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Chesnay Schepler commented on FLINK-21108: ------------------------------------------ I'm quite wary of implementing authentication on the server-side ourselves. Historically, when it comes to security nothing is ever simple and pit falls are numerous. I'd be fine with making the client-side changes. > Flink runtime rest server and history server webmonitor do not require > authentication. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-21108 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-21108 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Runtime / REST, Runtime / Web Frontend > Reporter: Xiaoguang Sun > Priority: Major > Labels: pull-request-available > > Flink runtime rest server and history server webmonitor do not require > authentication. At certain scenarios, prohibiting unauthorized access is > desired. Http basic authentication can be used here. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)