Azure Authentication

Azure authentication is a security feature that allows users to log into a system using their Microsoft Azure credentials.

Astera Data Stack leverages this authentication method and provides the option to register new users using Azure authentication through its Server Browser interface.

Configuring Azure Authentication Credentials

1. Go to Server > Cluster > Cluster Settings

1. Click on Authentication mode tab and select Azure Authentication from dropdown

2. Provide a valid Client Id, Redirect URI and Account type.

Note: You can find your Client ID, Redirect URI and Account Type in you Azure Portal.

Registering user using Azure Authentication

1. After Configuring Azure Credentials, navigate to Server Browser tool window by pressing ctrl + alt + B.

2. Here, in Security > User, right-click on User and select Register User

1. A Register User window will open, in the Registration drop-down select Azure Authentication

1. Once selected, Astera will start retrieving a list of users.

1. Once the users have been retrieved, a search UI will appear.

Now there are two ways to specify the user you want to register

• By clicking on the dropdown given in the search bar, this will show the list of all users which exist in that active directory:

• By just directly searching in the search bar for a specific user and clicking enter so that user will be selected:

1. Once the user has been selected by one of the methods, the selected email id will be displayed in a User Email Id grid.

1. Now Click Register and you can see that selected users are added

1. Now you can activate them or assign them a role as you would normally do in Astera

Note: Users Registered using azure authentication can only be activated, deactivated, or deleted

Login Using Azure Authentication

Once users have been registered with Azure authentication, they can login with the same authentication credentials.

To log in, select the Log In option from the top right of the client window.

Selecting this will open a new window.

In the authentication Dropdown, there are three options:

1. Centerprise: For Users that are created by using a simple/existing registration method.

2. Windows Authentication: For users that are created by using the Windows authentication method.

3. Azure Authentication: For users that are created using the Azure authentication method

1. By selecting Azure Authentication, the email and password textbox will get locked. Click on Log In

1. User would be redirected to the Microsoft sign-in screen where they can sign-in as they would normally do with their email id and password.

This concludes the working of Azure Authentication in Astera Data Stack.