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Request remote user based authenticationRequest remote user based authentication
With this mechanism Pure can authenticate with the login of the user making this request, if the user has been authenticated outside of pure (in the Tomcat application server). Same as the value of the CGI variable REMOTE_USER.
Required configuration steps
No configuration required
Note that this mechanism logs in users without validating any credentials. A secure setup will require a web server in front of Pure to control that no un-authorized client can send the header to Pure.
Written by Claus Poulsen on November 10, 2023
Updated at November 27, 2023