Brute force protection

In this tutorial we will build upon the app created at Simple Password Authentication so make sure you understand it.

First Add some db fields:

rails g sorcery:install brute_force_protection  --migrations

Which will create:

class SorceryBruteForceProtection < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
    add_column :users, :failed_logins_count, :integer, :default => 0
    add_column :users, :lock_expires_at, :datetime, :default => nil
  end
    
  def self.down
    remove_column :users, :lock_expires_at
    remove_column :users, :failed_logins_count
  end
end

rake db:migrate

Then add the brute_force_protection submodule:

# config/initializers/sorcery.rb
Rails.application.config.sorcery.submodules = [:brute_force_protection, blabla, blablu, ...]

That's it! You now only need to configure options like how many failed logins are allowed and for how long to lock an account when this number has been reached. See the docs for specifics.