Authentication Options
|RCE| provides a built in authentication against its own database. This is implemented using RhodeCode Internal plugin. This plugin is enabled by default. Additionally, |RCE| provides a Pluggable Authentication System. This gives the administrator greater control over how users authenticate with the system.
Important
You can disable the built in |RCE| authentication plugin RhodeCode Internal and force all authentication to go through your authentication plugin of choice e.g LDAP only. However, if you do this, and your external authentication tools fails, accessing |RCE| will be blocked unless a fallback plugin is enabled via :file: rhodecode.ini
|RCE| comes with the following user authentication management plugins: