jerqi commented on code in PR #4496: URL: https://github.com/apache/gravitino/pull/4496#discussion_r1717853716
########## docs/security/how-to-authenticate.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ +--- +title: "How to authenticate" +slug: /security/how-to-authenticate +keyword: security authentication oauth kerberos +license: "This software is licensed under the Apache License version 2." +--- + +## Authentication + +Apache Gravitino supports three kinds of authentication mechanisms: simple,OAuth and Kerberos. + +### Simple mode + +Simple mode is the default authentication option of the server. + +For the client side, if it doesn't set the authentication explicitly, it will use anonymous to access the server. + +If the client sets the simple mode, it will use the environment variable `GRAVITINO_USER` as the user. + +If the environment variable `GRAVITINO_USER` isn't set, the client uses the user of the machine that sends requests. Review Comment: Corrected. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
