# AD authentication icingaweb2

**URL:** <https://community.icinga.com/t/ad-authentication-icingaweb2/7293>\
**Category:** Icinga Web\
**Tags:** icingaweb2, ldap\
**Created:** [May 6, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/ad-authentication-icingaweb2/7293 "2021-05-06T01:49:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![syrine\_baccar](https://community.icinga.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@syrine\_baccar](https://community.icinga.com/u/syrine_baccar)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/ad-authentication-icingaweb2/7293/1 "2021-05-06T01:49:48Z")

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Hello,  
i was trying to setup AD authentication on icingaweb2, but i cant seem to bypass the icingaweb\_db auth, in other words i would like to **only** authenticate through AD.  
this is what i get

 ![image](https://community.icinga.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2992ddc5cc824395c915c454863062c7c6025672.png)

i tried changing the order for both entries in my `authenticantion.ini` and `resources.ini` , or even commenting the one i don’t need, but that doesnt seem like the way to go about this.

Is there a way to disable the DB authentication or something of that sort?  
**thanks a lot for any help.**

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**Author:** ![nilmerg](https://community.icinga.com/user_avatar/community.icinga.com/nilmerg/32/277_2.png) [@nilmerg](https://community.icinga.com/u/nilmerg)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://community.icinga.com/t/ad-authentication-icingaweb2/7293/2 "2021-05-07T07:44:41Z")

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Hi there,

you should take a look at the [external authentication backend type](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga-web-2/latest/doc/05-Authentication/#external-authentication).