Add config flag to control authentication

cmd/influxd/config.go

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	Version           string `toml:"-"`
 	InfluxDBVersion   string `toml:"-"`
 
+	Authentication struct {
+		Enabled bool `toml:"enabled"`
+	} `toml:"authentication"`
+
 	Admin struct {
 		Port   int    `toml:"port"`
 		Assets string `toml:"assets"`

cmd/influxd/config_test.go

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ func TestParseConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("logging level mismatch: %v", c.Logging.Level)
 	}
 
+	if !c.Authentication.Enabled {
+		t.Fatalf("authentication enabled mismatch: %v", c.Authentication.Enabled)
+	}
+
 	if c.Admin.Port != 8083 {
 		t.Fatalf("admin port mismatch: %v", c.Admin.Port)
 	} else if c.Admin.Assets != "./admin" {
@@ -113,6 +117,10 @@ const testFile = `
 # that can be resolved here.
 hostname = "myserver.com"
 
+# Control authentication
+[authentication]
+enabled = true
+
 [logging]
 # logging level can be one of "debug", "info", "warn" or "error"
 level  = "info"

etc/config.sample.toml

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ bind-address = "0.0.0.0"
 # Change this option to true to disable reporting.
 reporting-disabled = false
 
+# Control authentication
+# If not set authetication is DISABLED. Be sure to explicitly set this flag to
+# true if you want authentication. If authentication is enabled, and no administrative
+# user exists in the system, the system will allow one administrative user to be
+# created without requiring any authentication.
+[authentication]
+enabled = false
+
 [logging]
 # logging level can be one of "fine", "debug", "info", "warn" or "error"
 level  = "info"