MaxScale Authentication

Explore the supported authentication methods in MariaDB MaxScale. Learn how authenticators validate clients and backend servers using plugins like Native, PAM, GSSAPI, etc.

Overview

In MariaDB MaxScale, authenticators perform the following tasks:

• Authenticating clients that connect to MaxScale

• Authenticating connections to back-end MariaDB Enterprise Server nodes

• Deciding how authentication should be performed

Authenticators Supported by MaxScale

• GSSAPI Authenticator

• Native Authenticator

• PAM Authenticator

• PARSEC Authenticator

• ed25519 Authenticator

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