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ManticoreSearch Publishes Detailed Checklist for Enabling Authentication in Production

ManticoreSearch has released an extensive checklist for safely enabling authentication in production deployments. The guide covers standalone nodes, distributed tables with remote agents, and replication clusters, stressing the need for thorough inventory of clients and nodes before changes. It details procedures for creating users with minimal privileges, testing in staging environments, and performing controlled rollouts during maintenance windows. Special attention is given to handling Bearer tokens, protecting auth.json files, and ensuring consistent authentication data across cluster nodes. The document also explains differences between RT-mode and plain-mode configurations and provides commands for initializing the first administrator and reloading authentication settings.