From 082f25faf1992baf743c145d90ce63ee37d98683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Asher Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:42:01 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about external authentication Closes #1369. --- doc/FAQ.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/FAQ.md b/doc/FAQ.md index 060c79e0..bf0dde16 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.md +++ b/doc/FAQ.md @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ randomly generated password so you can use that. You can set the `PASSWORD` envi to use your own instead. If you want to handle authentication yourself, use `--auth none` to disable password authentication. +If you want to use external authentication you should handle this with a reverse +proxy using something like [oauth2_proxy](https://github.com/pusher/oauth2_proxy). + For HTTPS, you can use a self signed certificate by passing in just `--cert` or pass in an existing certificate by providing the path to `--cert` and the path to its key with `--cert-key`.