Installation

Required dependencies

TinyAuth wraps CakePHP's official Authentication and Authorization plugins. Before using TinyAuth features, you must install and configure the official plugins:

Feature	Required Plugin	Setup Guide
Authentication (login/logout)	cakephp/authentication	/authentication/ + Official Docs
Authorization (roles / ACL)	cakephp/authorization	/authorization/ + Official Docs

bash

# For authentication features
composer require cakephp/authentication

# For authorization features
composer require cakephp/authorization

Standalone exception: the AuthUser component and helper work without the official plugins — they integrate with any authentication solution that sets an identity in the request.

Install TinyAuth

bash

composer require dereuromark/cakephp-tinyauth
bin/cake plugin load TinyAuth

Next steps

Pick the topic you actually need:

5-min Quick Start — minimal setup walkthrough.
Authentication — full setup of the Authentication component + INI whitelist.
Authorization — full setup of the Authorization component + role-based ACL.
AuthPanel — DebugKit panel for inspecting auth decisions.