Basic Authentication
This guide will help you set up basic (email/password) authentication for your Ctrlplane application.
Basic authentication is not recommended for production environments. It is primarily intended for testing and development purposes. For production deployments, consider using more secure authentication methods like Google or OIDC.
Configuration
To enable basic authentication, you need to set the following environment variables:
AUTH_SECRET: A secret key used to encrypt tokens and sign cookies.
This can be generated by running:
$ openssl rand -base64 32If Google or OIDC authentication is not configured, basic authentication will be
enabled by default. However, if you want to use basic authentication alongside
other methods, you must explicitly set AUTH_CREDENTIALS_ENABLED to true.
Usage
With basic authentication enabled, a new “Sign up” button will be displayed in
the /login page where users can sign up using their email and password.