How to add custom roles to users in Frontend

[comcduarte]

I see limitations in the initial setup of Frontend. Firstly, the database table structure uses an ENUM to define the name field. This tells me that if I wanted to add custom roles, I have to redesign the table structure. I have Admin and API setup as well, sharing a common Core sub-module. My goal is to be able to dynamically add roles in the admin panel, assign multiple roles to users, and then use the authorization in Frontend to permit access to pages ( and sections within pages ).

[alexmerlin]

At this time only the Admin and the API share a common Core submodule.
The Frontend is next to receive this upgrade when we release version 6.
In the meantime the solution would be to adapt the Frontend entities to the ones found in the Core submodule.
Then you can have all three applications run on the same database and adapt the auth as per your project's requirements.

When we release v6, you should be able to move your code to the new Frontend and continue development on that one.

[comcduarte]

Understandable. But with no utility to add new roles, it seems the User Module is limited to just user or guest. What is the best practice for extending this? I need to be able to add 20-30 roles and assign them to users.

[arhimede]

You need to create a custom logic using or in addition to the RBAC middleware.
It is not something that is feasable to be created out of the box ....