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Posted to dev@nifi.apache.org by Sam Feng <ol...@gmail.com> on 2017/07/25 02:59:05 UTC
Re: why cant nifi perform user authentication overhttp���
On 2017-07-21 19:07 (+0800), Kevin Doran <kd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> You are correct, NiFi requires an encrypted connection for user authentication. This is because client identity is established in one of two ways:
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> - user name & password, which should not be sent over a non-encrypted connection
> - client certificate in a two-way TLS (HTTPS) connection
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> I hope this answers your question. If HTTPS is suitable for your needs, here are some resources to help you get started:
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> - NiFi System Administration Guide, specifically sections on User Authentication [1] and Multi-Tenant Authorization [2]
> - Bryan Bende's blog post on NiFi Authorization and Multi-Tenancy [3]
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> I hope this helps! If you have any questions you can post back to this thread.
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> Regards,
> Kevin
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> [1] https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#user_authentication
> [2] https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#multi-tenant-authorization
> [3] http://bryanbende.com/development/2016/08/17/apache-nifi-1-0-0-authorization-and-multi-tenancy
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> On 7/21/17, 02:02, "belvey@163.com" <be...@163.com> wrote:
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> Helloï¼ I am a developer from china, i recently want to apply multi-tenant authorization on nifi, but find that nifi doesn't support authorization over http. can you tell me the reason, and can i enable authentication over http by modify it's source code.
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> Thanks for your early reply.
> Best Regards
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