Vue Client
• Then to open the management UI use vue ui

Development server

npm run dev starts up a standalone node server primarily for ease of development. This development server also provides an easy way to test and understand various identity management features.

• Uses port 8080 by default, and auto-increments the port if 8080 is not available
• Assumes openidm is the context for the rest service (e.g. http://localhost:8080/openidm/info). If this is not the case, change idmContext /src/main.js, or context /index.html.
• Supports hot reloading and error display when code is changed
• Includes its own testing
• Built off Vue CLI 3

Development server tools

• Node - Version 9.0.0 or newer (ForgeRock development verified 9.5.0)
• NPM - Version 5.0.0 or newer (ForgeRock development verified 6.4.1)

Testing

• Run tests with npm: npm run test:unit

Testing tools

The following testing tools are installed when you install the project dependencies:

• Vue testing utils - Testing util library for Vue components
• Sinon - Testing util library (stubs and spies)
• Mocha-Webpack - Testing harness
• Mocha - Testing framework
• Chai - Assertion library
• JSDom - Browser simulation

Application structure

To help you with navigation, the application has the following basic layout:

tests/ - Folder containing the application tests
│
public/
├── static/ - Images and files that will not be processed by webpack
├── favicon.ico - Website fav icon
├── index.html - Application index.html
src/
├── components/ - General application components
│    ├── access/ - Delegated admin components
│    ├── dashboard/ - Dashboard widgets and workflow integration
│    ├── profile/ - Profile management components (KBA, password change, profile edit, social management, etc.)
│    ├── selfservice/ - Components for the various self-service flows (username recovery, password reset, registration, progressive profile, etc.)
│    ├── utils/ - Variety of support components that are used throughout the application
│    ├── Login.vue/ - Base login page for the application
│    ├── NotFound.vue/ - 404 page
│    └── OAuthReturn.vue/ - Handles OAuth returns for registration and login
├── assets - Images that will be processed by webpack
├── router - Application routes
├── i18n - Translation loader
├── scss/ - SCSS / CSS styling files
├── store/ - Shared data sources for components
├── locales/ - Translation files
├── App.vue - The base application Vue component
└── main.js - Initialization Javascript file
│
vue.config.js - Vue CLI configuration File
│
Package.json - Node package JSON for dependency management

Application tools

The following application tools are installed when you install the project dependencies:

• Vue - Primary Javascript framework for the project
• Vue Router - Application routing Vue library
• Vue Bootstrap - Bootstrap 4 Vue components
• Axios - Javascript Promise Library
• Vue i18n - Translation library for Vue
• Vee Validate - Form validation for Vue
• lodash - Util library for preforming various efficient calculations

There are several other libraries included with both node and the application, but these are the primary core libraries used throughout. For additional libraries, see package.json /package.json

Translations and Text

Application translation uses Vue i18n and the openidm/info/uiconfig endpoint to get the current user's browser language.

The project only contains en based translations and falls back to en if an unsupported language is detected. To change the default language fallback adjust VueI18n /src/main.js.

Adding and changing an existing message for the en base language involves either adding a key or editing an existing key. Keys follow JSON structure; for example, if you wanted to edit the navigation bar Profile to User Profile you would need to locate the appropriate key en.pages.app.profile and change the text. Inside of your Vue application you would then make use of that key with the built in translation function {{$t('pages.app.profile')}} or this.$t('pages.app.profile').

Adding a new translation language means creating a new translation file inside of locales folder with a key matching the translation language code.

For example:

en.json
fr.json
gr.json

Then creating a JSON key structure that should be mirrored across all of the language files.

For example:

    {
        dashboard: {
            welcomeMessage: 'Welcome!'
        }
    }

Deployment

• To deploy the application, run: npm run build

Running npm run build creates a distribution file in the dist folder and two detail files for support or QA purposes: COMMITHASH and VERSION. Each deployment use case is different.

