Authenticating in MoinMoin using Apache2's HTTP Auth Digest

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HTTP Auth Digest for MoinMoin

Tested on apache2 on ubuntu.

1. Enable auth_digest:

   # ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/auth_digest.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled

2. Create your digest file:

   # cd /etc/apache2
   # htdigest -c nyaruka.digest nyaruka nicp
   Adding password for nicp in realm nyaruka.
   New password: #########
   Re-type new password: ########

3. Edit your Moin apache2 config:

   <VirtualHost *:80>  
     ServerAdmin admin@nyaruka.com
     ServerName wiki.nyaruka.com
     DocumentRoot /home/wiki/wiki
   
     <Location />
       AuthType Digest
       AuthName "nyaruka"
       AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/nyaruka.digest
       Require valid-user
     </Location>
   
     <IfModule mod_wsgi.c>
        # See the link below for an introduction about this mod_wsgi config.
        # http://groups.google.com/group/modwsgi/browse_thread/thread/60cb0ec3041ac1bc/ 
        WSGIPassAuthorization On
        WSGIScriptAlias / /home/wiki/wiki/moin.wsgi
        WSGIDaemonProcess wiki user=wiki group=wiki processes=7 threads=1 display-name=%{GROUP}
        WSGIProcessGroup wiki
        WSGIApplicationGroup wiki
     </IfModule>
   
     ErrorLog /home/wiki/logs/error.log
     LogLevel warn 
     CustomLog /home/wiki/logs/access.log combined
     ServerSignature On
   </VirtualHost>

4. Edit your MoinMoin wikiconfig.py, adding these lines in the LocalConfig object:

   from MoinMoin.auth import GivenAuth
   auth = [GivenAuth(autocreate=True)]
   
   # presence (or absence) of 'given' auth name, e.g.:
   auth_methods_trusted = ['given', 'xmlrpc_applytoken']   

5. Restart apache and things should work.