External authentication and authorization

About

Learn about the default Solo Enterprise for kgateway external auth service.

API keys

Authenticate requests by using an API key.

Basic auth

Authenticate requests against a basic dictionary of usernames and passwords.

External service

Authenticate requests to external services with basic auth.

Passthrough auth

Pass through auth requests to your own extauth server.

Auth chaining

Chain multiple authentication and authorization methods together with boolean expressions.

OAuth

OPA

Enforce Open Policy Agent (OPA) policies for more fine-grained access control.

BYO ext auth service

Plug your own external auth service into the gateway with a GatewayExtension.