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Ishan Chattopadhyaya commented on SOLR-8440:
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The steps required by the user to use the basicAuth sysprop (which supplies the
credentials) or using the solr.httpclient.config sysprop (which supplies a file
which contains the credentials) would be the same (i.e. manually follow printed
instructions). In both options, the actual credentials will stay in clear text
(either in solr.in.sh or a separate file). I don't see how this improves either
security or ease of use.
Due to the awkwardness of the scripting, I think we should avoid the prompt and
make it easy to setup (by providing simple copy-paste lines). It will also help
ignorant users, who might inadvertently copy the redacted line to the
solr.in.sh and nothing will work for him.
> Script support for enabling basic auth
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>
> Key: SOLR-8440
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-8440
> Project: Solr
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: scripts and tools
> Reporter: Jan Høydahl
> Assignee: Ishan Chattopadhyaya
> Labels: authentication, security
> Attachments: SOLR-8440.patch, SOLR-8440.patch, SOLR-8440.patch,
> SOLR-8440.patch, SOLR-8440.patch
>
>
> Now that BasicAuthPlugin will be able to work without an AuthorizationPlugin
> (SOLR-8429), it would be sweet to provide a super simple way to "Password
> protect Solr"™ right from the command line:
> {noformat}
> bin/solr basicAuth -adduser -user solr -pass SolrRocks
> {noformat}
> It would take the mystery out of enabling one single password across the
> board. The command would do something like this
> # Check if HTTPS is enabled, and if not, print a friendly warning
> # Check if {{/security.json}} already exists
> ## NO => create one with only plugin class defined
> ## YES => Abort if exists but plugin is not {{BasicAuthPlugin}}
> # Using security REST API, add the new user
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