Anonymous

Overview

This authentication method allows the users to connect anonymously.

Configuration options

auth.anonymous.allow_multiple_connections

• Syntax: boolean
• Default: false
• Example: allow_multiple_connections = true

When set to true, allows multiple connections from the same JID using the anonymous authentication method.

auth.anonymous.protocol

• Syntax: string, one of "sasl_anon", "login_anon", "both"
• Default: sasl_anon
• Example: protocol = "both"

Specifies the SASL mechanisms supported by the anonymous authentication method:

• sasl_anon - support only the the ANONYMOUS mechanism,
• login_anon - support the non-anonymous mechanisms (PLAIN, DIGEST-MD5, SCRAM-*),
• both - support both types of mechanisms.

auth.anonymous.backend

• Syntax: string, one of mnesia, cets
• Default: mnesia
• Example: backend = cets

Sets the backend where anonymous sessions will be stored in-memory. See internal databases

Example

[auth.anonymous]
  allow_multiple_connections = true
  protocol = "both"