How to Implement a Single User Model with Rails, ActiveAdmin, and Devise

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I had just finished the standard installation of ActiveAdmin when I noticed that authentication was implemented using the fantastic Devise Gem. I had already been planning on using Devise for authentication within my application so I initially thought integration would be a snap. However, as development progressed it became clear that all of the pieces were not quite fitting together.

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After exploring the idea of using one login for ActiveAdmin and the application I ran into a rather large road block. By default ActiveAdmin uses an AdminUser Devise model to manage user authentication. Why is that such a big problem you ask?

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How to Implement a Single User Model with Rails, ActiveAdmin, and Devise

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