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Add note about WebUI auth
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You can add authentication to the web UI by either HTTP basic or HTTP digest authentication.
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NOTE: The Web UI authentication only protects the `/containers` endpoint, and not the other cAdvisor HTTP endpoints such as `/api/...` and `/metrics`. Some of these endpoints can expose sensitive information, so it is not advised to expose these endpoints publicly.
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### HTTP basic authentication
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You will need to add a *http_auth_file* parameter with a HTTP basic auth file generated using htpasswd to enable HTTP basic auth. By default the auth realm is set as localhost.

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