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−---
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−labels:
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−- Stage-Alpha
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−...
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−
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−Introduction
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−============
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−
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−This is an experimental authentication module that does an asynchronous
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−HTTP call to verify username and password.
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−
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−Details
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−=======
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−
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−When a user attempts to authenticate to Prosody, this module takes the
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−username and password and does a HTTP GET request with [Basic
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−authentication][rfc7617] to the configured `http_auth_url`.
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−
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−Configuration
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−=============
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−
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−``` lua
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−VirtualHost "example.com"
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−authentication = "http_async"
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−http_auth_url = "http://example.com/auth"
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−```
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−
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−Compatibility
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−=============
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−
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−Requires Prosody trunk