how to register users when EMAIL_PROVIDER=NULL ?

[ricardogsilva]

Hi

The docs say that the default email provider is EMAIL_PROVIDER=NULL.

However, when I try to register a new user, fief tells me that it has sent an email with a verification code and that I must enter it in the form. Having not configured any mail provider (and therefore using the default EMAIL_PROVIDER=NULL) I am wondering how I would be able to bypass this?

Does this mean that it is indeed mandatory to configure a mail provider in order to let users self-register with fief? Is this also mandatory during development?

If it is mandatory, then I think the docs should be more explicit about it - Specifically for dev purposes, I'm now looking for some email server that I can set up easily just for this - but it feels like I'm jumping off to a side quest here, deviating from my main goal, which would be to get fief auth integrated and up and running with my web app, which is what I actually want to spend my time developing.

Additionally, I'm wondering if it makes sense to even have a null email provider, if that makes fief self-registration unusable.

P.S. Just to mention that I am trying out the self-hosted version of fief

[frankie567]

Hi @ricardogsilva 👋

It's true that this is case is not really well documented. Actually, when the null email provider is used, a WARNING log is displayed with the verification code, so you can just copy/paste it directly.

You can see the logs with the following command (assuming your Fief container is named fief-server):

docker logs -f fief-server

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Admittedly, this should probably be mentioned in the documentation. Besides, we are working on disabling the mandatory email verification, so it'll be possible to disable this during development.