Learn about authentication in MariaDB MaxScale. This section covers configuring user authentication for clients connecting through MaxScale and securing access to your database instances.
In MariaDB MaxScale, authenticators perform the following tasks:
Authenticating clients that connect to MaxScale
Authenticating connections to back-end MariaDB Enterprise Server and MariaDB Xpand nodes
Deciding how authentication should be performed
MaxScale's Native Authenticator is compatible with MariaDB Enterprise Server and MariaDB Xpand. It authenticates database users with the mysql_native_password authentication plugin.
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