Fix #145, add authenticator role to tutorials
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@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ If everything is working correctly it will print out its version and information
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<details>
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<summary>Windows</summary>
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<p>All of the DLL files that are required to run PostgREST are available in the windows installation of PostgreSQL server.
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Once installed they are found in the BIN folder, e.g: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\bin. Add this directory to your PATH
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<p>All of the DLL files that are required to run PostgREST are available in the windows installation of PostgreSQL server.
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Once installed they are found in the BIN folder, e.g: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\bin. Add this directory to your PATH
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variable. Run the following from an administrative command prompt (adjusting the actual BIN path as necessary of course)
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<pre>setx /m PATH "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\bin"</pre>
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</p>
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@@ -144,13 +144,20 @@ Next make a role to use for anonymous web requests. When a request comes in, Pos
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.. code-block:: postgres
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create role web_anon nologin;
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grant web_anon to postgres;
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grant usage on schema api to web_anon;
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grant select on api.todos to web_anon;
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The :code:`web_anon` role has permission to access things in the :code:`api` schema, and to read rows in the :code:`todos` table.
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It's a good practice to create a dedicated role for connecting to the database, instead of using the highly privileged ``postgres`` role. So we'll do that, name the role ``authenticator`` and also grant him the ability to switch to the ``web_anon`` role :
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.. code-block:: postgres
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create role authenticator noinherit login password 'mysecretpassword';
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grant web_anon to authenticator;
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Now quit out of psql; it's time to start the API!
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.. code-block:: psql
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@@ -164,7 +171,7 @@ PostgREST uses a configuration file to tell it how to connect to the database. C
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.. code-block:: ini
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db-uri = "postgres://postgres:mysecretpassword@localhost/postgres"
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db-uri = "postgres://authenticator:mysecretpassword@localhost/postgres"
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db-schema = "api"
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db-anon-role = "web_anon"
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The previous tutorial created a :code:`web_anon` role in the database with which
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-- in the previous tutorial
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create role todo_user nologin;
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grant todo_user to postgres;
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grant todo_user to authenticator;
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grant usage on schema api to todo_user;
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grant all on api.todos to todo_user;
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