# Login form

This is the simplest form of authentication provided by ODD Platform.

User credentials are set by defining the `auth.login-form-credentials` property in the format `username1:password1,username2:password2,...`. All users authenticated through this method receive ADMIN privileges in the platform.

{% hint style="danger" %}
**The shipped configuration contains the default credentials `admin:admin,root:root`.** If you enable `LOGIN_FORM` authentication without overriding `auth.login-form-credentials`, the platform will accept logins from `admin/admin` and `root/root` — and both accounts have full ADMIN privileges. Change these defaults before any non-local deployment.

To override, either set `auth.login-form-credentials` explicitly (YAML or the `AUTH_LOGIN_FORM_CREDENTIALS` environment variable, shown below) or switch to `OAUTH2` or `LDAP` authentication. For any production deployment, prefer OAUTH2 or LDAP — `LOGIN_FORM` stores credentials in plain text in the platform configuration and does not support rotation, session revocation, or MFA.
{% endhint %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="YAML" %}

```yaml
auth:
    type: LOGIN_FORM
    login-form-credentials: susan:susan_password,dave:dave_password
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Environment variables" %}

```
AUTH_TYPE=LOGIN_FORM
AUTH_LOGIN_FORM_CREDENTIALS=susan:susan_password,dave:dave_password
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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