As I see it you have several options

• Use something other than Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::Roles
• Write a Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization subclass that works with the way your database is laid out
• Change the way your database is laid out

In the end though, you can't simply change the configuration and expect it to work, the module you are trying to use expects a specific table structure which you don't have. You could just not use it and do the role checking manually though...

package MyApp;

sub check_role {
    my ( $c, $role ) = @_;

    return 1 if ( $user && $c->user->obj->role eq $role );
    
    return 0;
}

sub assert_role {
    my ( $c, $role ) = @_;

    if ( ! $c->check_role( $role ) ) {
        $c->detach( '/access_denied' );
    }
}

package MyApp::Controller::Root;

sub auto : Private {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;

    $c->stash->{ 'is_admin' } = $c->check_role( 'Admin' );

    return 1;
}

package MyApp::Controller::Admin;

sub auto : Private {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;

    $c->assert_role( 'Admin' );

    return 1;
}
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