External authentication doesn't work in Datazen

Question

I set the authentication in control panel as below:

and i call the viewer by this code:

$.ajax({url: 'http://192.168.17.31/viewer',
        headers: {'thisistheheadername':'thisistheheadername'},
        type : 'GET'
       });

but still request redirects to login page:

http://192.168.17.31/viewer/login

Answer 1

I'm not totally sure what you're trying to do. I've never seen AJAX used with Datazen like this, although I suppose I can understand how it might work. Of course, it won't be secure, because the browser could always indicate who the user should be--there's no checking.

The top chart in this answer might help you. But beyond that, what tells you it's sending to the login page? Where are you trying to display the results?

The two things I would check on outside of those, though, are:

1. Your header is not correct, unless you've got a user named "thisistheheadername" as well. You should be passing a username through that value. I don't recall specifically, but it could send you to the login page if it doesn't recognize the username.
2. Are you sure external authentication is enabled? I would check in the "Configuration" section on the server to ensure it isn't still "default." The core service must be stopped before changes are persisted.