# Flowfuse authenticator

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-authenticator/94478>\
**Category:** FlowFuse\
**Tags:** security, dashboard-2\
**Created:** [9 January 2025 09:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-authenticator/94478 "2025-01-09T09:44:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Quintijn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c89c15/32.png) [@Quintijn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Quintijn)\
**Post date:** [9 January 2025 09:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-authenticator/94478/1 "2025-01-09T09:44:09Z")

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Hi All,

New user here so still exploring lots of things on the dashboard 2.0.  
I'm currently testing to create a basic application in the dashboard. I'm using a flow fuse remote instance to build this.  
However, I have issues in selecting the 'Flowfuse User Authentication'. This option seems to be only available for the hosted instances and not the Remote instances.

I was however able to add the 'user add-on' to my palette but can't seem to do much with it as this authenticator is not on.

Anyone knows how to set this up for the remote instances?

Kr,  
Quintijn

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [9 January 2025 09:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-authenticator/94478/2 "2025-01-09T09:45:57Z")

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Hi and Welcome,  
Pay attention 'Flowfuse User Authentication' is a licensed option.

 ![Capture d’écran 2025-01-09 à 10.47.19](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/6/b6723df75f3c6118ae96bcb570348bb0423cc645.png)

Need to check for Device Agent

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**Author:** ![Quintijn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c89c15/32.png) [@Quintijn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Quintijn)\
**Post date:** [9 January 2025 09:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-authenticator/94478/3 "2025-01-09T09:54:34Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for your swift reply. However we have an Enterprise license on which I'm testing.  
I don't have the option to select the 'security' tab on my remote instance however:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/b/0befe74be377348934b35a710c373ba9105a1280.png)'

I also have the owner role..

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [9 January 2025 10:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-authenticator/94478/4 "2025-01-09T10:05:12Z")

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Remember that devices receive a snapshot. This means that they are configured from the parent instance. I can't help more in this area, maybe @Steve-Mcl if available.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [9 January 2025 11:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-authenticator/94478/5 "2025-01-09T11:12:33Z")

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FlowFuse auth is not available in devices at this time. This is primarily due to architecture difficulties (auth lives in the FlowFuse core, remote instances will typically be inside the users LAN) however, it is currently possible to add basic auth to the endpoints by editing your device yaml config.

See `httpNodeAuth` in the options: [GitHub - FlowFuse/device-agent: An agent to run FlowFuse managed instances of Node-RED on devices](https://github.com/FlowFuse/device-agent/?tab=readme-ov-file#node-red-options)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2025 11:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-authenticator/94478/6 "2025-02-08T11:12:52Z")

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