Troubleshooting

If you are having problems authenticating with a provider, using the baked in Tracing code to view what is happening under the hood!

NOTE 1: Tracing exists only for the CORE providers and the MVC pacakge. Not yet for Nancy module (package) or the extra providers. A such, this is all based upon this sample Mvc website.

First up, create your website with the buttons, etc.

Next, o) Install the core package and MVC package. eg.

Install-Package SimpleAuthentication.Mvc

(that will install both CORE and MVC).

o) Install the glimpse plugins :) This makes it easy to see what is happening under the hood. eg.

Install-Package Glimpse.Mvc4
Install-Package Glimpse.SimpleAuthentication

o) Finally, add some tracing settings to your website. Lets just see everything right now. Edit your web.config by adding this:

<configuration>
    ...
    <system.diagnostics configSource="system.diagnostics.config" />
    ...
</configuration>

then add the following new file next to the web.config: system.diagnostics.config and stick this into it...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

    <system.diagnostics>
        <sharedListeners>
            <add name="GlimpseListener" type="Glimpse.Core.TraceListener, Glimpse.Core" />
        </sharedListeners>

        <!-- Main authentication service -->
        <sources>
            <source name="WD.Web.Authentication.AuthenticationService" switchValue="Verbose">
                <listeners>
                    <clear />
                    <add name="GlimpseListener">
                        <filter type="*" />
                    </add>
                </listeners>
            </source>
            
            <!-- Specific Providers -->
            <source name="WD.Web.Authentication.Providers.Facebook" switchValue="Verbose">
                <listeners>
                    <clear />
                    <add name="GlimpseListener">
                        <filter type="*" />
                    </add>
                </listeners>
            </source>
            <source name="WD.Web.Authentication.Providers.Google" switchValue="Verbose">
                <listeners>
                    <clear />
                    <add name="GlimpseListener">
                        <filter type="*" />
                    </add>
                </listeners>
            </source>
            <source name="WD.Web.Authentication.Providers.Twitter" switchValue="Verbose">
                <listeners>
                    <clear />
                    <add name="GlimpseListener">
                        <filter type="*" />
                    </add>
                </listeners>
            </source>
            <source name="WD.Web.Authentication.Providers.WindowsLive" switchValue="Verbose">
                <listeners>
                    <clear />
                    <add name="GlimpseListener">
                        <filter type="*" />
                    </add>
                </listeners>
            </source>
            
            <!-- Mvc controllers -->
            <source name="WD.Web.Authentication.Mvc.WorldDominationAuthenticationController" switchValue="Verbose">
                <listeners>
                    <clear />
                    <add name="GlimpseListener">
                        <filter type="*" />
                    </add>
                </listeners>
            </source>
            <source name="WD.Sample.MvcAuto.Controllers.HomeController" switchValue="Verbose">
                <listeners>
                    <clear />
                    <add name="GlimpseListener">
                        <filter type="*" />
                    </add>
                </listeners>
            </source>
        </sources>
    </system.diagnostics>

That's it! Create your normal login buttons and you should now see some tracing data.

DON'T FORGET TO TURN ON THE GLIMPSE GUI SO YOU CAN SEE STUFF! => goto localhost:port/glimpse.axd to see the option to turn glimpse ON or OFF