API Gateway:Basic authentication plug-ins

This topic describes the basic authentication plug-in provided by API Gateway. For more information about HTTP authentication, see HTTP authentication.

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users:
  - username: alice
     password: 123456
  - username: bob
     password: 666666
  - username: charlie
     password: 888888
  - username: dave
     password: 111111

Use a basic authentication plug-in in combination with a plug-in dataset

Create a plug-in dataset

1. Log on to the API Gateway console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Open API > Plug-ins. On the page that appears, click the Custom Dataset tab.

2. Click Create Dataset in the upper-right corner. In the dialog box that appears, specify a name for the dataset, select BASIC_AUTH_ACCESS from the Type drop-down list, and then click Confirm.

3. Click the created dataset. On the page that appears, click Create Dataset Entry. In the Create Dataset Entry dialog box, specify the parameters. Username, Password, and Validity Period are required.

Example

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users:
  - username: alice
    password: 123456
usersDatasetId: 42f224a17a3e4bd9b098XXXXXXXX3f # The dataset ID.