You can configure a topology with anonymous authentication. https://knox.apache.org/books/knox-1-2-0/user-guide.html#Example+Topology
<gateway> <provider> <role>authentication</role> <name>Anonymous</name> <enabled>true</enabled> </provider> <provider> <role>identity-assertion</role> <name>Default</name> <enabled>false</enabled> </provider> </gateway> This will make Knox not do authentication and will rely on the backend service to do authentication. PS - This assumes that the service definition isn't forcing a specific authentication provider, but most do not specify. Kevin Risden On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 1:12 PM Odon Copon <odonco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Would be possible to write a basic topology without any kind of > authentication? > I create one and I'm getting 401s when there is no authentication at all? > Is it using some global authentication I'm not aware of? > Thanks! >