For your information: Starting August 18, 2026, documentation for Alation Cloud Service is available on the new documentation site, searchable from the Alation Help Center. This site will continue to host documentation for Customer Managed deployments (Classic Alation). If you use Alation Cloud Service, start using the new site instead of this one.

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Docs > Install Alation > User Authentication Setup

User Authentication Setup¶

This section explains how to configure user authentication in Alation.

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