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Login: Create a Working User Login Page

See the real Demo Projects HQ login flow, from the page form to the shared Security Provider.

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Login: Create a Working User Login Page

See the real Demo Projects HQ login flow, from the page form to the shared Security Provider.

### Demo Projects HQ shows the full login chain

Use Demo Projects HQ as the reference implementation for login because it shows the full chain clearly. The frontend page is views/login.ejs. Its login_form submits to /api/auth/login through a dmx-serverconnect-form. On success it redirects to /, and on 401 it shows a focused invalid-credentials message.

The backend action is app/api/auth/login.json. It accepts username, password, and remember, then runs auth.login with the shared security provider. That provider is defined in app/modules/SecurityProviders/security.json as a Database provider against the users table, with password verification enabled and an admin permission derived from the role column.

That is the modern login mental model to teach: one shared provider, one login action, one page form, and protected routes that reuse the same identity and permission state after sign-in.

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