Creating a Custom User Manager

Custom user managers can be used in the K2 platform to provide authentication and role resolution for a custom identity store or one that is not supported by K2 out of the box.

The creation of a custom user manager requires some coding, primarily the implementation of a new security provider.  Specifically the implementation of authentication and role provider methods as SourceCode.Hosting.Server.Interfaces.IHostableSecurityProvider interfaces.

K2 underground contains several walkthroughs and sample code for creating custom security providers.  Theses posts are a great place to get started.

• How to implement a Custom Security Provider: http://community.k2.com/t5/K2-blackpearl/K2-blackpearl-Custom-Security-Provider/ba-p/739
• How to implement an ASP.NET Security Provider: http://community.k2.com
  

The information in the following KB articles is covered in the How To links on K2 Community and is provided simply as references.

• Registering the Security Provider Assembly: http://help.k2.com/en/KB000331.aspx
• Registering the Security Provider Label: http://help.k2.com/en/KB000186.aspx