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Airbyte comes with built in authentication based on the email provided at setup and a generated password. If you need to view your password and you are running Airbyte through abctl you can run the following:

abctl local credentials

Which should output something similar to:

{
  "password": "password",
  "client-id": "client_id",
  "client-secret": "client_secret"
}

If you have deployed to your own Kubernetes cluster using Helm, then you can view your credentials by running the following:

kubectl get secret airbyte-auth-secrets -n <YOUR_NAMESPACE> -o yaml

Which will return something similar to:

apiVersion: v1
data:
  instance-admin-client-id: Y2Q1ZTc4ZWEtMzkwNy00ZThmLWE1ZWMtMjIyNGVhZTFiYzcw
  instance-admin-client-secret: cmhvQkhCODlMRmh1REdXMWt3REpHZTJMaUd3N3c2MjU=
  instance-admin-password: d0V2bklvZEo1QUNHQnpPRWxrOWNSeHdFUGpJMWVzMWg=
kind: Secret
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2024-07-31T04:22:54Z"
  name: airbyte-auth-secrets
  namespace: airbyte-abctl
  resourceVersion: "600"
  uid: f47170eb-f739-4e58-9013-b7afb3ac336a
type: Opaque

These values are base64 encoded, to decode your password run the following:

echo 'cmhvQkhCODlMRmh1REdXMWt3REpHZTJMaUd3N3c2MjU=' | base64 -d

Turning Off Authentication​

There may be times when your wish to turn off authentication, for instance if you have already configured a proxy that authenticates users with your organization's SSO. In these cases you can turn off Airbyte's authentication by adding the following to your values.yaml file:

global:
  auth:
    enabled: false

For users that are using the abctl tool you can apply this by running the following:

abctl local install --values ./values.yaml

Setting a Password via Secrets​

You can also control the default password by supplying your own values as a Kubernetes secret. Start by creating a file called secret.yaml and add the following Kubernetes Secret into that file:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: airbyte-auth-secrets
type: Opaque
stringData:
  instance-admin-password: # password

  # Override these if you want to access the API with known credentials
  #instance-admin-client-id: # my-client-id
  #instance-admin-client-secret: # my-client-secret

If you are deploying Airbyte with abctl you can run:

abctl local install --secret secret.yaml

If you are deploying to your own Kubernetes cluster, run:

kubectl apply -f secret.yaml -n <YOUR_NAMESPACE>

You may need to restart the airbyte-server pod for the changes to take effect.

Disabling Secure Cookies​

For users running Airbyte on a non-localhost domain without HTTPS, secure cookies cannot be set. To disable secure cookies, update your values.yaml file with the following snippet:

global:
  auth:
    cookieSecureSetting: "false"

This setting should only be used if HTTPS is not available, as it reduces security by allowing cookies to be transmitted over non-secure connections.

By default, Airbyte uses a cookieSameSiteSetting of "Strict". If you need to allow cookies to be sent in a cross-site context, you can change this setting to "None". Update your values.yaml file with the following:

global:
  auth:
    cookieSameSiteSetting: "None"

Note: Setting cookieSameSiteSetting to "None" may be necessary for certain integrations but should be used cautiously as it can make your application more susceptible to CSRF attacks. Make sure other security measures are in place if you configure this setting.

These changes will take effect the next time you deploy Airbyte using your updated values.yaml file.

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