HTTP Basic Authorization Mechanism

The HTTP Basic Authorization Mechanism authenticates the end-user using credentials extracted from the HTTP Basic 'Authorization' header.

Parent

The HTTP Basic Authorization Mechanism object inherits from HTTP Authorization Mechanism.

HTTP Basic Authorization Mechanisms depend on the following objects:

You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property Value Substitution.

Basic Properties

Advanced Properties

alt-authentication-enabled

Synopsis	Specifies whether user credentials may be provided using alternative headers to the standard 'Authorize' header.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-valued	No
Required	Yes
Admin Action Required	None
Advanced	No
Read-Only	No

alt-password-header

Synopsis	Alternate HTTP headers to get the user's password from.
Default Value	None
Allowed Values	A string.
Multi-valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None
Advanced	No
Read-Only	No

alt-username-header

Synopsis	Alternate HTTP headers to get the user's name from.
Default Value	None
Allowed Values	A string.
Multi-valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None
Advanced	No
Read-Only	No

enabled

Synopsis	Indicates whether the HTTP Authorization Mechanism is enabled.
Default Value	None
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-valued	No
Required	Yes
Admin Action Required	None
Advanced	No
Read-Only	No

identity-mapper

Synopsis	Specifies the name of the identity mapper(s) used to get the user's entry corresponding to the user-id provided in the HTTP authentication header.
Default Value	None
Allowed Values	The name of an existing Identity Mapper . The referenced identity mapper(s) must be enabled when the HTTP Basic Authorization Mechanism is enabled.
Multi-valued	Yes
Required	Yes
Admin Action Required	None
Advanced	No
Read-Only	No

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

java-class

Synopsis	Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the HTTP Basic Authorization Mechanism implementation.
Default Value	org.opends.server.protocols.http.authz.HttpBasicAuthorizationMechanism
Allowed Values	A Java class that extends or implements: org.opends.server.protocols.http.authz.HttpAuthorizationMechanism
Multi-valued	No
Required	Yes
Admin Action Required	None
Advanced	Yes
Read-Only	No