authelia/docs/configuration/authentication/index.md

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Authentication Backends

There are two ways to store the users along with their password:

• LDAP: users are stored in remote servers like OpenLDAP, OpenAM or Microsoft Active Directory.
• File: users are stored in YAML file with a hashed version of their password.

Configuration

authentication_backend:
  disable_reset_password: false
  file: {}
  ldap: {}

Options

disable_reset_password

type: boolean {: .label .label-config .label-purple } default: false {: .label .label-config .label-blue } required: no {: .label .label-config .label-green }

This setting controls if users can reset their password from the web frontend or not.

file

The file authentication provider.

ldap

The LDAP authentication provider.