This module provides necessary UI pages/components to make the user login and register to the application.
Account module implements the basic authentication features like **login**, **register**, **forgot password** and **account management**.
> This document is incomplete.
This module is based on [Microsoft's Identity library](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authentication/identity) and the [Identity Module](Identity.md). It has [IdentityServer](https://github.com/IdentityServer) integration (based on the [IdentityServer Module](IdentityServer.md)) to provide **single sign-on**, access control and other advanced authentication features.
## How to Install
This module comes as pre-installed (as NuGet/NPM packages) when you [create a new solution](https://abp.io/get-started) with the ABP Framework. You can continue to use it as package and get updates easily, or you can include its source code into your solution (see `get-source` [CLI](../CLI.md) command) to develop your custom module.
### The Source Code
The source code of this module can be accessed [here](https://github.com/abpframework/abp/tree/dev/modules/account). The source code is licensed with [MIT](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/), so you can freely use and customize it.
## User Interface
This section introduces the main pages provided by this module.
### Login
`/Account/Login` page provides the login functionality.
Social/external login buttons becomes visible if you setup it. See the *Social/External Logins* section below. Register and Forgot password and links redirect to the pages explained in the next sections.
### Register
`/Account/Register` page provides the new user registration functionality.
`/Account/ForgotPassword` page provides a way of sending password reset link to user's email address. The user then clicks to the link and determines a new password.
[Volo.Abp.Account.Web.IdentityServer](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Volo.Abp.Account.Web.IdentityServer) package provides integration for the [IdentityServer](https://github.com/IdentityServer). This package comes as installed with the [application startup template](../Startup-Templates/Application.md). See the [IdentityServer Module](IdentityServer.md) documentation.
## Social/External Logins
The [Account Module](../Modules/Account.md) has already configured to handle social or external logins out of the box. You can follow the ASP.NET Core documentation to add a social/external login provider to your application.
The Account Module has already configured to handle social or external logins out of the box. You can follow the ASP.NET Core documentation to add a social/external login provider to your application.
> It would be a better practice to use the `appsettings.json` or the ASP.NET Core User Secrets system to store your credentials, instead of a hard-coded value like that. Follow the [Microsoft's document](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authentication/social/facebook-logins) to learn the user secrets usage.
### Other UI Types
Beginning from the v3.1, the [Angular UI](../UI/Angular/Quick-Start.md) uses authorization code flow (as a best practice) to authenticate the user by redirecting to the MVC UI login page. So, even if you are using the Angular UI, social/external login integration is same as explained above and it will work out of the box. As similar, The [Blazor UI](../UI/Blazor/Overall.md) also uses the MVC UI to logic.
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## How to Install
This module comes as pre-installed (as [NuGet/NPM packages](NuGet/NPM packages)) when you [create a new solution](https://abp.io/get-started) with the ABP Framework. You can continue to use it as package and get updates easily, or you can include its source code into your solution (see `get-source` [CLI](../CLI.md) command) to develop your custom module.
This module comes as pre-installed (as NuGet/NPM packages) when you [create a new solution](https://abp.io/get-started) with the ABP Framework. You can continue to use it as package and get updates easily, or you can include its source code into your solution (see `get-source` [CLI](../CLI.md) command) to develop your custom module.