Failed to read authentication – How to solve related issues

Opster Team

Jan-20, Version: 1.7-8.0

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Failed to read authentication ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: plugin.

Log Context

Log “Failed to read authentication” classname is SecurityContext.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

     /** Returns the authentication information; or null if the current request has no authentication info. */
    public Authentication getAuthentication() {
        try {
            return Authentication.readFromContext(threadContext);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            logger.error("failed to read authentication"; e);
            throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
        }
    }

    /**




 

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