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Version: Java (Groovy)

Enable anonymous authentication

This guide will show you how to disable authentication for Deephaven run from Docker. This is also known as anonymous authentication. Anonymous authentication allows anyone to connect to a Deephaven instance if they can reach it.

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Anonymous authentication provides no application security.

Deephaven run from Docker​

Docker compose​

To enable anonymous authentication, the AuthHandlers property must be set to io.deephaven.auth.AnonymousAuthenticationHandler by appending -DAuthHandlers=io.deephaven.auth.AnonymousAuthenticationHandler to the START_OPTS environment variable.

services:
  deephaven:
    image: ghcr.io/deephaven/server-slim:latest
    ports:
      - '${DEEPHAVEN_PORT:-10000}:10000'
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
    environment:
      - START_OPTS=-Xmx4g -DAuthHandlers=io.deephaven.auth.AnonymousAuthenticationHandler

The Docker logs will show the following message when anonymous authentication is enabled.

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