Which Authentication Method to Select for Khoros (Lithium)?
This article introduces four authentication methods. Select any method to index the data on a Khoros (Lithium) community. If your Khoros community is accessible through .htaccess, then it's essential to choose one of the two .htaccess-based authentication methods.
No Authentication
Crawls the blogs, knowledge articles, threads, and other information that does not require any access rights to view.
Community User and htaccess
Crawls the data a community user, whose ID and password have been entered, can access.
API User and htaccess
Crawls the data that an API user, whose ID and password have been entered, can access.
OAuth
Crawls all the data on your Khoros community.
- Check OAuth.
- Enter your Client ID and Client Secret. (The process is explained in Obtain Your Khoros (Lithium) Client ID and Client Secret.)