# HttpHeaderAuthenticationModuleType (Complex Type)

### Namespace: http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/common/common-3

Supertype: AbstractAuthenticationModuleType
Pseudo-authentication for pre-authenticated users. Based on HTTP header values.

Item Summary
Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
name | property string | [1,1] | Unique name of the authentication module.
description | property string | [0,1] | Free form description of the module (administrator comment).
focusType | property QName | [0,1] | Type of logged object that this authentication module applies to.
documentation | property string | [0,1] | Technical documentation for a particular object or construct.
usernameHeader | property string | [0,1] | Name of HTTP header that contains username.
logoutUrl | property string | [0,1] | Url for redirect after logout.

- ### Items

  - #### name

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [1,1]

    Unique name of the authentication module. This name is fact a short identifier. It is supposed to give some idea about nature of the module to system administrator. But it is not supposed to be used as a user-friendly label for the module. Module name must be unique.

  - #### description

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Free form description of the module (administrator comment).

  - #### focusType

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Type of logged object that this authentication module applies to. E.g UserType, RoleType, OrgType, ...

  - #### documentation

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Technical documentation for a particular object or construct.

    The purpose of this element is to document system configuration and behavior. The documentation will not be presented to end users. In fact, it will probably not be presented at all in midPoint user interface. This documentation element is supposed to be a part of the technical documentation of midPoint deployment. The tools than generate deployment configuration will look for these elements and combine them to compiled documentation document.

    AsciiDoc formatting is assumed for this element. Any leading or trailing whitespace is skipped. Indentation equivalent to he indentation of the first non-blank line of text is also skipped.

  - #### usernameHeader

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Name of HTTP header that contains username.

  - #### logoutUrl

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Url for redirect after logout. Default is '/'.