<div class="docbook"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">7.11. Authentication Providers</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Ports.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 7. Managing Entities</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Keystores.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Authentication-Providers"></a>7.11. Authentication Providers</h2></div></div></div><p>
        <a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Concepts-Authentication-Providers.html" title="4.9. Authentication Providers">Authentication
            Providers</a> are used by <a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Concepts-Ports.html" title="4.8. Ports">Ports</a> to
        authenticate connections.</p><p>See <a class="xref" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-Authentication-Providers" title="8.1. Authentication Providers">Section 8.1, “Authentication Providers”</a></p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Authentication-Providers-Types"></a>7.11.1. Types</h3></div></div></div><p> The following authentication providers are supported:
            </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-Anonymous-Provider" title="8.1.5. Anonymous">Anonymous</a>: allows anonymous connections to the
                    Broker</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-External-Provider" title="8.1.4. External (SSL Client Certificates)">External</a>: delegates to external mechanisms such as SSL Client
                        Certificate Authentication</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-Kerberos-Provider" title="8.1.2. Kerberos">Kerberos</a>: uses Kerberos to authenticate connections via
                        GSS-API.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-LDAP-Provider" title="8.1.1. Simple LDAP">SimpleLDAP</a>: authenticate users against an LDAP
                    server.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-OAuth2-Provider" title="8.1.3. OAuth2">OAuth2</a>: authenticate users against a OAuth2 Authorization
                    Server.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-ScramSha-Providers" title="8.1.6. SCRAM SHA">ScramSha</a>: authenticate users against credentials stored in a
                        local database</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-Plain-Provider" title="8.1.7. Plain">Plain</a>: authenticate users against credentials stored in a local
                            database.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-PlainPasswordFile-Provider" title="8.1.8. Plain Password File (Deprecated)">PlainPasswordFile</a>: authenticate users against credentials stored
                        in plain text in a local file.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-MD5-Provider" title="8.1.9. MD5 Provider">MD5</a>: authenticate users against credentials
                        stored in a local database.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Java-Broker-Security.html#Java-Broker-Security-Base64MD5PasswordFile-Provider" title="8.1.10. Base64MD5 Password File (Deprecated)">Base64MD5PasswordFile</a>: authenticate users against credentials
                        stored encoded in a local file.</p></li></ul></div><p>
            </p><p>The last five providers offer user management facilities too, that is, users can
                be created, deleted and passwords reset.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Authentication-Providers-Attributes"></a>7.11.2. Attributes</h3></div></div></div><p>
            </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Name the authentication provider</em></span>.</p></li></ul></div><p>
        </p><p>Other attributes are provider specific.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Authentication-Providers-Children"></a>7.11.3. Children</h3></div></div></div><p>None</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Authentication-Providers-Lifecycle"></a>7.11.4. Lifecycle</h3></div></div></div><p>Not supported</p><div class="important" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Important</h3><p>When updating an existing authentication provider, changes become effective until
                the Broker is restarted.</p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Ports.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Entities.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Java-Broker-Management-Managing-Keystores.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">7.10. Ports </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="Apache-Qpid-Broker-J-Book.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 7.12. Keystores</td></tr></table></div></div>