jdeppe-pivotal commented on a change in pull request #6844:
URL: https://github.com/apache/geode/pull/6844#discussion_r705559816
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File path: geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/README.md
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@@ -91,68 +94,139 @@ To confirm that everything shut down correctly, if you
execute a Redis command i
Could not connect to Redis at 127.0.0.1:6379: Connection refused
not connected>
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-### <a name="redis-commands"></a>Redis Commands
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+## <a name="security"></a>Security
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+Security is implemented slightly differently to OSS Redis. Redis stores
password information in plain text in the redis.conf file.
+
+When using Apache Geode, to enable security, a Security Manager needs to be
configured on the server(s). This Security Manager will authenticate `AUTH
<password>` commands and `AUTH <username> <password>` commands. Users can set a
custom `default` username using the `geode-compatible-with-redis-username`
parameter. This username will be used when `AUTH <password>` commands are sent
without a `<username>`.
+
+The following gfsh command will configure a `SimpleSecurityManager`:
Review comment:
We can add that in the next bit of work which is for authorization.
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