5.1.7. Class AuthenticationPolicy

Authentication policies determine how the user is authenticated to access the service. The authentication_policy attribute of a service can reference an instance of the AuthenticationPolicy class.

Example 5.1. A simple authentication policy

The following example defines an authentication policy that can be referenced in service definitions. This policy uses inband authentication and references an authentication provider.

AuthenticationPolicy(name="demo_authentication_policy", cache=None, authentication=InbandAuthentication(), provider="demo_authentication_provider")

To use the authentication policy, include it in the definition of the service:

Service(name="office_http_inter", proxy_class=HttpProxy, authentication_policy="demo_authentication_policy", authorization_policy="demo_authorization_policy")
Example 5.2. Caching authentication decisions

The following example defines an authentication policy that caches the authentication decisions for ten minutes (600 seconds). For details on authentication caching, see see Section 5.1.6, Class AuthCache).

AuthenticationPolicy(name="demo_authentication_policy", cache=AuthCache(timeout=600, update_stamp=TRUE, service_equiv=TRUE, cleanup_threshold=100), authentication=InbandAuthentication(), provider="demo_authentication_provider")
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