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How to authenticate users?
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3 How to authenticate users?
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4 ==========================
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6 Out of the box, the embedded Web server of Orthanc supports `HTTP
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7 Basic access authentication
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8 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication>`__. To
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9 configure user authentication for Orthanc, make sure to properly set
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10 the following :ref:`configuration options <configuration>`:
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12 * ``RemoteAccessAllowed`` to ``true``.
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13 * ``AuthenticationEnabled`` to ``true``.
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14 * In ``RegisteredUsers``, assign a username and a password to all your
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15 users.
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17 Once a user has logged in, she will have full access, in read-write
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18 mode, to all the features offered by the REST API of Orthanc. This
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19 built-in mechanism might be of limited usefulness in enterprise
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20 scenarios, for which you would need features such as:
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22 * Fine-grained access to the REST resources (e.g. restrict the URIs
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23 that are visible per user).
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24 * Read-only access (i.e. limit full access to a short list of trusted
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25 system administrators).
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26 * Integration with an LDAP server.
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27 * Handling groups of users.
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28 * ...
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30 Depending on your scenario, you can consider the following options:
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32 * Implement a Lua callback to :ref:`filter incoming REST requests
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33 <lua-filter-rest>`. This is the most simple solution, and would
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34 notably allow you to implement read-only access or, more generally,
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35 `access control lists
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36 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_control_list>`__.
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37 * Develop a :ref:`C/C++ plugin <creating-plugins>` that uses the
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38 ``OrthancPluginRegisterIncomingHttpRequestFilter()``. This solution
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39 is potentially useful if you wish to integrate with an LDAP server.
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40 * Use Orthanc as a reverse proxy (e.g. behind :ref:`nginx <nginx>`,
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41 :ref:`Apache <apache>`, or :ref:`Microsoft IIS <iis>`), and use the
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42 authentication mechanisms of the main Web server.
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43 * Create a :ref:`new Web user interface <improving-interface>` on the
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44 top of the REST API of Orthanc, using your favorite framework
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45 (Meteor, AngularJS, Ember.js, Node.js...).