Public projects and anonymous access
What are public projects
Public project are visible to all users in the system, you do not have to be a member of the project to be able to see and access it. If your Easy Redmine system doesn't require users to log in, this project is visible also to visitors who haven't logged in - anonymous users.
Anonymous access can be useful if you wish to enable for people without login to have access to certain information in your system. We advise making sure information you give access to are not sensitive. Anyone with a link to the app will have access to this information.
How to make a project public
If you wish to set a project as Public, follow these steps:
- Go to a specific project, which you want to give access to. Open project settings and mark it as public
- Give the link to your project to the person and he will be able to see it like this without the need to log in
How to enable anonymous access
Go to Administration >> Settings >> Authentication
Here, find the Authentication required field and make sure it is unchecked.
Setting permissions to anonymous users
Go to Administration >> Roles and permissions and find the Anonymous role.
In the roles, check what you wish an Anonymous user to do - usually they should view projects and tasks (they will only see public projects and public tasks and within them only public comments and updates.)
How to set up a dashboard for an anonymous user
This can be done as on any user's profile edit via the "My dashboard" tab.
First you need to find the actual user, you can do this the following way.
- Go to Administration >> Users
- Open filters and add the following filters: Status is not active, Last name is Anonymous
- Edit the user which appears in the results.
- Open the "My dashboard" tab
- Set up the dashboard as you see fit.
Further, you can edit the left menu of the user by giving the user a specific User type in the user edit.
Please find more on how to manage user types in the following article : User types