diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/base.py b/rhodecode/authentication/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/base.py
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ class LazyFormencode(object):
 
 
 class RhodeCodeAuthPluginBase(object):
+    # UID is used to register plugin to the registry
+    uid = None
+
     # cache the authentication request for N amount of seconds. Some kind
     # of authentication methods are very heavy and it's very efficient to cache
     # the result of a call. If it's set to None (default) cache is off
diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_crowd.py b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_crowd.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_crowd.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_crowd.py
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ class CrowdServer(object):
 
 
 class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExternalAuthPlugin):
+    uid = 'crowd'
     _settings_unsafe_keys = ['app_password']
 
     def includeme(self, config):
@@ -290,5 +291,5 @@ class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExter
 
 
 def includeme(config):
-    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format('crowd')
+    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format(RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid)
     plugin_factory(plugin_id).includeme(config)
diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_headers.py b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_headers.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_headers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_headers.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class HeadersSettingsSchema(AuthnPluginS
 
 
 class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExternalAuthPlugin):
-
+    uid = 'headers'
     def includeme(self, config):
         config.add_authn_plugin(self)
         config.add_authn_resource(self.get_id(), HeadersAuthnResource(self))
@@ -226,5 +226,5 @@ class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExter
 
 
 def includeme(config):
-    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format('headers')
+    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format(RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid)
     plugin_factory(plugin_id).includeme(config)
diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_jasig_cas.py b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_jasig_cas.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_jasig_cas.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_jasig_cas.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class JasigCasSettingsSchema(AuthnPlugin
 
 
 class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExternalAuthPlugin):
+    uid = 'jasig_cas'
 
     def includeme(self, config):
         config.add_authn_plugin(self)
@@ -168,5 +169,5 @@ class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExter
 
 
 def includeme(config):
-    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format('jasig_cas')
+    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format(RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid)
     plugin_factory(plugin_id).includeme(config)
diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_ldap.py b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_ldap.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_ldap.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_ldap.py
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ class LdapSettingsSchema(AuthnPluginSett
 
 
 class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExternalAuthPlugin):
+    uid = 'ldap'
     # used to define dynamic binding in the
     DYNAMIC_BIND_VAR = '$login'
     _settings_unsafe_keys = ['dn_pass']
@@ -529,5 +530,5 @@ class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExter
 
 
 def includeme(config):
-    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format('ldap')
+    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format(RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid)
     plugin_factory(plugin_id).includeme(config)
diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_pam.py b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_pam.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_pam.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_pam.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class PamSettingsSchema(AuthnPluginSetti
 
 
 class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExternalAuthPlugin):
+    uid = 'pam'
     # PAM authentication can be slow. Repository operations involve a lot of
     # auth calls. Little caching helps speedup push/pull operations significantly
     AUTH_CACHE_TTL = 4
@@ -166,5 +167,5 @@ class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeExter
 
 
 def includeme(config):
-    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format('pam')
+    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format(RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid)
     plugin_factory(plugin_id).includeme(config)
diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_rhodecode.py b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_rhodecode.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_rhodecode.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_rhodecode.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class RhodecodeAuthnResource(AuthnPlugin
 
 
 class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeAuthPluginBase):
+    uid = 'rhodecode'
 
     def includeme(self, config):
         config.add_authn_plugin(self)
@@ -144,5 +145,5 @@ class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeAuthP
 
 
 def includeme(config):
-    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format('rhodecode')
+    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format(RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid)
     plugin_factory(plugin_id).includeme(config)
diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_token.py b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_token.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_token.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/plugins/auth_token.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeAuthP
     """
     Enables usage of authentication tokens for vcs operations.
     """
+    uid = 'token'
 
     def includeme(self, config):
         config.add_authn_plugin(self)
@@ -152,5 +153,5 @@ class RhodeCodeAuthPlugin(RhodeCodeAuthP
 
 
 def includeme(config):
-    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format('token')
+    plugin_id = 'egg:rhodecode-enterprise-ce#{}'.format(RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid)
     plugin_factory(plugin_id).includeme(config)