User Authentication

In this section, we discuss using the Sybase CEP C/C++ SDK with user authentication.

We assume that you have already read User-Defined Functions and Plugins and Server Plugins. If you are not using the User Authentication feature of Sybase CEP Engine Enterprise Edition, you do not need to read this section.

In the first part of this section, we show the functions in the Sybase CEP C/C++ SDK that allow you to get and set credentials (ID and password).

In the second part of this section, we provide information about how to write your own plugin to authenticate users.

• User Credentials API
  A credential is a data structure that contains a user ID and password.
• Creating Your Own Authentication Plugin
  enables you to write a plugin to authenticate users. This section describes the API for writing your own plugin.
• Plugin Configuration
  This section describes where to customize the authentication plugin in the Sybase CEP Server configuration file, and provides a sample configuration section.