title: Basic Authenticator
registryType: extension
isThirdParty: false
language: collector
tags:
  - basicauth
  - extension
  - collector
repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/extension/basicauthextension
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  This extension implements both configauth.ServerAuthenticato` and
  configauth.ClientAuthenticator to authenticate clients and servers using Basic
  Authentication.
authors: OpenTelemetry Authors
otVersion: latest
