symfony · marek-pietrzak-tg · Nov 12, 2015 · Nov 12, 2015 · Nov 12, 2015 · Nov 17, 2015
diff --git a/cookbook/map.rst.inc b/cookbook/map.rst.inc
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/csrf_in_login_form`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/named_encoders`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/multiple_user_providers`
+  * :doc:`/cookbook/security/multiple_guard_authenticators`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/firewall_restriction`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/host_restriction`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/user_checkers`

diff --git a/cookbook/security/index.rst b/cookbook/security/index.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Authentication (Identifying/Logging in the User)
     csrf_in_login_form
     named_encoders
     multiple_user_providers
+    multiple_guard_authenticators
     firewall_restriction
     host_restriction
     user_checkers

diff --git a/cookbook/security/multiple_guard_authenticators.rst b/cookbook/security/multiple_guard_authenticators.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+How to Use Multiple Guard Authenticators
+========================================
+    
+.. versionadded:: 2.8
+    The ``Guard`` component was introduced in Symfony 2.8.
+
+The Guard authentication component allows you to easily use many different
+authenticators at a time.
+
+An entry point is a service id (of one of your authenticators) whose
+``start()`` method is called to start the authentication process.
+
+Multiple Authenticators with Shared Entry Point
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Sometimes you want to offer your users different authentication mechanisms like
+a form login and a Facebook login while both entry points redirect the user to
+the same login page.
+However, in your configuration you have to explicitly say which entry point
+you want to use.
+
+This is how your security configuration can look in action:
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # app/config/security.yml
+        security:
+             # ...
+            firewalls:
+                default:
+                    anonymous: ~
+                    guard:
+                        authenticators:
+                            - app.form_login_authenticator
+                            - app.facebook_connect_authenticator
+                        entry_point: app.form_login_authenticator
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- app/config/security.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <srv:container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/security"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xmlns:srv="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
+                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <config>
+                <!-- ... -->
+                <firewall name="default">
+                    <anonymous />
+                    <guard entry-point="app.form_login_authenticator">
+                        <authenticator>app.form_login_authenticator</authenticator>
+                        <authenticator>app.facebook_connect_authenticator</authenticator>
+                    </guard>
+                </firewall>
+            </config>
+        </srv:container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // app/config/security.php
+        $container->loadFromExtension('security', array(
+            // ...
+            'firewalls' => array(
+                'default' => array(
+                    'anonymous' => null,
+                    'guard' => array(
+                        'entry_point' => 'app.form_login_authenticator',
+                        'authenticators' => array(
+                            'app.form_login_authenticator',
+                            'app.facebook_connect_authenticator'
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ),
+        ));
+
+There is one limitation with this approach - you have to use exactly one entry point.
+
+Multiple Authenticators with Separate Entry Points
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+However, there are use cases where you have authenticators that protect different
+parts of your application. For example, you have a login form that protects
+the secured area of your application front-end and API end points that are
+protected with API tokens. As you can only configure one entry point per firewall,
+the solution is to split the configuration into two separate firewalls:
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # app/config/security.yml
+        security:
+            # ...
+            firewalls:
+                api:
+                    pattern: ^/api/
+                    guard:
+                        authenticators:
+                            - app.api_token_authenticator
+                default:
+                    anonymous: ~
+                    guard:
+                        authenticators:
+                            - app.form_login_authenticator
+            access_control:
+                - { path: ^/login, roles: IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY }
+                - { path: ^/api, roles: ROLE_API_USER }
+                - { path: ^/, roles: ROLE_USER }
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- app/config/security.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <srv:container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/security"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-insta
8000
nce"
+            xmlns:srv="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
+                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <config>
+                <!-- ... -->
+                <firewall name="api" pattern="^/api/">
+                    <guard>
+                        <authenticator>app.api_token_authenticator</authenticator>
+                    </guard>
+                </firewall>
+                <firewall name="default">
+                    <anonymous />
+                    <guard>
+                        <authenticator>app.form_login_authenticator</authenticator>
+                    </guard>
+                </firewall>
+                <rule path="^/login" role="IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY" />
+                <rule path="^/api" role="ROLE_API_USER" />
+                <rule path="^/" role="ROLE_USER" />
+            </config>
+        </srv:container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // app/config/security.php
+        $container->loadFromExtension('security', array(
+            // ...
+            'firewalls' => array(
+                'api' => array(
+                    'pattern' => '^/api',
+                    'guard' => array(
+                        'authenticators' => array(
+                            'app.api_token_authenticator',
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ),
+                'default' => array(
+                    'anonymous' => null,
+                    'guard' => array(
+                        'authenticators' => array(
+                            'app.form_login_authenticator',
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ),
+            'access_control' => array(
+                array('path' => '^/login', 'role' => 'IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY'),
+                array('path' => '^/api', 'role' => 'ROLE_API_USER'),
+                array('path' => '^/', 'role' => 'ROLE_USER'),
+            ),
+        ));