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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Beta'
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4 summary: Enforces HTTP Basic authentication across all HTTP endpoints served by Prosody
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7 # mod_http_authentication
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9 This module enforces HTTP Basic authentication across all HTTP endpoints served by Prosody.
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11 ## Configuration
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13 Name Default Description
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14 ------------------------------- ------------------------------- -----------------------------
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15 minddistrict_http_credentials "minddistrict:secretpassword" The credentials that HTTP clients must provide to access the HTTP interface. Should be a string with the syntax "username:password".
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16 unauthenticated_http_endpoints { "/http-bind", "/http-bind/" } A list of paths that should be excluded from authentication.
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18 ## Usage
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20 This is a global module, so should be added to the global `modules_enabled` option in your config file. It applies to all HTTP virtual hosts.
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22 ## Known issues
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24 The module use a new API in Prosody 0.10. This API currently has an open issue ([issue #554](https://prosody.im/issues/issue/554))
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25 that means this module cannot be unloaded dynamically at runtime. In practice this shouldn't be an issue, and we will resolve the problem inside Prosody in due course.
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27 ## Details
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29 By Kim Alvefur \<zash@zash.se\>