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Chapter 1. Authenticating with the Guest user

To explore Developer Hub features, you can skip configuring authentication and authorization. You can configure Developer Hub to log in as a Guest user and access Developer Hub features.

After an Operator-based installation, you can configure Developer Hub to log in as a Guest user and access Developer Hub features.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  • To enable the guest user in your Developer Hub custom configuration, edit your Developer Hub application configuration with following content:

    app-config.yaml fragment

    auth:
  environment: development
  providers:
    guest:
      dangerouslyAllowOutsideDevelopment: true
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Verification

  1. Go to the Developer Hub login page.
  2. To log in with the Guest user account, click Enter in the Guest tile.
  3. In the Developer Hub Settings page, your profile name is Guest.
  4. You can use Developer Hub features.

On a Helm-based installation, you can configure Developer Hub to log in as a Guest user and access Developer Hub features.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  • To enable the guest user in your Developer Hub custom configuration, configure your Red Hat Developer Hub Helm Chart with following content:

    Red Hat Developer Hub Helm Chart configuration fragment

    upstream:
  backstage:
    appConfig:
      app:
        baseUrl: 'https://{{- include "janus-idp.hostname" . }}'
      auth:
        environment: development
        providers:
          guest:
            dangerouslyAllowOutsideDevelopment: true
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Verification

  1. Go to the Developer Hub login page.
  2. To log in with the Guest user account, click Enter in the Guest tile.
  3. In the Developer Hub Settings page, your profile name is Guest.
  4. You can use Developer Hub features.
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