Authentication providers
Prosody supports authentication provider plugins. These can either use Prosody's built-in storage drivers (e.g. to use a custom format for account data), or they can integrate with external storage and authentication APIs.
Selecting a provider
A provider can be selected with the "authentication" option. This can be set globally and/or per-host.
Providers
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| internal_plain | Plaintext passwords stored using built-in storage |
| internal_hashed | Hashed passwords stored using built-in storage |
| cyrus | Cyrus SASL integration (LDAP, PAM, …) |
| anonymous | SASL 'ANONYMOUS' mechanism, random username, requires no credentials |
There are also a number of additional providers in our community module repository. These modules are developed by the Prosody team and community, and may be at different stages of development. Please read the documentation before installing and using these modules.