Authentication - External
Learn how to set up external authentication for EZproxy in the EZproxy Configuration UI.
EZproxy configuration provides an interface to configure external script authentication. See External script authentication for details about external script authentication integration with EZproxy.
To set up a connection in the configuration UI from the EZproxy server to an external script server:
- Select Authentication from the left navigation.
- Click Add authentication type on the Authentication screen.
- Select external from the Select authentication type drop-down menu. The external script authentication configuration screen opens.
- From the external script configuration screen:
- Enter the Host URL for the external script server in the Host Identifier text field. The Host URL must be publicly accessible.
- Enter a unique name for this authentication in the Tag text field.
- (Optional) Select the Use auth tag checkbox if you want to require this function.
- Enter the external script configuration block in the User options text field.
Example: ::external=http://auth.yourlib.org/cgi-bin/chec...ser=^u&pass=^p

- Click Save. To apply the external script connection, deploy it to both Pre-production and Production.
