Authenticators for MariaDB MaxScale 2.5

Overview

MariaDB MaxScale 2.5 uses Authenticators to authenticate clients that connect to Listeners using the MariaDB protocol. MariaDB MaxScale 2.5 supports multiple Authenticators that handle different authentication methods.

Reference material is available for MariaDB MaxScale 2.5.

MariaDB MaxScale 2.5 Authenticators

The following Authenticators are supported by MariaDB MaxScale 2.5:

Method

Authenticator

Enterprise Server Plugin

Xpand Plugin

Description

GSSAPI

GSSAPIAuth

gssapigssapi

Authenticates client connections using a GSSAPI authentication service

Native

MariaDBAuth

mysql_native_passwordmysql_native_password

mysql_native_password

Authenticates client connections using the native password authentication method

PAM

PAMAuth

pampam

Authenticates client connections using a Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) service

To see Authenticators supported in other versions, see "Authenticators by MariaDB MaxScale Version".