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Navigation refactor (#5227)
## About the changes
Refactor the main nav, with the following goals: 
* Communicate the value of each section vs the format (ex:
“Understanding Unleash” vs “Topic Guides”)
* Make space for the Feature Flag tutorials section that we’re starting
to build
* Scope updates to navigation and pages that need updates based on new
URLs & organization
* Update URLs to follow the new hierarchy without breaking links (adding
redirects & editing internal links between pages as needed)

### Important files
sidebar.js
docusaurus.config.js

## Discussion points
* Redirects can't be tested out of prod, which is a bummer :/
* Some URLs have been preserved untouched while we monitor for potential
negative SEO impact of client-side redirects
* It's a large PR (sorry). Nav changes and file movements impacted lots
of files.

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Co-authored-by: Thomas Heartman <thomas@getunleash.ai>
2023-10-31 09:38:03 -05:00

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---
title: Securing Unleash v3
---
> This guide is only relevant if you are using Unleash Open-Source. The Enterprise edition does already ship with a secure setup and multiple SSO options.
The Unleash API is split into two different paths: `/api/client` and `/api/admin`. This makes it easy to have different authentication strategy for the admin interface and the client-api used by the applications integrating with Unleash.
## General settings {#general-settings}
Unleash uses an encrypted cookie to maintain a user session. This allows users to be logged in across multiple instances of Unleash. To protect this cookie, Unleash will automatically generate a secure token the first time you start Unleash.
## Securing the Admin API {#securing-the-admin-api}
To secure the Admin API, you have to tell Unleash that you are using a custom admin authentication and implement your authentication logic as a preHook.
```javascript
const unleash = require('unleash-server');
const myCustomAdminAuth = require('./auth-hook');
unleash
.start({
databaseUrl: 'postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash',
adminAuthentication: 'custom',
preRouterHook: myCustomAdminAuth,
})
.then((unleash) => {
console.log(
`Unleash started on http://localhost:${unleash.app.get('port')}`,
);
});
```
Additionally, you can trigger the admin interface to prompt the user to sign in by configuring your middleware to return a `401` status on protected routes. The response body must contain a `message` and a `path` used to redirect the user to the proper login route.
```json
{
"message": "You must be logged in to use Unleash",
"path": "/custom/login"
}
```
Examples of custom authentication hooks:
- [google-auth-hook.js](https://github.com/Unleash/unleash-examples/blob/7ed25f97a31dfd8f773c00847080b1a4c889fd87/v3/securing-google-auth/google-auth-hook.js)
- [basic-auth-hook.js](https://github.com/Unleash/unleash-examples/blob/7ed25f97a31dfd8f773c00847080b1a4c889fd87/v3/securing-basic-auth/basic-auth-hook.js)
- [keycloak-auth-hook.js](https://github.com/Unleash/unleash-examples/blob/7ed25f97a31dfd8f773c00847080b1a4c889fd87/v3/securing-keycloak-auth/keycloak-auth-hook.js)
## Securing the Client API {#securing-the-client-api}
A common way to support client access is to use pre-shared secrets. This can be solved by having clients send a shared key in an HTTP header with every client request to the Unleash API. All official Unleash clients should support this.
In the [Java client](https://github.com/Unleash/unleash-client-java#custom-http-headers) this would look like this:
```java
UnleashConfig unleashConfig = UnleashConfig.builder()
.appName("my-app")
.instanceId("my-instance-1")
.unleashAPI(unleashAPI)
.customHttpHeader("Authorization", "12312Random")
.build();
```
On the Unleash server side, you need to implement a preRouter hook which verifies that all calls to `/api/client` include this pre-shared key in the defined header. This could look something like this.
```javascript
const unleash = require('unleash-server');
const sharedSecret = '12312Random';
unleash
.start({
databaseUrl: 'postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash',
preRouterHook: (app) => {
app.use('/api/client', (req, res, next) => {
if (req.header('authorization') !== sharedSecret) {
res.sendStatus(401);
} else {
next();
}
});
},
})
.then((unleash) => {
console.log(
`Unleash started on http://localhost:${unleash.app.get('port')}`,
);
});
```
[client-auth-unleash.js](https://github.com/Unleash/unleash-examples/blob/7ed25f97a31dfd8f773c00847080b1a4c889fd87/v3/securing-client-auth/index.js)