Securing Applications

You can provide access to Applications via either the CDSW_APP_PORT or the CDSW_READONLY_PORT. Any user with read or higher permissions to the project is able to access an application served through either port.

• Securing project resources

  Cloudera AI applications are accessible by any user with read-only or higher permissions to the project. The creator of the application is responsible for managing the level of permissions the application users have on the project through the application. Cloudera AI does not actively prevent you from running an application that allows a read-only user (i.e. Viewers) to modify files belonging to the project.

• Public Applications

  By default, authentication for applications is enforced on all ports and users cannot create public applications. If desired, the Admin user can allow users to create public applications that can be accessed by unauthenticated users.

  To allow users to create public applications on an Cloudera AI Workbench:

  1. As an Admin user, turn on the feature flag in Admin > Security by selecting Allow applications to be configured with unauthenticated access.
  2. When creating a new application, select Enable Unauthenticated Access.
  3. For an existing application, in Settings select Enable Unauthenticated Access.

  To prevent all users from creating public applications, go to Admin > Security and deselect Allow applications to be configured with unauthenticated access. All existing public applications will immediately stop being publicly accessible.

• Transparent Authentication

  Cloudera AI can pass user authentication to an Application, if the Application expects an authorized request. The REMOTE-USER field is used for this task.