Discourse

Discourse will be used for the forum and private messages.

Authentication

Discourse has its own authentication system, with separate usernames and passwords. It is however possible to delegate authentication through a redirection like travis/github.

Requirements

• Automatically log in to discourse when logging in to UI;
• Automatically log out from discourse when logging out from UI;
• Retrieve count of unread messages / notifications.

Notes

• Official SSO https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-single-sign-on-for-discourse/13045
• API plugin https://github.com/discourse/discourse_api