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DigestAuth

Adding Digest Authentication

BasicAuth

The DigestAuth middleware grants access to services to authorized users only.

Configuration Examples

# Declaring the user list
labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.users=test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05,test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e"
# Declaring the user list
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-auth
spec:
  digestAuth:
    secret: userssecret
# Declaring the user list
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.users=test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05,test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e"
# Declaring the user list
http:
  middlewares:
    test-auth:
      digestAuth:
        users:
          - "test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05"
          - "test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e"
# Declaring the user list
[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.test-auth.digestAuth]
    users = [
      "test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05",
      "test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e",
    ]

Configuration Options

Tip

Use htdigest to generate passwords.

users

The users option is an array of authorized users. Each user will be declared using the name:realm:encoded-password format.

  • If both users and usersFile are provided, the two are merged. The contents of usersFile have precedence over the values in users.
  • For security reasons, the field users doesn't exist for Kubernetes IngressRoute, and one should use the secret field instead.
labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.users=test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05,test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e"
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-auth
spec:
  digestAuth:
    secret: authsecret

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: authsecret
  namespace: default

data:
  users: |2
    dGVzdDp0cmFlZmlrOmEyNjg4ZTAzMWVkYjRiZTZhMzc5N2YzODgyNjU1YzA1CnRlc3QyOnRyYWVmaWs6NTE4ODQ1ODAwZjllMmJmYjFmMWY3NDBlYzI0ZjA3NGUKCg==
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.users=test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05,test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e"
http:
  middlewares:
    test-auth:
      digestAuth:
        users:
          - "test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05"
          - "test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e"
[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.test-auth.digestAuth]
    users = [
      "test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05",
      "test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e",
    ]

usersFile

The usersFile option is the path to an external file that contains the authorized users for the middleware.

The file content is a list of name:realm:encoded-password.

  • If both users and usersFile are provided, the two are merged. The contents of usersFile have precedence over the values in users.
  • Because it does not make much sense to refer to a file path on Kubernetes, the usersFile field doesn't exist for Kubernetes IngressRoute, and one should use the secret field instead.
labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.usersfile=/path/to/my/usersfile"
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-auth
spec:
  digestAuth:
    secret: authsecret

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: authsecret
  namespace: default

data:
  users: |2
    dGVzdDokYXByMSRINnVza2trVyRJZ1hMUDZld1RyU3VCa1RycUU4d2ovCnRlc3QyOiRhcHIxJGQ5
    aHI5SEJCJDRIeHdnVWlyM0hQNEVzZ2dQL1FObzAK
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.usersfile=/path/to/my/usersfile"
http:
  middlewares:
    test-auth:
      digestAuth:
        usersFile: "/path/to/my/usersfile"
[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.test-auth.digestAuth]
    usersFile = "/path/to/my/usersfile"
A file containing test/test and test2/test2 
test:traefik:a2688e031edb4be6a3797f3882655c05
test2:traefik:518845800f9e2bfb1f1f740ec24f074e

realm

You can customize the realm for the authentication with the realm option. The default value is traefik.

labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.realm=MyRealm"
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-auth
spec:
  digestAuth:
    realm: MyRealm
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.realm=MyRealm"
http:
  middlewares:
    test-auth:
      digestAuth:
        realm: "MyRealm"
[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.test-auth.digestAuth]
    realm = "MyRealm"

headerField

You can customize the header field for the authenticated user using the headerFieldoption.

labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.my-auth.digestauth.headerField=X-WebAuth-User"
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: my-auth
spec:
  digestAuth:
    # ...
    headerField: X-WebAuth-User
- "traefik.http.middlewares.my-auth.digestauth.headerField=X-WebAuth-User"
http:
  middlewares:
    my-auth:
      digestAuth:
        # ...
        headerField: "X-WebAuth-User"
[http.middlewares.my-auth.digestAuth]
  # ...
  headerField = "X-WebAuth-User"

removeHeader

Set the removeHeader option to true to remove the authorization header before forwarding the request to your service. (Default value is false.)

labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.removeheader=true"
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-auth
spec:
  digestAuth:
    removeHeader: true
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.digestauth.removeheader=true"
http:
  middlewares:
    test-auth:
      digestAuth:
        removeHeader: true
[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.test-auth.digestAuth]
    removeHeader = true