Re: Single User Authentication Question

["Michael Radov (RIT Alumni)" <ms...@rit.edu>]

Hey,

Thanks for taking the time to look into this and answer my questions. The
issue NiFi 1614 is heading down the right path of the ask.

Regards,
Mike R

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 1:12 PM David Handermann <
exceptionfactory@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks for raising the question.  The Single User Authentication is
> intended for individual use by definition.  NiFi supports integration with
> a number of services that provide authentication, which avoids some of the
> complexities surrounding localized management of multiple users.  Is there
> a reason that one of the current integration options is not suitable for
> your use case?
>
>
> https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#multi-tenant-authorization
>
> There is an open NiFi Jira issue from several years ago that sounds
> similar to what you described:
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1614
>
> Apparently the associated pull request had unresolved feedback and was
> never merged.  If you are interested in this feature, adding a comment
> about the desired use case would be helpful.  This is not a guarantee that
> the feature will be implemented.  The existing multi-tenant integration
> options cover a wide variety of deployment patterns, but feel free to
> highlight potential gaps.
>
> Regards,
> David Handermann
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 11:57 AM Michael Radov (RIT Alumni) <
> msr1716@rit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> Hope all is well. Is there a way to have a future version of nifi include
>> a
>> way to create multiple single user authentication accounts? IE-->instead
>> of
>> only 1 single user auth account as that there is now, it would allow the
>> creation of up to 4-5 accounts and associated management so an admin can
>> add 4-5 individual accounts.
>>
>> How would I get this recommendation added to something that could be
>> developed into a future NiFi?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael Radov
>>
>