[GitHub] [airflow] houqp commented on a change in pull request #10356: Add basic auth API auth backend

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houqp commented on a change in pull request #10356:
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/10356#discussion_r472578878



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File path: docs/security/api.rst
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@@ -116,3 +116,41 @@ look like the following.
           -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
           -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
           -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ID_TOKEN}"
+
+Basic authentication
+''''''''''''''''''''
+
+`Basic username password authentication <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication>`_ is currently
+supported for the API. This works for users created through LDAP login or
+within Airflow DB using password.
+
+To enable basic authentication, set the following in the configuration:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+    [api]
+    auth_backend = airflow.api.auth.backend.basic_auth
+
+Username and password needs to be base64 encoded and send through the
+``Authorization`` HTTP header in the following format:
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+    Authorization: Basic Base64(username:password)
+
+This conversation was marked as resolved by houqp
+

Review comment:
       lol, good catch, the worst copy paste error ever.




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