# cSpell:ignore basicauth configauth basicauthextension
title: Basic Authenticator
registryType: extension
language: collector
tags:
  - basicauth
  - extension
  - collector
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  This extension implements both configauth.ServerAuthenticator and
  configauth.ClientAuthenticator to authenticate clients and servers using Basic
  Authentication.
authors:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/extension/basicauthextension
createdAt: 2022-11-07
package:
  registry: go-collector
  name: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/basicauthextension
  version: v0.126.0
