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Stefan Miklosovic commented on CASSANDRA-16456:
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Indeed, we can override what is in cqlshrc by a respective command line
argument, if it is provided. However, I think that we are providing the flags
only for cases for which there is quite high probability it will be changed
frequently enough so we do not need to edit cqlshrc every single time. For
example, --debug, --ssl, --no-color and similar. However, I do not see that we
are providing, for example, the ability to change particular paramters in ssl
section via command line.
Similarly, my thinking behind my initial question is that authentication
provider is not something the operator is changing on a daily basis so it has
to have a specific command line argument exposed. I understand your motivation
behind that, but once the auth is set up, there is virtually no need to have
these arguments ever exposed via command line again, or is it?
> Add Plugin Support for CQLSH
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>
> Key: CASSANDRA-16456
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16456
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Tool/cqlsh
> Reporter: Brian Houser
> Assignee: Brian Houser
> Priority: Normal
> Labels: gsoc2021, mentor
> Time Spent: 50m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> Currently the Cassandra drivers offer a plugin authenticator architecture for
> the support of different authentication methods. This has been leveraged to
> provide support for LDAP, Kerberos, and Sigv4 authentication. Unfortunately,
> cqlsh, the included CLI tool, does not offer such support. Switching to a new
> enhanced authentication scheme thus means being cut off from using cqlsh in
> normal operation.
> We should have a means of using the same plugins and authentication providers
> as the Python Cassandra driver.
> Here's a link to an initial draft of
> [CEP|https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_G-OZCAEmDyuQuAN2wQUYUtZBEJpMkHWnkYELLhqvKc/edit?usp=sharing].
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