Can identities be imported with a pre-existing UUI...
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prehistoric-boots-58621
07/07/2023, 10:58 PMCan identities be imported with a pre-existing UUID?
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fast-lunch-54279
07/10/2023, 8:02 AM
No that's not possible, Ory assigns the UUIDs for identities. We recommend adding a metadata field to store any legacy IDs you may have
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prehistoric-boots-58621
07/10/2023, 12:41 PMSince UUIDs are unique, and there’s a postgres backing this somewhere
prehistoric-boots-58621
07/10/2023, 12:41 PMcan you import our identities to ory network as a DB insert?
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wide-tiger-60679
07/10/2023, 2:52 PM@fast-lunch-54279 would metadata fields added for this be queryable in an indexed way? i.e. we do lookups by our user id.
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fast-lunch-54279
07/11/2023, 7:14 AM
@steep-lamp-91158 is there any way to achieve this, e.g. by using UUIDs as some username or credentials identifier?
fast-lunch-54279
07/11/2023, 7:15 AM
I'll check if we have the option to import with stable UUIDs
fast-lunch-54279
07/11/2023, 7:17 AM
how many IDs are we talking about? are the UUIDs well distributed?
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steep-lamp-91158
07/11/2023, 7:23 AM
right now you will have to make them a credential identifier, but that should not be a problem right?
steep-lamp-91158
07/11/2023, 7:24 AM
db imports are a lot of work for us...
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fast-lunch-54279
07/11/2023, 7:28 AM
https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/manage-identities/customize-identity-schema#multiple-identifiers - if you do this but for your UUID instead of a username, you can query using https://changelog.ory.sh/announcements/an-api-to-fetch-identities-by-email-or-username
fast-lunch-54279
07/11/2023, 7:28 AM
a side effect would be that if you set it up for password auth, then users can technically log in with their UUID and password instead of email and password, but that's probably not a huge issue?
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prehistoric-boots-58621
07/11/2023, 11:48 AMThe DB import suggestion was a long shot — I’m hopeful, but I expect that it’s a major bit of work due to many different concerns.
prehistoric-boots-58621
07/11/2023, 11:49 AMWe can try the credential ID route… I agree the login with uuid isn’t an issue
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