Theming

The following theming tools are installed when you install the project dependencies:

• SCSS - CSS enhancmenet library
• Bootstrap 4.0 - CSS Styling framework

Theming makes use of two concepts:

• Theming follows the basic Bootstrap theming guidelines and relies on SCSS variable overrides.
• The theme file is loaded with an optional flag when running the dev server or distribution build. For example, npm run dev --theme=red or npm run build --theme=red.

When you include the theme flag, the node build scripts attempt to locate a corresponding file in src/scss. The file must also contain a -theme.scss moniker, for example, red-theme.scss.

The default project includes three themes:

• ForgeRock default theme
• ForgeRock dark theme npm run --theme=dark
• ForgeRock rock theme npm run --theme=rock. This theme demonstrates how to use a full background image, with fallback to the default theme.

The project also includes a style guide, available when running the development server. To access the style guide:

• Start the development server npm run dev and navigate to src/router.js.
• Uncomment import Styleguide from '../../styleguide/Styleguide'; and the corresponding commented out style guide route.
• Navigate to http://localhost:8081/#/styleguide.

The style guide gives an indication of how new themes and styles will impact base application components.

Build command summary

# install dependencies
npm install

# serve with hot reload at localhost:8080 (increments by 1 automatically if port is in use).
npm run dev

# server with theme loaded
npm run dev --theme=red

# build for production with minification
npm run build

# build with theme loaded
npm run build --theme=red

# run all tests
npm run test:unit

A Dockerfile is provided that bundles the contents of the dist/ directory, and a nginx.conf file to run the application using NGINX.

# build docker image with custom name/tag
docker build -t custom/end-user-ui:custom-tag .

Build source code and Docker images using Maven

This project's source code can be built using Apache Maven and Docker images can be created using the Fabric8 Docker Maven Plugin.

# build all source code and output result to dist/ directory
mvn clean install

# build docker image using default settings
mvn docker:build

# build and push docker image with custom name/registry/tags
mvn docker:build docker:push \
  -Ddocker.name=custom/end-user-ui \
  -Ddocker.push.registry=custom.bintray.io \
  -Ddocker.tags.0=custom-tag \
  -Ddocker.tags.1=other-tag

Browser support

• Internet Explorer 11 or higher
• Latest Firefox
• Latest Safari
• Latest Chrome

Common Questions

• Who this project is for
• How to Add a Self-Service Stage to the UI
• How to Replace IDM End User files
• How to Add Additional Registration Flows
• How to Configure Notification Polling
• How to Configure REST Call Timeouts
• What has Changed with Workflow

Who this project is for

This project is meant to help developers and customers understand the features of ForgeRock Identity Management. A basic understanding of Javascript, HTML, CSS and Vue are required to successfully navigate and understand the code.

How to Add a Self-Service Stage to the UI

This tutorial assumes you have created the backend portion of the stage and added that stage to the appropriate selfservice- file. If you need help with these steps please refer to the ForgeRock Documentation. These instructions apply to registration, password reset, and forgotten username.

1. Create a .vue file. Depending on the self-service flow you'll want to add the file to the appropriate location in the file structure. For example, a registration stage would go under src/selfservice/registration.
2. After the file is created, we follow a combination of Vue component structure and a self-service stage pattern that ForgeRock has established:

<template>
    <div>
        <!-- Component HTML Here -->
        <h1>Hello I am loaded</h1>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
    // Import statements can be used to make use of other components
    // these can be both local files or npm imported files
    import _ from 'lodash'; // npm file
    import LoadingButton from '@/components/utils/LoadingButton'; // Locally created file


    export default {
        name: 'NewStage',
        // selfServiceDetails are passed in from the self-service controlling component
        // this is available for every component and should be required
        props: {
            selfServiceDetails: { required: true }
        },
        methods: {
            // This function isn't required, but it is a standard we use to format and get the data
            getData () {
                return {
                    consentGiven: 'true'
                };
            },

            save () {
                // The parent self-service controller (e.g. registration, username and passwordreset) all listen for this save event
                // The save event should include a return of the data that the selvservice stage expects
                this.$emit('advanceStage', this.getData());
            },

            // Every component should include a isValid function
            // This function is used by the parent component to ensure that the child component is in an okay state to save
            // If your component is simple and doesn't need validation, simply return Promise.resolve(true)
            isValid () {
                return Promise.resolve(true);
            }
        }
    };
</script>

// Here we place component level styles
// You can also make use of SCSS variables
<style scoped></style>

3. After the component is created, import it into the self-service controlling component so that it can be used. This example uses registration src/mains/Registration.vue.

