Add docs for authentication with Preview Web UI #24685
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| server and the Web UI. When the Trino server is configured to use a password | ||
| authenticator, the Web UI authentication type is automatically set to `FORM`. In | ||
| this case, the Web UI displays a login form that accepts a username and | ||
| password. |
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It might just be my experience, but I noticed that the FORM authentication type only accepts passwords when HTTPS is configured. This makes perfect sense from a security standpoint, but it took me a bit of research to understand why the password field was grayed out when only HTTP was configured. It could be helpful to clarify the difference between HTTP and HTTPS when using FORM auth for users to avoid confusion.
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That's correct assessment. Passwords require https
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This is covered in the earlier paragraph .. which I have now also reworded to be even more explicit .. if that is fine I can also do the same adjustment in the docs for the main UI.
| The Preview Web UI requires users to authenticate. If Trino is not configured to | ||
| require authentication, then any username can be used, and no password is | ||
| required or allowed. The UI shows the login dialog for password authentication | ||
| with the password input deactivated. This is also automatically the case if the |
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Just a lift and shift and minor update of the content from the legacy UI .. this enables us to at some stage just remove that old page and UI. Please verify that what is written is actually true and let me know if we should remove or update anything.
Basically we should keep the docs for the preview UI separate and complete. In that realm also .. what do you think if we start adding some docs about each screen .. can be very high level
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#23230
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