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# Authentication
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## Overview
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Authentication options depend on the Cacti version. In the unreleased Cacti
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1.3 development branch, choose from:
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- **Cacti Builtin Authentication** - Local accounts use password hashes and
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Cacti's password policies. See [Local Authentication](Settings-Auth-Local.md).
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- **Web Basic Authentication** - The web server authenticates the user and
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passes the authenticated identity to Cacti. Cacti still controls access to
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its features and objects. See [Basic Authentication](Settings-Auth-Basic.md).
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- **Login Providers** - Configure LDAP, Active Directory, SAML2, or OpenID
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Connect through [Login Providers](Login-Providers.md).
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Cacti 1.2 instead provides separate **LDAP Authentication** and **Multiple
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LDAP/AD Domains** methods. The [LDAP](Settings-Auth-LDAP.md) and
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[domain](Settings-Domains.md) guides retain those version-specific details.
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Do not assume that development interface labels are present in a 1.2 release.
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For most of these `Authentication Methods`, there are some common settings
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shown in the image below.
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Those options include:
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- **Authentication Method** - One of the options below.
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- **Support Authentication Cookies** - Offers a `Keep me signed in` checkbox
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on the login page. The authentication cookie keeps the user signed in on
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that browser and expires after 90 days without use. The client must use
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HTTPS for the cookie to be issued.
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- **Primary Admin** - This is the Primary Cacti Admin account. This user
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account receives Cacti administrative notifications, such as when the
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Cacti system is experiencing issues.
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- **Guest User** - If you select a **Guest User**, people within an organization
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will be able to access certain Cacti pages without first authenticating.
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This setting is good for pages like the **Graph Page** where you may
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wish to embed live Cacti **Graphs** in other corporate websites.
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- **User Template** - When creating new accounts, whether LDAP, Web Basic,
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or new Cacti local accounts, Cacti takes the user's default authorization
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from this Template User account. For some Cacti **Authentication Methods**
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you can have more than one Template User, for example
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**Login Providers**, or **Multiple LDAP/AD Domains** in Cacti 1.2.
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In the sections below, we will go over these various
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**Authentication Methods** and their settings.
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[Built-in Authentication](Settings-Auth-Local.md)
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[Web Basic Authentication](Settings-Auth-Basic.md)
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[LDAP Authentication](Settings-Auth-LDAP.md)
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[Login Providers (development)](Login-Providers.md)
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[Multiple LDAP/AD Domains (1.2)](Settings-Domains.md)
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---
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Copyright (c) 2004-2026 The Cacti Group
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