    //On the import line add the new Vue component
    // @ can be used as short hand for the src directory
    import TermsAndConditions from '@/components/selfservice/registration/TermsAndConditions';
    // Relative path also works
    import GenericSelfService from '../selfservice/common/GenericSelfService';
    import NewStage from '@/components/selfservice/registration/NewStage'

4. When the component is imported, add it into the self-service controlling component. Note that the name of your component must match the return name from the backend. This is how the UI dynamically loads the components and steps through the self-service process.

    components: {
        TermsAndConditions,
        GenericSelfService,
        NewStage
    },

If you name the file something other than the backend name, you can align the name either in the import statement or in the components declaration.

5. When these steps are complete, all that remains is to step through the self-service process with the new stage added and validate that everything is hooked up.

How to Replace IDM End User

1. Inside of the End User project Run npm run build to generate a distribution copy
2. Locate your current IDM project folder and navigate to /path/to/your/openidm/ui/enduser
3. Delete the contents from the unzipped openidm for enduser /path/to/your/openidm/ui/enduser
4. Copy files from the dist folder in End User over to IDM enduser /path/to/your/openidm/ui/enduser

If you rebuild IDM you will need to perform these steps again as that process will replace the current zip contents.

How to Add Additional Registration Flows

1. Add multiple selfservice-registration.json files, following these docs.
2. For each additional selfservice-registration.json file, clone Registration.vue and rename it to match the corresponding new registration file. For example, if you named the configuration file selfservice-registrationsecondflow.json, name the vue file RegistrationSecondFlow.vue.
3. In the new Vue file, change the variable apiType: 'registration', to match your selfservice- file. For example, if your configuration file is named selfservice-registrationsecondflow change the variable to apiType: 'registrationsecondflow'.
4. Locate the router file router/index.js and add a route for the new file:

    {
        path: '/registrationsecondflow',
        name: 'RegistrationSecondFlow',
        component: RegistrationSecondFlow,
        meta: { hideToolbar: true, bodyClass: 'fr-body-image' },
        props: true
    },

5. At the top of the router/index.js file, import the new Vue file and ensure that it matches the component that you specified in the route: import RegistrationSecondFlow from '@/components/mains/RegistrationSecondFlow';
6. Make sure that your IDM access.js file is configured properly, based on these docs. You will see a forbidden access error if this file isn't configured correctly.
7. Assuming you are on the development sever and have used default settings, you should now be able to navigate through two separate registration flows : localhost:8081/#/registration and localhost:8081/#/registrationsecondflow.

How to Configure Notification Polling

The End User UI polls for new system notifications every 3000 milliseconds by default. To change the default polling time, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to src/components/utils/ToolbarNotification.vue
2. Locate the function called StartPolling
3. At the top of the function there is a variable pollingDelay
4. Set the pollingDelay (in milliseconds) to adjust the notification polling interval.

To turn off polling, comment out or remove the startPolling method and remove any reference to that function. This will result in the notifications loading only when the application is first loaded.

How to Configure REST Call Timeouts

REST calls in the End User UI time out after 5000 milliseconds by default. To change this timeout, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to src/main.js
2. Locate the function called getRequestService
3. At the top of the function there is a variable timeout
4. Set the timeout (in milliseconds) to adjust the REST call timeout.

What has Changed with Workflow

With the new End User UI the default workflows in IDM have been updated to make use of Vue JS as a framework. Previously, these workflows used JQuery and Handlebars. You will need to update any existing workflows to use Vue JS in order to use the new End User UI. Previously formatted workflows are not supported with the new End User UI.