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Document authentication for private packages
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`require`d and dump a `packages.json` that is your `composer` repository.
Check [the satis GitHub repository](https://github.com/composer/satis) and
the [Satis article](articles/handling-private-packages-with-satis.md) for more
the [handling private packages article](articles/handling-private-packages.md) for more
information.
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tagline: Access privately hosted packages
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# Authentication for privately hosted packages
Your [private package server](handling-private-packages.md) is probably secured with one
or more authentication options. In order to allow your project to have access to these
packages you will have to tell Composer how to authenticate with the server that hosts the
package(s).
# Authentication principles
Whenever Composer encounters a protected Composer repository it will try to authenticate
using already defined credentials first. When none of those credentials apply it will prompt
for credentials and save them (or a token if Composer is able to retrieve one).
|type|Generated by Prompt?|
|---|---|
|[http-basic](#http-basic)|yes|
|[Inline http-basic](#inline-http-basic)|no|
|[Custom header](#custom-token-authentication)|no|
|[gitlab-oauth](#gitlab-oauth)|yes|
|[gitlab-token](#gitlab-token)|yes|
Sometimes automatic authentication is not possible, or you may want to predefine
authentication credentials.
Credentials can be stored on 3 different places; in an `auth.json` for the project, a global
`auth.json` or in the `composer.json` itself.
## Authentication in auth.json per project
In this authentication storage method, an `auth.json` file will be present in the same folder
as the projects' `composer.json` file. You can either create and edit this file using the
command line or manually edit or create it.
> **Note: Make sure the `auth.json` file is in `.gitignore`** to avoid
> leaking credentials into your git history.
## Global authentication credentials
If you don't want to supply credentials for every project you work on, storing your credentials
globally might be a better idea. These credentials are stored in a global `auth.json` in your
Composer home directory.
### Command line global credential editing
For all authentication methods it is possible to edit them using the command line;
- [http-basic](#command-line-http-basic)
- [Inline http-basic](#command-line-inline-http-basic)
- [gitlab-oauth](#command-line-gitlab-oauth)
- [gitlab-token](#command-line-gitlab-token)
### Manually editing global authentication credentials
> **Note:** It is not recommended to manually edit your authentication options as this might
> result in invalid json. Instead preferably use [the command line](#command-line-global-credential-editing).
To manually edit it, run:
```sh
composer config --global --editor [--auth]
```
For specific authentication implementations, see their sections;
- [http-basic](#manual-http-basic)
- [Inline http-basic](#manual-inline-http-basic)
- [custom header](#manual-custom-token-authentication)
- [gitlab-oauth](#manual-gitlab-oauth)
- [gitlab-token](#manual-gitlab-token)
Manually editing this file instead of using the command line may result in invalid json errors.
To fix this you need to open the file in an editor and fix the error. To find the location of
your global `auth.json`, execute:
```sh
composer config --global --list
```
And look for the `[home]` section. (It is by default `~/.composer` or `%APPDATA%/Composer` on Windows)
The folder will contain your global `auth.json` if it exists.
You can open this file in your favorite editor and fix the error.
## Authentication in composer.json file itself
> **Note:** **This is not recommended** as these credentials are visible
> to anyone who has access to the composer.json, either when it is shared through
> a version control system like git or when an attacker gains (read) access to
> your production server files.
It is also possible to add credentials to a `composer.json` on a per-project basis in the `config`
section or directly in the repository definition.
# Authentication methods
## http-basic
### Command line http-basic
```sh
composer config [--global] http-basic.example.org username password
```
### Manual http-basic
```sh
composer config [--global] --editor --auth
```
```json
{
"http-basic": {
"example.org": {
"username": "username",
"password": "password"
}
}
}
```
## Inline http-basic
For the inline http-basic authentication method the credentials are not stored in a separate
`auth.json` in the project or globally, but in the `composer.json` or global configuration
in the same place where the Composer repository definition is defined.
### Command line inline http-basic
```sh
composer config [--global] repositories composer.unique-name https://username:password@repo.example.org
```
### Manual inline http-basic
```sh
composer config [--global] --editor
```
```json
{
"repositories": [
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "https://username:password@example.org"
}
]
}
```
## Custom token authentication
### Manual custom token authentication
```sh
composer config [--global] --editor
```
```json
{
"repositories": [
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "https://example.org",
"options": {
"http": {
"header": [
"API-TOKEN: YOUR-API-TOKEN"
]
}
}
}
]
}
```
## gitlab-oauth
> **Note:** For the gitlab authentication to work on private gitlab instances, the
> [`gitlab-domains`](../06-config.md#gitlab-domains) section should also contain the url.
### Command line gitlab-oauth
```sh
composer config [--global] gitlab-oauth.example.org token
```
### Manual gitlab-oauth
```sh
composer config [--global] --editor --auth
```
```json
{
"gitlab-oauth": {
"example.org": "token"
}
}
```
## gitlab-token
> **Note:** For the gitlab authentication to work on private gitlab instances, the
> [`gitlab-domains`](../06-config.md#gitlab-domains) section should also contain the url.
### Command line gitlab-token
```sh
composer config [--global] gitlab-token.example.org token
```
### Manual gitlab-token
```sh
composer config [--global] --editor --auth
```
```json
{
"gitlab-token": {
"example.org": "token"
}
}
```

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### Authentication
When your private repositories are password protected, you can store the
authentication details permanently. The first time Composer needs to
authenticate against some domain it will prompt you for a username/password and
then you will be asked whether you want to store it.
The storage can be done either globally in the `COMPOSER_HOME/auth.json` file
(`COMPOSER_HOME` defaults to `~/.composer` or `%APPDATA%/Composer` on Windows)
or also in the project directory directly sitting besides your composer.json.
You can also configure these by hand using the config command if you need to
configure a production machine to be able to run non-interactive installs. For
example to enter credentials for example.org one could type:
composer config http-basic.example.org username password
That will store it in the current directory's auth.json, but if you want it
available globally you can use the `--global` (`-g`) flag.
Authentication can by handled in several different ways. More can be read about it
[here](authentication-for-private-packages.md)
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<!--
tagline: Access privately hosted packages
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# HTTP basic authentication
Your [Satis or Private Packagist](handling-private-packages-with-satis.md) server
could be secured with http basic authentication. In order to allow your project
to have access to these packages you will have to tell composer how to
authenticate with your credentials.
The simplest way to provide your credentials is providing your set
of credentials inline with the repository specification such as:
```json
{
"repositories": [
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "https://extremely:secret@repo.example.org"
}
]
}
```
This will basically teach composer how to authenticate automatically
when reading packages from the provided composer repository.
This does not work for everybody especially when you don't want to
hard code your credentials into your composer.json. There is a second
way to provide these details and it is via interaction. If you don't
provide the authentication credentials composer will prompt you upon
connection to enter the username and password.
The third way if you want to pre-configure it is via an `auth.json` file
located in your `COMPOSER_HOME` or besides your `composer.json`.
The file should contain a set of hostnames followed each with their own
username/password pairs, for example:
```json
{
"http-basic": {
"repo.example1.org": {
"username": "my-username1",
"password": "my-secret-password1"
},
"repo.example2.org": {
"username": "my-username2",
"password": "my-secret-password2"
}
}
}
```
The main advantage of the auth.json file is that it can be gitignored so
that every developer in your team can place their own credentials in there,
which makes revocation of credentials much easier than if you all share the
same.