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Basic Authentication

Basic authentication adds simple basic HTTP authentication to the website. It protects the frontend and the backend from unauthorised access.

When creating a password ensure that a password generator is used.

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It is strongly recommended setting a strong password when giving clients the details.

Configuration​

To enable basic authentication on the site you must set JUMP_HTTP_AUTH_ENABLED to true.

A JUMP_HTTP_AUTH_USERNAME and JUMP_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD must be also be set for it to work.

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Note that the Authorization CloudFront Header must be added to the WhiteList in the CloudFront distro config, otherwise it will not work and you will keep getting the popup

Setup​

.env
JUMP_HTTP_AUTH_ENABLED=true
JUMP_HTTP_AUTH_USERNAME=admin
JUMP_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD=admin