How to update RBAC database for Yii 2

Question

I am using DbManager for RBAC. What is a good strategy for updating the RBAC database tables once they have been created? Is there a good extension that can be used to view the roles and rules and update them?

Answer 1

For RBAC with DbManager, (Yii2 Adevanced Template ) i use

• In auth_permission table i use TYPE_PERMISSION for assign the permission (what i check for grant access) and TYPE_ROLE for create a application role.
• auth_assignment table for assign the role to the user.
• auth_item_child table for grouping the permission to a role.

For manage this ai have create a few views with gii, based on the normal RBAC table

I Hope this is useful for you

Answer 2

The native authManager is quite powerfull!

Here follows some examples.

Get the authManager instance

    $auth = \Yii::$app->authManager;

Create a Permission

    $permission = $auth->createPermission('/service-helper/*');
    $permission->description = 'Post';
    $auth->add($permission);

And add the Permission to a Role

    $userRole = $auth->getRole('editor');
    $auth->addChild($userRole, $permission);

See the Yii2 Authorization Guide that's quite exaustive.