Outline - a Notion-like open source app
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wrote on May 14, 2022, 12:04 AM last edited by infogulch May 14, 2022, 12:09 AM
Now that Cloudron adds authentication headers with the proxyAuth addon, maybe the easiest solution to integrate authentication is to use those headers in outline. I guess that might be as simple as adding a new file to the /server/routes/auth/providers dir. This would simplify the cloudron package because it wouldn't have to set up and run keycloak.
https://github.com/outline/outline/tree/main/server/routes/auth/providers
Then the only barrier to packaging for cloudron would be the hypothetical s3/minio addon mentioned above.
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Now that Cloudron adds authentication headers with the proxyAuth addon, maybe the easiest solution to integrate authentication is to use those headers in outline. I guess that might be as simple as adding a new file to the /server/routes/auth/providers dir. This would simplify the cloudron package because it wouldn't have to set up and run keycloak.
https://github.com/outline/outline/tree/main/server/routes/auth/providers
Then the only barrier to packaging for cloudron would be the hypothetical s3/minio addon mentioned above.
wrote on May 17, 2022, 12:19 PM last edited by@infogulch I think that's doable. I'll see if I can get it working.
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wrote on Jun 7, 2022, 4:53 PM last edited by nj Jun 7, 2022, 4:53 PM
Update available: Outline v0.64.3
PS: Still no time to look into auth using Cloudron ProxyAuth
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Update available: Outline v0.64.3
PS: Still no time to look into auth using Cloudron ProxyAuth
wrote on Jun 28, 2022, 11:49 AM last edited by jdaviescoates Jun 28, 2022, 12:06 PM@nj said in Outline - a Notion-like open source app:
PS: Still no time to look into auth using Cloudron ProxyAuth
praying that you'll find the time! Hopefully then @staff will be able to take it from from there get this app into the App Store! (perhaps they could take a look at adding the ProxyAuth too? 
)Edit: or perhaps another better/simpler(I've no idea if it's either, rieally!
) option would be to connect the outline app to the Cloudron LDAP Directory Server https://docs.cloudron.io/user-management/#directory-server= ? -
@nj said in Outline - a Notion-like open source app:
PS: Still no time to look into auth using Cloudron ProxyAuth
praying that you'll find the time! Hopefully then @staff will be able to take it from from there get this app into the App Store! (perhaps they could take a look at adding the ProxyAuth too? )Edit: or perhaps another better/simpler(I've no idea if it's either, rieally!
) option would be to connect the outline app to the Cloudron LDAP Directory Server https://docs.cloudron.io/user-management/#directory-server= ? wrote on Jun 28, 2022, 5:02 PM last edited by@jdaviescoates I've got this running using dex serving as a connection between oidc and cloudron ldap. Works pretty well.
If you're interested you can find the code in my repo https://git.apehost.de/cloudron-apps/outline -
@jdaviescoates I've got this running using dex serving as a connection between oidc and cloudron ldap. Works pretty well.
If you're interested you can find the code in my repo https://git.apehost.de/cloudron-apps/outlinewrote on Jun 28, 2022, 5:07 PM last edited by@klawitterb that's great, thanks! But I wanna get Outline in the App Store.
Hopefully @staff can take a look at both these custom Outline packages and do whatever needs doing to get them into the store
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wrote on Jun 28, 2022, 6:15 PM last edited by
Perhaps AppFlowy can offer an alternative in the meantime?
Local installers available:
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wrote on Jun 29, 2022, 11:39 AM last edited by
Outline is paid, it is better to add a free plan also.
There are also free and open source notion alternatives like Logseq or focalboard which can be checked herehttps://developingdaily.com/article/technology/best-notion-alternatives-open-source-and-free/314
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wrote on Jun 29, 2022, 12:11 PM last edited by
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Outline is paid, it is better to add a free plan also.
There are also free and open source notion alternatives like Logseq or focalboard which can be checked herehttps://developingdaily.com/article/technology/best-notion-alternatives-open-source-and-free/314
wrote on Jun 29, 2022, 1:57 PM last edited by@Vikas-jk said in Outline - a Notion-like open source app:
Outline is paid, it is better to add a free plan also.
There are also free and open source notion alternatives like Logseq or focalboard which can be checked herehttps://developingdaily.com/article/technology/best-notion-alternatives-open-source-and-free/314
Hosted Outline is paid, that doesn't apply to self-hosted. Outline is also free (as in freedom) open source software too.
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wrote on Jan 26, 2023, 9:54 PM last edited by
The implementation of https://git.apehost.de/cloudron-apps/outline seems to be working. Is there some plan to publish it in the store? @staff
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The implementation of https://git.apehost.de/cloudron-apps/outline seems to be working. Is there some plan to publish it in the store? @staff
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@girish sorry to bother you again about this, could you please take a look here? This app is vital to my company.
wrote on Mar 4, 2023, 11:31 AM last edited by@matbrgz said in Outline - a Notion-like open source app:
@girish sorry to bother you again about this, could you please take a look here? This app is vital to my company.
And not just you either, it's the second most upvoted app request on the wishlist after Wireguard VPN. Be great to have it on Cloudron!
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So after investigation, the situation is this:
- Outline does not support any local authentication i.e it has no local user database.
- The developers have indicated that there is possibly LDAP in the enterprise version of the product. I haven't tried that, so I don't know if it's there.
- Authentication can be done via Google/GitHub (?) and other external services.
- OpenID is supported
Current package is using dex to bridge OpenID connect and Cloudron LDAP. This can be difficult to migrate in the long run (and is also two really apps in one).
So, we can't provide Outline immediately. We are going to first add OpenID connect as an addon. We used to have OAuth before as addon that did not work out well. We will try this for 7.4.
