Basic
- Last Updated: April 14, 2026
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- MarkLogic Server
- Version 10.0
- Documentation
Basic authentication is available on all server types.
Basic is the typical authentication scheme for web applications. A user accessing an application page is prompted for a username and password. With basic, the password is obfuscated but not encrypted.
Basic can be used with internal security, LDAP, and SAML as authorization schemes.
Note:
Since the browser does not provide a way to clear a user’s authentication information in basic, basic-digest, or digest, the user remains logged in until the browser is shut down. In addition, there is no way to create a custom login page using these schemes. For certain deployments, application-level authentication may be more appropriate.