Authentication

Authentication is used to verify the identity of the client (user) attempting to access a resource on a host. Xapix uses a two-step method for authentication:

• Create an authentication scheme​

• Create an authentication credential that is applied to the scheme

These schemes/credentials are used when setting up a data source in the Edit Data Source page.

By applying an authentication scheme to a data source, Xapix expects a defined credentials for the scheme. For example, when an API Token authentication scheme is selected, Xapix expects a token credential. This allows Xapix to know where the credentials are located when this data source is added to the pipeline.

• If the authentication credentials are sourced from the system, then Xapix adds them to the secure store and connects that to the data source.

• If the authentication credentials sourced by the user in the request, then Xapix connects the data source to the request.

• If neither of the above sources are provided, then the authentication credentials need to be manually set up.

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