Github user Parth-Brahmbhatt commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/448#discussion_r26008403
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@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ You can use a tool such as `curl` to talk to the REST
API:
# Note: We assume ui.port is configured to the default value of 8080.
$ curl http://<ui-host>:8080/api/v1/cluster/configuration
+##Impersonating a user in secure environment
+In a secure environment an authenticated user can impersonate another
user. To impersonate a user the caller must pass
+`doAsUser` param or header with value set to the user that the request
needs to be performed as. Please see SECURITY.MD
+to learn more about how to setup impersonation ACLs and authorization. The
rest API uses the same configs and acls that
+are used by nimbus.
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Added and upmerged.
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