Appendix D. Configuring identity providers

Many different user databases are available to IT professionals for managing access and authentication. To interoperate with as many of these as possible, OpenShift provides 11 identity providers that interface with various user databases, including the Allow All provider that you’ve been using in your cluster up to this point. These providers are as follows:

  • Allow AllAllows any username and non-empty password to log in
  • Deny AllDoesn’t allow any usernames and passwords to log in
  • htpasswdAuthenticates with Apache htpasswd database files
  • KeystoneUses OpenStack Keystone as the authentication source
  • LDAPAuthenticates against an LDAP provider like openLDAP
  • BasicUses Apache Basic authentication ...

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