Add a section dealing with basic auth in README

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Clement Michaud 2017-10-09 01:14:19 +02:00
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@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ used in production to secure internal services in a small docker swarm cluster.
3. [Second factor with U2F security keys](#second-factor-with-u2f-security-keys) 3. [Second factor with U2F security keys](#second-factor-with-u2f-security-keys)
4. [Password reset](#password-reset) 4. [Password reset](#password-reset)
5. [Access control](#access-control) 5. [Access control](#access-control)
6. [Session management with Redis](#session-management-with-redis) 6. [Basic authentication](#basic-authentication)
7. [Session management with Redis](#session-management-with-redis)
4. [Documentation](#documentation) 4. [Documentation](#documentation)
1. [Authelia configuration](#authelia-configuration) 1. [Authelia configuration](#authelia-configuration)
1. [API documentation](#api-documentation) 1. [API documentation](#api-documentation)
@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ used in production to secure internal services in a small docker swarm cluster.
as 2nd factor. as 2nd factor.
* Password reset with identity verification by sending links to user email * Password reset with identity verification by sending links to user email
address. address.
* Two-factor and basic authentication methods available.
* Access restriction after too many authentication attempts. * Access restriction after too many authentication attempts.
* Session management using Redis key/value store. * Session management using Redis key/value store.
* User-defined access control per subdomain and resource. * User-defined access control per subdomain and resource.
@ -181,6 +183,11 @@ user access to some resources and subdomains. Those rules are defined and fully
in the configuration file. They can apply to users, groups or everyone. in the configuration file. They can apply to users, groups or everyone.
Check out [config.template.yml] to see how they are defined. Check out [config.template.yml] to see how they are defined.
### Basic Authentication
Authelia allows you to customize the authentication method to use for each sub-domain.
The supported methods are either "basic_auth" and "two_factor".
Please see [config.template.yml] to see an example of configuration.
### Session management with Redis ### Session management with Redis
When your users authenticate against Authelia, sessions are stored in a Redis key/value store. You can specify your own Redis instance in [config.template.yml]. When your users authenticate against Authelia, sessions are stored in a Redis key/value store. You can specify your own Redis instance in [config.template.yml].