ashb commented on a change in pull request #4612: [AIRFLOW-3785] Decommission
airflow/contrib/auth/backends
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/4612#discussion_r251896779
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File path: docs/api.rst
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@@ -118,17 +118,7 @@ Airflow webserver is publicly accessible, and you should
probably use the deny a
[api]
auth_backend = airflow.api.auth.backend.deny_all
-Two "real" methods for authentication are currently supported for the API.
-
-To enabled Password authentication, set the following in the configuration:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
- [api]
- auth_backend = airflow.contrib.auth.backends.password_auth
-
-It's usage is similar to the Password Authentication used for the Web
interface.
-
+Kerberos authentication is supported for the API as well.
To enable Kerberos authentication, set the following in the configuration:
Review comment:
Oh. Hmmmm! Does this change mean that the only auth options on the API is
Kerberos, Allow All, or Deny All?
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